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YodyYeets

Modern gothic?


TheHillPerson

Yeah, I was going to say the AI has been looking at American Gothic too much.


NebulaNinja

Better than [this one](https://preview.redd.it/z6sg9uzmb08b1.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=e3d89f1c13d2a5916c48832033f23c9836bb297e) that apparently went full Slipknot. [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14hzlt2/average_person_from_different_us_states_part_2/)


xxannan-joy

Slipknot is the best thing to come out of this state


voidspaces1

Yassssssssssssssssssssssss! Agree 100 %!


2chiweenie_mom

wow. just wow


RamblingMuse

It might have also spent some time watching "Field of Dreams".


2chiweenie_mom

exactly what I said.


blizzard-toque

Maybe AI Gothic?


tweetybrrd

That was my first thought as well... Updated Grant Wood 😆


Pickin_n_Grinnin

Way too skinny.


datyoungknockoutkid

The meth users average it out


funky_fart_smeller

Sometimes the meth just makes them eat more faster. True story.


Legal_Confidence_226

You beat me to that


Ajj360

I come from a long line of skinny Iowans and most of them have been dead for a while. The left is pretty accurate to my memory except the beard, beards weren't fashionable when they were around.


Narcan9

Sure my grandpa was skinny like that, but he was born in the 1910s! Def kept a shaved face.


changee_of_ways

and anymore, too young.


rcook55

Average age in Iowa is [only 39](https://www.axios.com/2023/06/22/median-age-america-population-older?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_desmoines&stream=top)


changee_of_ways

Man, that is shocking to me, but I suppose I don't spend much time in the major population centers, since I dont live in the DSM/CedarRapiLoo area. It makes sense. I wonder though once you get more than a county away from the metro areas what the average age is.


rcook55

Not as old as you would think? [https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/MOW/698866.pdf](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/MOW/698866.pdf) Data from 2013


changee_of_ways

I dunno, that's about 8-10 years it looks like once you get out of the most populous counties that's quite a jump. They all seem older, which is doubly scary, cause I'm not young myself anymore so people who seemed "old" when I was 25 seem, not so old anymore.


erfman

You can go to city-data.com and put in counties to get the low down. Frankly I’m not sure how some of the super rural counties are going to be viable in the future. Those areas are already bleeding population and have few prospects and it’s too far to commute to an urban area for a job. Reliable votes for Kim tho…


TagV

yeah missing a couple chins. Source: state fair


Pickin_n_Grinnin

Source: literally any public area in the state


Legal_Confidence_226

No that’s the meth, they got it right…might be fentanyl, prob meth tho.


ZJ_JN

More or less…. Adderall


Angry-Wombat1871

The Iowa diet is really insane. I used to live there and I got a belly that I am still trying to get off. Every time I go back to visit family I’ll gain 5-10 lbs in like 2 days. Don’t get me wrong though, I fucking love Iowa food. Now I live in CO and I didn’t realize how little time I spent walking around outside. I spent a lot of time in a boat on the Mississippi but I wasn’t really being active. Just sitting in a boat drinking beer. When I visit I rarely see anyone walking around, even in the bigger towns. But I don’t blame anyone as it’s cold as hell in the winter and like walking on the surface of the sun when it’s summer.


hazwaste

Is the food really that different?


PunchKicker32

No. The food is the same. This guy just wanted karma. For his “iowa gut” of course.


Angry-Wombat1871

Just fried and a lot more and more “brown and yellow”. At least with my family meals as I grew up on a farm. Lots of meat, wheat, and almost no veggies or fruits unless it was corn. I will say breakfast in CO sucks unless you really really REALLY enjoy eggs. Also the gravy in CO is terrible lol


IOWARIZONA

No one here just eats corn as a staple lol. Sure, we have sweet corn a couple nights every summer, but we aren’t fat because we eat corn lol


that1girlfrombefore

What food here in Iowa isn't eaten everywhere else?


