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[depsidase]

[flower-crowns-and-combat-boots]

Every time you have GenAI make you an anime waifu with three titties and a dumptruck ass a family doesn't get to have a drink or bathe.

Every time you ask Copilot to write you a PowerShell script to stroke your boss' ego, a city experiences a brownout.

Every time you chat with your AI "girlfriend" a farmer doesn't get to water their animals.

Using these tools actively hurts you and your community, while at the same time enriching some shitheel who would happily step on your neck to make an additional dollar. Don't use them. Actively remove them from devices you own. Disable them whenever possible. Go out of your way to avoid them. It's honestly not hard. You've been using the internet just fine without GenAI hallucinating at you.

[tiggymalvern]

AI Data Centers Accused of Creating Major Problems for Local Water Systems

A county where Meta built an enormous data center is set to be in a water deficit by the end of the decade.

[laughdamnyou]

I think when I have the time and the money, I might start an apiary. We don't have enough bees on this earth and I love bees

[laughdamnyou]

I know I had already posted a rant about my hatred for AI, but I can't stop thinking about it and actually get work done. So here is this.

All the processing power, all of the energy used, all of the specialty minerals/elements/etc, all of the heat, everything damaging to the earth used to generate AI and AI related things. Most of which, artistically speaking, can be replaced with graphite and tree pulp.

For every AI generated image or story, I could create one better or just as good with a #2 Pencil and a composition book that was on sale.

I could write a romantic comedy between a space elf and a space dwarf during an awkward family reunion.

I could sketch out the moment when a squirrel decided attacking a deer was a good idea (it wasn't. I saw it happen across the road where I had dumped some old nuts/granola I got last Christmas and forgot about).

At most I would use AI for organizing and quick data retrieval, but not for any artistic or important endeavors.

I'm now going to take a nap, I've been up nearly 72 hours.

[laughdamnyou]

I want to go on record and say I hate AI.

I cannot even begin to put into words how much I hate AI. Especially from an artistic standpoint. The only reason I am breathing and walking around today, is because of my passion for writing and art. At some points of my life, that was the only thing keeping me grounded and from taking myself out of the world entirely. I want to see my stories finished and enjoyed by others, to see my ideas form and become something tangible and worth reading.

AI is the antithesis of everything I love about any art. Whether it be writings, drawings, animation, or music.

There wasn't much I really love about the human race. But one of them was our need to create interesting and beautiful things. Monet's San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk 1912 or Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory 1931 are two of my favorite paintings. Alice and Chain's Heaven Beside you 1995 or Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 1704 or 1740 are two of my favorite songs. William Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest are two of my favorite plays.

I could go on and on about humanity's artistic endeavors, but the fact remains. We, as physical human beings, create art. To see what has kept me going, what has given me the motivation to keep surviving, be turned into a joke? It fills me with such seething hatred that I never felt before.

It is lazy, it is disingenuous, it is dishonest and disrespectful.

In the past, people have even died to learn to read. Now? What is there worth reading?

Even when the world falls apart, when life seems to be ending as we know it, when we feel the worst is upon us, there will be a person somewhere with a pencil and paper documenting the event. But our future now? That person is sitting, unable to string a sentence because ChatGPT is down.

When people give me the excuse that AI helps the disabled, I feel that is insulting. Other than the fact I feel using AI writing is dumbing down the human brain, which had been proven to be the most complex computer ever made. I am not mentally disabled nor completely physically disabled, so perhaps I'm not the right person to say this. But I feel that statement is ablest somehow. Are they suggesting disabled people cannot learn grammar or sentence structure? Are they suggesting that disabled people cannot learn to animate or learn their own style to draw a human hand? I cannot truly speak for them, but disabled people have always been incredible for their ability to adapt and overcome. I mean, a man learned archery with his feet. That's amazing for anyone.

I wrote this while sleep deprived, so perhaps it's not legible. But I'm certain it's more real and tangible than anything Meta could ever create.

