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@postapocalypticcottagecore

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thisecommercelife

"✦ Would you like help with that?"

https://linktr.ee/ecomic

You think this is an exaggeration, but didn't they actually make a whole series of ads showing that you can use AI to write "heartfelt" messages and order "thoughtful" gifts for your family when you can't be bothered to do it yourself? So you can go through the motions of appearing to care while being completely disengaged from your loved ones?

thetrashiestoftrash

At work, there's occasionally a volunteer activity to write e-cards for kids at St. Jude's. There are some guidelines, as well as templates if you just don't know what to write. Last time the powers that be pushed AI at us, someone gushed that they loved using AI to come up with messages for these cards, an activity that is already so low-effort and distant as to be almost meaningless.

postapocalypticcottagecore

You know, I think I know a couple of people who would love to have an AI help them go through the motions of appearing to care while being completely disengaged from rgeir loved ones.

Hell, I can see the appeal of that myself: No more negative social consequences from someone noticing you're too burned out to care about anything anymore and taking it personally.

lustcannibalism

I thought everyone was against ai in majority but these bitches are using ai to make their ship kiss and it’s getting thousands of likes and engagement

lustcannibalism

COMMISSION AN ARTIST IN YOUR PRICE RANGE

lustcannibalism

DIY that shit 👍🏻

postapocalypticcottagecore

Shame a sketchbook and a ser of assorted drawing pencils runs to almost £20 off eBay according to a quick check I just did. I fear to ask what even a budget graphic tablet will set you back, even if you already have access to a computer that can run one of the freeware art programs.

It's not the generative AI that's the problem. It's the late-stage capitalism.

godlessondheimite

it’s kind of wild that we expanded the definition of eugenics to “having any hopes or expectations for the health of your baby or believing that there are certain broad expectations for what makes a good situation to raise children in.”

“i hope my baby does not have Painful Liferuining Disease.”

“wow hitler. so everyone with Painful Liferuining Disease should DIE?”

eugenics would be forcibly sterilizing anyone who has a chance of giving Painful Liferuining Disease, not letting people take steps of their own volition to prevent Painful Liferuining Disease

I think another thing is people hear "we want to eradicate X disease" and think "so you're going to kill everyone who has X?" and no, that's not how that works. Let's take...as an example, Huntington's disease, and let's say that tomorrow someone discovers how to use CRISPR to preemptively cure it. (Working with CRISPR is more complicated than this, but we're doing a layperson's demonstration here, not a clinical study.)

We are not killing everyone who has it. We're offering them support and care, and doing outreach so those of childbearing age who have the gene can choose whether or not to have planned pregnancies in which the Huntington's gene is checked for and altered to a healthy state by CRISPR. Most people who hear "this disease is fatal and genetic, but we can ensure your child never has to face it" are going to say "YES!!!! Do that!!!! Please!!!!" An even greater number will do it if they hear "...and your cost will be minimal or nil," because that's the biggest stumbling block for most people.

And thus: the Huntington's-positive generation would pretty quickly become extremely tiny. Within probably three generations it wouldn't exist. I don't think anyone would be sorry to see it go.

This does get more complicated with stuff like autism, where some people consider it a benefit and some consider it a detriment. But frankly, I think we can probably safely focus on "nobody will miss this" diseases and issues like Huntington's, Tay-Sachs, and sickle-cell anemia for now while we work out the ethics of less-clear cases.

"safely" my ass (they say, glaring at the people fucking up vaccine schedules for fear of autism)

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postapocalypticcottagecore

See also ADHD medications, cochlear implants or even antidepressants. Do parents want this treatment for their child because they believe it will make them happier and better able to function, or because it will make their own lives easier because they don't have to accommodate that child's disability anymore? I don't think mine would have even bothered to think about that, or understood the question if someone put it to them.

