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    24 hours ago

    totally unrelated, but 1) what are the words in superman’s hair; and b) has that always been there, and my dumbass hasn’t seen it until now, years after i first saw the meme?

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      Pretty sure it’s AI artifacting.

      Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1683/

      Original template

      You can see that the general shape of the squiggles is the same, but some generative algorithm detected a pattern in the noise and “enhanced” it.

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        24 hours ago

        lol thanks, i originally wrote robin instead of superman, but saw the colors and edited the comment, and thought “well, i guess i’m officially old now…”