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I watched the three video clips and would not have initially guessed the leotard gymnast and the mechanic are generated. The sad gymnast looks a little plastic.
What actually looks fake in the mechanic video after a couple loops is the valve notches on the pistons, which are rotated from the correct orientation, and overlapping in a way that the laws of physics would not support.
Yeah they pass at a glance. But if you look around at all, the account has uploaded that video 14 times, and there's no evidence of actual mechanic work. No grease or tools in the video, not even a vehicle. And the video stability doesn't match with someone holding up a phone like that.
Image stabilization can be pretty good lately, but I must admit that I don't spend much time watching handheld phone selfie videos.