EDIT; I had forgotten to add all the plagierism and legal issues brought up by AI bullshit. stealing people's art, writings, chords, even their own faces. People have to straight up tell you what is or isn't them. Which has a whole other added complication of "what if it was them" and they're just lying liars who lie to get out of trouble. I swear that AI is one of my biggest fears of putting any art out there since I am obviously not a big name artist or writer which means anyone can claim my shit and run off, leaving me or other fledgling artists floundering. I don't know what to do about it. I have limited skill in technology (which is perhaps unusual for someone my age) so I don't know how to protect myself. Any ideas?

[the-real-nikki19]

a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

[rose-of-pollux]

Reblog if you're a writer who doesn't use AI.

[laughdamnyou]

I started out writing stories in shitty little notepads when I was 6 and now use basic Word in my 20s, I refuse to use AI when my kid self could write better than it.

[laughdamnyou]

So

I somehow didn't know there was an "Anti-snapcube" tag. I thought perhaps it was used to critique the group or something, but no, it's just to be cruel to a creator and all those who like her/their creations. I love their fandubs, I think they're hilarious. I like to watch them with my siblings. Going from the famous 06 dub with Memphis Tennessee to Spider-man with "can i ask you a personal question". Sure it sometimes gets irritating when all you see are the same quotes constantly in response to everything or when fans pressure voice actors to quote said fandubs, but that's just going to happen.

You aren't a "fake fan" for liking them. Even if you don't play/watch Sonic aside from the fandubs, you aren't necessarily fans of "Sonic as a whole" but of "fandubs", and that's alright. You enjoy whatever you want.

However, when I see the "anti-snapcube" tag, all I see are people who claim that the group/Penny are "ruining" the fandom. Which is ridiculous. It is a fun, harmless thing they're doing. In fact, they are introducing new fans into Sonic and other fandoms. It's nice to have fresh audiences every once in a while. New people to introduce what you like to.

I guess, ultimately, stop attacking people. Fans, whether passive or invested, and creators alike.

[laughdamnyou]

I have an announcement

Long post below, sorry

I am so damn tired of some people on this site. Their hate boners are constantly poking me in the eye every time I open tumblr. The Ian Flynn hate, the comics hate, the constant “if you like this, you’re a fake fan”, horrible name calling and generalization, etc. it’s ridiculous and unbelievably stupid.

Ian Flynn isn’t a perfect writer. I have said this before. He has good points and bad points and points that he is working on. No writer is perfect and they go through ups and downs of their writing career.

The comics (IDW, Archie, STC) are not canon. I don’t know who is saying this, but its obvious they’re not. Canon divergence at best. That doesn’t mean that they are automatically bad. Just different.

I like all the comics, I like all the games (except Sonic Free Riders. I don’t know why, I just hate it), I like all the shows (Boom, Prime, SATAM, AOSTH, Underground, etc.), Movies (OVA and “sonic cinematic universe”) and even promotional material like the shorts for Mania and Team Sonic Racing. Sure I have my preferences, and sometimes I feel characters are “out of character” in some, but I don’t believe I am a fake fan. I’ve played these games and watched these shows since I was a toddler watching my mom play SA2 Battle and watching my Uncle play Shadow’s game. I remember watching an episode or two of AOSTH on tape and thinking it was a weird dream years later. I remember watching Sonic vs Emerl in Sonic X when I was 6 and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I remember reading Bunnie getting possessed and trying to kill her friends in an Archie’s sonic digest from a convenience store when I was 10. I like all these and I don’t believe I’m a “fake fan” for doing so.

Not to mention all this name calling. Calling people who like different mediums “sonic haters”, “dumb”, and other horrible things. I look at these posts and all I see is negativity whilst claiming that their opinions and what they like are superior and thus makes them superior. Occasionally I think they have a valid criticism, but then they start going off being rude and sometimes downright cruel. I see nothing positive from these people that isn’t “thus I am better” in the end.

That isn’t to say that there aren’t people just as bad who practically worships Ian Flynn and attack all criticisms of him. I just find it weird I rarely find these people but find his haters everywhere.

Just enjoy what you want and stop attacking people for liking things. Please

[laughdamnyou]

Everyone is saying they want Amy in the 3rd movie. I think she's too big of a character to push into an already large cast of characters, especially if the focus won't even be on her. Amy Rose deserves her own movie (like perhaps a CD inspired one).

