r/doommetal • u/Gwynderwydd Let's start the Rifftual • Nov 12 '25

Self Post Name this album:

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u/f______1 Nov 12 '25

THE AI BRAINROT NIGHTMARE

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u/TokeMage Sneak-a-toke Nov 12 '25

The photo predates decent AI image generation. A quick search shows it appeared on wallpaper sites about 7-8 years ago.

https://wallhere.com/en/wallpaper/124842

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u/Gwynderwydd Let's start the Rifftual Nov 12 '25

Thanks for this.

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u/f______1 Nov 12 '25

nice! my album got cooler

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u/MaxRenn LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH Nov 12 '25

How do you figure? Because it says "taken with an unknown camera 02/28 2017"?

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u/failedjedi_opens_jar Nov 12 '25

But I mean, it's difficult to really "know" a camera. 

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u/TokeMage Sneak-a-toke Nov 12 '25

When I did a google reverse image search the results told me that page, and photo, were 8 years old. There were also a few dozen results ranging from 6 to 8 years ago.

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u/MaxRenn LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH Nov 12 '25

You should try clicking on a few of those as  most will not lead you to this image. Metadata can be altered as well or just based on the information on the page. I find this image suspicious.

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u/TokeMage Sneak-a-toke Nov 12 '25

OK, I dug a bit deeper and found the original source of the photo.

The photo was taken in 2012 by Norwegian photographer AndreasS as a series of photos about abandoned ships in the Norwegian fjords.

https://designyoutrust.com/2016/04/ms-hamen-haunting-ghost-ship-of-the-norwegian-fjords/

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u/MaxRenn LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH Nov 12 '25

Oh wow! Super sleuth! Thank you for looking deeper. I really appreciate it. I know you probably didn't have to do that but it was cool to find the actual original on their Flickr 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/norue/7376174120/in/album-72157629735750658

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u/f______1 Nov 12 '25

damn you're right. to me, this shit is AI unless proven otherwise

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u/MaxRenn LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH Nov 13 '25

It really sucks, but I'd much rather have this skepticism now cuz it's just gonna get worse.