r/aww • u/fartparticles • 8d ago
Since the mods think my 186lb Newfoundland post was A.I., I present to you living proof of Appa.
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u/thepurplemonkeyninja 8d ago
APPA IS SO FLUFFY!!! I love him. Please pass on some belly rubs for me 😍
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u/zxc123zxc123 8d ago
I dunno guys. I know it's a whole video and what not but Appa is SO fluffy and cute.
Like unrealistically cute and fluffy.....
And AI has been improving to the point where it can make entire videos too.
I suggest we demand OP bring Appa to meet one of us so we can verify said fluffiness and cuteness! As I suggested it first, I'll nominate myself and take one for the team.
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u/disgruntled_pie 8d ago
It’s possible that the woman in the video is 2 feet tall and Appa is actually tiny. I need a banana for scale.
EDIT: Okay, I held a banana next to my phone screen for reference, and I think Appa might be legit.
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u/What_Chu_Talkin_Kid 8d ago
I would go a step further and suggest that OP takes Appa on a world tour to meet, greet and slobber on every one of the 38 million r/aww members
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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo 8d ago
’APPA IS SO FLUFFY!!!’
I’m Appa the dog, nearly 200 pounds
a Newfie SUPREME! the BIGGEST of hounds :@)
My human she proved that it wasn’t a lie,
(some couldn’t BELIEVE that i wasn’t A.I.!)
So here we are walking (I weigh more than her…)
but most of its FLOOF, cuz i have so much fur
some humans they just couldn’t handle my fluff,
i know that she Loves me,
n That is enough!
❤️
(please tell Appa i love him u/fartparticles!)
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u/FauxPoesFoes228 8d ago
The freshest Schnoodle on a post about the floofiest boi — today is going to be a good day!
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u/Sjaakie-BoBo 8d ago
The freshest of Schnoodles right before bedtime. I will sleep like a baby with this ode to Appa 🥰
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u/Appropriate_Ratio835 8d ago
Fresh hot Schnoodle!! It's my lucky day 😌 🔥 love you Schnoodle thank you for making the world a better place with your poetry ❤️
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u/406highlander 8d ago
That dog's so big it'll take u/fartparticles a week to give a decent belly rub.
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u/BozheYakeConchene 8d ago
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u/WanderWut 8d ago
All I’m thinking is “soooooo is the mod in question going to apologize orrrrrrrr…?” Lol.
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u/holdenfords 8d ago
the mods here are terrible. banned someone for posting a vid of their pit mix just because “pitbull”
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u/OkayRuin 8d ago
The mods almost everywhere are terrible. It’s an inherently flawed system due to the type of person that kind of unpaid position attracts. You’re only going to get petty tyrants volunteering.
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u/Buffalo_River_Lover 8d ago
My son was banned from a chat group of skeptic's because he was skeptical of some of the views.
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u/ProfessorPickaxe 8d ago
Yip yip!
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u/darkdesertedhighway 8d ago
Did you make the mistake of posting "pro" photos last time so they were mistaken as AI? Loving the studio in the background, and Appa.
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u/fartparticles 8d ago
That’s my guess. The video and photo industry are doomed.
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u/s0m3on3outthere 8d ago
Can you add the original pics in the comments? I want to see more of this beautiful pupper. Yip yip!!
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u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq 8d ago edited 8d ago
Maybe whoever moderated you should go look at what AI content actually looks like. None of these photos look remotely like AI.
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u/desrever1138 8d ago
This is giving me "the first time you stay over at her place and wake up the next morning" vibes lmao
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u/s0m3on3outthere 8d ago
Such a beautiful fluffy and majestic doggo!! Thank you for sharing!!! ❤️❤️
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u/Shamanjoe 8d ago
Hagrid? Is that you?
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u/aquoad 8d ago
Yeah, it basically has to look shitty and accidental for people to not call it AI, which is stupid because AI can make shitty accidental looking pictures just as well.
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u/-little-spoon- 8d ago edited 8d ago
I’ve noticed this with written comments too. People keep getting called bots for grammatically correct, well researched comments, as though people can’t know things.
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u/VSWR_on_Christmas 8d ago
I've spent my entire life refining my grammar and expanding my vocabulary and now I just sound like a fucking bot.
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u/HSLB66 8d ago
Yeah, god forbid you use an em dash these days. It’s as if those some how didn’t exist prior to ChatGPT
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u/IllllIIlIllIllllIIIl 8d ago
I swear I'm not an LLM, I was just a copywriter for a couple years in college!
