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Suggestions for the Christmas present from hell as far as I’m concerned

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by hailbopp, Dec 26, 2025.

  1. Escarpment

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    Do you think that's AI generated too? If you go to their channel it plays awful pan pipe music at you, before you even start playing a video!
     
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      I don’t know how you tell which are by artificial insemination and which are natural.
       
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        The over-saturated colours and generally cartoony appearance firstly. Everything looks rather like it's made of plastic with little texture. And then look out for any writing. AI doesn't seem to understand writing and generates gibberish instead, like this:
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        I believe some MP or other prominent person got caught sending out AI Christmas cards this year and the giveaway was the nonsensical writing in the picture, although I can't find a reference to it right now.
         
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        I like @Selleri 's suggestion altho I'm not sure what " heartwarming" picture you would choose - a Pangolin minus it's scales perhaps ?
        As for MP's Xmas cards, I doubt whether many need the assistance of AI to produce nonsense.
         
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          Well no, but it's a bit embarrassing to be caught out doing it - making the least possible effort and not even checking if the result makes sense.
           
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          It’s only a wee white lie!
           
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          To be fair, unless they have a Christmas Elf to assist them, I suppose a fair amount of licking envelopes is involved. Just as well stamps are self adhesive nowadays :biggrin:
           
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            Yes I had thought of this already! Great minds or…..the alternative!
             
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            Oh god forbid!
             
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              I noticed one at the bottom of someone's garden yesterday, roof hanging off, ready for the bin. I wonder if they got that one as a present too?
               
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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                You mean there are TWO.:yikes::yikes:

                I wonder who is making this kind of stuff.
                 
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                  I’ll give you 3 guesses and to make it easier I can assure you it isn’t Thomas Chippendale.
                   
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                  • pete

                    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                    Probably Bert Chippendale, his brother.:biggrin:
                     
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                      The bottom section, with the top section cut off, could be just a planter, and the thin bits of wood could be used for climbing plants to climb up. I have no idea what purpose the top tray bit has other than to block light and rain. Mixed plants that climb and trail so as to cover the bottom section and the thin bits of wood, once the top flat bit is taken off? I have used worse containers for plants than that with the top flat bit taken off.

                      Maybe just needs the right plants to completely take it over, once the top is removed so they can get light and rain.
                       
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                        How about putting it somewhere that is very visible to them but not constantly in your line of site and planting a few fake vines over the edges of the thing to make it look like they are growing or some of form other camouflage you can think of?
                         
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