People are strange

 

I got on a Dr. Stranglove kick yesterday and asked ChatGPT to create an image of me as a Dr. Strangelove character.  So first it kicks out an image of me as the George C. Scott character of a general in the War Room during the 60s Cold War. 

I told it that was good but I was thinking more of the Peter Seller's role of Dr. Strangelove and I even loaded a photo.

Then it gave me this:

I felt that this one simply looked like it had slapped a beard on Peter Sellers so I told it to give me an image with my face. Then it gave me this:

I found the image of me without a beard worse than simply slapping a beard on Peter Sellers so I aske for my face with a bear, Dr. Strangelove's sunglasses, hair and cigarette. So it gave me the first image I posted above.

Finally I asked for an image of me as the Slim Pickens character riding a nuclear bomb down to earth and it pretty much got it first thing:

I realize that none of these images mean anything to people unless they have seen the movie Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.  But I don't particularly want to associate with anyone who hasn't seen it and appreciate it as an iconic film. 

I decided to turn a couple of the images into ads for my t-shirt shop and perhaps break the dry spell I've had in selling t-shirts. Actually it is more than a dry spell but I'm not sure what you call it when you haven't sold a single freaking t-shirt in what now seems more than a year.  Here was my first ad:

I posted it yesterday and...crickets. 

I did create this second ad that I'm going to post in a few days. I am still afraid people won't get the Dr. Strangelove reference, but still...it kind of grabs your attention:

If nothing else, I've learned that I never want to wear my hair like this.