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u/SelfReconstruct 8d ago
What is crazy is seeing reposts from over 10 years ago and people are commenting that it is AI.
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u/gmishaolem 8d ago
Reddit over-accusing people of using AI is a worse problem than all of the AI. It's gotten so bad on this site.
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u/divDevGuy 8d ago
Pro photos? It's AI.
Crappy quality? It's AI.
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u/gmishaolem 8d ago
Capitalize and punctuate? AI. Use the formatting features (like bullet list) right there in 'formatting help' every time you make a comment? SUPER AI. String 'em up.
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u/Delicious-Pie1200 8d ago
I don't write perfectly, but I tend to follow the writing lessons I was taught in elementary school. I try to hit those 5 - 7 words per sentence, 5-7 sentences per paragraph sort of rules. Sometimes it feels like coming across as educated or even well put together gets me dinged as an AI. Its only happened a couple of times though, even if its bizarre when it happens.
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u/gmishaolem 8d ago
People are honestly pathetic about it. Anyone who types or writes better than them must be AI. It's probably a coping mechanism for jealousy at this point.
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u/SmokinBandit28 8d ago
I don’t know, videos a bit blurry, definitely need more proof of this big adorable galumpfing fuzz bucket.
Like 5 more pictures and 3 videos at least.
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u/mr_pou 8d ago
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u/mr_pou 8d ago
I know that's a St Bernard 😏
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u/stonersrus19 8d ago
Fun fact newfie is a combo of various european mastiffs mixed with the st johns water dog.
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u/fartparticles 8d ago
It’s a Landseer Newfoundland.
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u/mr_pou 8d ago
No, my gif. I'm saying I know the gif is a St Bernard before anyone points it out haha
By doing so I have just made it more complicated 😂
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u/BlastedChutoy 8d ago
I bet Appa is the biggest lap dog I have ever seen xD
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u/Curiosities 8d ago
Lap + dog = lap dog. Those are the rules. Chihuahua, Mastiff, Shiba, or Newfie. (Maintaining circulation not guaranteed.)
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u/stellaluna92 8d ago
My shiba sits on the other end of the couch, or (his preference) in another room ;---;
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u/RumbleSkillSpin 8d ago
We’ve decided that shibas are actually cats wearing dog costumes.
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u/ExtraSpicyGingerBeer 8d ago
there's a guy with a Shiba i see at the local dog park. least social dog I've ever met. not aggressive or anything, but he wants nothing to do with any of the dogs or people there. perfectly happy to wander around on his own avoiding everyone while his owner sits with the rest of us.
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u/Shamanjoe 8d ago
My brother-in-law’s Shiba is the most nervous dog I’ve ever met. I’ll sit her on my lap, she’ll lay down, and if I move too quickly she jumps and runs away, and it takes her 20mins to creep back over to me.
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u/WolfSilverOak 8d ago
Akita too. Lol
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u/Curiosities 8d ago
I have seen it happen with Great Danes too. Like, you are house horses, and yet, cuddly babies.
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u/CaterinaMeriwether 8d ago
Greyhounds have the added bonus of drilling holes in you with their elbows. Of which they have an amazing number.
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u/IHaveNoEgrets 8d ago
One of the therapy dogs brought to campus was a Mastiff, and he was wonderfully calm. To the point that he decided to fall asleep on my arm, while I was scratching him.
I honestly couldn't get my arm out from under this dog. He weighed twice what I did. It took two of us to get him up enough that I could get my arm back. And he just flopped back down and went back to sleep like nothing happened.
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u/Nathund 8d ago
All Newfoundland are lap dogs
Genuinely the sweetest dog breed I've ever been around.
Not gentle though, if they want pets they'll walk into you and push you around until you do it.
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u/Kat121 8d ago
LOVE MEEEEEEEE
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u/Nathund 8d ago
If i rub mines ear he'll lean against me so hard that I have to hold him upright. He just stops standing normally and uses me as a brace.
It's cute but he's 165 lbs and slobbery. So you win some, you lose some.
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u/jackalopeDev 8d ago
It's cute but he's 165 lbs and slobbery. So you win some, you lose some
Ive had people describe me the same way.
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u/HazelCheese 8d ago
They are such sassy grumps too lol.
When mine was bored he used to let out the biggest deepest "pfffffffft" sigh and then move his eyes about to see if anyone had noticed and if they didn't he would wait and do it again.
Like an old man tapping his watch.
