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Maybe it's just trained on full comments, not the composing words?

It's conditioned to output replays way more than make new jokes. But it does make new jokes occasionally.

That sounds just like Reddit tbh.

So it finds similar images to a person and shows those comments?

Usually, but sometimes not.

Combined into one image for a quick comparison: https://i.imgur.com/ery4SA1.jpg