My problem with âDeviantArt Cringeâ videos
Iâm not going to name names in this post, but I think you all know the people Iâm talking about.
There seems to be a new genre of videos on YouTube where edgelords like to make fun of fetish and amateurish art made by kids and teens. Autistic and LGBTQ kids seem to get it much worse. I wonder why that could be? Itâs a total mystery.
I know that kinkshaming has become a meme, and people donât take it seriously, but I still think itâs a shitty thing to do. Maybe you think itâs okay to laugh at adults who post fetish art since they posted it and therefor invite all types of feedback. Even if you think certain fetishes are weird, and are maybe even disgusted by them, that doesnât mean you should be needlessly cruel to someone over it. You could just use your free speech to not be a giant dickbag.
Where I personally draw the line is putting a kidâs art in your video (without their permission) and making fun of it.Â
âBut these kids need to learn how to take constructive criticismâ, you might say.
Youâre right, especially if these kids plan on going to art school. However, what these people are doing isnât constructive criticism. Theyâre taking a childâs art and exposing it to a crowd of people who get off on bullying. I started posting on DA when I was 15. The stuff I made was pretty bad and got little attention, but I donât think I would be posting art today if people like this harassed me over what I posted. Thereâs a huge difference between âyour shading could use some workâ and âyour art is cringey and you should kill yourself you autistâ.
âBut these kids lash out at anyone who gives constructive criticism and deserve the hate they getâ, you might say.
So youâre telling me that a kid without the interpersonal skills and emotional maturity of an adult gets angry when someone says their art is bad? Iâm shocked!
Iâm not saying itâs okay for kids to behave this way. However, I do think itâs on you to be the adult and not let these online conversations escalate into a flame war. DeviantArt lets you block people.
But what about adults who post bad art?
Not everyone has to be good at making art, and not every adult who makes art is doing it for a living. Lots of them are hobbyists. Itâs okay to be bad at something. To quote Jake from Adventure Time: âSucking at something is the first step to becoming sort of good at something.â I donât think online hazing is going to make someone want to continue making art.
Finally, if I have to explain to you why bullying LGBTQ and autistic kids is bad, Iâm probably wasting my time. I donât know how to explain to you that should care about other people.
Iâm not saying you have to like the art these people make. Iâm just asking you to not be cruel to people who did nothing wrong.
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