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Bold new look. (1970s) (media.piefed.ca)
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Bell Bottoms seem to go in and out of style periodically. Wikipedia thinks there was a revival in the late 90s, and another in fashion circles in the early 2020s.

It is weirdly hard to find a vintage photo of bell bottoms that isn't AI generated. I rejected about 5 in a row which failed an online AI tester. I think the one below is legit.

Bell bottoms

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[–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

AI can generate content much faster than humans. If you randomly sample websites, up to a third show signs of AI content being present.

https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2026/08/20/how-much-of-the-internet-is-written-with-ai/

I've seen it claimed that over 50% of new content posted online is AI produced.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 4 weeks ago

    I wish it was at least labeled!

    There was a whole fake Atari ad which I nearly posted as real, until I found a Snopes page debunking it. A bunch of semi-reputable web sites spoke of it as if it was real.

    I try to research the stuff I post, which takes time and effort, and it's still inevitable to mistake some of them, especially when there's a real history along side a fake ad and it all ends up conflated.

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