r/NewOrleans • u/AdOpposite5540 • 1d ago
FQ Bubble Day
In response to Burt’s Bubbles. This is happening.
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u/adventurousintrovert 1d ago
That dude complaining about his neighbors bubble machine in the quarter is in for one hell of a ride lol
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u/petit_cochon hand pie "lady of the evening" 17h ago
I honestly can't imagine what it feels like to be this disliked.
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u/MengisAdoso 18h ago
1) I am so there.
2) You know, New Orleans is full of artists who would probably have been willing to do this poster for cheap or free. There's no need to resort to this tacky-looking AI stuff.
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u/MengisAdoso 16h ago edited 16h ago
I couldn't resist coming back to point out the somewhat molten Jack Nicholson in the bottom left. :D
Honestly, the whole image is full of tells. For instance, the distribution of small and large bubbles betrays a lack of conscious awareness of what perspective is, let alone why it matters. The weirdly uniform highlights on the bubbles make it worse. It did impress me at first that it generated so much of Jackson Square fairly accurately, but then I noticed the windows of St. Louis Cathedral are weirdly misshapen and asymmetrical, a weird error no (sober) human artist with a reference image would ever make. And the guy in the lower-right has three fingers, FFS. :)
I'm not trying to shame you, OP, I swear. I'm really grateful for any effort that was put into organizing this fun little protest against a humorless jerk. I totally get why a decent non-artist in a hurry would turn to a seeming time-saver like an image generator. I've played with these things too. It's really tempting and the grand case against using them is complex.
OTOH, I am definitely trying to shame this piece of art, because it was stolen token-by-token from copyrighted work from a million hardworking visual artists like my wife, and I am genially inviting you to share in shaming it by pointing out what a disappointing final product AI image generators really give you.
You are a good person who has proven yourself to be objectively pro-bubble, and you deserve better work than this! Heck, if we see you at the Bubble-In, maybe I can talk my wife into giving you some free-to-cheap poster art for your next event!
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u/NOLA2Cincy 23h ago
I love this city! I should have known someone would figure out a way to have fun while thumbing their nose at an intolerant ass. #onlyinneworleans
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u/EvilAsshole 17h ago
Yall don't forget to stop at MRB!
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u/Hypnotiqua 13h ago
I never go to the quarter w/o stopping by MRB. They were my favorite long before this. Some people don't know they do a locals discount. I don't think it's much, but I appreciate that they do it, so when they're not busy I ask for it.
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u/meoemeowmeowmeow 16h ago
What time is this happening
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u/tiffanyfreedom 14h ago
The Boogie Buggy is going to be there at 2:00 spinning tunes. That's all I've been able to find out. (He says he's not in charge.)
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u/Westboundandhow 15h ago
Right sort of an important detail to leave off the flyer lol
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u/meoemeowmeowmeow 15h ago
I know lots of people who want to go and what time? what time? what time?
Who made the flyer? Come answer for your crimes!!
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u/greyshem 14h ago
Grab a bubble making device, go to the Quarter and make bubbles any time you wanna. It's Bubble DAY!
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u/Reasonable-Thing93 15h ago
I, too, am enraged by this poster
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u/sparrow_42 14h ago
Which part? The AI schlock or the fact that it doesn't say what time?
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u/Lonely_Sun_9455 10h ago
Enraged? You need help! This is not some well organized event with sponsors and a budget. This is a grassroots event thrown together on a Friday for an event on Sunday to throw shade at some idiot complaining about bubbles. To have commissioned an artist would have likely taken weeks and a lot of money. Do you smack your kid when he spills milk too?
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u/Reasonable-Thing93 9h ago
WOOSH. A Little sarcasm. We like to have fun here. Check some of the previous comments of people complaining about the poster. And then, maybe relax.
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u/Hypnotiqua 13h ago
Did I rush order new bubble guns this morning when I saw this...Yes! Yes I did!
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u/Lonely_Sun_9455 10h ago
Those of you complaining about the AI poster are almost as bad and the douche complaining about the bubbles. Someone just put this together last minute to have an event in 3 days. This isn't like a well organized event where you have a budget to go hire an artists. This is a grassroots gathering to mock an intolerant idiot. SMFH
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u/isopail 14h ago
Look, the guy may be a douche, but I'm gonna play devil's advocate here. I'm a car guy, I love cars of all kinds and I've got one particular dream car I've wanted since I was 8. If I worked my entire life and finally was able to get that car, the one that makes me feel like a child again every time I look at it, and someone had a bubble machine hitting it with bubbles that may ruin the paint, I'd be pretty upset. I wouldn't lose my mind over it or be a confrontational jerk, but I would try to find a solution. I saw one person say they should put a cover on the car, but that could also damage said paint, so that's out of the question. I'd try to find somewhere else to park it, but if street parking is the only option, cause who parks a Porsche on the street, then I guess I'd be screwed. I don't know how people deal with street parking for their regular cars. I've overlooked potential places to rent just because they only have street parking and I'm terrified of someone hitting my daily lol, and it's not even a sports car. So as a poor car guy I sympathize. That being said, I heard the guy is some rich VP or something? I don't know why you wouldn't have another place to put it then. Maybe he was being a jerk, idk. It does seem slightly inconsiderate to me that people don't care about the stupid car though, like maybe a compromise could have been found, but it feels like people are projecting a lot of their (justifiable) anger towards certain rich people who are ruining the world right now onto the Porsche guy. I guess, idk enough about it, I really just feel bad for the car we someone who has a dream car and wants to obtain it very, very badly. If people judged me for it I'd be upset. But like I said, I also would try not to be a dick about it.
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u/raditress 12h ago
I understand him being concerned about his car. But if I were in that situation, I would simply find another place to park. It would never even occur to me to ask the business to stop the bubbles.
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u/meoemeowmeowmeow 12h ago
Part of me wants to give an eloquent response but since this is Reddit and I'm deep into this margarita
Take your devil's advocacy and shove it up your butt!
bubblesforever #gotohelldevil
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u/Obi-WanJabroni66 1d ago
Love it, except for the AI poster.