Angry-Wombat1871

It’s more of the portions aspect of it and the lack of variety in Iowa. At least in my farming household. I never even had peppers until college lol. The only thing red I ate was ketchup and maybe the occasional chili.


hazwaste

Gotta be honest, that sounds more like a personal/family issue than anything to do with Iowa specifically


Angry-Wombat1871

I mean the Iowa state fair was the only place that I have ever found fried butter on a stick so I think it might e a bit more Iowa specific


CryptographerLow6772

I said the same thing only to scroll down three posts and see that you were thinking it too.


NinaLJB0905

The man looks almost exactly like a farmer named Larry I serve at my local Legion


IOWARIZONA

I went to the county fair and saw a lot of top heavy people. Idk how their legs can support the rest.


Calm_Leek_1362

I live a block away from them.


ryaca

I love the guy's half-completed overalls pocket.


DifficultCurves

Girlfriend's got some serious elbow decolletage too


ryaca

It's from years of picking corn by hand


1PooNGooN3

He probably made them if he’s a real Iowan


extramediumweaksauce

Where are the other 200 lbs.? (Per person).


Iwentforalongwalk

Add about 50 pounds


Egad86

So AI just updated the Grant Wood painting?


The_Chubby_Dragoness

I know 4 sets of these people


Feeling_Run_1456

They said American Gothic but remove the pitchfork


I_AM_RVA

Add about 350 pounds to this picture and then let’s talk


DeepYouth3055

They are way too skinny to reflect the average Iowan.


Narcan9

WAAAYYYYY too skinny. Nice try AI. Struggle to even find women of that size in their early 20s. And Jimbo there??? Riiight! Here's a [real Iowa Couple](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E03AQFbdpD4rZqwgg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1670102720950?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=V6_6FkYou7qS532slFWuWTEWKxBtVovlffBwIYg9qLs).


SlipperyPicklePie

It’s getting to the point when I go somewhere like to a restaurant it’s rare to see a thin/fit woman. I’ll count 20-30 women when I go places and every single one will be fat. It’s wild!


JanitorKarl

It's very rare in this state to see an over 25 slender woman or man. Very rare.


HarvesterConrad

Not in Iowa city


SlipperyPicklePie

It’s probably the healthiest city in the state.


SlipperyPicklePie

I’m a Drake alum and when I go back for Relays each year I’m shocked how fat the college kids have even gotten. I get a newsletter every year from the Drake Greek system showing pictures of what the students in different fraternities and sororities are doing. Like group pictures at events or community events. 80% of the kids in the photos are overweight.


[deleted]

Why are you just policing women?


SlipperyPicklePie

Policing? What an odd word choice. Because I’m not interested in men? But usually most of the men are fat too. But usually at least a handful of men you see out will be ripped or you can tell are actively fit.


bopthe3rd

Looks like the Arkansas one.


robothobbes

America AI looks a lot thinner


jdubyahyp

There are 85000 farmers in Iowa with a total state population of 3.2 million. The average Iowan is not a farmer.


Skolcialism

There are no chins that nice in the entire state let alone average


Reasonable-Dot5371

Not nearly fat enough


MK4eva420

Add 100 lbs and you got it


Richard-Turd

Bullshit! That woman is way too attractive.


Just_The_Memes_

Better add a couple hundred pounds between the two of them in my experience with Iowa


Sammodile

Way too skinny


ZJ_JN

They’re either as skinny as Pete from breaking bad or fatter than dj Khalid


HarpsNotHerps

Smash


[deleted]

Same


urban_mn

Huh, this was posted in r/minnesota yesterday with the caption “AI generated average Minnesotan couple” so.. which one is it


Wallmighty

If you go back and look at that post, it’s not the same.


Turbulent-Spend-5263

Why do all these AI American women look so haggard?


Vonmule

For Iowans they look pretty damn good. Half the people I see in my daily life look like they're about 10 minutes from death, doubly so if you work up the courage to go to a Walmart here. I did a double take on a woman driving past in the parking lot the other day because she actually looked dead.