I do want to know where my favorite girl Rouge is. I'm not going to say the movie is going to suck without her. However, unlike Amy, SA2 was Rouge's debut game and I don't know many other games to use to introduce her into the movies, let alone have her and Shadow's friendship at all developed.

I do fear Rouge may never be on the big screen, and that's a shame. She's a cool, confident, sly, cocky, flirty, morally ambiguous master thief and unwilling government secret agent. But she will do all she can to protect the planet when need be. Besides, her banter with Movie Knuckles would be so funny

[laughdamnyou]

As much as I love Shade, I sort of came to dislike her clothes and general face design. Her eyes are really small and her face doesn't resemble any previous echidnas like Knuckles or Tikal (as in the longer muzzle and pointed nose). But her armored uniform is clunky and not really visually appealing to me.

Her bracelets are way too large and the gameplay shows her creating energy blades from it similar to Sally from Archie Sonic Reboot, but I cannot see her cannon bracelets doing that. Her boots are awkward in design and not very streamlined, especially compared to her fellow characters. Her game says something about her having a "Warp Belt" but there is no belt on her character. Her body actually makes me think more of a lizard than an armor, let alone armor on an Echidna.

What does make me think of her is the Phantom Rider outfit in Sonic IDW

Armor (including shoulder padding that I weirdly like a lot), clunky but still streamlined boots, gloves that look more like gauntlets, a Belt, etc. Just make it black and red/pink themed and it would fit her quite well.

But her outfit aside, I feel that Shade would be an interesting addition to the main cast if she ever got a chance to return.

[laughdamnyou]

Shade is one of my favorite Sonic characters, mostly in concept rather than execution as she was pretty bland in her first and only game. But the idea of a warrior leader with a cool armored suit and stealth skills combined with energy leeching blades is really cool.

Plus it adds leadership characters with tactical skills (not small team leaders like Amy or Vector). I think if Shade was her own character and well written or developed, she would've been a good fit for the "resistance leader" of Forces (and a cool addition to Team Dark, but that may just be me)

[laughdamnyou]

I personally don't think Amy will be in the 3rd movie. As much as I love her, I don't see where she could fit in and get enough screen time and character development that she deserves. Also this is a different take on SA2 events, she probably wouldn't have really fit in. If she were to come in to only give her famous speech, it wouldn't hit as hard because she wouldn't be as entwined in the whole story.

I feel that if there is a fourth movie, Metal Sonic (via Sonic's quill he gave Robotnik) and Amy would be a very good pick. Especially if they do a Sonic CD based story. Which, if I remember correctly, is their debut game and thus give Amy the attention and development she deserves. And Metal Sonic would be so cool on the big screen, I love him so much.

I'm a little more upset with the possibility of no Rouge, as this is a take on her debut game (and she's my favorite female sonic character, but that's just me)

[laughdamnyou]

Sonic Movie 3

As soon as the trailer popped up, I saw people immediately attack it for being Copaganda due to the fact Sonic and his friends have been asked by G.U.N to deal with Shadow.

Guys

Calm down.

This is the first trailer, of course they wouldn't be showing if G.U.N betrays Sonic and co or if its revealed that this version of G.U.N killed Maria. When we see our heroes interacting with Robotnik, we don't see any of G.U.N's influence at all. Possibly after a betrayal or after they learn the truth.

G.U.N are not above deceit, or has everyone forgotten the entire wedding situation that was caused entirely by G.U.N having an undercover agent to monitor the family.

Tom in a G.U.N outfit could be one of several things; he was given a "position" by G.U.N as part of sweetening the deal so he takes it as to get more info. He could be just wearing the uniform as to sneak around. Or perhaps something else I haven't thought of (if he really is a genuine G.U.N agent though, I am going to be upset).

As for Keanu Reeves as Shadow, we literally hear barely 3 sentences said by him, so we can't really judge him yet on his voice work. (As a personal thing, I do hope they have him be rather quiet. Makes his spoken lines more impactful, in my opinion.)

[laughdamnyou]

Last night I had the strangest dream

I often have strange dreams but they mostly consist of morbid visuals, terrifying ideations, reality warping weirdness, all covered with a layer of either blurred or highly saturated camera lens. Very nightmarish. Hardly any funny or even neutral dreams and certainly no child-like magical ones either.

