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[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why are we A.I. upscaling all the memes now? It looks so bad

[–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This version of it has existed for years. Earliest uses of the "upscaled" (but probably redrawn/traced version) go back to 2019 when the original blurry version was causing issues on Twitter and Reddit being marked as NSFW for some reason

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Fair enough. There's been a lot of upscaled memes appearing on Lemmy recently, just my luck I comment on the only non-A.I. one