This is the most 90s image I have seen in a long time.
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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Good job clanker, another human fooled successfully. See the watermark in the bottom right.
I wanna cry man, I wanna cry. HOW LONG do i have to ask myself "Is this AI?" whenever I see an image on internet?
Forever. I'm sorry.
Always from now on, it won't end. And I think it's a good example here, as it's clearly indicated with the watermark. Without it I wouldn't have been sure, this image is very good quality. My clues were the calendar is too conveniently place at the perfect location, and I tried to figure out which win version is that, and the thickness of the header of the warning dialog seems too thick compared to the taskbar. Then I started to look for other clues and noticed the watermark
I'm not a luddite, this technology has some good uses, and this is an important step in the good direction that they add a watermark. Next should be an ai notice added to the metadata of the image, so the hosting site could understand it and mark as such, and users can filter it.
Bad actors obviously could remove any kind of watermark or metadata, so this wouldn't help against them, but as we see how it goes with drm there is no perfect way to make sure the slop can be always marked as such.
I think it's a good example here, as it's clearly indicated with the watermark.
Define "clearly" 😅 it took a while for you and I to notice the watermark and over half the commenters still believe this is a real image.
My clues were ... then I started to look for other clues and noticed the watermark
It's a new thing, my eyes haven't got used to it yet. I see more ai images without any watermark than with one.
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Fuck me... I only started looking more closely after your comment and noticed that the room's proportions are fucked up. But, at a first glance, it looks like a photo from the 90s...
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March 1999, based on the wall calendar
98?
Looks more like 1958 to me, the whole thing is a blur. Doesn't seem like a compression thing, more like AI generation.
Given that she's holding what is the second most booty-ass rendition of what's apparently supposed to be a Beretta Model 92 I've seen in my life, AI generation seems to be a fair assessment.
Edit: And the shadow on it makes no sense. Never mind the watermark in the corner.
Edit edit: And March 1998 began on a Sunday. The more you look the worse it all gets.
i love this deep dive lol
It also has the AI watermark in the bottom right corner. This one doesn't take a rocket surgeon to pinpoint.
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Fuck, this one got me. I didn't see the watermark. Even looking closely the details don't seem AI, the floppy disks on the table, the cup, the keyboard colouring, the phone wire. Even the numbers on the calendar seem plausible with the bad compression. I hate this doubting every picture I see on the internet
In the 90s, March did start with a Monday in '93 (ruled out due to Start button and Windows key) and '99. But it's unlikely you'd see TV static (with a decently emulated camera shutter effect) behind an error dialog window - is it the desktop background?
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At a former job many years ago, we had an employee get super mad at his PC. He left and returned a short time later with a revolver that he unloaded on said PC. All six shots missed the critical components and it was still running despite the new cooling. Cops hauled him away whilst still frothing at the mouth about his PC.
We can't stop here, this is bat country!
Another image of add to my "Women holding guns to computers/monitor" collection.
Is uh......is that like a sex thing? Or.....ya know what? I'm not sure I want answers.
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I was just thinking, this is not the first image like this I've seen and I'd really like to know the context I'm missing.
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This, of course, does nothing to resolve a hung task because the computer is off to the side.
Finally someone who understands why this is just a waste of a monitor
i see the watermark but is this actually a generated image? I'm normally good at being able to tell. this image feels fine to me though? like the reflections on the light switch cover and on the picture frame feel natural. the keyboard looks correct. i guess the vents on the slightly stubbly crt are a bit wonky and the calendar can't decide between 1998 and 1958 lol
The lighting on the gun is completely mismatched from the image and tipped me off pretty quick.
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I wasn’t “fooled by AI” but simply gooning the Inox Beretta 92 compact.
With the jank-ass safety lever and the top grip screw in the wrong place?
Don't worry, I have a worse one you can look at. Here you go.
Hey, the screen is not the computer!
run,
RUN AS A MOTHA FCKN GANGSTA.
I had that sweatshirt, desk, bookshelf, PC case, and ceiling light. I didn't have the gun or I'd be freaking out.
IDE is an anagram for DIE
It's funny to think she might be like 50 today. Idk
If she was real. (It's AI)
Sarah Connor at home:
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