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    Please remember that it doesn’t matter if Mitch is dead or not, he is demonstrably unable to serve and, according to the law, should be replaced.

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        When democrats were in power, but not because they chose for it to matter. It only matters when they’re being forced to obey it.

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      Edit: I was wrong about the timeline here; the video was made BEFORE he was hospitalized, I just happened to see it a while AFTER and made a false connection in my head. Sorry about that

      They still have him out there casting votes, regardless of his ability. Less than a week ago I saw a video where he voted ‘incorrectly’ and watched as all the aides scrambled to tell him to shut the fuck up and demand that “that one doesn’t count” to the room. I’ve literally seen 4 years olds playing hide and seek with a better sense of awareness, fairness, and object permanence than our incompetent overlords

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        That is flat out wrong though. There are no videos of him from after his “hospitalisation” (death).

        You are confusing it with videos of him prior to that.

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          Yeah, you’re right. I just happened to see the video a while AFTER he was hospitalized and made a connection that wasn’t there

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        I think you’re talking about 10 days before, or are there different ones?

        Senator Mitch McConnell was showing signs of utter confusion 10 days before he was hospitalized … voting incorrectly and even getting the Senate Clerk to signal yea or nay.

        Charlie turned up some pretty shocking videos from June 4th, when the Senate had a marathon session called vote-a-rama, where Senators voted 29 times during an 18-hour session.

        https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/20/mitch-mcconnell-confused-while-voting-on-senate-floor/

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          Yeah, you’re right. I just happened to see the video a while AFTER he was hospitalized and made a connection that wasn’t there

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          Because it isn’t true. There are no such videos of him from after his “hospitalisation”.

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          I was wrong about the timeline here. The video was made BEFORE his hospitalization, I just happened to see the video a while AFTER and made a connection that wasn’t there

          He’s blinking and kinda talking i think? Idk, he was pretty much confined to his wheelchair and looked extremely confused for most of it

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              Yeah, you’re right. I just happened to see the video a while AFTER he was hospitalized and made a connection that wasn’t there

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          I was wrong about the timeline here. The video was made BEFORE his hospitalization, I just happened to see the video a while AFTER and made a connection that wasn’t there

          He was, though he was mostly confined to a wheelchair and looked extremely confused for most of it

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      We’re fighting amongst ourselves over it being AI? This wasn’t even about AI, it’s counter productive and exactly what gets us where we are, they have us chasing our own tails instead of Epstein and McConnell.

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        It’s got the underline brush strokes of those generic AI flyers that ChatGPT craps out.

        The font texture is also inconsistent but to be devils advocate it could be a Photoshop filter. Tbh though the underline brush strokes give it away as AI.

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          The way “please” isn’t correctly centered might be a giveaway. Or someone is just really bad at typography

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            You’re right, and “Remember” is a little off center too.

            Someone with enough skill to make text with a seamless textured mask would definitely know to center the whole thing. Good catch.

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            Why would this particular person, who presumably opened Gimp or Procreate or Photoshop, choose to use differing texture masks on the words, and a different texture on the brush strokes, and then after all this was done, completely fail to take thirty seconds to center the text?

            Because there never was a person making these choices.

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              Why would this particular person, who presumably opened Gimp or Procreate or Photoshop, choose to use differing texture masks on the words, and a different texture on the brush strokes, and then after all this was done, completely fail to take thirty seconds to center the text?

              Having seen people use Photoshop, especially when new to it or presented with new features…

              They do that all the time.

              I’m not saying this isn’t generated, it could be. I’m just saying I’ve seen people do exactly that sort of stuff while not having any idea that they can do multiline text, multiple colors in the same line, use a rule for alignment, change the text from left aligned to center (instead they hit the space bar until its “close enough”), etc

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                You generally learn how text alignment works before you learn how font masking works. This is true for multiple text handling programs, from Photoshop to word processors.

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                  You are welcome to believe that.

