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I wanted a 2000s/ASCII-era vibe sign to put up when I have extra bread to give away, and my wife came through in spades

I like it a lot, gonna tile it onto four pages and call it a day

Edit: I completed it with a small handwritten note at the bottom:

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[โ€“] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If i may, my thinking with the "still better than AI" comment/mentality is that it makes sense to say that when the human made thing is bad.

Like, if a person makes something that's shit, it's still better than AI. But in this case, what the human made was SPECTACULAR, so in my mind saying it's still better than AI doesn't make sense because that's self-evident

True it is a beautiful creation! I had a thought about AI when I saw it, but more like "see, that's gorgeous, clearly digitally handmade, simple and informative and no AI needed!!" Like it just illustrates how much better a flyer could be and how unnecessary relying on AI image generation is. Where I'm at I see AI used all the time for posters and it gives me a gross feeling.