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[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago

I’ve noticed that high tech AI generates photorealistic images in ways that reveal a lot of complexion details that most consumer phones hide. Zoom in, look at those big blotchy freckles.

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

is there really no english word for leedvermaak? as a dutch guy that is strange

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

As a dirty American, we just borrow schadenfreude from German usually in my experience.

There are English phrases that approximate it - like "taking enjoyment in another's misery" but not really a word, at least one I can think of.

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

just translate it literally and adopt it as an official english word: Miseryentertainment

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yo can even put a dash in-between the two parts to hide the fact that you stole superior German grammar

[–] laut_sprecher@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Or just go the neologism way that english loves: misertainment

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Eh, that seems to suggest it's entertainment for or about misers, rather than misery

[–] markz@suppo.fi 69 points 23 hours ago

AI generated or not, influencer marketing for Dubai evacuation flights is too funny

[–] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

No matter what you think of Dubai, this is cruel.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 40 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think this is hilarious. People who help enable such a terrible country and actively promote it don’t get any sympathy. I’ll save that for the slaves unable to leave.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My schadenfreude does not extend to this type of suffering.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Go to the regional subreddits. They're dominated by expats, and I bet you'll rediscover your sense of schadenfreude right quick.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You were right I found it back for the pets these "expat" are letting behind.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

These people had no problem living in a slave city or abandoning their pets to die of thirst, as exemplified by that post.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 8 hours ago

Ho boy... I though you were defending them... My bad

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

You right, can you link me to the reddit where the slaves used to build and maintain Dubai are speaking about their evacuations ?

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand, that was sarcasm ?

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

No, I'm saying they're pieces of shit who chose to live in a slave city, and have no problem abandoning their pets.

So no matter how many bombs fall, I will never feel sorry for those expats.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world -1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 3 points 20 hours ago

So does western nations lining up to support bombing Iranian civilians.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

Finally! A use case for AI! Oh wait we already knew it‘s used in all sorts of scams and criminal activity.

[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 0 points 22 hours ago

It still does, but it used to, too.