People are upset about the spreading of misinformation not the idea that somehow your precious 1-10 rating system for women might be compromised. That does not matter.
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
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I can only roll my eyes so hard. Think before you post stupid crap
I guess there would be no problem with AI editing as long as it can be replicated outside virtual life in reality too.
Pushup bras are really fuckin' comfy. They have extra padding on the bottom so it's like your tits get to rest on a cloud all day. I wear them purely for that reason. I wear makeup and pushup bras because I like them. I know some guys tend to find this hard to believe but we women don't exist to please you.
The attempt to compare the capability of psychological manipulation between AI and squished boobs is absolutely comical.
Push up bras never cost me a job cause some snotty business owner who don't know color theory wanted to save a buck
Dude the way you compare a dehumanizing device to manipulate and control information at the core with a method to make oneself feel better about oneself is most non-triumphant.
Is it also "deception" in your mind when a man wears a cap over his bald spot, grows a beard to hide his weak chin, or choses a loose-wearing shirt that conceils his beer belly?
Or is that only limited to women?
Yep, also those
I envy your life when it's so free from problems that you feel the need to complain about people trying to look nicer.
I'm not complaining about people trying to look nicer, I'm trying to point that "not everything is as it seems" for a longer time than AI images/videos being released recently.
You could compare it to something in the same environment instead of something that comes across as misogynistically charged.
Using makeup and bra styles as your example, even if you aren't intending any slight by it, evokes the constant societal effort to police women's bodies. This is a huge discomfort for a majority of people either because they are women who are subjected to this, or they care about women who are dealing with it.
A great example for less charged comparisons would be existing propaganda, things like the "got milk?" program, the push to use of Vegtable oils after WW2 when the government had a surplus and needed to do something with it, or even the decades long campaign to frame fat as the cause of the obesity epidemic everyone knew it was sugar. All of these have a very similar tone to AI suggesting to glue your pizza or cook your pasta in gasoline.
You could even site actual fake things. Our health department is currently lead by an Anti-Vaxxer. We didn't need a data center to make that lie stick.
Communication is a big part of all this, we don't know what your feelings are, just what you said. We have to guess from what you say and what was said paints you in a bad light.
Booooooooooo
People also regularly shame other people for using filters and push-up bras and (too much) make-up.
Also people who get hair cuts and/or shave their heads?
...and people called all of those "deception" when they were new.
The question is how to deal with it. Regulation? Learn how to recognize it?
normalize guys wearing fake beards and underwear pads
so its about people using ai to make themselves look different or whatever?
Ok, gooner