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at America's Largest Humor Website (at the time) Cracked.com, my job for half a decade was to pick images for the articles. Finding relevant stuff in the public domain was a creative task that often inspired me to write more and better jokes. Even using Getty images was more creative than AI.
![[Photo of a Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant exterior stacked above a 1-star review and manager response.]
[Redacted User]: "Went to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. for dinner and our waiter came over and immediately started doing the shrimp list from Forrest Gump. At first we thought it was funny. Shrimp gumbo, fried shrimp, coconut shrimp, shrimp kabobs, etc. But he just... kept going.
After about three minutes I realized he was definitely making some of them up. “Shrimp lasagna, shrimp tacos, shrimp pot pie, shrimp pancakes, shrimp hot pockets...” At one point he said “shrimp on a stick” and then like two minutes later said “shrimp on a bigger stick.”
This went on for NINE MINUTES.
When he finally finished, he asked what we wanted to drink. We ordered two Diet Cokes.
We never saw him again."
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. (Manager) replies: "We sincerely apologize for your experience. After reviewing the situation with our staff, we discovered that the individual who approached your table was not actually an employee of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
He's actually an ex employee. He was fired and still has his uniform and occasionally comes in to mess with people.
I'm sorry your table was involved."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreienprn4ujbmer2nh5qdeuxicd4xd4fyr2wrxxqy2ansqagjsothzm)
![[Black and white sketch of a Pokémon trainer battle. On the right, Doug Dimmadome holds a Pokéball, his ten-gallon hat extending vertically out of frame. On the left is an Alolan Exeggutor whose neck also extends vertically out of frame.]
jaranimate on tumblr: "Gym leader DOUG DIMMADOME of the DIMMSDALE GYMMADOME wants to battle
"you're dimma-done for!""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreie6stmw4utnwbuccdyuexrln76v32k7cemt43dfguidsn323usdne)
![[Tim Curry as Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3's Anatoly Cherdenko in space]
"See You Space Cowboy..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreichjr724ilytxqo75rp4sjihsd6fivzeoc6uob24sxg5ubik5hnza)
!["When you thought the soap dispenser in the vet's office was your auto-feeder" [Four panels of an orange cat getting squirted on the head by an automatic soap dispenser]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreift7vobd2x6rm4ev2nritp7rjk52ud22wmuu4gh7cvr7i7ggwq3rm)
![Sam Biddle (@samfbiddle) on twitter: "The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors" [a deli menu: a dish labeled "5", consists of weird donut-shaped rings of flesh or dough with dark grill marks.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreifcq2cq2fdusyyv3rw2j226ke4m4v7j3lwmdg6ec5ykoskunp6ujm)
![[Top panel: silhouettes of Thorin's company walking over a ridge: "First Campaign: Zero Party Strategy. Everyone Picks A Cool-sounding Class. Party = 13 Fighters + 1 Rogue + 1 Wizard";
Bottom panel: silhouettes of the Fellowship of the Ring: "Second Campaign: Okay Can We Aim For Some Balance Please?"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreidu7k3tcz7e37pegta3pn7k7j6rdfucu5jh3mqlwdnke5yrxu5gaq)
