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kroovv

A little Brushbuddy 🍊

robin u___u

nirvana🪷

weeping angel

One of my piercings still hasn't stopped bleeding after 6 weeks. So I can't get another pair

noelle-ism

i stopped giving a shit about "legit" purchases of digital products after i spent $80 on the entire Dark Horse collection of Trigun/Trigun Maximum ebook mangas, learning that I only got access to reading them through a proprietary website ereader function, couldn't download them, and couldn't get a refund, and then literally only a year later, getting an e-mail stating that Dark Horse was shutting down that part of their company and I wouldn't even be able to read them anymore. Fuck that

noelle-ism

Pirate shit. Don't feel bad for it. It's not "your fault" that artists, independent or otherwise, can't make a living. You downloading an album or ebook for free isn't the cause of the problem. The cause is capitalism, plain and simple, and pirating is a lucky loophole that will companies are still trying to stomp out.

frogcroaks

I've kept this blog mostly as a faceless drawing account, but I feel like at this point I should talk more about art related things I believe in. right now, I've been more and more annoyed by the way artists approach merch and their reactions to criticism

First of all, and I'll be blunt: the entitlement towards cheap global south labor from indie artists is insane. You can place whatever marginalized identity in your shop, it does not give you the free pass to hire manufacturers that refuse to inform you about the wages and labor protections of their workers. If the only way that you can do x product is like that, then you don't deserve to have x product as a merch option.

Enamel pins, makeshift plushies, acrylic stands, shitty tshirts and apparel... why is our community filled with dropshipping slop whos production involves labor abuses and environmental damage? why are we constantly playing dumb to these manufacturers being shady and then getting surprised they get in labor scandals? why are we coddling artists that its ok to exploit others for profit because a smol bean who just has no choice or responsibility ever?

If you aren't making your merch by hand or making sure the people making it for you are being paid properly, then you should get another job.

cheaphalloweencostume

all movies are for children because the moving image is inherently juvenile. to be entertained by it even moreso

nataliehall

so mothy

mr-deep-downer

pjackk is a funny case study. Take a obscure character from a fighting game most people on this website wouldn’t be super familiar with, turn him into an absurdist, hedonistic mechanized homosexual and just let it rip. Stop posting with the message “don’t worry about me since I deserved all of this” then randomly get deleted years later. Now people mourn your loss like a real person. There won’t ever be another pjackk and that’s a good thing

fishing-princess

I Defeated the Demon Lord but it Turns Out the Demon Army was Largely Unaffected and I Fell Victim to a Flawed Belief in Great Man Theory

leftcosine

I Executed The Demon Lord With One Flawless Strike And After A Brief Power Struggle The New Demon Government Is Substantially More Committed To The War Because Of Some Reason I Don't Know

senatortedcruz

Why the fuck are you people watching Euphoria? Do you need help?

100493503004422

oops I accidentally separated myself emotionally from everyone to avoid feeling any bad feelings & it worked but at the expense of my sense of connectedness and belonging

Maybe the fact that I can't go into my favorite characters tag without seeing her shipped with a child she raised is a sign i should quit gacha