This one was neither, it was a weirdly well animated crossover between TMNT and Sonic. In particular the TMNT that came out in 2012. There was no Sonic however, as it was called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Knuckles. Knuckles animated in the 2012 style combined with 06 model actually looked rather nice. I have no idea what the story was, what was actually going on, but all I know is that they were traversing a sewer somewhere with giant mutated eels that try to eat them and were as big as the sewer pipes they were in.

I am a Sonic fan, but the only TMNT media I have ever seen was the 2012 show because my siblings and father watched it religiously for a near 3 months straight before jumping to another show to hyperfixate on. I have no idea where the dream was heading or why I even dreamt it up in the first place. I would be interested in anyone writing a funny well written crossover though. Knuckles deserves some spotlight in crossover stuff.

[98lindsey]

There is this thought that business owners have the right to refuse service to anybody. But that’s not true.

If you won’t serve someone BECAUSE they have a service dog with them, that is against the law. Completely and totally illegal. This is because you are refusing access to someone because OF THEIR DISABILITY. This person would not need a service dog if not disabled and therefore is being DISCRIMINATED AGAINST solely because of their disability ( and there need to have a service dog with them).

There are laws. Anywhere the public is allowed, a person can bring a service dog. If your business allows the public inside then you cannot refuse entry to a service dog team based on “this is private property” because it’s not.

You can ask two questions:

1. Is this dog a service dog?

2. What tasks has it been trained to perform?

You are allowed to kick out a service dog team ONLY if they are not under control of the handler. This means using the bathroom inside, barking, lunging and growling. If a service dog is perfectly (or almost perfectly) behaved, then you have NO RIGHT to kick out the team.

Every employee should have training on service dogs and it’s unacceptable they don’t. Please don’t be a jerk and discriminate against someone who is disabled. Not only is it very illegal, it’s also a really crappy thing to do as a human being.

(Also ESA’s, Emotional Support Animals, have no rights to enter public areas unless ALL dogs are allowed)

This has been a PSA.

[mandana-the-service-pup]

Welcome to Hellmart

The service dog community is in an uproar. Walmart has started selling service dogs vests in their physical stores and the marketing for the product is reckless. Walmart is one of the most dangerous stores you can take a service dog because employees are directly instructed not to interfere with fake service dogs.

Legally in the United States businesses are allowed to ask two questions to dogs coming in:

1. Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?

2. What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?

When employees are instructed not to interfere with ANY animal coming into their stores they are putting real service dogs at risk of being attacked (emotionally traumatized, physically maimed and sometimes killed).

This product they are selling is by a company called Paws & Pals

It is advertised as being a “Service Dog Jacket Support Harness” The product description says it comes with two side pocket sleeves to “Display their service registry certificate and tags.” The description also says it’s “Best for physical assistance & emotional support dogs – Also great for dogs with tactical and military experience” It is advertised as a “TRAINING VEST: Animal harnesses and vests are great for training regular, service, and working dogs alike – Designed for service animals but can be used for all dogs and puppies”

If you can’t tell how hazardous this marketing is let me spell it out for you:

It is clearly being marketed as a service dog jacket/vest/harness. It is not illegal to sell service dog gear. It is illegal to fake a service dog and depending on the state punishable by fines and jail time.

It is highly unethical to put this type of gear on a dog without proper research into if that dog is physically and mentally suitable for going into public. It is also highly unethical to put any gear on an animal without ensuring that gear is safe for them to wear and work in. This is advertised to the general public and gives the impression that it is safe to use for these purposes when in reality it is not.

Websites that advertise service dog registration in the United States are scams. There is no governing body that registers service dogs for the United States and the ADA clearly states they do not require registration. Most SD handlers do not have any certification/registration papers. It has been proven time after time that when people present these papers for their fake service dogs to businesses it causes these businesses to deny access to real SD handlers who do not have them.

