One country, 5 snapshots (page 8 of 10)

No, she wants 5 photos of 5 aperitifs from different countries 😛 (but are non-alcoholic drinks considered aperitifs? For example, mint tea in Morocco...)

Do you drink tea as an aperitif? 😰 An alcohol-free aperitif—less wild fun, right? 😏 The problem is that most of my aperitif photos include people drinking (and this is a forum, not Instagram 😂). But I haven’t said my last word, Jean-Pierre

Who’s gonna know if the drink in the glass is alcoholic or not?😉

Okay, mint tea still makes me think of grandma’s pee more than an aperitif...

Okay, I had to dig out my external hard drive to find them, but I think I’ve met the challenge:

First up, FRANCE with an (extremely) upgraded apéro on Île-aux-Moines (Brittany)



Next, Europe with a mojito apéro in Lisbon, Portugal

South America: In the town of Tequila, Mexico, an apéro with Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon shared with this gaucho, who turned out to be a gynecologist from Mexico City...

Now Asia, with this giant apéro waiting for us at Gajner Palace, India, Rajasthan



And finally, the Caribbean, with this impressive round at a Havana bistro, Cuba (but there were a lot of us...)



Off-challenge, I saved the picture of my ideal apéro for you—a cozy winter evening on the terrace of a Namibian lodge



Off-challenge because it was ChatGPT (my favorite AI) that really helped me create this idyllic apéro... Mind-blowing, right?

So, challenge met? And no mint tea 🤪 Otherwise, I’ve got more 😉

And no mint tea 🤪

Well, first off, you can put whatever you want in mint tea—like making a grog 😛

From these photos, I can tell we’re dealing with a real epicurean 😉 I’ll have to look for some too...

Wow, I gotta say, bravo! 😛😉

And ordering Chilean cabernet sauvignon in the city of Tequila in Mexico—that’s really pushing it...

As for the AI photo, I think it’s too good to be true...

Yes, the teacher approved it!! 😜

Wow, I gotta say, bravo! :p ;)

And ordering Chilean cabernet sauvignon in the city of Tequila in Mexico—that’s really living dangerously... :D

Truth is, it was his bottle—I just helped him polish it off 😆

For the AI photo, I think it’s too perfect to be real... :crazy:

Well, that’s kinda the point of AI, isn’t it? Too perfect to be real

Hey Bruno! Havana, I know the place! When were you there? 😉 Me, I’m more of a "Cuba libre" person! Just a matter of preference! Lillie

Hi Lillie,

Cuba was in 2015—feels like forever ago in travel years! 😅 But I loved it! Preference-wise, I tried a lot while I was there, but I couldn’t decide… And God knows I tried (well, God and my coworkers—I went with work). #AA (Anonymous Alcoholic)

I can see from these photos that we're dealing with a true epicurean 😉 I’ll go look for some too...

Epicurean, I own it 😄 The first person who writes “drunkard” gets reported to the mods 😠 Before you go looking, don’t forget to ask the thread boss 👑

Outside of the challenge, I kept the image of my ideal apéro, on a mild winter evening on the terrace of a Namibian lodge.



ChatGPT suggested this:



And Copilot suggested this:

You must not have made the same request—the couple isn’t in the same age bracket...

The result itself is still just as kitsch, though. You’d think some of the paintings sold in those touristy souvenir shops with the weirdest stuff...

Wait, wait, we went to the same place!! 😂 We’re not here to sing the praises of AI—nothing will ever beat actually going there, and thank goodness for that! Attila’s right; my search started with “fifty-something couple” 😉

Attila is right, my request started with "fifty-something couple" 😅

Oops, I forgot to specify the age. Well, I’ll tweak the prompt...

ChatGPT:



Copilot:



Worth noting, a certain similarity...

Interesting to note that AI sees young people face-to-face while the over-fifties are getting closer... Like Attila: really, really ugly. And on top of that, there’s only pale yellow in the glasses! !

Interesting to note that the AI sees young people face-to-face while the fifty-somethings are getting closer...

No, nothing to do with that. When I added fifty-something to the prompt, I also added from behind to stick closer to the original photo. I should’ve asked for water to be included too, but oh well, I used up my quota (= two), gotta wait till tomorrow…

Like Attila: really, really ugly. And on top of that, there’s only pale yellow in the glasses!

Yeah, it’s really ugly, but it’s the free version, and it’s not a photo, it’s an image. With the paid version, you can get hyper-realistic images comparable to photos, but whether it’s ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini, the monthly subscription is over 20 €, so we’ll (I’ll) wait a bit…

Interesting to note that AI sees young people face-to-face while the fifty-somethings get closer... Like Attila: really, really ugly. And on top of that, there’s only pale yellow in the glasses!

We all know that the more time passes, the more we look in the same direction. Shows that AI doesn’t stop philosophy. As for the drink, I specified “a glass of white wine.” Which kept the AI from putting beer bottles with champagne flutes.

With the paid version, you can get hyper-realistic images comparable to photos, but whether it's ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini, the monthly subscription is over 20 €, so we'll (I'll) wait a bit…

As for me, they can wait a long time before I give them any money!! They already steal my data… #GDPR 😂

When it came to the liquid, I specified "a glass of white wine." Which kept the AI from adding bottles of beer with champagne flutes...

Flute (couldn’t have said it better myself), I forgot to specify the type of liquid! Actually, when you post an AI-generated image, you should include the prompt too...

Darn (that’s the word for it), I forgot to specify what the liquid was! Actually, when you post an AI image, you should also post the prompt…

That said, the difference isn’t glaring. For the “prompt” (I just learned that word), my daughter, a well-informed thirty-something, filled me in: the more details you add, the more precise it gets 😵

But we’d better get back to the original topic of this post or the boss is gonna chew us out (apparently she’s not easy-going) 😄

Darn, I forgot to specify the age. Okay, I’ll edit the prompt...

The AI didn’t get the proportions right either. When it comes to animals, it’s pretty lacking 😅