on a related note, a crude photoshop or paint job will ALWAYS be funnier than a photorealistic AI generation

Exactly this! Maybe when he realises anyone can bootleg these images as there's no copyright he'll experience enough dissonance to question it (although I feel I pointed this out to him already in the initial exchange).

Old people can get very stuck in their ways and develop unpleasant habits that they then get defensive about when they're pointed out.

For some reason both #SpéirGorm and #SpéirGhorm show up together (and versions without fadas too). I've a column set up for the former and I see posts for the latter too. Is Bluesky good at Irish? I don't know. But I've been told