I read alt-text: partly because this phone is not good for images, but mainly because different cultural backgrounds mean I don't understand some of the images (unless they're photos of animals).

There's a recent spate of alt-text which is obviously incorrect. Is it bot-generated? Would anyone do that and not check the output? It is so very clearly wrong.

Or is this a trendy joke?
I hope not because that would be cruel.

@sunflowerinrain

People have deliberately misdescribed pictures, thinking it is funny, but Google offers to describe them for you. Usually too vague or just wrong.

I wish more people understood why alt text is important.