                  My eyes have seen all manner of ridiculous use of Photoshop (among others).

                  I have seen people write an entire damn document inside a single cell in Excel.

                  I have seen people make charts in Excel, while watching them also use a calculator and enter the values manually.

                  I have seen people use Word to create a photo album, just dragging them in full size, then try and “center” the text underneath by pressing space.

                  I have seen people use google docs while boarding a plane, only to get mad that it doesn’t work without internet once the flight took off (pre in-flight wifi era).

                  I have seen people use drafts in Outlook to store their passwords.

                  This has only gotten worse as people watch tutorials on advanced features while having no idea how the basic tools work.

                  You can believe whatever you’d like, I’m just saying people do absolutely boneheaded and preposterous things all the time.

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              “Move along?” What are you, a cop?

              What, you got a problem with a photographer who’s calling you out for adding slop to Lemmy? You’re putting words in my mouth saying I “made a distraction comment?”

              Buddy, no, this ain’t it.

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          Slop content definitely kills movements because people engaging with it think they’re doing a resistance and don’t do anything further. No learning, no talking, just updoot the eye-grabbing yellow text and feel like a hero.

          Reddit is bursting to the seams with this garbage

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            The backlash creates extra work for OC posters as well, though… That itself creates a chilling effect. You either have to overthink your post to avoid getting accused or you decide it’s easier to just not post at all.

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      This is a side effect that the billionaires who run the AI models are counting on: that people no longer pay attention to the message itself, but instead waste their time speculating about whether someone used a proper app or image generation.

      You’ll never be able to close Pandora’s box. So…

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        I get that but the point stands its redundant,and the more people normalize this crap the worse it gets

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          What I’m getting at is this: People have been using it for a long time now, whether you like it or not. I don’t like it, but it’s still the reality. Pretending it isn’t helps no one—in this case, it’s even counterproductive for the reasons I mentioned.

          That’s why I called it “Panora’s box”: This technology is out there—there’s no changing that, even if we’d like to.

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        I still don’t think that advocating for using a slop machine is a good look. The keyboard and the title box is right there. Much less effort, much more immediacy of message, screen readers can pick it up, and folks don’t have to download an image to see the message.

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            I’m not using the goddamn AI slop ladle. It’s an active choice. No one is forced to ladle more AI slop onto the internet.

            You are not forced to ladle more AI slop on the internet. All you have to do is to choose not to do it, and instead just type your message on the keyboard.

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    It really fucking angers me yhsy nobody is talking about yhr Epstein files anymore

    Politicians should bring it up at every trade negotiation with that turd ball. You want 50% taxes? Fine, we’ll do that if you release all the Epstein files

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    Too many wealthy people, and forces that want to use the blackmail, who really pull the strings won’t let it out.


    Children were abused,

    The perps get away with it,

    Who’s really in charge?

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    Honestly I’m a bit surprised the Republicans didn’t just wait until the literal day after the deadline to say “oops, he’s actually dead. Haha fuck you we won.”

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    Esptein was a fall guy for greater people. The same people that put trump in place, the same people that let covid loose, manipulated 2020 riots/BLM/Jan 6, the same people that own that new NYC mayor, the same people that own the left right and center… Once trump and rightwing are used to accomplish whatever goal they’re being used for, that NYC mayor is going to swoop in and run for president to save the day and to most people hide the truth that all this is a plan. They will convince people that things have changed even though it will be the same owners in charge, and the same type of shit will happen next time they need it to.

    But we will all feel good over indulging in our priveliged heartless culture and ignore the reality we are taught and groomed not to see or live within.

    Our nation -left right and center - is a tool for greater people to use and abuse. We are assets bought and sold for usage by owners who are transnational. We can be used without even understanding. We are getting fleeced, and played out by hope given by the same hand that beats us. And then next time shit gets fucked up we will yell about history repeating itself as if we didn’t have our eyes shut the entire time getting spoon fed submission and naivety as we get raped for their next objective in societal control.