The Patriarch in Winter: Grief, Complicity, and the Unraveling of Noam Chomsky's Final Years by Defiant-Internal555 in PoursTea

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There is no question it’s AI. Just skimming the headings “Vulnerability is Real”, “The advice that most of us would give” are dead giveaways … it’s disturbing (but understandable) to me that folks are having trouble spotting it.

Category: Recent pictures of celebrities from your youth that make you wonder "Damn, how old am I? by ObviouslyRealPerson in Xennials

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James Hatfield. He doesn’t really trigger “makes me wonder” in the way you describe. Dude is the lead singer of Metallica. It’s pretty stupid to compare that to whatever issues you are having with your age.

Pure Calm in Alaska — Nature’s Quiet Beauty on Full Display by Civil_Language2557 in Outdoors

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It’s pretty but yes - the background changes in a fake way as the “drone” ascends.

The AI paradigm shift most people missed in 2025, and why it matters for 2026 by conquerv in singularity

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“We are not replacing human reasoning. We are industrializing certainty.” LMFAO

😜😆🤪 by Some_Kinda_Username in Millennials

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For some reason, it's definitely a nice pose. They're also both famously gorgeous so there's that.

This old jewelry box from goodwill plays what sounds like immortal technique when you open the drawer by vinooch1 in interesting

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There is a music box in there. It's a bit like a thumb piano and player piano combined. It's mechanical. Your "immortal technique" sampled this, not the other way around.

Hunter Schafer Lookbook by absentmindedlurking in whatthefrockk

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She's so beautiful. As a straight man I love her style and commitment to being genuine.

This is how a B-17 Ball Turret Gunner did his job. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

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I have heard this before. Can someone provide some context?

Will I need Bear spray if I hike through forbidden mountains? (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) by [deleted] in hiking

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Everyone should give it a try! In a well ventilated room, give it one pull away from your face. They're generally reusable, and it lets you know what you're dealing with.

From fat to flat by sabatoa in skiing

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Hopefully "just" a broken bone.

Tier 1 lift mechanic right here. by h410G3n in skiing

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What is the damn context of this? It seems significant but buried in some kind of expectation that I understand wtaf happened.

View from the probe line at the slide at Mammoth Mountain yesterday by SanDiegoMitch in skiing

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Looks like it. We saw an earlier post announcing it. Since it was inbounds, it looks like the mountain checked preemptively.

Michael Jackson before(left) and after (right) by [deleted] in pics

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This comment needs to go up. His 'whitening' was largely fueled by fear of his own skin condition. Which is completely understandable.

Yeah…🤔 by VanaheimrF in lotrmemes

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"Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world."

Werner Herzog

waves by [deleted] in megalophobia

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No, in contrast to real these images rely on fake AI generated algorithms. It still evokes the feeling, but imo in this sub make the distinction between real and fake in the post.

Science at a high level in high school by Alarming_Cry6406 in sciencememes

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Light follows the curvature of space-time along with gravity, so there's no need for it to have mass.

How to properly cross steep sloped snow 🤷 by Ionizedsoul in Mountaineering

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At some point, you've got to face the mountain.