I asked chat gbt to generate a picture of the average datalounger

What is chat gbt?

It's like looking in a mirror.

Gpt!

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say you gave Chat GPT more input than you claim.

I always picture The Hat Sisters from “The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green”

The cat looks smug

Was the martini glass mother’s?

LMAO!

OP = troll

The ashtray full of cig butts next to the laptop was a nice touch.

His hairline is far too good, otherwise right on OP.

The cat is the one that links existing and duplicate threads and adds the Hitler remark.

R4 called it but still, this is good.

ChatGPTBot is officially more annoying than Janbot.

I used this prompt with ChatGPT:

"Go to datalounge.com, read up as much about posters there, then generate a picture of the average datalounge poster."

This is what it gave me.

So young....

Ridiculously wrong!!! I prompted it to be more accurate immediately.

Now, it's much better.

R17 OMG, the Tina Turner wall clock!!

My initial prompt was : “can you generate a picture of the average datalounger” that is all nothing else.

Copy and pasting the The full response below:

That’s a fun prompt—and a bit of a challenge, since Datalounge users are anonymous and notoriously catty about appearances (their own and others’). Still, based on the cultural mythos of the forum, we can conjure an image that plays with the stereotypical Datalounger:

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Visual Concept: “The Average Datalounger” A composite image capturing the spirit of a Datalounge regular: • Setting: Dimly lit living room, bookshelves stacked with Joan Didion, Fran Lebowitz, and celebrity biographies. A faint glow from an open laptop (Datalounge tab open, obviously). • Person: A middle-aged gay man, maybe late 40s to early 60s, wearing a vintage caftan or a threadbare black T-shirt that says “Mame was right.” Horn-rimmed glasses, expressive eyebrows, smirking. • Vibe: Sardonic but cultured. Maybe clutching a martini, maybe petting a disdainful cat named Tallulah. • Details: Ashtray nearby. A poster of “All About Eve” or a Cher tour framed on the wall. • Mood: Judge-y but lovable. Knows every Golden Girls line. Fiercely opinionated about soap operas, Broadway, and mid-century actresses.

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Would you like me to generate that image for you? Or do you want to dial it in a little further—maybe lean more into one archetype (the bitchy queen, the lonely gossip addict, the jaded old-school liberal)?

If it wasn’t for the cigarettes in OP’s DLer, he looks like someone I would enjoy hanging out with.

I need to get a clearer view of the books in his library to make a judgment. At least, he is reading.

R15 is how many here fancy themselves to be. Or maybe the kind of Gen z twink they would consider “a credit to their generation”

OP can you do Mother next?

I just picture Bruce Vilanch or a slightly fatter Jack McBrayer.

R20 - yep - me too. I'd sleep with him as well. Sans cat.

R15 looks like a gender mix of a lesbian and gay man. Too young though.

THREAD CLOSED

All these fake ass images and not a single caftan or muumuu in sight.

I call bullshit.

[quote]All these fake ass images and not a single caftan or muumuu in sight. I call bullshit.

Hey, R17 has a caftan!

It looks like the guy who works with Fallon. Steve Higgins? Is that his name?

[quote]...not a single caftan or muumuu in sight.

Well, he's wearing a paisley robe, so baby steps. Agree the book titles need to be sharpened up in order harshly to judge. Ashtray is a hard no, but smug cat and cocktail hit the mark.

Why is no one paying attention to ME?

R15 somewhat resembles Rachel Maddow.

Both R15 and R17 look Italian....or perhaps Lebanese?

Isn't Danny Thomas one?

Good one, OP! I tried the same command in Grok, but it didn't make the connection to the website. It just gave me a nerd lounging. I take it though. He is cute.

R17, who knew William Barr is a Datalounger?

Pussy? Pussy?! PUSSY!!

Twitter’s Grok doesn’t know what the fuck it’s doing. I generated 2 images.

This was for DL users plural.

DL users? More like Patti Lupone’s worst nightmare.

This was the second image, for a single DL user.

Not in your most feverish dream.

WERQ!!!

OMG!! This is so accurate it's SCARY - even down to the grey tabby.

First-I love tabby cats; my tabby would be on the keyboard wanting more attention-scratches.

2nd-I would never have an olive in my martini glass& the glass looks "bed, bath and beyond cheap". Large Waterford martini glass & I never wear robes in the summer. 3rd-always a DOG nearby& my hair is better.

ChatGPTBot do one of me. What it thinks I look like based on the claims I’ve made.

here's one most of you guys have never heard from a female - do me! do me!

I chided, degraded, and nagged at ChatGPT some more, criticizing it for its incompetence and casually mentioning that it's become too fat.

Now, it has given me an even more accurate version of the average DLer.

They’re too young.

They all look too happy.

