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Yes, Usha Vance is on the board of the Kennedy Center. This is in addition to the other scams they're running.

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha, they already lost more than a 3rd support from their base... theres like 2 million people in the whole world that still drink the flavor aid.. that's nothing. Fuckin losers

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Someone who actually got the drink right??

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, ol' Jim had Kool Aid in his promotional infomercials. Flavor Aid was just way cheaper and available after the population increased.

[–] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't skimp on the cyanide and sedatives. Feel like the brand of flavoring used is sort of missing the point.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Along with Billionaire Robert Kraft's wife too.

[–] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If theres so many billionaires on the board then why don't they fund the Kennedy Center instead of letting it go bankrupt?

Because they didn't become billionaires by funding a nonprofit

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

billionaires dont get rich by doing charity, they keep and take and, are the biggest cheapskates, even soros dint become rich by being charitable, he took advantage of favaroable conditions.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 points 2 weeks ago

The GOP would have a better shot at the midterms if Vance promised a 25th amendment coup in January.

I still think there's a decent chance he'll do it.

[–] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He wouldn't be able to tolerate working with Donald Trump if he had empathy.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He wouldn't be a republican if he had empathy

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

he doesnt wanted to be outed.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Have you tried fucking a goat? I hear the FBI is hiring.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

They need the jobs to stay out of prison.

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 3 points 2 weeks ago

I hear you don't have to go to TJ anymore to put on a donkey show.

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing will change until the house is clean

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

his wife USHA, whom he doesnt really like\

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Fuck AI - please don't spray this diarrhea all over Lemmy. We can do better here, friend.

[–] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It isn't. This was just adding some makeup using photoshop. All done by hand.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you post the original image here, please? I'm happy to be corrected. The hair looks wrong, the hands look wrong, the suit looks too wide, and the background looks synthesized. Even the tie looks like it isn't right at the collar.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

Trust in your fellow Lemming

[–] Crit@lemmy.wtf 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this AI? looks like a basic smudge and paint job in Photoshop

[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought so too, but those fingers are hard to unsee.

[–] Crit@lemmy.wtf 7 points 2 weeks ago

Dont see what's wrong with them, just cross 2 hands' fingers through the gaps of the other.

[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They might just look uncanny because they were shopped in?

[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Could be this too. And, shopped was akin to ai slop 15 years ago. Times move fast

[–] NuanceDemon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pick your battles, no artists were harmed in the making of this mockery.

[–] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am the one who made this and I verify that I did in fact do it all by hand with basic photoshopping (but not with photoshop itself.) No AI was used. The hands look off because I found a stock photo of someone with begging hands and pasted them in.

Its no work of art but its also a meme so I don't feel bad not spending hours perfecting it.

[–] NuanceDemon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You shouldn't, it got the point across nicely.

[–] cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

NGL, "every image is AI" commentary in every thread on the Internet is very nearly as obnoxious as every image actually being AI.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's a planned outcome. Doesn't mean people are wrong to be suspicious about everything. Just another ring of hell we're being forced down into.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

fair enough - I don't say it often, but sometimes it's just too much of it and it's triggering

I'll just downvote them and move on

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, call it out. Never slop. Just because this pretty clearly isn't (from the smudging effect), doesn't mean you shouldn't continue to call out slop. It just means you should try to get better at differentiating the photoshops from the slop.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is just some good ol fashioned Photoshop.