Wait hold on, the part about "those prompts push the model to do something you cant just snap with your phone" is kind of wild to me. Ngl, I used to think like that too - that fancy words were the whole secret sauce - but honestly the AI already knows what "golden hour" and "ethereal" mean from its training data. What you're really doing is just layering on a bunch of filters that make everything look the same. Like every other person with those phrases ends up with that same instagrammy, soft focus look that has no soul. Once I stripped it down to just telling the AI what's actually in the frame, I started getting images that actually felt alive and surprising instead of just pretty. Tbh your friend might have been harsh but they were right, sometimes less is more when you actually want the machine to show you something new.

That's the difference between presence and polish in everything now.

Playing devil's advocate here, but maybe there's a reason the school limits where people can set up tables. If every club or student group just registered their event as a "theatrical performance" to get around the rules, you'd have tables blocking walkways, doorways, and fire exits all over campus. That tiny concrete square exists so groups don't interfere with normal foot traffic or create safety hazards. Last year at our school, a group set up a petition table right in front of the library entrance and it caused a real bottleneck. The policy exists for a reason, and finding loopholes just makes the administration create stricter rules later.

God that hurt to read because I've definitely done that too lol.

Third week with EveryPlate I got a box that smelled like spoiled chicken right out the gate. They gave me a $5 credit for a $70 box, basically laughed at me. Idk these services are great until you actually need them.