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LeftInTX

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18. I agree! How many fake tornados are there?
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:15 PM
Monday

And last week, I was hit with a rash of cleaning videos..LOL

Everyone of them required salt. Just mix salt, baking soda, vinegar, peroxide and dawn in a bowl. Throw it on your dirty pan. Miraculously, just throwing it on a pan melts all grease and caked on stains in seconds without scrubbing. (Sorta like those brillo ads from the 60's, where they showed a brillo pad crossing a pan and walla - magic) The only reason I watched them was because I couldn't believe how dumb they we were. I wanted to comment, but refrained because I didn't want to be hit with more of them. (I believe the page is "Clever Life Hacks".)

Last year, I was constantly hit with Turkish produced videos that showed world leaders all line dancing together..LOL

OTOH, there are some decent quick exercise videos on reels and I get Armenian news, music and culture that way. (Not AI)

And I can't resist watching Anthony Fuentes funny reactions to videos "Mira....what in the soap opera wedding are you doing?" "Mira, why is your face so pale? Have you ever been outside?" I think he's reacting to some AI videos, some real videos etc. In everyone of them, someone is doing something stupid or weird.

So like a dumbie, I kill time on reels...

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Too much to hope for Arthur_Frain Monday #1
On YouTube, you mean? They could do a much better job labeling AI, and letting people block it, but highplainsdem Monday #2
No, here on DU Arthur_Frain Monday #10
Thank you for the tips! moondust Monday #3
And YouTube keeps asking me to get a paid membership. Not a chance. Crunchy Frog Monday #4
As well as reading the blurb about the video canetoad Monday #5
This message was self-deleted by its author ahnakneemoose Monday #9
I've never taken anything on the internet, YouTube or Tik Tok seriously. Aussie105 Monday #6
I'd like to see ALL media label AI orthoclad Monday #7
Googletube is just another brick in the wall orthoclad Monday #8
The AI Slop DallasNE Monday #11
FaceBook "Reels" is the worst for AI videos--especially the animal ones. I would guess 90% are AI. C Moon Monday #12
I've seen a lot of social media posts from animal lovers who are disgusted because AI-using nitwits highplainsdem Monday #17
It's so dumb. Why even post a fake animal video? I guess they do it to get hits. C Moon Monday #19
Probably most of them do it to get hits. Some probably do it because they enjoy tricking people. Some highplainsdem Monday #21
Wow! That's terrible. C Moon Monday #22
I agree! How many fake tornados are there? LeftInTX Monday #18
Oh yeah! The fake tornado videos! Grrrr. C Moon Monday #20
Gonna say thanks and something not so nice GusBob Monday #13
The ones I've seen posting AI slop know it Ms. Toad Monday #14
There are some AI slop fans here, and it's disappointing that anyone who's supposed to be liberal would highplainsdem Monday #15
Just stop posting video without a summary Melon Monday #16
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