To make him look super muscly
Ermmmmm what?
Indiana Senate Majority Floor Leader Chris Garten celebrated Christmas by posting AI-generated images of himself violently attacking Santa Claus in front of the Indiana Statehouse.
Well…I’m sorry to say this, but not Santa Claus – someone in a “Santa Claus” suit. There is no real Santa Claus. (There may be people named Santa Claus. Doesn’t count. You know what I mean.)
That aside, wtf?
In one picture—clearly edited to make him look super muscly—Garten is seen riding bareback on a reindeer with his fist in the air, while supporters stand behind him holding signs rife with AI-induced spelling errors.
As one does.
From President Trump to failed New York gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo, to Garten, so much of our leadership is obsessed with this useless, environmentally detrimental AI-slop. Nevermind the “beating bureaucrat Santa unconscious” message put forth in Garten’s post. Instances like these only further normalize a tool that is directly contributing to humanity’s cultural, psychological, and environmental decay.
Yes but we’re completely out of natural intelligence so it’s AI or nothing.

Those images are grotesque.
and pathetic
Wow. I never thought I would see a politician fantasizing about beating up Santa Claus. That seems…impolitic. Unwise. Talk about a war on Christmas… (I don’t even like Christmas and I find it grotesque!)
Way to give off that creepy prison rapist vibe, kiddo.
I thought Putin’s pictures of himself bare-chested on a horse were grotesque, but at least they weren’t AI generated.
“I saw Daddy kicking Santa Clause,
Underneath the mistletoe last night.”
So it’s okay for these shallow dorks to pretend to be big muscly stud muffins (think Trump NFT’s), and very not okay for them that men impersonate women? It’s two sides of the same fraudulent coin.
Re: Putin bare-chested.
I’ve read that it is a custom in Russia to get as much sun exposure on the skin as possible when the air isn’t unbearably cold, presumably to get enough vitamin D. So for all the bad Putin has done I can’t fault him for those pictures.
I’d much rather see Putin bare chested than Ellen Page, one is silly, the other is a horror.
Putin shirtless on horse is like two Russians training with a bear
https://youtu.be/GBY2xsu2Juk