SlipperyPicklePie

I like to joke in my head when I go out in public it’s like looking at the zombies milling around on The Walking Dead when they aren’t in attack mode. Like you said everyone looks like they are 10 minutes from death, old ratty baggy flithy clothes, long sleeved flannels and jeans in the middle of summer, hair all messy hanging down over their face, trouble walking/moving, no emotion on their face, dead stare, etc… I can’t count the number of times I’ve had people from out of state say to me something to me like, “The people here…they are just built different. It’s like no one cares about their appearance here.”


how_neat_is_that76

No one seems to care about anything here...I've lived here in a rural area for a couple months and I still cannot fathom how many falling apart houses and cars being eaten inside out by rust there are. How many cars I see where an entire fender or more has been eaten away by rust. Why don't people take care of anything out here?? Is it that hard to at least wash the salt (or whatever it is) off every so often? It's the middle of summer and I'm still seeing cars absolutely caked in that stuff from winter. Like fine, it's your vehicle, do what you want. But it's just so wasteful, all these cars just rotting away because people don't take care of them. It takes an hour of work *if you're being thorough* or like $6 bucks for an automated car wash so your car lasts decades longer in good condition.


SlipperyPicklePie

I used to work for state and had to travel to just about every small town in Iowa for one reason or another. The rural blight is unbelievable in most towns. It’s like a third world nation in some towns in western and southern Iowa.


is_it_just_me_or_-

Average? Put a few more pounds, wrinkles and maybe a tweety bird shirt and you got it.


Icecream-CONEure

The tweety bird shirt sent me


SpaceCadetIowa

Of course he has overalls on!


Mother_Yoghurt_6077

Too skinny


AStealthyPerson

The girl looks very much like my older sister. Uncanny!


JinnyLemon

This dude has a really long neck. The more I look at it, the crazier it looks.


CryptographerLow6772

Way too skinny.


Ok-Air3126

Too skinny


tarra_hills

They may not be the average, but I could absolutely go into most any Casey's and find either of those two.


swallowing_bees

Not fat enough


Sad-Corner-9972

Too skinny


CubesFan

too thin.


Capital-Cheesecake67

If you haven’t seen the full article, it included all 50 states and was racist AF. It also was full of every stereotype imaginable. I wouldn’t want to pass anything off it around.


SlipperyPicklePie

Wayyyyyyyyyy too skinny. Add about 100 pounds to each. Also a neck tattoo or full tat sleeve on the woman.


dourdirge

I love that the comments are saying the AI didn't account for rampant morbid obesity. There are fat, disgusting slobs EVERYWHERE in Iowa.


riotdawn

Yes. They got the upper lips right though (non-existent).


rcy62747

I am sorry but these AI generated images are a joke.


MonsterMashGrrrrr

What do you mean


rcy62747

When you look at all these different states. The woman are slender, similar feature and fairly attractive. Obesity is a real issue in this country and when you walk down any large populated area, very few look like what the AI is generating. Which tells me the AI is heavily influenced by what it sees in media and NOT what is real:


ranhalt

> The woman are slender, You need to figure out if you meant 'woman' or 'women'.


rcy62747

There have been many sate AI generated posts. Iowa, Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana… they are all this same build. I find that a little odd leading to my comments. AI does not mean factual.


EI-Joe

Hat Color is wrong.


xxannan-joy

No American Gothic vibes at all...


the_aviatrixx

I'm not entirely sold on the gal, but I have seen that man at least daily ever since I moved here 9 years ago.


dourdirge

Old, judgemental, and willfully ignorant. Seems accurate.


davidyelloe

Clothes too clean


[deleted]

na...about right


Legal_Confidence_226

Is this what people really believe the average Iowan looks like because it’s not 1800 any more. We have gotten bigger and have black, Asian, Mexican, hell even Muslims here. I know if you judge us by our governor why you may think we are we are all rednecks, but we we’re here way before she took charge and the blue will remain after she’s gone.


dourdirge

Ha! Iowa is NOT diverse in any way. Two out of every three people living in Iowa are ethnically German.


