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Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• mech@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “That’ll be $39.99 with our special in-app-only deal.”

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    $59.99 without the app

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      plus tip

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        “You want a tip? Here’s your tip: ‘Fuck You, Clanker!’”

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      • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Plus value added tax, city tax, and over the counter delivery fee.

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  • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Plus $20 handling fee

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• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is this a miniature or one of those things where they make actual tiny food?

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  • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is the original. Polymer clay.

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nah, it is just a really big hand

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  • myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Anything is edible if you believe it.

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    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      OK, Art Vandelay.

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  • melroy@kbin.melroy.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ai generated?

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    • Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It sucks how ai cheapest ALL art like this. There has to be a word for when something is mistaken for AI.

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      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        “Slop rot”

        Thought of it when listening to npr mentioning the last two year’s Webster dictionary words of the year. Brainrot (2024) and Slop (2025).

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      • melroy@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        yeah sorry.. I also don't know it anymore.. I just didn't know it was AI or real anymore.. its horrible.

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    • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This is the original, 2011.

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    • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I found this image dating back to 2014, it’s probably even older, so not AI generated.

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    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I went to the website and apparently it’s a miniature, the artist has been doing this way before the A’I’ craze: www.aiclay.com/philosophy

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• ooterness@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What is this? Fast food for ants?

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• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  wait until they can feed you paste but make you think it tastes good.

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is how I feel about certain expensive meal replacement supplements.

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      soylent mignon is made out of rocks!

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