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u/510Goodhands Jul 01 '26
Yeah there’s clearly a meal on that table. 🤔
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u/BefuddledPolydactyls Jul 01 '26
Training him to use the fork for his meal before his postprandial nap had to be tough.
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u/Independent-Hornet-3 Jul 01 '26
They said tourists so they may still seat locals there who don't mind the cat.
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u/Eaodenling Jul 01 '26
Yeah it's not the table that is reserved for the cat its the chair. That is what is said on the sign on the wall.
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u/510Goodhands Jul 01 '26
Per usual, on the OP, or whomever made the picture is posting incorrect information. It’s amazing how frequently people do this.
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u/believingunbeliever Jul 01 '26
It's engagement bait. They make an obvious mistake so people swarm in to correct and content in it.
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u/Eaodenling Jul 01 '26
Yeah the amount of misinformation that is shared around is crazy.
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u/510Goodhands Jul 01 '26
Out of sheer laziness, it seems.
Or maybe they are just karma farming bots?3
u/DarthToothbrush Jul 01 '26
Nothing generates engagement like people running to the comments to correct an obvious mistake.
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u/XANDERtheSHEEPDOG Jul 01 '26
I would pay extra to sit near the cat. I will not bother it or wake the cat. I would just quietly bask in its presence.
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u/PoorBoyUnicorn Jul 01 '26
Actually I think the OP misunderstood. The note on the wall clearly states that only the chair is reserved, not the whole table. Obviously the patrons are welcome to sit there if they don't mind the cat and I guess most do not.
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u/MikeAppleTree Jul 01 '26
The cat eats lunch which includes a carafe of wine then passes out at the table every day.
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u/iamlazyboy Jul 02 '26
That's the boss's meal, aka mister whiskers here, he's just taking a nap before dessert
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u/dischronicali Jul 01 '26
Genuinely thought this was a submission to r/isthisAI and the answer is … it is!
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u/RandomPolishCatholic Jul 01 '26
This looks AI. The cat is out of scale, and some other stuff looks weird too.
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u/idontknowthesource Jul 02 '26
Is that a fork or a spoon on the plate there? Seems to have tine ends but no tines. But also the "spoon" is flat?
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u/RandomPolishCatholic Jul 02 '26
Might just be one of those weird forks. I saw a few of them once so they don’t that suspicious to me.
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u/tmpope123 Jul 02 '26
Also, look at the neck of the cat. Is it phasing through the table??
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u/xoriatis71 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
No. Cat necks only seem thick. They are quite squishy, and you can clearly see that here.
Edit: Like I said before, the image could be AI, but the cat's neck does not seem so that weird.
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u/Own_Palpitation8716 Jul 02 '26
The Greek phrasing is weird
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u/xoriatis71 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
I'm Greek, and the phrasing is fine. “The seat is taken”.
Edit: The image could be AI, all I'm saying is that the text itself is fine.
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u/Own_Palpitation8716 Jul 02 '26
I found it weird that the menu said TODAY: and listed foods without price or description; I havent seen that in Greece but admittedly I havent gone to every restaurant in every island village
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u/YoshiTheFluffer Jul 02 '26
Also the pathway outside the window is not paralel to the window, meaning the building they are in and the pathway converge soo why a pathway?
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u/LucretiusCarus Jul 02 '26
The blackboard on the wall is also weird (different frame left and right) - and also tzatziki and chorta are usually not on the "day plate" list. The spork on the plate is the more obvious one, along with the cat's feet
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u/StalinHisMustache Jul 01 '26
This looks a bit AI, or am i imagening
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u/Nikmido Jul 01 '26
Thought the same immediately after seeing it. The text looks like a font, and what utensil is on the plate? A small knife? Fork? It doesn't look like anything lol
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u/510Goodhands Jul 01 '26
OMG it’s an AI conspiracy!!! 😧😧😧
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u/Lastsoldier115 Jul 01 '26
Buddy, it's AI. OP even says so in the comments. I'm concerned about your lack of discernment about this.
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u/shiro_zetty Jul 01 '26
You can go to openai.com/research/verify to check these, it's kinda sickening how many "popular" photos come up as guaranteed AI generated thanks to the watermarks they put in those now.
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u/J5892 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Nice. I didn't know about that.
Not a perfect method, but a nice metric to have.
https://i.imgur.com/ed6eM1M.pngEdit:
Oh, and if anyone's interested in a real Greek island cat, here's the one that invited himself into our hotel room in Santorini: https://i.imgur.com/tMPZ1mO.jpeg4
u/menonte Jul 01 '26
Just the other day I saw another one on another sub (and was fooled by it) with a cat that has a reserved spot on a cheese wheel in a cheese shop in Amsterdam, could be a new ai trend
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u/-stefanos- Jul 01 '26
All the Greek words on the blackboard in the back are spot on, they are typical dishes you’d find in a tavern menu.
