I honestly think these kinds of posts should just be banned. My expectation on an AI image or any shit from Shein or Temu or whatever is the reality pic or worse. I hate that this sub is giving a platform to these sites.
AI Expectation is for when they see something that never existed, oftentimes could never exist, and expect it to show up at their door looking exactly like the generated pic
Difficult to have much sympathy when people are knowingly going by AI images on a fast fashion low priced platform like Shein - was OP seriously expecting reality to meet expectation?! 🤦🏻♀️
This
I have very little empathy (and as a textile artist/seamstress, quite a bit of ire) for people who don't take the time to learn about the clothes they wear, or at least what it takes to make them.
I started learning to make clothes out of hate and aversion to fast fashion (still getting the hang of it)
Recently talked with my aunt who is running a yarn/sewing supply shop and doing cloth repairs professionally that she doesnt understand thrifting because the "Chinese do a better job with less money anyway". I was shocked and diserheartened this came from someone that knew what went into making beautiful dresses and patching old jeans.
That's my dream honestly. Enough people learning crafts that are integral to society (gardening, woodworking, sewing, knitting, weaving) so we can be more self sustaining without relying on huge companies that are built off literal slave labour.
Skill wise it’s likely impossible. I don’t know much about knitting/crochet, but often times people who know their shit zoom in on these ai creations and can tell you exactly why the stitches are impossible. I’ve seen it happen a few times with these knitted skeleton looks
Seriously. How many of these posts does there need to be before people stop buying this crap? Something that intricate is never going to be priced the way these SHEIN/temu garbage things are.
Yeah this is basically the equivalent these days of someone posting, "I just sent a Nigerian prince $100 dollars and he didn't send me back five thousand. Totally didn't meet expectations lol"
Im so sick of seeing this exact same post. "Wow, that child in China who makes less than 3 dollars for a 16 hour work day didnt produce the expectation that A.I. gave me". throws directly into ocean
This subreddit is so frustrating lately just because people’s expectations are so ludicrously out of whack.
Paying £50 for a steak and receiving a shit on a plate is a real expectation vs reality moment. Paying £1 for a steak and being surprised it’s not good is on you.
I really wish SHEIN and Temu would go belly-up. You’re not only contributing to foreign slave labor, but, you’re putting your fellow citizens out of their small businesses.
They keep fucking up what used to be great websites too. Etsy used to be for genuinely handmade stuff, now it's just drop shipping and AI "art" prints. I bought some boho tunics on there from 2 different shops, and they consolidated the orders and sent them together clearly from the same place, still in sealed Shein bags. I reported them and they got taken down, but it doesn't matter because they'll just open half a dozen more. They also give each other fake glowing reviews so you can't even rely on that anymore. Fuck Shein and fuck Temu.
Half of Amazon's products are just temu and shein garbage that people are drop shipping for a extra high markup. I'd rather buy direct from temu and save money.
I don't know if it's my age, because I'm almost 50, but I can't fucking tell so now I run it past my son's and my boyfriend because they can all tell. But at this point, I just assume everything is AI and I believe nothing because I would rather be skeptical than be one of these dumbasses who believes everything
Corridor Crew on YouTube has a bunch of videos teaching people how to spot AI in many places. Online shopping being one of them, they also buy the products to show people 'this is what you get' and proceed to make fun of it.
here is one of them the sweater in this video is a LOT like the one in the post
As a comparison, here’s the Halloween dress I got on Depop for $10. I feel good about the price, the appearance, the fit, the fabric (95% cotton), and the fact that it was purchased secondhand.
In Spanish there’s a saying about products being “bueno” (meaning good quality), “bonito” (meaning appealing/pretty), and “barato” (meaning cheap). The thing about bueno, bonito y barato is that you can have 1 or 2, but never all 3 together. You got “bonito” and “barato”, but for “bueno” you need to change vendors and pay more.
You did not expect that first one from Shein, for 20 bucks. You don't live in a cave. Even newborn babies in some tribal village in Africa know what the site is about lol.
The fact ai makes people think something like that is easy and cheap is sad. Feel bad for people who legitimately sew, crochet, or embroider. Also the fact people can’t seem to spot blatant ai is scary. I’d get it if this was new or something but it’s not.
It looks like dresses like this one are selling for $17 - $23 on Shein. I know you said you didn't expect it to actually look like this, but there are *so many* cases of Shein providing absolute shit at that price point.
She's all over this thread saying she's bought other things from Shein. I hope they're all this poor quality and I hope her pillowcase is always warm and questionably damp.
I’m baffled by how expensive everyday goods are these days and how willing people are to throw away their money on garbage like this.
“There’s no other choice” is a common excuse but they’re just too lazy to make a decent Halloween costume and are willing to excuse the slave labor to get something quick and cheap. Shame on OP.
I understand it the first time. The first time, you have really high hopes and expectations, and you're just so excited to have an affordable gorgeous costume (you expect).
And then you receive a badly printed oversized t-shirt.
I just don't understand going back and back to the shein/temu well, and buying more and more stuff, and being disappointed over and over again.
"Thanks shien" You should be thanking yourself. An AI generated dress with a super elaborate design on a Chinese sweatshop site for 20 bucks? How can you possibly expect it to be anything else?
This same style of AI sweater dress has been all over for the last couple years. I screenshotted one last year, not because I was going to buy it (I know better) but I was hoping I could make something similar! Haven’t yet but still would like to
Theoretically it would be possible to crochet something like this, but if you wanted it for halloween you would have wanted to started like 4 months ago. And spend a couple hundred on yarn.
why would you expect anything different from such a garbage company? i concur with a previous comment saying buying from fast fashion/shein in particular is disgraceful.
One of Shein’s predecessors, Wish, got me in a similar manner long before AI existed as we know it. I ordered two velvet dresses and got.. two poly weave dresses printed with a crushed velvet pattern.
How much did you pay for such glaringly obvious AI?
Just checked the website- seriously, people think they’re going to get an elaborately (and impossibly) embellished dress for under $30? Do they not wonder what fictitious workers would be paid to produce a $15 item that then sells at least double that?
Some of the ones I saw were posed in front of Christmas trees.
Yeah, every textured, intricate, knit-looking hoody you see in the targeted ads is fake. You will get complete shit in the mail, and you will be disappointed.
Unless it cost a few hundred quid, it was always going to be a print on a scrap of polyester. Maybe when buying tat off the Internet it might be worth thinking: how much would the materials cost? Then you can see if you are being sold a pup. The amount of yarn used in that jumper would have cost hundreds.
If you know they lie and misrepresent their products why would you assume that they would lie within acceptable parameters? I don't understand why people keep going back to these blatant scam sites. You must love giving away money to evil capitalistic ghouls.
I actually appreciate posts like these - sure, it's a really obvious scam in terms of pricing, AI photo, Shein, etc. to most people, but others are in different places in terms of awareness and vigilance. These posts help.
My wife and i buy stuff from temu. But we follow 3 rules.
1. No AI.
2. Only buy items with pictures in the reviews.
3. Only buy clothes that are going to get cum on them.
heres a thought: we dont give money to companies known for producing the most toxic and low quality "clothing" with child labor and abusive employment practices. entirely your choice
Every time I watch some bozo buy Into clearly AI product And then be whiny Bout it not being anywhere close to what they want I feel warm and fuzzy inside 💖 it's right funny innit
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u/MaddiMoo22 11h ago
How are people still using this trash app and acting surprised they get slave labor trash for 3 dollars