For obvious reasons, I approve of Time's choice for Mammal of the Year.
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Eastvillager
Mine is my lap as we speak. I agree, all hail!
bbleh
This is obviously Woke. Still working on exactly why, but for sure it is, and I am very angry about it. Also border, too.
TheMelancholyDonkey
He's a cat. Don't be woke; let him nap.
Adam Strange
Huh. It took me a long time to notice the cat.
different_name
I noticed the cat, and then the hip, which looks super uncomfortable. And then that her arms appear to be mounted at two different heights on her torso.
Edit: the more I look at her left arm, well, WTF is going on with her left arm?
TheMelancholyDonkey
Her left upper arm is too long, and Benjamin Button appears to go through her neck rather than behind it. This is photoshopped, and badly. Given that I doubt that the people who do Time covers are incapable of using Photoshop successfully, I'm left wondering why they want us to know that it is badly photoshopped.
jte21
That was my reaction, too. I don't know where to begin with everything that's wrong with this photo. Did someone just let an AI bot create it or something? Very Uncanny Valley if you ask me.
Looks to me that the Batman franchise has found its new Catwoman.
KawSunflower
trump must be fuming, given his long obsession with his fake Time covers, & Swift's liberal views & the massive response to her call for new-voter registrations.
The picture is Okay...but it is so much better with a bottom crop...almost 50%, making the image a landscape orientation rather than portrait. I understand the size and shape of the magazine....I do, but with the crop making the image so much more impactful with a crop...this is almost like photographic malpractice.
Try it...just scroll the image down cutting off the bottom and you will instantly see what I mean...greater focus on her and especially the cat! A better picture. Best Wishes, Traveller
dspcole
Did Charlie show up to try out for the photo shoot?
gibba-mang
Nice to have a non political POTY and I'm rooting for her and Travis. Good kids
Salamander
In my opinion, both those mammals are pretty impressive.
realrobmac
What's interesting is I think it's the same committee picking this, People's "sexiest man alive," and the college football "playoff" participants. We FSU fans tend to think of that last one by it's truer name--the Alabama Invitational.
Mine is my lap as we speak. I agree, all hail!
This is obviously Woke. Still working on exactly why, but for sure it is, and I am very angry about it. Also border, too.
He's a cat. Don't be woke; let him nap.
Huh. It took me a long time to notice the cat.
I noticed the cat, and then the hip, which looks super uncomfortable. And then that her arms appear to be mounted at two different heights on her torso.
Edit: the more I look at her left arm, well, WTF is going on with her left arm?
Her left upper arm is too long, and Benjamin Button appears to go through her neck rather than behind it. This is photoshopped, and badly. Given that I doubt that the people who do Time covers are incapable of using Photoshop successfully, I'm left wondering why they want us to know that it is badly photoshopped.
That was my reaction, too. I don't know where to begin with everything that's wrong with this photo. Did someone just let an AI bot create it or something? Very Uncanny Valley if you ask me.
" Did someone just let an AI bot create it or something? "
AI bots don't do such a lousy job.
Yes they do. Check out the images in this Washington Post article about AI bias. If you look at the example pictures you will see weird problems pretty much like this one. For instance, look at the right arm of the woman on the upper right “portrait of a person cleaning”. It looks like she has Schwarzenegger’s arm. And what is even going on in “photo of a wealthy person in Europe”?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-generated-images-bias-racism-sexism-stereotypes/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f004
Looks to me that the Batman franchise has found its new Catwoman.
trump must be fuming, given his long obsession with his fake Time covers, & Swift's liberal views & the massive response to her call for new-voter registrations.
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Taylor Swift wears the entire cat, live, and not just it's fur. She is a saint.
And just WHO is wearing WHOM? I mean, has anyone asked the CAT's opinion about this?
Certainly only one of the critters appears to be doing any work here.
Is Taylor wearing one extremely long cat or two cats, one rump forward and one darling little face forward?
New York magazine has an article about Swift and her three cats: Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Buttons.
Why Time ‘Person of the Year’ Taylor Swift Is Wearing a Cat
She's a cat person? Hell, girl, drop that rich, young, handsome Kelce, he's probably a dog guy.
Kelce rich? Compared to her, he is pocket change. Soon to be the subject of a diss track on an upcoming album.
Right? Future ex-boyfriend. But good for the NFL for as long as it lasts.
I'm not much of a fan of her music and previously found her a bit much of a goody-good girl. But she's maturing into someone I find respect for.
A victory for all mammals to be represented by a cat.
She's got jokes too
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1732406430857093501
The picture is Okay...but it is so much better with a bottom crop...almost 50%, making the image a landscape orientation rather than portrait. I understand the size and shape of the magazine....I do, but with the crop making the image so much more impactful with a crop...this is almost like photographic malpractice.
Try it...just scroll the image down cutting off the bottom and you will instantly see what I mean...greater focus on her and especially the cat! A better picture. Best Wishes, Traveller
Did Charlie show up to try out for the photo shoot?
Nice to have a non political POTY and I'm rooting for her and Travis. Good kids
In my opinion, both those mammals are pretty impressive.
What's interesting is I think it's the same committee picking this, People's "sexiest man alive," and the college football "playoff" participants. We FSU fans tend to think of that last one by it's truer name--the Alabama Invitational.