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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2h

this is sociopathic behaviour and I think we need to treat it as such! just because something has become easy to do doesn't mean it has become less creepy, or more acceptable!

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2h

WELL THEN IT'S NOT MEANINGFUL IS IT, NICK www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 1m

I'm wondering how long going back and forth with chatgpt took.
Is it possible these people are just massive prognosticators and are using that as the excuse to take forever to reply?

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1h

It’s been many years since I used one, but even then I remember thinking about the many misrepresentations: how do you think that’s going to go for you when you actually meet someone in the flesh?

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2h

The whole piece is great and full of moments like this that illustrate what a terrible idea using LLMs on dating apps is on every level

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 43m

Today I learned there’s a penguin called Jane Goodall and she’s travelled 5000km since April.

A map of the east coast of South America, with several tracking lines, each representing a penguin. Jane Goodall’s line is highlighted in pale pink. There is also an inset with her facts and figures: body weight 4600g, tagged 25th April 2025, distance travelled 4769.3 km, average speed 2 kmh.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Puerto Rico.

*sigh*

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

And last but definitely not least, it's Mr Vietnam who has managed to combine the traditional and beautiful look with wearing a tree on his back, which is something that I very much appreciate (especially in a year with a very low level of insanely large looks)

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Venezuela looks like someone stole his cape just before he walked on stage but he'd already practised swishing it behind him when he walked the runway so he's going to do it even if it's only an imaginary cloak.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Turkey. I'd look as annoyed as this if I walked out wearing this after having seen what Mr Laos and Mr India were wearing.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Thailand. Traditional, LOOK AT MY TITS *and* a sword. Very nice for such a simple look (comparatively). Also I know I said I wasn't going to comment on the contestant's looks, but my gods that's a breathtakingly beautiful man right there

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Sri Lanka. This is a rare case where I think the outfit would be better without the giant gold snakes around his head. Maybe add a cape, but I think the rest of the outfit (what little of it there is) is so great that he doesn't need the snakes.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

See, I told you Mr South Africa won the boobiest outfit of the year. Every year South Africa send a look that appears to have nothing to do with South Africa but everything to do with putting a beefy hunk in tiny pants and a cloak down the runway and they continue the trend here. I'm not complaining

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Peru I think possibly needs an even bigger thing on his back, but I'm not really focussing on that because his stare is so fucking intense that I am feeling slightly flustered and need to go and sit in the dark to calm down for a bit.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15h

Mr Paraguay, unlike Mr Panama, is super nonchalant about his giant hat falling off and has not a care in the world. This is clearly because the thing on his chest is about to start spinning and hypnotise everyone.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr India is also following the standard of previous Mr India's in the contest of just wearing something traditional and immaculate and I think this is possibly my favourite traditional look of the year. It's just breathtakingly gorgeous.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr Hong Kong is here to save us from the cavalcade of awful that Europe just flung at us. This is nothing groundbreaking or unusual for Hong Kong, but when it's done as beautifully as this I'm not complaining.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr England is setting the tone here for Europe which is very much What The Actual Fuck. The only thing impressive about this is that it's not actually the worst that Europe has to offer.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr El Salvador has an outfit that, if you have never seen Mister Global before, looks great but it is something that is getting a bit repetitive now. I appreciate the tits and the sparkle and that he looks like he might have painted his beard blue, but we need more of the camp factor.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr Ecuador. Look at how happy he is. This is a chap who is just *thrilled* to be there. Also look at how tiny his feet look peeping out of those giant fluffy trousers.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr Dominican Republic feels slightly he's been done dirty by this photo. I don't think we're getting to see his outfit at it's best, which is a shame because it looks like quite a nice entry into the LOOK AT MY TITS category

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr Cuba I feel needs some explaining because surely he can't just be dressed as sexy Jesus mixed with Charlize Theron from Snow White & The Huntsman. It's a well made garment and he's smizing so very hard, but I surely do not understand.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr Colombia is the first of our LOOK AT MY TITS contestants, but very much not the last. He looks slightly annoyed, but I cannot fault the combination of the maximum amount of skin on show but also the maximum amount of costume.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr China coming in hard with the first of the traditional and *stunning* looks. There's just the right element of cosplay to the look, the colours are stunning and we love a weapon as a prop in Mister Global (fnar). Although the shoe looks oddly clunky. Minor quibble though.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 16h

Mr Brazil starts us off inoffensively enough with a fairly boring suit but my goodness he's selling it with that walk. He does get a bonus point for the suit clearly fitting though, because as you will see that is not always a given...

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