Kno's Ramblings

They/Them | Avatar of the Lonely | Sometimes artist & writer | PFP & Header by me

[amediocregamer]

the only reason I go on Reddit now is to find these bad two sentence horror posts. they're great. they're bad. but they're great.

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[tricky-bastard-pokemon]

ok so

everyone knows about this meme, right?

but does anyone else know the woman who made the food? no? time to educate!

This is “Mother Mary”, the owner of Blackberry’s mother.

She made all the cakes for the restaurant while it was open. Chef Gordon Ramsay tried her red velvet cake, and spoke this meme-able line:

He then called Mary over, complimented her food, and gave her a peck on the cheek.

Look how happy she was to hear that!!!

anyways, I hope she has been able to continue her love for baking since the restaurant closed down.

[tasmanianstripes]

For these who don’t know: The restaurant she worked at closed down but she left before that and opened her own bakery, that’s apparently very successful!

She has a youtube channel where she shares recipes and cooking advice!

[the-based-brit]

[knoproblem]

I've been working on a playthrough of "Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim" on my YouTube channel, and I'm just really tickled that I could make my own skin for the protag.

LOOKIT KNO

They're so cute and ready to make so much coffee for weird woodland critters

[a-purely-objective-frog]

Disregard everything I said earlier about Eridians making Grace some Earth plants so he doesn't get sad - new idea!

One of his students finds out about the "human no see plant get sad" phenomenon and gets the class together to make him lil plants for his bubble so he doesn't become sad.

They're children, so the plants are not even vaguely plant shaped. They're mostly just rocks that have been painted with something they're are pretty sure is "green."

Anyway he loves them so much he starts leaking everywhere and puts them in special places all over his bubble. He's incredibly protective of his lil "plants" and is completely devastated when they get confiscated for being accidentally suuuuuper poisonous to humans. So the Eridian scientists make green paint that won't accidentally kill him and his students redo them.

And once it ends up in the news, he starts getting "plants" from kids all over the world. He's like Santa receiving letters if those letters were all incredibly heavy attempts at alien plantlife by blind children. He couldn't be happier.

[greelin]

i ❤️ faceless character designs like yesss keep the mask on… Obscurity is so hot

[greelin]

“what if you could see their face” well i neither want nor need any of that. i’m right where i want to be

[frcz78]

Ok, it's finally done. Home is a place, home is a person.

This story is my first major piece after several years of art block, and I'm so glad I could finally get back to drawing.

Huge thanks to my dear friend @chancekey for the support.

[shencomix]

[yolkyweichei]

I am once again drawing @knoproblem being the coolest skykid i've ever seen

[limemoony]

[yolkyweichei]

Dreepy :)

[drchucktingle]

gift

good practical reflection for artists who feel like whatever theyre making just isnt working is the sit down and VERY HONESTLY ask yourself: what is the gift here? it can be a lot of things. what am i giving to myself? to the world? what feeling? what expression? art that resonates is art that GIVES

i think this is part of why theres such a disconnect for people who try to make 'art with ai.' if you REALLY ask yourself 'what is my gift here with this ai art?' the answer is nothing. no story to give, or real feeling, or new idea. then these folks they are confused when it doesnt resonate

time and attention are VERY precious. why would an audience give you one of the most existentially valuable things in the universe, their time, if they know you are not a giver in return? EVEN if it means you are giving back to yourself and writing for an audience of one. YOU STILL GOTTA BRING A GIFT

[frogribbit]

i wish people would stop romanticizing not eating breakfast and not getting enough sleep and being dependent on coffee to function and always being in a bad mood and treating yourself poorly because that behavior is very unhealthy for you

[flameraven]

He’s right.

[owllover2319]

[ID: A panel of the manga Delicious in Dungeon. The character Laios is gesturing with determination towards the reader and yelling “WE’VE BEEN EATING THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY AND GETTING PLENTY OF SLEEP… AND THAT MAKES US MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS THAN YOU ARE!!” End ID]

[lilybug-02]

Hold this guy for a second-

[lilybug-02]

They grow up so fast.

[yolkyweichei]

Big stretch

[tsunflowers]

you ever worry people won't be able to tell your book, movie, or video game takes place in space?

you see people use a capital A without a crossbar or a D without a stem but why not go further and just fuck up every letter. if there wasn't an obvious stroke to remove I just cut a big chunk out at random. these are letters of the far future if I've ever seen them

[felixvonboom]

You gonna release the files or what

[silvaurum]

basketball dracula isn't real dude he can't-- *sudden squeaking noises from the shadows*

[silvaurum]

*two pool toys having sex tumble by in the wind* oh thank god

[silvaurum]

*thunderous slam dunk noise*