Natasha Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Best advice ever! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Due to the intense heat in Savannah, the little lion cub could not reach the nearest watering hole, but the mother lioness could not help him and suffered with him. Noticing their suffering, a big and kind elephant came to the rescue. Picking up the lion cub with his trunk, he carried him to the water. The lioness mother followed her son and the noble giant. Â And we call them wild animals... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo lady Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Ibarra's post is a touching one and how true we wish it was for both the animal world and humans too.   However.....apparently it is an old and early "deep fake":  (sorry folks!) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/30/fact-check-altered-image-shows-elephant-carrying-lion-cub/5929997001/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, virgo lady said: Ibarra's post is a touching one and how true we wish it was for both the animal world and humans too.   However.....apparently it is an old and early "deep fake":  (sorry folks!) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/30/fact-check-altered-image-shows-elephant-carrying-lion-cub/5929997001/ I certainly hope you fact check each and every post on this site. How to ruin a feel good story, true or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWMtnMama Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Telling the truth is horrible now? Unfortunate that the photo was fake but true. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ibarra Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 So, are all 90 some pages of postings going to be scrutinized for photo shopping, fact checking etc., etc.?  Nope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo lady Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 1 hour ago, ibarra said: I certainly hope you fact check each and every post on this site. How to ruin a feel good story, true or not. Truth hurts?  Sorry / Not Sorry.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo lady Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, ibarra said: So, are all 90 some pages of postings going to be scrutinized for photo shopping, fact checking etc., etc.?  Nope. This is a joke & ha-ha fun posting thread anyway, maybe take a look in the mirror there, unwind a bit.    1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo lady Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Jim Bowie said: You doing this is terrible ! What is your problem? Sharing the truth in an empathetic way for the intent of the post is hardly "terrible".   #DealWithIt.   What is YOUR problem? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWMtnMama Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 I suspect with AI we will see alot more of this kind of thing. Some benign some not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, ibarra said: I certainly hope you fact check each and every post on this site. How to ruin a feel good story, true or not. Does Ajijic have to second best weather in the world? Should that falsehood be posted here too?.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Jim Bowie said: Who really cares one way or another. Apples and Oranges. Geez, Louise ! So it doesn't belong here does it? Like the falsehood of the Alamo, right.....Jim? https://time.com/6072141/alamo-history-myths/    2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipstock Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 No offense meant to anyone, back to the jokes. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seren Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 12 hours ago, virgo lady said: Ibarra's post is a touching one and how true we wish it was for both the animal world and humans too.   However.....apparently it is an old and early "deep fake":  (sorry folks!) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/30/fact-check-altered-image-shows-elephant-carrying-lion-cub/5929997001/ Thanks for posting this. My radar went up when I saw it and was going to check it out with snopes but you beat me to it. I find the times we are living in to be vey dangerous because so much false information is being disseminated and people won't know what is truth unless it becomes a habit to fact check. A questionable image being revealed as fake is important to a mindset we should be cultivating - checking and backing up our thinking with facts. It is not about this particular image or feel good story - it's about being told stories and accepting them as reality. It's on a joke and humour page so maybe it's not to be taken seriously but it isn't a funny story - it is a contrived way of manipulating people's feelings. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Sad but true. Â If it tugs at your feelings, beware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo lady Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Seren said: Thanks for posting this. My radar went up when I saw it and was going to check it out with snopes but you beat me to it. I find the times we are living in to be vey dangerous because so much false information is being disseminated and people won't know what is truth unless it becomes a habit to fact check. A questionable image being revealed as fake is important to a mindset we should be cultivating - checking and backing up our thinking with facts. It is not about this particular image or feel good story - it's about being told stories and accepting them as reality. It's on a joke and humour page so maybe it's not to be taken seriously but it isn't a funny story - it is a contrived way of manipulating people's feelings. Exactly.  My view of this to use a parallel kind of thing:  If someone was mis-representing themselves as part of Cruz Roja, or Ninos Incapacitados, to solicit money, and someone got taken in by that and gave $$ and thus was defrauded......should they keep it to themselves or share it out with others for the greater good?   There was no intent to belittle or humiliate Ibarra in any way, just to get it out there that these kinds of things aren't always true or real, even if they are a feel good moment. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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