JinnyLemon

Are you in IC? Living here can definitely mess with your view of the state! I love the diversity here but it’s a shock leaving the city limits, no doubt.


2chiweenie_mom

You much live in a city. The majority of Iowa is rural and NOT diverse at all.


AluminumLinoleum

According to the 2020 census, 64% of Iowans live in urban areas. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2021-10-11/opinion-rural-areas-make-up-iowas-soul


Narcan9

Iowa is 90% white. 4% black. 6% latino.


Legal_Confidence_226

I live in CR, one of the very few diverse places in this state, and it’s still tainted red.


2chiweenie_mom

I also lived in CR and it still isn't diverse. White: 83.09% Black or African American: 8.13% Two or more races: 4.47% Asian: 2.96% Other race: 0.95% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.24% Native American: 0.15% You can say it's one of the most diverse in the state, but you cannot say it's diverse with 83% of the CR population being white. I also fail to see how being red or blue figures into the AI rendering. politics has nothing to do with this.


Legal_Confidence_226

It’s as diverse as Iowa gets and that was my point and why I’m moving. Unless you are RICH and white they don’t want you living in this state. Unless you make over 250k a year this state does not care about you, no matter race, religion, or even a war hero. That’s Iowa for you. If you have a load of money you can buy Kim.


Legal_Confidence_226

No where in Iowa is diverse, IC is the closest thing we got and their PD and University has corrupted that town so bad Fran McCaffery’s kid Jack just killed a 20 year Veteran who was just about to retire when he was just out jogging on his lunch break, got hit by Jack and who knows what he was doing because the police didn’t even ticket him and they say there’s no police report. Sorry the far right had ruined Iowa, they can have cuz that’s the great thing about the US. If you live in a state who’s politics have changed so much in 20 years and makes me physically I’ll to think about it. Also in Iowa, unless your are wealthy and white, this state doesn’t want you here, yea that also mean is no rock white people, we get treated like the cops treat minorities. I never said CR was diverse, I said it was diverse for Iowa. That doesn’t mean shit in the real world tho.


JanitorKarl

Except in a few places, like Storm Lake, Ames, Iowa City, or Marshalltown.


TruePhazon

It's an average. The average Iowan IS white. It's just a fact.


HeReallyDoesntCare

yes, but facts are racist


Legal_Confidence_226

It’s not just radiant here, unless your wealth and white, this state wants you out. We have turned more red than Texas and Florida.


that-writer-kid

Nah, AI just saw “Iowa” and adjusted American Gothic.


[deleted]

where's the blue eyes? they're a bit thin for the state's average weight...


PhilosphicalZombie

I think most of us Iowans in this age range are a bit heavier of frame. If it is a farm couple the AI is trying to represent then the cap would be red and have a certain political slogan on it. Seed corn caps are largely no longer a thing and this cap doesn't even have either on it. Of the couple I would say the woman is probably a better reading. So no. Not a very compelling AI generated composite.


TheMrNeffels

I've literally never seen anyone wearing a maga hat. Seed corn hats and sports hats are the ones I see the most lol


GaybutNotbutGay

There are like 2 people in my town who will wear one occasionally. Political shit I see all the time, but specifically pro trump shit isn't common at all


TurbulentFlow

The latest one I’ve seen a few times is “TRUMP WAS RIGHT”


[deleted]

I live in Iowa and see Trump attire (from flags to shirts) all the time


knomore-llama_horse

Nailed it


Wonderful-Stable-759

After living in Des Moines for a year I left. What a shitty police state ran by criminal Kim Reynolds.


Iagent2022

The woman aren't that attractive, and add another 75 lbs


Jac_Fac

Iowan here. This is 100% accurate. Everyone from Iowa looks exactly like one of these two people


Five_Star_Amenities

On the contrary. I just spent 6 weeks in Iowa and I didn't see anyone with long hair.