Most people I talk with assume that the only way to stop corporate and dark money in American politics is either to wait for the Supreme Court to undo Citizens United (we could wait a very long time) or amend the U.S. Constitution (this is extraordinarily difficult). But there’s another way! It will be on the ballot next November in Montana. Maybe you can get it on the ballot in your state, too. Here’s the thing: Individual states have the authority to limit corporate political activity and dark money spending, because they determine what powers corporations have. In American law, corporations are creatures of state laws. For more than two centuries, the power to define their form, limits, and privilege has belonged only to the states. States don’t have to grant corporations the power to spend in politics. In fact, they could decide not to give corporations that power. This isn’t about corporate rights, as the Supreme Court determined in Citizens United. It’s about corporate powers. When a state exercises its authority to define corporations as entities without the power to spend in politics, it will no longer be relevant whether corporations have a right to spend in politics — because without the power to do so, the right to do so has no meaning. Delaware’s corporation code already declines to grant private foundations the power to spend in elections. Importantly, a state that no longer grants its corporations the power to spend in elections also denies that power to corporations chartered in the other 49 states, if they wish to do business in that state. All a state would need to do is enact a law with a provision something like this: “Every corporation operating under the laws of this state has all the corporate powers it held previously, except that nothing in this statute grants or recognizes any power to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity.” Sound farfetched? Not at all. In Montana, local organizers have drafted and submitted a constitutional initiative for voters to consider in 2026 — the first step in a movement built to spread nationwide. It would decline to grant to all corporations the power to spend in elections.

postapocalypticcottagecore

Tricky to enforce given how easy it is to file the paperwork to say a corporation is actually headquartered in another state and/or set up a not-for-profit tp launder the money through, doubly so when the federal government is more likely to cite Citizens United as a precedent for bribery and corruption being protected by the First Amendment, but it's worth a shot.

#are you gay? you may be entitled to financial compensation (via @thewalrus-said)

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[Image ID: Tweet from little piss pants, PhD (@/DoctorPissPants) on Sep 26, 2020 reading: Ok I’m obsessed with this email my teacher sent me. Screenshot of text reading: I don’t know who to ask this in a subtle, roundabout way. Are you a lesbian? If so, you should apply for this. https://www.queer-art.org/hammer-grant

Sincerely,

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postapocalypticcottagecore

If she was. I hope her grant application was successful.

Devastating! Art museum gift shop doesn’t sell prints of specific and unpopular painting that struck a cord with you!

postapocalypticcottagecore

I feel like they're missing a trick by not having some sort of print-on-demand setup for this.

scavengedluxury

A reminder that antifacism is a thing you DO, not an organisation you JOIN.

Calling a hotel and telling them a KKK chapter rented their ballroom for a meeting is antifa action

Pulling down posters promoting hate groups is antifa action (and if you do, use your keys, not your hands. Some groups put razor blades behind their postings to hurt anyone who takes them down)

Addressing local tensions in your community by participating in food drives and supporting disempowered folks can be antifacist, as facist groups will use community fears to stir up hate and gain power.

Going to an event where a figure whom fascists tend to align with and peacefully protesting is antifa action, whether that speaker thinks they’re fascist or not.

It’s not a club, religion, or organization. You don’t pay dues. Being antifa means actively trying to prevent fascism from being built, usually in local ways that respond to immediate community needs. If you see ANYTHING that talks about officially joining a group or organization, it is SUSPECT.

ox-where-is-thy-yoke

It’s like Anonymous, they’re not actually a real organization but old white people think they are.

postapocalypticcottagecore

And maybe things wouldn't be looking quite as grim if antida were a formal organisation that could decide on policies and coordinate direct action campaigns on a national level rather than doing it piecemeal with nobody knowug whar anyone outside their immediate circle is doing let alone having the means to pool their resources.

aconstellationcollective

dehumanization as horror is great and all but what about humanization as horror. Being forced into a role that was not made for you. Being forced to fulfill expectations that you can never achieve. Being made to exist in a society that so cruelly expects you to act in a way that is against your nature.

Friend of mine is absolutely writing this right now.

postapocalypticcottagecore

Is that horror or a political thriller?

carsonjonesfiance

“You can’t vote out Capitalism” yeah but you can vote for Elizabeth Warren and her Consumer Financial Protection Bureau you can vote for not abolishing food stamp. You can vote for Biden’s millions of dollars in federal loan forgiveness. You can vote for Medicaid expansion to help those at the bottom rungs. You can vote for racial, gender, and sexuality protections in the workplace. You can vote for a million things that improve our life under Capitalism and saying “voting doesn’t change anything” only shows how much privilege you must have that you wouldn’t notice the difference.

postapocalypticcottagecore

Not saying you're wrong, but it's really damn demoralising to be stuck voting for the people offering to paper over the cracks to keep the people who want to burn the place down for the insurance qon't get in.

people who only interact with white middle class people: hmmmm I'm getting a lot of white middle class vibes from this whole trans woman thing

postapocalypticcottagecore

Fucking Torygraoh.

mostlysignssomeportents

Yes, but have you considered the possibility that AI might become self-aware and enslave the human race? Or possibly come up with the solution to the climate emergency *and* the cure for cancer?

mostlysignssomeportents

The efficiencies the private sector stands to realize by replacing customer service agents with chatbots are truly boundless.

postapocalypticcottagecore

Try not to think too hard about the fact that Elon Musk is trying to give his chatbots Genuine People Personalities.

