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i can’t wait for when chatGPT and ai image generation also crashes and each prompt cost $50 an attempt. oh you can’t get your stolen big tiddy anime ghibli art for free anymore? you want to buy real big boy art from real artists now? beg for it. beg for it like a dog.

kebriones

If you're using gen AI because "you want to make art but don't know how/can't learn/it's easier/whatever"

You don't want to make art.

You want someone to make art for you, but you don't want to pay or exchange anything of equal value for it, and also you want it right now, in whatever style you fancy that moment, and in whatever quantity you want. You're greedy and entitled and it is just that simple. You don't want to make anything.

altrbody

Liu Bolin, Hiding in the City No. 95--Coal Pile, 2010.

snowspot

likehandlingroses

Lestat coming back from hell hysterical and having lost an eye, and Armand going “…do we have a location on the eyeball? Lestat? Your eye, do you have it?”

the way Lestat thinks “of course he’s asking about the eyeball—so Armand” you could trap them in an enclosure together and they’d never notice the glass because they’d be too busy observing each other

dancyplantalones

Lolz I was like 12 when I read Interview in like 1986 and Armand was my immediate background gremlinish fav and then in undergrad was I think when I read this hell story part and yeah ... I think this is why I dropped the whole 'franchise' because who has time for this ish lol? (Also the author was being weird and/or asshattish about almost everything at the time because big britches East of Eden is a movie now!, Sleeping Beauty and Jesus were all hers! or whatever... This reminds me why I don't usually have time for this site even. ...

butchfagminotaur

just overheard my wife spelling something on the phone and i shit you not saying the words “E as in Eeyore” i am on my hands and knees wailing screaming crying pleading and begging people to learn the NATO phonetic alphabet

butchfagminotaur

like the reason this exists is because none of the words sound like each other, which means that even with a terrible signal both parties should be able to clearly understand the words being spelled

i am dead serious that i believe this should be taught in school

luimnigh

[id: The NATO Phonetic Alphabet. It reads:

"A - Alpha, B - Beta, C - Charlie, D - Delta, E - Echo, F - Foxtrot, G - Golf, H - Hotel, I - India, J - Juliet, K - Kilo, L - Lima, M - Mike, N - November, O - Oscar, P - Papa, Q - Quebec, R - Romeo, S - Sierra, T - Tango, U - Uniform, V - Victor, W - Whiskey, X - X-Ray, Y - Yankee, Z - Zulu". end id.]

arctic-hands

I mean. Today I had to make an Important Phonecall and when I was asked if I said "B" or "E" when spelling out a name I panicked and after a five seconds of deadfishing I went "B as in burger", so I think op might have a point

dancyplantalones

I had to learn this by rote in training for big-corp online travel site I worked for (back in the day...most of their call centers are overseas now and 9/11 had just happened to give you an idea of how long ago... Also it seems many big-corp don't bother with training anything anymore if you are entry level? Like 'here watch this video while I go do other stuff' doesn't actually train anyone to do a job well...)

But anyway, I still choke up a minute and say something like Eeyore and then remember it should have been echo five minutes after that so only YOU can really decide to retain this info?

fuckofffanpol

that's... not how it works. you can't guarantee that your work definitely won't squick anyone. what do you think you're saying?

dancyplantalones

So I got yelled at by someone on here by complimenting their art for just edging into squick (it was very much a palette of Guston pinks and vaguely phallic shapes) which was compelling and engaging to me but the artist was so offended I was no longer intrigued by the work and quit following them...so I guess that disclaimer isn't for me? ... I'm not actually looking for squick ...Like I was then questioning myself as a viewer of this work and reacting to it that way and then I got offended too, much more than I would have been by squick. Oh well.

#squickfree?#show me someone who lives in your house squick free #art

emwheezie

Everyone loved these two a lot, thank you 🥹

I've gotten many mentions and asks about prints, they are available here under "wall art"

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newguineatribalart

Australian Cave Art: Wandjina

#stoopidcellphonestilllifephotos

thunderstruck9

El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941), Proun 19D, 1920 or 1921. Gesso, oil, varnish, crayon, coloured papers, sandpaper, graph paper, cardboard, metallic paint, and metal foil on plywood, 97.5 x 97.2 cm

starlightomatic

anyway multiple friends of mine are trying to go to events and festivals in their areas of interest and are unable to do so because organizers scheduled them on rosh hashanah and yom kippur. this happens every year and will continue to happen. this occurs because in a culturally christian society, people who have no cultural difference from that society will plan events according to the christian calendar rather than the jewish one.

starlightomatic

#i know the answer is be conscious of people around you and respectful#but hear me out: it would be so funny for jewish fans to start scheduling cons and stuff on christmas and easter

A Jewish professor at the university I went to once tried to schedule an exam on Christmas and make students go fill out excused absence forms if they wanted to miss it and take a make-up exam. I can't remember if the administration let him get away with it.

springstarfangirl

I'm laughing at this because here in Israel, cons are actually scheduled for Jewish holidays... because they're always days off. Icon is in two weeks and that's on Chol Hamoed Sukkot. Olamot is on Chol Hamoed Pesach. Hanukkadabra is, as the name suggests, on Chanukkah. There's one I can't remember the name of that's on Purim. It's the best.

starlightomatic

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crustgender

#but also for context for people who aren't jewish - the holidays/days listed are ones where it's fine religiously to do random stuff

seductivejellyfish

If you are a person who schedules things for groups ever, check out this handy dandy website that will explain very clearly when the Jewish holidays are for the year, and what holidays will prevent which people from doing what activities (and bonus info on serving food).

atheistsupreme96-deactivated202

Sorry to break it to you but events are businesses and we can’t always afford to accommodate everyone’s. I’m more concerned about making sure enough people are making it to the event I’m working at to worry about the 5 people in my area that can’t make it because of their religion. I’m saying this in all sincerity, sometimes it’s only a handful of people that can’t make it but everyone else can. Like I’m sorry that our event fell on Shavuot this year but May 27th once the only day available to book this event space. Sorry my band’s concert in your area falls on Rosh Hashanah but we are on a strict tour scheduled and that’s the only time we can be there. Sorry but people involved in planning these events have lives too and can’t always accommodate your schedule because they have to worry about other things. You’re just important enough.

