A stranger’s cute baby video should not have been controversial. Bob Addison left one comment on it anyway, and within hours people who have never met him were calling him a Karen and telling him to calm down. What did he actually say to deserve that?
Not every reply was a hit job. One line landed so well it pulled in seventy-five likes of its own, and Bob is still not sure if that makes the whole thing a win or a loss. He breaks down exactly how the thread turned, comment by comment.
Somewhere between getting roasted online and defending a seatbelt strap, Bob spent a night building something with AI that he calls one of the greatest accomplishments of his life. Then he immediately walks that claim back, and the reason why says more about Bob than the AI does.
Topics: online pile-on, viral comment, AI image editing, social media backlash, AI-generated photos
GUEST: Bob Addison | @riobobbo
Originally aired on2026-08-25
