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Thumbs Up Man Appreciates Non-AI Content

An image of an older man with a white beard sitting on a gray couch in a living room setting. He is wearing a light blue checkered shirt and blue jeans, giving a thumbs up with his right hand while holding a remote control in his left hand. The man has a broad smile on his face. There is text overlaid at the top and bottom of the image. The top text reads: 'AT THIS POINT OF TIME, I GIVE [up arrow] TO EVEN AVERAGE TETTEN' and the bottom text reads: 'JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AI'. The image has a watermark 'imgflip.com' in the bottom left corner.
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AT THIS POINT OF TIME, I GIVE [up arrow] TO EVEN AVERAGE TETTEN
JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AI

Overview

An image of an older man with a white beard sitting on a gray couch in a living room setting. He is wearing a light blue checkered shirt and blue jeans, giving a thumbs up with his right hand while holding a remote control in his left hand. The man has a broad smile on his face. There is text overlaid at the top and bottom of the image. The top text reads: 'AT THIS POINT OF TIME, I GIVE [up arrow] TO EVEN AVERAGE TETTEN' and the bottom text reads: 'JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AI'. The image has a watermark 'imgflip.com' in the bottom left corner.

Origin notes

This appears to be a meme created by adding text overlay to a stock photo. The watermark 'imgflip.com' indicates it was likely created using the Imgflip meme generator platform. The original stock photo shows a middle-aged to older man in a casual living room setting giving a thumbs up, which has been repurposed with humorous text about appreciating non-AI content.

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