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 We already had something that turned text prompts into art, it was called paying an artist. 
 @30b6b534 People hate artists though.

Individuals love specific artists, and society loves art, culture, entertainment...

But at some point as it scales, the collective agrees to treat artists like absolute dogshit.

Perhaps it's because creators evoke strong emotions, and we naturally dislike more stuff than we like... 
 The cat left a necktie on the door
 
Don't know if he's in there with a girl cat or a baggie of c... 
 @61201a23 Oh no, what if he has a chipmunk?

Cats are nature’s perfect serial killers, in your heart you know this. 
 The existence of earbuds implies the existence of ear-foes. 
 @b3dd14ec By this logic, AIR BUD implies AIR FOE.

"Huh. Nothing in the rules says a golden retriever CAN'T join ISIS." 
 @134318c2 I’ve seen previous suggestions that, at one time, the global human population dropped to the point that they couldn’t fill Soldier Field and honestly? I kinda want to believe it, selfishly. 

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 @acd6ca33 Oh Jesus this is making my eyes go funny.