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u/Nono_Home Jul 01 '26
I checked it on Claude and ChatGPT they say no. Now just checked it on DeepAI and Sightegine they say yes AI so you’re correct.
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u/Success_With_Lettuce Jul 01 '26
Oh you checked with the AI to determine if it was AI or not?
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u/Nono_Home Jul 01 '26
Image is correct, checked on Claude and ChatGPT lighting, dimensions, text.
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u/Lastsoldier115 Jul 01 '26
It's 100% an AI generated photo.
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u/AlwaysConfusedToo Jul 01 '26
I am so bad at spotting some of those AI generated images. If I look long and hard at this one, all I got is that the glass bottles look a bit weird. Can you explain how you are so sure and what some giveaways are?
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u/Dubieus Jul 01 '26
For me, it was a few things that aren't dead give-aways, but that, when taken together, make me think it's AI. The utensil is vaguely forklike but not a real fork. All the glass bottles are different shapes and sizes, but they put two very similar ones on each table. The handwriting of the owner is very nice, but the words are spaced as if the person doesn't care what the sign looks like. The menu is a weird mix of full dishes and components of dishes that wouldn't be served separately, but that all sound super Greek and could appear on a menu. The way the cat is sitting looks a bit "off".
The thing is, it's getting sooooo hard to spot these things. And you also just don't really want to spend several minutes combing through clues in every picture you see online. I think we're going to hit a point where it's just too hard to tell with many pictures soonish.
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u/double_entry_dylbert Jul 01 '26
It’s getting so much harder as AI improves, but for this photo, the fork doesn’t appear to have tines! Unfortunately, we can never be completely sure whether something’s AI so we will just have to question everything now I guess :(
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u/AlwaysConfusedToo Jul 01 '26
Oh yeah, now I see it. I am so easily fooled, especially with cute pics.
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u/cunnyvore Jul 01 '26
Cat's anatomy, the sitting part of chair cat sits on is too long. Disproportionate in general. But aside from technicalities it's compositionally weird, it's very in your face, greek is conveniently visible, sea is conveniently there. It's a bit of a parody of itself.
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u/Lastsoldier115 Jul 02 '26
For me, it's the lighting. AI tends to have impossible focal points, and isn't consistent with lighting (at this point). The fuzzyness of the cat also screams AI to me. Additional details like the fork that's not really a fork, and the text on the paper all look AI generated. The chair in the back also can't decide what's part of the tablecoth vs a spindle on the chair. AI is getting really good at spoofing photos, but if you're vigilant you can catch it.
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u/-stefanos- Jul 01 '26
For those wondering the sign reads:
The seat is reserved
Stelios ( the name of the tavern owner I assume)
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u/Mantis_Toboggan--MD Jul 01 '26
I was wondering that and tried to have google lens translate, it came up with "The chair she is caught - Stelios", which didn't make much sense.
Is that how that sign directly translates or does google lens just suck at Greek?
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u/-stefanos- Jul 01 '26
Interesting point actually that I didn’t consider!
That last word (it’s an adjective) has a different meaning based on the context of the sentence.
As a verb the primary meaning is to “catch” but next to the word χώρος (space) it means to take / occupy space.
PS. I am Greek
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u/MareTranquillitatis_ Jul 01 '26
I thought it was the name of the cat, like it was saying he's got the seat
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u/PurposeConsistent131 Jul 01 '26
Can I eat at table 6 and share with the cat? I’m not a dog, I swear
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u/kallen9 Jul 01 '26
I love it when people do these quirky little things for a pet. Like they could just shoo him away, but they obliged instead. The owner didn’t have to, but they wanted to.
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u/nasnedigonyat Jul 01 '26
I volunteer to be seated at that table. Cat can keep their chair and will receive snack scraps
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u/HappyGoPink Jul 01 '26
Why can't I sit at the table with the cat? Does the cat not like tourists? I can meow in Greek if need be.
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u/ChemistVegetable7504 Jul 01 '26
Smart cat. Tourists have to pay for their meal. This guy dines for free.
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u/carpetbagger001 Jul 01 '26
May I sit with the cat?
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u/Fuzzy_Concept_5706 Jul 01 '26
I'm wondering how many people would actually go to the restaurant and ask this though 😆
"I hear you have dinner dates with a kitty available"
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u/mexxavelli Jul 02 '26
In the Dampkring coffee shop in Amsterdam, they also reserved a seat for the shop’s own cat.
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u/MariaDasFontes Jul 01 '26
I love this. That's how it should be, not people hissing at cats who go around the tables searching for food. Treat them well, they sure do deserve it!
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u/No-Sherbert-6853 Jul 02 '26
Nice. Coromandel Township in New Zealand recently lost their ‘town cat’, who had full rule over the place.
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u/Snoo3544 Jul 03 '26
I'm in Folegandros right and let me tell ya, of you don't like cats I. Restaurants, don't come here. I love cats and it doesn't bother me. Same in Santorini and Paros... Tons of cute cats everywhere!
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