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Matthias created or updated a comment (1 day ago)

I always love it when the AI introduces perspective issues like in this one. This comic has a very Kafkaesque vibe.

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秋 = 火 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: from 秋千 (qiu1 qian1), swing (seat hung from a frame or branch).

The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).
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Matthias created or updated a comment (1 day ago)

What the hell ChatGPT, did you just put a rubber on Joan's sword???

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久 = ㇏ + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: an hourglass.

Joan of Arc (ji) has been waiting for ages (久) for the elephant (勹) to get up from the outhouse's living room (ou3) sofa. She point towards a huge expired hourglass (久) and pokes him with a finger (㇏) to make him finally get up.
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黄 = 井 + 由 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse (hu) invited the Yellow Emperor (黄) to have a few cuba libres (由) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). But it's a trap! After the yellow emperor is drunk enough, Helga Horse spills eightballs (八) on the floor for the yellow emperor to trip on and fall into a well (井).
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查 = 旦 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a detective. In the ashram's kitchen (a2), the detective (查) is investigating (查) a passed out Charlie Chaplin (ch) who's lying under a Christmas tree (木). Could it have something to do with the big empty mug (旦) which was formerly filled with glühwein?
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全 = 人 + 王 : In the anthill's kitchen (an2), Neanderthal Man (人), Martin Luther King (王) and Cupid (qu) have gathered for a world record attempt. They want to eat a whole (全) 100 kg whole-wheat bread (mnemonic symbol for 全) in under one hour.
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入 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an enter key like on a computer keyboard.

There is a special area in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) which is filled with bananas (丿), but you have to hit an enter key (入) to enter (入). Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) uses a finger (㇏) to press the button and get access to the bananas.
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犬 = 丶 + 大 : Cupid (qu) wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog (犬) in the anthill's living room (an3) and throws a petal (丶) over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot (大) happily leaps after the petal.
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Matthias created or updated a comment (6 days ago)

I'm a bit disappointed that everyone has the correct number of limbs although I made sure to specify in the prompt that they're breakdancing.

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因 = 囗 + 大 : In front of the encampment ((e)n1), René Descartes (因), Maud Younger (y) and a robot (大) are starting a big rave. The robot sits inside a big box (囗) and is the master of ceremony, while René and Maud are dancing on the square. They started this rave to collect money for a good cause (因).
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坐 = 从 + 土 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) sits (坐) next to a rubber chicken (从) on a clay (土) bench (mnemonic symbol for 坐) in the observatory's bathroom (o4).
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占 = ⺊ + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a yellow umbrella. James II of England (zh) occupies (占) the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses a pennant (⺊) stuck into a mandarin (口) to mark his territory. The ants are silently protesting with yellow umbrellas (占).
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兴 = ⺍ + 一 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: a sea star. Xi shi (xi) and a sea star (⺍) have a strong desire (兴) to smoke catnip (⺍) through a flute (一), so they hide in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to crush the catnip with an eight-ball (八) and smoke it. Shortly afterwards they relax and loose all their excitement (兴) and interest in anything (兴).
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Matthias created or updated a comment (7 days ago)

I couldn't get ChatGPT to have the cat actually pass through a leg tunnel, but I kinda like the creepy vibe of this image. Very memorable.

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