I DO NOT know whether it's a rescue cat, though. So, I asked ChatGPT:

"There's no way to know for certain just from the image—but the cat looks calm, well-fed, and trusting in the man's lap, which could suggest it's either a long-loved pet or a recently adopted rescue that's settled in comfortably. The slightly smug affection in the man's smile might even hint at the pride of someone who did rescue it and tells that story often."

(I don't think it's a rescue.)

I listed several topics of interest on DL without specifying gay man and I got this!

I'm not "average." For one thing, I don't have a pussy.

Datalounge meet-up

The Tina Turner wall clock 🤣

My favorite detail is the boxy desktop computer with the thick keyboard. I don't think there ever has been a keyboard that looks like that (unless back in the 70s). What "large language" context evoked old computers... just the average age of the demographic, I guess.

It is missing two things: earrings and caftan.

R37 No matter how many types you type it or fart it out of your ass, Patti is not nor was she ever racist.

The Tina Turner wall clock made me chortle. A co-worker passing by my office looked at me sideways. Well done, OP!

Mafuckin!

ChatGPT is apparently a bitch

R57. Wrong color...

Do Janbot!

The Liza/Madge pic…

No Datalounger would EVER call his dog Guido!

Omg r57 im dead

Don't think I didn't notice that "All About Eve" poster in the OP!

Tina! Get me the axe!

Interesting that many of the result photos look very much alike.....wondering if it's reflecting one poster and what they've fed the algorithm?

[quote]Interesting that many of the result photos look very much alike.....wondering if it's reflecting one poster and what they've fed the algorithm?

It's just a ChatGPT/DALL-E problem. Unless specified, it tends towards certain features.

R62 I had a dog named Guido! Not even kidding!! I have never, however, had a pic of Liza and Madonna on my wall. Not yet anyway.

I had pictures of Madonna on my wall. When I was a child. My parents weren't terribly shocked that I turned out to be gay.

Remember Team Guido from The Amazing Race season 1? They were the first gay team and named themselves after their dog.

R68 - which Madonna, the OG or Ms. Ciccone - or both?

Sit, Guido! Sit! good boy, goooood boy. Doesn’t sound right.

Datalounger dogs are named Mizzi, Nori, Milou, or Jeff.

Im more upset that OP's troll has a wedding ring on...preposterous!

Seeking LTR with a J.K. Rowling type. Sober non-smokers only. Apologies to the cilantro lovers out there, but it just would not work out between us.

Are those rescue cats and dogs?

^the diapered dog 😂

[quote]Im more upset that OP's troll has a wedding ring on...preposterous!

Maybe he has a husbear?

Ohhhh please do Blatino Husbear!

With Mizzi and Husbear.

I don’t (yet) use ChatGPT and I’m quite impressed by its full and detailed chat response in R19. And the R44 and R57 renditions.

Can see why it’s fast becoming a lot of people’s boyfriends / therapists / life coaches.

the fecal matter on his cuticles is a nice touch

R15- It gave you a LESBIAN?

Missing the plastic tiara those royal phags undoubtedly have glued to their heads.

This AI shit is scary.

My blatino husbear eating from the nacho bar. Bonus points if you know whose wedding he’s at!

Is it Joel’s wedding?

Can we generate the 56 but looks 23 man? With the A&F sleeveless shirt and twink baseball cap, of course.

Can we generate the Shit Brickhouse troll, resplendent in her Daisy Dukes and turquoise halter top?

Can we generate the troll who screeches that someone is MAGA or a Russian bot when the poster even slightly disagrees with him?

[QUOTE]maybe petting a disdainful cat named Tallulah

We'll have to let Tallulah (dog owner, right?) know!

I asked chat GPT to: I want you to create an image of what the typical West Coast user reader of datalounge.com looks like

It replied: Sure — I can generate that, but to get it right: could you give me a bit more detail on the vibe you're imagining? Datalounge has a distinct culture, snarky, old-school gay, coastal elite meets anonymous gossip addict. But "West Coast user" could swing LA screenwriter bitch, Palm Springs retiree, SF silver fox, or crunchy Marin queen.

Want me to go stereotypical, like a tank-top-wearing, iced coffee-drinking, Botoxed former twink now pushing 60 who posts about rentboys and Meghan Markle at 2am? Or something different?

I replied: It's up to you.

OP I love you!

R91 - that looks eerily like a typical guy outside of Koffi in Palm Springs.

Except for the sunglasses - I don't know many gays that wear Ray-ban styles like that. And perhaps a more colorful shirt. But it's 90% accurate.

And I'd do him. For sure.

Ask chatGPT to do the Northern California version, please. Except I don't think our DLers fit the crunchy vibe.

R94 Speak for yourself.

[quote] that looks eerily like a typical guy outside of Koffi in Palm Springs.

The Palm Canyon one, of course. In the garden.