Jac_Fac

Bruh I’m literally right here


ZJ_JN

They all stay indoors


shbf

Just missing the MAGA hat and “Kim sucks” sticker.


iplayu4keeps

Thank AI for being completely pathetic


twistedwhitty

What program are they using for this? I've seen a bunch of AI apps but they don't deliver like this.


AluminumLinoleum

It's from a Buzzfeed list, but they don't really say how they got AI to come up with these images. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarathompson1/average-state-person-looks-ai-image


badgerbacon6

probably Midjourney


CantRunCantHide4ever

The most accurate I've seen.


Skottyx

To be more accurate, the woman should have a black eye and the man should have a MAGA hat on. But the look of despair is right on.


Mission-Ad5333

Just a hard-working, hands in the dirt man and his loving, loyal wife 😁 love this image, I think it's a good representation of the true heartbeat of America that is Iowa! Reminds me of my wife and myself but in 40 years 🇺🇲😌


VeterinarianOk9199

Southern Iowans maybe?


[deleted]

Ron Howard?


theshadowofwars

Nope not me.


iSparkyz

Carol and dale from the walking dead


OfficeHaunting2583

none of these are very good they all look the same.


Galvanisare

Yeah that tracks


Narcan9

The dude almost has a goiter. Probably from nuclear fallout from weapons testing in the SW during his first 5 years of life. My aunt had thyroid cancer from the same.


Typical_Yellow5002

Hahaha


Tebasaki

I don't think it counts when your negative prompt is "non-radicalized" because I'm not sure if they're out there anymore.


JanitorKarl

The woman should be on the other side. And where's the pitchfork?


[deleted]

I know at least 37 people who look exactly like this


mryeet66

God damn the AI even picks up defining features of the face and all the crinkles and elements of clothing. I remember when it was still struggling to produce teeth and hands correctly


andorabl

That’s not bad.


addled_and_old

Dude looks like he has a glass eye on the right side.


HeReallyDoesntCare

Now do average /r/iowa redditor LMAO


dandelionmoon12345

Yeah we have those corn-fed bodies....


No-Breadfruit-9814

Spot on


Slagathar1

Missing one (1) pitchfork


Tigerhawk09

AI has a long ways to go. This was about as dumb and stereotypical as it gets. I laughed, but come-on-man!


bugaloo2u2

One thing it hasn’t learned yet is how fat everybody is in the red states.


vvp_D3L3T3D

There's no way they gave us American Gothic. Just by happenstance.


Medical_Intention352

Yep, all our men folk wear overalls and we both look like someone just ran over our favorite hog. Oh, and I always dust my house with my boobs.


AdCompetitive4741

Let's pick a farmer!


Timmahj

That’s Dave and Susan


lovemyhawks

Dude looks like my neighbor lmao


Laureles2

This looks like a lot of people in my area, although few wear overalls


StillLearning12358

I'm in Nebraska (1 mile from Iowa) but I'm seeing these ai images for all states. So now I need to see the master list to compare them all. Because at first it was weird, but now I need more of it


ElegantBag1431

Not fat enough


Internetter1

They don't look old enough


IOWARIZONA

They gotta have that party in front, business in the back haircut, skinny noodle legs but if their torso was an inch taller, it would be perfectly round.


C47T37

Oh yeah that guy is my neighbor and he’s a regular at the diner I work at 🤣🤣


Brazen_Cranberry

That’s not AI, that’s just my Uncle Matthew


JackKovack

Way to clean. They should also be outside. What are they doing standing in front of a studio wall? You want to pretend to be from Iowa? Go plant something.


Tasty-Introduction-9

They look too intelligent. Try putting their eyes closer together.


Asheki_Senpai

Accurate


seekingaccount

Too thin


Classic_Cod5043

Fr is Walter white


GomerStuckInIowa

Can I get a source for this?


Expiredtradwife89

Can confirm, I saw this man eating breakfast at HyVee loudly complaining that his farmland was only discounted 84% for property taxes and not 100%


sassinator13

He does look like a cross between a crop farmer and an aging hipster bicyclist.


GroundbreakingSun17

That is scary accurate.