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[–] 7 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

John sat down beside the old horsetrack. The sound of clacking hooves had dissapeared months ago, along with the voices of people. He watched the clouds passing by at unnatural speed, churning and changing colors. Whatever it was that had brought this mysterious and sudden plight upon humanity, had a cruel ironic beauty in it. Maybe today his batch would finally show the promised effect. He stared at the jar. This must be it. The final remedy promised in the scrolls and books he had studied for so long. The sweet tea to heal them all and end this beautiful madness. He filled a cup .. and drank it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago*

    Instantly, a sense of overwhelming power and justice grew out of his stomach and rattled his teeth. Casting aside the lingering thoughts about sugar and caffeine content, he curled his hand into an almighty fist, wound himself down tight whilst fixating at the sky above, and then, with a deep beath, released. The effect was immediate, a hot stewy mass descended down his left trouser leg with a movement so swift that he knew he would not need to wipe.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    Sweet dolla tea from McDonald's - I drink that.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 child)

    "Accidentally Casually." That was definitely intentional framing. Otherwise the tea would have been centered.

    The composition is just too solid for me to believe it wasn't on purpose.

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  • [–] 58 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

    Thought it was a moody piss jug at first glance

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  • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    Looks like AI slop upscaling on the background. Might be some sort of in-camera post processing.

    There's either a line of tall, single, white posts down the middle of the brown patch of dirt, or the distance fence posts got extended somehow.

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  • [–] 14 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

    That's some weird bokeh. What lens is this?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    Da fuck is a bokeh? Sounds like a typo

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  • [–] 12 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    Photography word for the out of focus bits. The design of the lens, shape and quantity is aperture blades, maximum aperture size, distance to the subject, all kinds of stuff make the blurry bits different. Phones often try to fake this with a portrait mode setting.

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