Handcraft is always superior to factory-made. Even when it is crude - it has character and attitude about it. Except for explosives.
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2026
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The more effort you put into your terrible, artisanal shitposting, the more I'm going to love it.
the higher the ratio of time:quality, the more I'll love it
Does Pocket Paint (Android) count?
Fuck yeah, Pocket Paint gang.
I prefer original memes because they have something real about them, and you can compare them to your own life situation, whereas artificial intelligence has no purpose or logic, just an endless number of meaningless memes that have no soul.😒
ChatGPT, imagine a relatable two-panel meme taking into account the following comment:
“I prefer original memes because they have something real about them, and you can compare them to your own life situation, whereas artificial intelligence has no purpose or logic, just an endless number of meaningless memes that have no soul.😒”
Make me three hundred of them.
I'll take a stick figure meme made in Paint over AI. Literally just put the bare minimum of effort into it.
Here you go then:
Drawn at same scale, without zooming.
i don't know what that says and that's cooler
I'm 100% using the KDE Connect gyro mouse the next time we play Gartic Phone.
Now this is shitposting with style
That gave me a good hearty chuckle :)
Btw, Krita seems really good FOSS software for new digital artists to start with, might be worth a shot!
Gyno house lol
That's because they really ARE better than AI memes
looks adequately photoshopped to me
Almost overengineered for a meme if you zoom in.
Why shopped?
You can always shoot for krits with Krita, or show you haven't bathed this year (easy on Jan 2026) by being proficient in GNU Image Manipulation Program.
My last post was made in the latter as a test.
FYI I am proficient in Gimp and actually bathed three months ago. Wait.
There's some charm to badly shopped memes though.
Well, I find them funny. Probably why I'm generally laughing more than the rest of you.
Shut up Maig.