I'm pretty confident this is AI. Diffusion models are getting good at text, but they still have this weird, almost fuzzy look to them when it should be crisp vector graphics. I'm positive if you overlaid some of those characters, they wouldn't be exact matches (when they should because fonts).

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Wait wait, forgot one of my favorites: The Jawa in the original Star Wars movies are speaking Xhosa, a South African language. It's chopped up, pitch-shifted, and nonsensical, but translatable. "Uhutini!" means "What are you saying?"

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You know I'm a massive Luxo hater, but do you know who seemed the most out of touch in the debate? The political journalists discussing it afterwards like it's an actual sports breakdown, like wtf fire them all.

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I’m not watching just because I doubted Gower’s ability to run a debate. One thing I wish I’d realised at school is that joining the debate club meant you could learn how to argue your position effectively #nzpol

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This is the most lopsided "debate" I think I've ever seen, in terms of words per speaker. Where's the timekeeper? Luxon repeatedly leaps to answer the question first, at length, then speaks over Hipkins' answer, at length, then gives himself a follow-up right of reply. Messy/ panicky stuff. #nzpol

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