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[–] human@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That cat is not happy about being put there for the photo shoot.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

It's an orange cat. He doesn't know how he got there, and he won't remember where he's been.

[–] Cloudstash@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Worth it, no questions about it!

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Source? Only thing in English I can find is META user reporting of the same AI slop. And in Dutch I only found sources that they have done a few like a year ago?

[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Now that you're talking about AI slop, that cat looks really dry for something that came out of a canal.
(or really easy-going for a photoshoot)

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

You were the only person here who double checked if this is even real, or AI slop.

I think we are going to see so much popular content not even be real. And people will defend it, thinking you are weird for wanting only real stuff, using terms as "who cares". Its funny. :)

How many users here are bots, to begin with...

It may be time to walk outside. Cant fake real people. Yet.

[–] horse@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

What makes you think it's AI? Nothing about the picture looks like AI to me.

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I was just wondering, and would like to read more. But I don't want to support the AI and META platform

[–] horse@feddit.org 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I was able to find several articles in English by searching "Amsterdam cat staircase" on DuckDuckGo.

[–] incompetent@programming.dev 3 points 13 hours ago

Amsterdam has allocated up to €100,000 to install steps along city centre canals to help cats out of the water.

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought it was for drunk British tourists to climb out after they pass out while peeing in the canal.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s indeed their main function

[–] TheAristocrat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Thats probably why they are so overbuilt.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Those are some expensive ass ladders

[–] addie@feddit.uk 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They've a lot of canals, the ladders are custom, they'll need to be coated to stop them from corroding, and that'll be the installed price, so that's a small team driving round, barriering off bits of the canal while the work is done

If anything, seems cheap for a council job. My town would probably spend ten times that on the desk study to decide where they'll go and to get the paperwork together.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And they’ll probably be designed to be strong enough for a human to use, because that’s good safety design.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll throw some 2x4s down anchored with sand bags for 50k

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

and replace them every year when they rot out, or do the aluminium ones that will outlast their own aesthetic appeal but remain functional for a decade.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's called job security

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Vut are zey sinking about?

[–] bryophile@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Ve are sinking hoe to safe ze sinking kats

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

When a moth thinks about traveling vertically upwards, a LADDER is just the last thing he would think of!!

[–] rockband_broadcast@piefed.europe.pub 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those stairs seem helpful for many living beings. I wonder if they're still useful for smaller animals like mice and rats. I'd guess some coarse rope around some of the poles could already be helpful (and cheap) too.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

My friends used to have a cat that lived on the boat with him hed dive off, catch fish, and then climb back up the 1.5" thick pice of rope they kept trailing in the water for him.

[–] RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] haerrii@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

MV cat /Dev/null

*my phone refuses you not capitalize for some reason

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago

Spending Small Protect Sinking

[–] doug@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Aww, clumsy kitties.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not that I'm all for saving cats. But in that picture couldn't the cat just climb the wooden pole?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

a catpost about a catpost