The laser card craze copies a proven MJ-to-flashcard playbook — where's the imagination?
yangyi · x · 2026-09-09
Commenting on the viral laser-style cards, the author traces the original playbook: the Xiaohongshu account 蜉蝣物语 used Midjourney in late 2022 to make yellow-paper animal illustrations; a butterfly went viral, the account doubled down on butterflies to 200K followers in two years, rebranded as 白日臆想, and sold flapping-wing butterfly flashcard blind boxes via livestream. The takeaway: copying is fine for learning, but without understanding and transfer, originality degrades with every iteration.
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