I’m not sure what your solution is, should no one ever schedule any event on Jewish holidays even if they aren’t Jewish. Why should my schedule change because of a religion I’m not in? How is that fair to me?

starlightomatic

When the chunk of people who cannot come all belong to a particular minority group... yes, that's an issue. Likewise you choose to hold a con in a space with no elevators and "only" five people can't come because those five are wheelchair users... that's an issue.

Shavuot is honestly different because the majority of Jews would attend an event on it. It's frustrating when it overlaps a con but it's not like Rosh Hashanah. I am basically asking for three (3) days to black out on the calendar.

For a band, it's is possible to extend your tour by two days. But even if you didn't, someone who really wanted to come could travel to a different city, so again, not as much of an issue. Also... we're not idiots and we understand the concept of a tour. It's different from a single standalone event.

If you couldn't get a venue literally ANY other day of the year... well, idk, start planning earlier next time? Or choose a different venue? Somehow I don't tend to hear about how a con just had to be on Christmas because that's the only time the venue had space.

"Why should my schedule change because of a religion I'm not in? How is that fair to me?" This is literally what Jews do 365 days a year. Our schedules, calendars, speech patterns, language, orientation towards time, hair textures, etc ALL have to be shifted based on the desires of Christian society.

When I was a kid, there was an entire stretch of highway you couldn't use for the month of December because it went by the mall and the Christmas traffic made it standstill every day. That doesn't count as my schedule changing because of a religion I'm not in? My school breaks were timed because of a religion I was not in. Hell, even what day the weekend is is based on Christianity, a religion I am not in.

What if I want to go to a restaurant on Christmas? What if I want to go buy stuff at a store, or go to the zoo, or a museum, or see a play? Do something other than sit around the house? Why should my schedule change because of a religion I'm not in?

The answer is because I don't want the employees of those businesses to have to work on Christmas. If that means it's a day when I'm just chilling around the house, that's fine. Because I actually give a shit about the experiences other people are having.

Anyway, your argument is "it's your fault for being too small a minority group, so you have to suck it up. I should never have to suck it up because I would find that inconvenient."

Aside from the fact that yes, sometimes it can and should be the majority cultural group suffering inconvenience and not just the minority ones every single time, the REASON we're such a small group is because we've had regular massacres and genocides throughout our history that keep reducing our numbers.

The OTHER reason is that unlike Christianity, we don't go around coercing people to join us, so we don't have billions of followers like Christianity does. So idk. Maybe if you dislike Christianity as much as you say you do, you should examine why Christianity has so many adherents that it's able to enforce cultural hegemony, rather than defending that hegemony.

Anyway, the whole point here was that there is a population of people whose calendar aligns with the Christian one despite being atheist and not Christian, and such individuals are culturally Christian atheists. Honestly, this is just observable fact, regardless of your opinion on what anyone should do.

That is to say, regardless of whether it is good or bad or neutral to schedule your local anime con in Rosh Hashanah, the person who did that is likely a cultural Christian, and they did it because either it did not occur to them or, like you, they had other concerns and did not want to change their event based on a religion they're not in. So. They used. Their OWN culture's calendar. The calendar of the culture they are part of. The Christian calendar. Because they're culturally Christian. What is not clicking?

atheistsupreme96-deactivated202

I don’t care!!! You’re not important enough. I’m not saying that it’s fair I’m saying that’s just reality get the fuck over it. Sorry that you have to deal with living as a minority in countries that doesn’t care about you but join the fucking club and get the fuck over it. We can’t afford for every single event planner to black out three days out of the year 2% of population. GET OVER IT!!! ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU!!!

Event spaces are limited, vendors are limited. When you start blacking out enough days for literally everyone you start making it harder for smaller events to happen.

starlightomatic

Sure. That's just not the world I'm trying to build; I think people matter even when they don't constitute a majority or even a plurality of the space. Tyranny of the majority is unfortunate, and not an ideal. Call me an idealist I guess.

atheistsupreme96-deactivated202

Having to miss out on this years furry con isn’t tyranny!!! Get over yourself!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

starlightomatic

it's an expression lmao, it doesn't mean literal tyranny, it means a situation when majority-rule means whoever's in the minority always loses. for example a group of roommates regularly votes on what to order for dinner and pizza always wins, so they always order pizza even though one person hates pizza

dancyplantalones

In my suburban America, even a very Jewish population area, I have to stay open every day but Monday for events and classes. Period. I can't afford rent otherwise here. Paying rent is a secular activity and I need to do that and eat occasionally so basically I'm open every minute physically possible in my life schedule that is completely secular to host your event. Our religion here is capitalism above all so come on over and have fun any day but Monday?

Like American capitalism has no room for anyone's religion unless it will produce $ to put in the economy I don't make these rules?