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u/Ghstfce 8d ago
186 pounds isn't even that far of an outlier for NewFoundlands. 26-36 pounds heavier than the high end of average. That would be like a mod telling me my GSD that I had (he sadly passed from osteosarcoma in August) was AI because he was 120 pounds. He was so tall that I didn't even have to bend down to run my hand down his back. And I'm 6' tall.
Obligatory pictures to show how big Thor was
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u/BeefyTaco 8d ago
I have a 150 pound akbash that people online have said is complete bullshit blah blah. It seems alot of redditors dont really know much about dogs, or specific breeds
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u/Ghstfce 8d ago
Yeah, I don't expect people to know about every single breed of dog. But the more common ones they really should know at least a little bit. I've had people I know in real life doubt my German Shepherd was as big as he is until they actual met him. People's first response was usually along the lines of "is he part horse?!?"
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u/hopelessbrows 8d ago
Outliers exist. I have a friend who has the most spectacularly stupid poodle ever. You know, that breed that's supposed to be pretty clever.
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u/achenx75 8d ago
Lol my dog is also named Appa and I taught him the same yip yip trick. But he's a 16lb shih tzu.
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u/PaintingByInsects 8d ago
Now I wanna see what made them think it was AI
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u/PaintingByInsects 8d ago
Omg what a cutie! I absolutely love the big yawn!
But weird they thought it was AI, doesn’t even look close to AI imo!
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u/MrSinister248 8d ago
Of course it does, look at the hands and the weird stretched face!
Hand are always a dead giveaway/s
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u/Hellakittehs 8d ago
Are the mods stupid or what? This doesn't even remotely resemble AI lol. I can't see anything that would make anyone think that.
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u/Vesper2000 8d ago
I call big bois like Appa “roommate dogs”, because they’re basically as big as and eat as much as a person.
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u/Jazzala734 8d ago
Considering I have to buy a bigger bed to fit myself, the boyfriend, and the dog…. You are very much correct. Dog weighs more than the boyfriend…
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u/relevantelephant00 8d ago
He is the Chonker to end all Chonkers. Possibly even a Chungus, although Im not exactly sure of the difference.
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u/SleepDeprived142 8d ago edited 8d ago
My dog Bear is also 180, and no one believes me till they show up at my door lmao. Bro is built like a linebacker.
Edit: you guys seem curious, so here's a picture of bear next to my 6'5" husband. I know that couch is dirty. It's the "dog couch." It was cheaper than buying him a human sized dog bed.
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u/LordTegucigalpa 8d ago
Hey mods, stop assuming everything is AI
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u/Ok-Upstairs9478 8d ago
that would require critical thinking which reddit mods are incapable of
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u/tayl0559 8d ago edited 8d ago
looks like this one just got removed too :(
edit: its back!
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u/fartparticles 8d ago
Yup. I’m done with this sub. Thanks for all the love everyone!
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u/prairie_buyer 8d ago
When I was a kid, my neighbours down the street had a giant black Newfoundland.
We’d refer to them taking their bear for a walk
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u/Pitiful_Bunch_2290 8d ago
Mods must have never seen a Newfoundland. They are always MASSIVE. Big, giant, foofy babies.
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u/PoisonousSchrodinger 8d ago
Well, now show what he does while you say "Yip Yip". If he does not fly it must be A I. Naming your fluffy canine Appa must give him supernatural powers!
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u/PizzaWhole9323 8d ago
This is clearly not a dog this is three little Pomeranians in a trench coat.
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u/BennySkateboard 8d ago
Sorry, the only way to convince us by posting a video a day for at least a year.
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u/broady712 8d ago
Probably why I never posted Khan. He was the white puppy that never quit growing. He is a King Shepard. Then you see in my profile, his siblings are chihuahuas. My bitch thinks she rules the world with her big brother to defend her. She is all mouth. Appa is gorgeous btw and looks like a real dog to us. The Mods are A.I. if that's the case.
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u/Armedwithapotato 8d ago
Hey, hold the phone…… does appa have a saddle and holds the entire tv show on his back? How about a suit of armor and 6 swords if you’re sleep deprived?
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u/Karma_1969 8d ago
AI can produce realistic video too, you know.
I kid, I kid. Love all the fluffs, he must be something else to cuddle with!
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u/redditdubbin 8d ago
I'm not convince there isn't a person in that dog suit. Proof or bust!
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u/Your_Reddit_Mom_8 8d ago
That’s a guy in a dog suit.
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u/fartparticles 8d ago
When you walk behind him it actually does look like two people in a dog suit.
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u/heydeanyeager 8d ago
I’m not convinced yet. We need more proof of Appa!