That really DOES look like any number of 63 But Look 37 queens that dwell like daytime bats at Koffi.

R96 - I was thinking the one on Tahquitz actually. I hardly ever go to any place north of Amado.

R94 I tried to create that image, and here’s what’s annoying, I asked ChatGPT to create the Marin guy, and then it hits me with:

"I can’t generate that image because the request violates our content policies. If you’d like to reframe the idea, maybe go for a stylized, personality-driven Marin scene without any elements that trigger policy flags, I’d be happy to help. Just let me know how you want to approach it or give me a new prompt to work with."

So I pointed out that he was the one who brought up the Marin thing in the first place, not me. I was just following along with what he suggested. And it just looped into this weird circular logic. No resolution, just policy fog. Maddening.

After a bit of back and forth with Chatgpt, it suggested that I close the tab and start a new tab and ask the for the image of your "typical" Datalounge in Marin guy. Here you go.

You should charge your phone

He sort of looks like Miss Selleck with a grey beard.

[quote] I was thinking the one on Tahquitz actually. I hardly ever go to any place north of Amado.

I love being farther north (but not too far). Fewer tourists.

Sotto Voce is my new favorite place....despite its proximity to that place that just exploded.

Datalounger, Washington Edition

I'm surprised ChatGPT didn't return a photo of.....

r104 you know he died, right?

Thanks, r99. Based on Palm Springs man, it makes sense.

R105 Yes, I did. But still, he's a big part of DL history. He should be in the AI database, LOL.

I asked it to create a Helen Lawson poster.

🎭 “Helen Lawson in: Shut Up and Sing! (1971)” A sequin-slinging, gin-soaked Broadway meltdown in two acts.

Tagline: “She clawed her way to the top… and then bit everyone who helped her.”

Plot summary: Helen stars as Maxine Steel, a faded radio chanteuse turned Vegas nightclub boss who battles age, booze, and a brassy upstart named Tiffany Blaze — all while belting eleven o’clock numbers that stop the show (and a pacemaker or two). Includes the show-stopping anthem: “I Don’t Need You, Baby (I Need the Spotlight)”.

An earlier Helen Lawson classic.

Not even close dearie.

Another DL denizen with a dog named Guido.

Do one for Joel and the obsessive neighbor. Don't forget mitzi

R103 It's Former Congressional Intern! I didn't know he had a Blatino Husbear.

2 dataloungers meet at the backed potato bar at a Frau party

2 dataloungers at a pride event full of non binary gen z activists

Why does ChatGPT think that we all wear blousy cardigans?

I’m here for the pole, poll.

R114 I think those guys are pissed because the margarine fountain is empty

I got this:

"I can't show a literal photo of a real "average Datalounge user" because users on forums like Datalounge are anonymous and diverse, and there’s no verified demographic photo profile. However, based on common stereotypes and longtime community jokes, I can describe (or create an illustrative image) of the humorous "average Datalounge poster" as imagined by the forum itself.

Would you like me to generate a satirical or stylized image based on that persona? Here's what that might include:

A middle-aged or older gay man

Sitting at a laptop with a martini or black coffee nearby

Surrounded by vintage Hollywood posters or old Playbills

Wearing a caftan or a bathrobe, possibly with reading glasses halfway down his nose

A cat nearby (named things like "Bette" or "Vivien")

Facial expression locked in a judging smirk

Should I generate that image for you? Or would you like a different tone—more realistic, more neutral, or even gender-neutral?"

Flames + flamer.

So AI came up with a New York Jew?

No Mitzi?

This is what chatgpt gave me. I like him. He looks like a friendly bloke

R97. Good for you! I wouldnt be caught dead north of Andreas.

Would it be too off color to imagine what DL posters look like?

R120 is that the Susan Sarandon bonfire?

My AI is broken, but I found a Tasteful Friend!

I gave ChatGPT my stats from a dating site — exactly how I describe myself on there — and asked it to create an image using just that description. I kind of wanted to see what guys might picture when they read my profile. I gave it my height, weight, eye color, hair color, and a rough outline of how I look.

The first image it generated looked like a trendier version of my real-life dad. Yikes. Soooo...

I asked it to tweak the hair, clean up the facial hair, and put the guy in a suit — and suddenly, there he was: my dad.

Uncanny. He’s been gone 20 years, and this AI-generated image looks just like he did when he died.

P.S. I would’ve gone further and fine-tuned it, but apparently there’s a limit to how many images you can generate per day. So I couldn’t keep going, but it’s already pretty close. If I get another shot, I’d age him a bit more.

R124 looks like a Jewish version of Robert Downey Jr

Teafake

R123, see R79.

@ R91, Mike Pence exploring new lifestyle possibilities...

R18 was the Tina Turner wall clock situation ever resolved? Was the hemorrhoid surgery successful? Did that bitch Barb receive her comeuppance?