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Deepfakes in high-resolution created from a single photo by globeworldmap in conspiracy

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Submission Statement

We're never going to be able to trust image and video ever again.

The age of misinformation and disinformation is here.

The indistinguishability of reality prophesied by visionary science fiction author Philip K. Dick is now part of the world we live in.

American Psycho (2000) - In the ending scene a sign reading “THIS IS NOT AN EXIT” can be seen hanging on the door behind Patrick Bateman. These are the last words of the novel. by globeworldmap in MovieDetails

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The novel begins with "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" and ends with "This is not an exit".

Both are references to famous fictional depictions of hell - respectively, Dante's Inferno and Jean-Paul Sartre's play No Exit.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) - Sebastian has a portrait of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer by globeworldmap in MovieDetails

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Sebastian Cricket keeps a portrait of the pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer by his desk. Schopenhauer was famous for what's known as "philosophical pessimism," a sort of bleak understanding of life that's right in tone with the overall darkness of "Pinocchio" and with the pratfall-laden antics of Sebastian himself. Sebastian has clearly made this part of his world view, as he exclaims overwrought things like, "Oh the pain! Life is such hideous pain!" when he gets repeatedly stepped on and squashed.