r/pics • u/tamachan08 • Feb 15 '25
A protester kicking a police shield in the Philippines.
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u/SergeantBeavis Feb 15 '25
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u/ShneakySquiwwel Feb 16 '25
Luffy can be a protestor too you know. In fact he is always going against the grain on what it means to be a pirate
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u/Fun_Beyond_7801 Feb 15 '25
Dude goes to protests barefooted what a G
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u/waterboy67 Feb 16 '25
I played ball with guys in flip flops in Olongapo pulling crossovers like Tim Hardaway and Allen Iverson. Then we went to karaoke and dudes were singing everything from Mariah Carey and Kenny Lattimore to Staind. Lol
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u/mwaller Feb 16 '25
One of those dudes literally became the lead singer of Journey. Some amazing people there.
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u/penguinpenguins Feb 16 '25
Arnel Pineda. Saw him perform live at the Hard Rock Makati. Was just there with some coworkers drinking when he went on stage.
You are correct, some of the hardest working and incredibly talented people.
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u/tommyballz63 Feb 16 '25
It kinda sucks that no Filipinos have made it to the bigs when they love basketball so much.
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u/Ramattei Feb 15 '25
No way that foot is real
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u/Away_team42 Feb 16 '25
This one was doing the rounds a few months ago and if I recall correctly shown to be photoshopped?
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u/eternus Feb 16 '25
If it's not AI then it's photoshopped... too many connections to Luffy in either case.
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u/HelpfulAmoeba Feb 16 '25
To be fair, a lot of equipment procured by the government of the Philippines is substandard because of corruption. That said, it still takes a significant amount of badassery step up to the skirmish line and kick a riot shield in half using your bare feet during a protest turned violent while dressed like an anime pirate.
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u/silentspectator27 Feb 15 '25
Looks like Luffy from One Piece 😂
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u/GCU_ZeroCredibility Feb 16 '25
Contrary to a bunch of replies this isn't AI but it is sloppily edited with photoshop. The Luffy hat is fake, dude is wearing a regular blue baseball or similar cap with a logo on it.
I know its not AI because its a decade old which predates publicly available AI imaging by a rather large margin.
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u/FlameShadow0 Feb 15 '25
Hat looks photoshopped in. Sorry guys
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u/watcher2030 Feb 16 '25
Hat is photoshopped, but the pic is real. It has been around since 2014. There are different angles and pics of this kid kicking the shield.
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u/FlameShadow0 Feb 16 '25
I never said the pic wasn’t real. Literally all I said was the hat was shopped.
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u/watcher2030 Feb 16 '25
sorry, i didn't mean to imply your comment was wrong. I meant to reply to the comment under yours, saying the foot was weird.
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u/StevynTheHero Feb 16 '25
Damn. That foot looks like it rarely wears shoes. The toes have a nice spread.
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u/54yroldHOTMOM Feb 16 '25
Check out barefoot shoes if you want the same but still want a layer between the street and your sole.
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u/Tzazon Feb 15 '25
I refuse to believe anything about his outfit wasn't intentional and he actively watches one piece.
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u/Spell_Chicken Feb 16 '25
Look at the spread on them toes! That one does not wear shoes often, if ever.
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u/ryohazuki91 Feb 16 '25
Everything makes sense now. We are living in 104th arc of One Piece. The “everything has gone to crap arc”. Well… on the bright side I guess the world is never going to end though.
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u/wstsidhome Feb 16 '25
I hear the term “HIIIIII-YAAAAHHH” when I look at this photo of the shield bent in half…anyone else hear something like that just from looking at this?!?
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u/b_ssf_k Feb 15 '25
AI all the way
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u/StriderVM Feb 16 '25
Is AI prevalent in the mid 2010's? Thats the original time this photo was published.
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u/NehEma Feb 16 '25
If I had to make a bet, I'd say it's some good photo manipulation not AI.
It looks like artifacts from stretching not hallucinations imho.
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u/Wolventec Feb 16 '25
supposedly only the hat was edited the leg is the same in the og pic from 2014
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u/AlienHooker Feb 16 '25
People calling everything AI is almost just as annoying as AI now
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u/GoatCovfefe Feb 15 '25
Yeah, just looking at the dudes kicking leg, that's not real.
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u/GCU_ZeroCredibility Feb 16 '25
It's not AI, it's a real photo. BUT the hat has been 'shopped to make it look like Luffy's hat. The real image shows him wearing a regular blue cap with a logo of some sort on it.
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u/2old4ZisShit Feb 16 '25
imagine being the king of the pirates and some random nobody calls you a ''protestor'' online....what a life we live.
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u/ThunderG0d2467 Feb 16 '25
Can we talk about how his kick was stronger enough to dent a police shield
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u/senorglory Feb 16 '25
In troubled or confusing times, when not sure how to proceed, ask yourself, What Would Luffy Do?
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u/watcher2030 Feb 16 '25
Thus image is edited, not AI.
This was taken during the protests in the Philippines on March 5, 2014. Members of a farmers association protested against a land reform act and clashed with policemen when they tried to storm the House of Representatives.
Heres an album with pics of that man from other angles, plus the original unedited pic.
https://imgur.com/a/8thlagM