This harness is being advertised as suitable for mobility assistance. This is extremely dangerous. This harness type is ABSOLUTELY NOT SUITABLE FOR MOBILITY TASKS and can cause very dangerous injuries (especially if that dog is untrained and has not been cleared by a vet to perform mobility tasks)

This marketing blurs the line between Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals (ESAs). ESAs do not require public access training and thus do not have public access rights. It is not safe to bring an ESA into a non-pet friendly place (I think the recent airline changes are enough proof of how much damage that can cause)

This marketing blurs the lines between service dogs and dogs trained in personal protection work (aka chase & bite people). Real professional handlers of military/police/personal protection dogs would not risk the ethical and legal implications of bringing their dogs into stores under the guise of being a service dog. That leaves people who are ignorant and inexperienced bringing their home-trained attack dogs into stores. It already happens. It’s not safe for the public or for service dogs and yet this product crosses that line?

The product description literally says it’s designed for service dogs but can be used for all puppies and dogs. They are claiming this hazardously designed mobility harness with the SERVICE DOG label and “registration pockets” can/should be used for any dog or PUPPY?! There is so much wrong with this product but just to make it clear, dogs should not be doing mobility tasks unless they are old enough for their growth plates to be closed and their joints and physical health has been cleared by a vet. Why advertise this to puppies?!?!

CONCLUSION

Any well-intentioned ethical person would have done enough research to recognize this product is highly faulty, but that type of person isn’t their demographic.

They are marketing towards someone who would walk into Walmart, see this on a shelf and buy it for $24 so they can slap it on their dog (or puppy) and bring them into stores.

Maybe that person just wants to bring their pet with them.

Maybe they are legitimately disabled but are uneducated and think that alone qualifies their pet as a service dog.

Maybe they are actually in the process of owner-training their own service dog and are gullible and uneducated enough to believe the dangerous claims for this product.

In any case it’s not safe, it’s not ethical and it puts people, pets and service dogs in danger.

And just as a side note, how many legitimate service dogs do they expect are coming through Walmart and buying this harness? It takes 2-3 years on average to train a service dog and program trained dogs cost thousands of dollars. Do they really think each Walmart would have a whole end cap worth of service dogs in its vicinity?

[drosophilamelanogasterpie]

SAVE A GIRLS SERVICE DOG

(The gif is just a placeholder until I figure out how the hecks to get the photo of makana's dog out of the gofundme, cause if you don't have photos it's not eye-catching and thats. Very counterintuitive.)

Help Me Keep My Service Dog, organized by Makana Boger

Hi, my name is Makana, and this is my service dog, Buddy. He has assisted me with my medical… Makana Boger needs your support for Help Me K

I know this is a little bit out of the ordinary for me, but this is serious. An online friend of mine, Makana, needs help paying for a lawyer to keep her service dog. She has severe mental health complications that would make it extremely difficult for her to function without Buddy, who she's had for over 5 years now. She's currently preparing for a nasty court case between her and her mother over the custody of Buddy. (See site for more details) Anything you give goes towards her lawyer. If you can donate any margin of money, whether that be 20 dollars or just mere cents, it would be greatly appreciated. If you can't donate, it's fine, that's okay, but PLEASE reblog for reach, or make your own post if you must. I don't care what you do, as long as it's something.

[laughdamnyou]

I think my house is being cased

I live in pretty much in the middle of nowhere surrounded by forest and private properties. A partial underground house (pretty much we live in a basement) with limited windows. We live in a self made gated community of me, my parents and siblings, and an uncle. No one can get onto the property without a key. However, last night we saw a flashlight shining through a bedroom window. According to my sister who had been staying in my mother's room due to nightmares, she saw a light shine at our mother until she noticed. As soon as she turned, the light disappeared. as if the person moved their hand. This is concerning considering our bedroom windows are knee height and you have to look for them at either a crouch or an angle. Just a night or two before, I could've sworn to have seen a flashlight but I assumed I hallucinated it due to sleep deprivation or paranoia (which I suffer from). I have near crippling paranoia and anxiety when going out in town (which is why I rarely do so), but now I fear to even sleep on my own property. I never worried about buglers because of how out of the way our houses are (that and the fear of shotgun wielding rednecks that populate the area), but what if it is more than that? I don't know what to do. Our dogs don't react to our fears, but they can easily be befriended if you seem nice enough (I would think at least one of our dogs would do something considering we have four, but I guess not). Any suggestions on what we can do? (we live outside of range of most-if not all-emergency help like police, ambulances, etc.)