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Havent verified it myself, but I just remembered this video. If donny desides he can get away with some warcrimes@home™ this might work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKTBQBugIA
::: Spoiler Tap for spoiler Riot shields also might be great for protests in general, there must be a reason police use them. :::
Seems like a shoddy ripoff of the "meme"/infographic from the Hong Kong protests:
Poor sods. The CCP trampled all over them, and now they're all stuck under Beijing's boot.
This is AI slop and missing critical details. It feels like a deliberate way to pass along bad info that sounds like good info. This feels like outsiders meddling, like a pallet of bricks near a march.
Yes, this is the equivalent of trying to solo a raid with low-level gear.
Unless you go out of your way and purchase actual tactical gear such as plate carrier vests, ballistic eyewear, Kevlar helmets, and tactical boots that provide cover over your ankles to prevent rolling them as you run/walk over debris, you will be steamrolled by law enforcement all day everyday.
+1 on Umbrella. I used mine at the last protest to block a trumpy hate preacher from being seen.
Definitely dont wear anything with print/designs on it. It is the No1 way cops use to find out peoples identity if they cant see their face or track them. Also, all the gear needs to be thrifted or they will request the sale history for each item from shops and stores to figure out who bought one of each.
Came here to post basically the same thing. 100% everything needs to be thrifted.
Also, put a pebble in your shoe so you walk funny and they can't use gait analysis, or just ill-fitting thrifted shoes.
Idk if there's much we can do to get around gait analysis honestly
The Ministry of Silly Walks would beg to differ.
Just watch a YouTube video of French protestors. And learn.
The descriptions and pointers / connectors are all messed up.
The left side should be:
The right side should be:
Probably AI generated.
In the era of AI, folks always seem to forget that people make mistakes. Artists fuck up anatomy, infographic designers make typos, none of that means AI was involved.
The protester doesn't match the description and could be AI, or it could be a non AI stock image that the infographic creator found. It's hastily slapped together regardless, but that doesn't mean it's AI.
People have a serious Dunning-Kruger problem with spotting AI; thinking any errors in an otherwise professional looking image are valid evidence. You really need to look for mistakes humans are less likely to make.
I agree with your point in general - there's no use in being skeptical if you call stuff fake at the first sign. Innocent until proven guilty or whatever.
You're right that the image could be clipart, and a human could have made those typos, but there are some non-human tells in here other than that.
The P in protection is a lowercase capital, and one of the r's in irŕritation is accented. The latter could've been mistyped on a phone keyboard, but in that case it would've been autocorrected, and that still doesn't explain the P.
There's also some weird GPT-like descriptions that are thrown in for no reason. Why does the bandana being "fashionable" matter? How are arm warmers "subtle", exactly?
As another commentor pointed out, a T-shirt with a graphic is more likely to make you recognisable, so that part's just wrong. I also don't get why "tactical/military bags" should be "avoided"? Seems like the kinda misinformation AI would spout.
What I really don't get here is why someone would use AI to generate the entire thing, rather than only using it for the graphic (still morally questionable but excusable) and adding the text in manually (something you can do in MS paint).
Thank you for this actually sane take! 🙏
You really need to look for mistakes humans are less likely to make.
Yeah, like the "descriptions and pointers / connectors are all messed up." Or including nonsense like "tain".
I am all for benefit of the doubt here, but only when it is warranted. The probability of this being a single prompt generated image is very, very high. And no amount of "hastily slapped together" excuses it.
Am I crazy for thinking these mistakes seem very human and not very AI?
Like some other commenter said, "tain" isn't nonsense. It's a typo for rain, t being adjacent to r on the keyboard and all.
The mixed up pointers is really just out of order text boxes. Illustration software manages the flow of text between text boxes, and something misconfigured explains the mixed up connectors. Conversely this doesn't seem like an AI error given that the intelligence making the image knows what a shoe is.
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Notice how the r key on your keyboard is right next to the t key. What are umbrellas usually used for? 😊
yeah it 100% is
Thrifted motocycling gear is the way to go if you want decent protection for cheap and without standing out too much. Leather is a good idea in general. And don't use a sling bag. Too easy to grab and swings around when you run. Use a daypack for hiking and keep the straps short for a tight fit. And preferably wear boots rather than sneakers.
If you need something heavy duty you can make bulletproof (to a degree) carrier plates from fiberglass welding sheets and epoxy. There are guides on youtube where you can also see the protective capabilities in action.
All the videos I’ve seen the homemade fiberglass armor only stops .22 LR and maybe .22 magnum which ain’t gonna do anything but still cool nonetheless
Here you can see it stopping 10mm and 12ga buckshot. It's not a perfect replacement for military grade body armor but it's the next best thing for a fraction of the price.
Slop
Space blanket or foil for microwave
Over ear hearing protection and shield for acoustic weapons
What's with the gas mask?
For tear gas.
Should add capes, ponchos, trench coats, great coats, burkas, or other full-length outer wear. Much more useful than umbrellas.
Carry a couple rolls of lawn and leaf bags to pass out. They become a hundred identical, heavy-duty ponchos, masking the identities of everyone around you.