Weird or WTF news (No Outside Links)

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An influencer’s AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute

Caryn Marjorie, 23, a social media influencer with nearly 2 million followers on Snapchat, never has time to talk to all her fans. She posts photos and videos of herself throughout the day, and her 98 percent male fan base responds with an endless stream of messages and requests.

She spends about five hours a day in a Telegram group she created that super fans pay to join, but she can only respond to so many comments at a time.

So, this week she launched CarynAI, an AI chatbot leveraging GPT-4 API technology developed by OpenAI that replicates her voice, mannerisms and personality. For $1 a minute, fans can chat with CarynAI in an “immersive AI experience” that feels almost like speaking to Marjorie herself. The launch of CarynAI was first reported by Fortune.

Given the product’s growth rate, once she’s able to onboard all the fans who’ve expressed interest, she estimates she’s on track to earn about $5 million a month. The product made more than $100,000 the first week, she said. and there’s a waiting list of thousands to gain access.

I saw that! And I have to wonder if this more, or less honest, than the women (on that other modeling site...) that hire people to pretend to be them to answer their sexual fan mail!

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Somebody dyed the Grand Canal in Venice florescent green!

ps... this is at lest the second time the canals have been colored...!

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The guy who ate a $120,000 banana in an art museum says he was just hungry....

some people have no sence of humour

The art in question, "Comedian", is a (frequently replaced) duct-taped banana that is meant to evoke everything from Charlie Chaplin's slapstick comedy to the fruit's status as an emblem of global trade.

It spoke to Noh Huyn-soo in simpler terms, reminding him that he had skipped breakfast that morning.

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Concert goer simultaneously vomits and poops in his pants during Greensky Bluegrass show, setting off a chain reaction of 15+ other concert goers puking, causing the show to be paused until cleanup crew could get the mess under control.

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Concert goer simultaneously vomits and poops in his pants during Greensky Bluegrass show, setting off a chain reaction of 15+ other concert goers puking, causing the show to be paused until cleanup crew could get the mess under control.

This post sounds like it belongs in the Fetishes sub forum ...

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I am uploading an Update, and decided to read the news while I wait. And everything in the headlines was both Weird AND WTF!
Also kinda depressing. Welcome to the USA!

But the "photo" of the 3-armed black voter was the best. This is an important voting demographic in America!

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Which of these headlines is weirder?

""Massive taxidermy polar bear stolen in bizarre Canadian heist""

""Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage""

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There are sportsbooks going on (American football) Super Bowl proposition bets, (wagers about the game that aren't about the final score) about Tayor Swift.
Lots and LOTS of bets. Just one online bookmaker has 89 of them!

How many times will she be shown during the game?
What will she wear?
Will she be shown eating a hotdog?
Which Swift song will CBS play first?
Will Kelce propose to her at the game?
And on and on and on!

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How is this for funny?

South Korea had been banning Japanese sex dolls for
“harm(ing) the country’s beautiful traditions and public moral".
Supposedly they have stopped that now.

fyi... I have had Members from 30'ish countries and research stations, but not one from South Korea.

if you live in Korea you are surrounded by Korean lady's, why the doll???

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if you live in Korea you are surrounded by Korean lady's, why the doll???

Ummm... South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world. Look It Up. There is a possibility that the population will be half it is now by the year 2100. None of this is weird, just tragic. And totally self-inflicted.

What is WEIRD is how cluelessly and counter-productively the government is reacting to all this. I am not even going to try to explain it, even if I could. To misquote Star Trek, "I am porn star, not a Doctor of Demography!" So, again, look it up!

But I will also note that they are not the only national population shrinking due to a very low birth rate. For that matter, the area that I live is losing population too.

Anyone want to buy cheap land?