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The other day, a video that appears to show an “emotional support kangaroo” getting rejected from boarding a plane started spreading on Twitter.
The short clip shows the animal holding its boarding pass as its owner fights with the ticket agent, presumably over her denying the kangaroo entry onto the airplane.
While some people seemed to think the video was real, it’s actually AI-generated, though it’s arguably quite convincing at a glance.
The AI video was originally created by Instagram user and visual artist InfiniteUnreality, who is known for his elaborate AI-generated videos. When it was reposted by the prominent Twitter account DramaAlert, it was not disclosed as being AI, leading many to wonder if it was real. More
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Kangaroo’s kinda bulky. He oughta get something that doesn’t need its own airplane seat, like an emotional support tapeworm. Or something along the lines of group therapy with emotional support crab lice.
Wait… don’t tell me… the Roo wuz hopping mad?
This AI generated video needs a background soundtrack of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport by Rolf Harris. I loved hearing this funny novelty song when I was about 11 or so in 1964.
Allow emotional support roos, crocs, rattlers, pitties, giraffes, elephants, whatever, onboard. The phonies and nut jobs go in pet carriers in the baggage compartment. That shit will end tonight.
geoff-And the flip side to the 45 was “My boomerang won’t come back”
F4UCorsair: That sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield joke.
His wife bought him a boomerang for his birthday. He went out in the yard and through it, but it wouldn’t come back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Pnead96bA The only kangaroo song I can recall, thanks to Geoff, who brought it back to life in my mind.
Kangaroos travel light, they carry everything in their pouch.
Actually a very large percentage of airline passengers are animals.
I think an emotional support rattlesnake would be much more effective.