Truly do not understand people who try to dismiss the love of pets by being like "they only love you because you feed them" like duh? I'm aware of the social contract between us? It's my job to provide them food and care and love and comfort, and they love me for it??? Do you tell a parent that their child doesn't actually love them and only loves the food they give??? Or do you understand that being a parent comes with the expectations of doing those things without expecting payment or rewards and that the same things can be said for pet parents?

Like, yes, obviously, my cats wouldn't love me if I starved and abused them, are you stupid? I've proven to them that I'd never do that and they love me for the care I give them, and in return they instill their trust in me to continue to do so.

Sorry, but I'm not God and my cats aren't Job. I don't need to torture them to prove their love for me. I can love them without needing to win a bet and ruining their lives first, and they can love me from the comfort of my bed with their bellies full without a worry in the world.

@ghostcat96

Yes! I was thinking of adding a section about how even pets that "aren't capable of love [like mammals]" [not a statement I really agree with, but I know it is one] are still the same! Because yes! Even if all they know is "this is the creature that feeds me" or even like spiders who barely can even conceptualize the concept of a person but maybe can understand the hand and the food, it's like that's still a valid form of love!

And also! I don't care for my pets in a transactional way! My pets love me in whatever way they are capable of, and I care for them regardless because my care for them is not dependent on them performing a certain way.

postapocalypticcottagecore

Honestly, "your pets only love you because you do stuff for them" implies that other humans don't, an assumption I consider to be dubious at best.

This timeline is sometimes so unhinged...

Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually

postapocalypticcottagecore

"Share and enjoy, share abd enjoy..."

I wonder if Wonko the Sane is interested in letting out his spare bedroom?

it’s now DEI to keep track of how many native people goes missing and/or get murdered. i feel sick.

article:

The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing com

postapocalypticcottagecore

Giving a shit about the wellbeing of people who aren;t really our sort of people goes against everything the modern Republican Party stands for, what's new?

zakalwe-the-ninth

Thinking about Sam Vimes, aged all of 16, waking up after the revolution with a black eye and a fuzzy memory of being punched unconscious for no apparent reason, to learn that seven of his friends had died*, including a man who was the closest thing to a father figure he'd ever had.

*one purely on a technicality, admittedly

postapocalypticcottagecore

And then in a few years it sinks in that getting rid of Lord Winder accomplished Sweet Fanny Adams anyway because Lord Snapcase turned out to be cut from the same cloth.

It was probably at about that point that he started drinking too much.

for truly no apparent reason, here's a link to AO3's FAQ about Commercial Promotion on the site (hint: it's not allowed)

but a brief (and incomplete) summary:

do not link any "tip-jars", or other ways for people give you money (this includes things like Ko-Fi, Patreon, PayPal, etc)

do not offer paid commissions

do not link to crowdfunding or patronage services

do not link to a Carrd or something similar where it's main purpose is to direct readers to posts/sites for commercial activity (like those listed above)

you can link to social media generally (tumblr, discord, etc), just not things that are primarily for commercial activity

AO3 takes this seriously, they can and will suspend/ban your account if you violate these rules. They are protecting the archive itself from being sued by doing so.

postapocalypticcottagecore

Maybe it's just due to a combination of computers still being relatively expensive and the lack of convenient ways to actually do anything to help back ib the good old days, but I'm pretty sure there was a time when your favourite fanfic writers needing help keeping the electric on or buying groceries was less common.

blackbackedjackal

We failed as a society when everyone stopped wearing headphones.

blackbackedjackal

At my parents place with 2 children watching YT on tablets and 2 adults watching tiktoks and reels on their phones and trying not to summon a comically sized Loony Toons hammer out of my back pocket to smash them all.

I'm rebloging this twice im tired of people not wearing headphones when watching videos in public. It's basic etiquette to wear headphones in public when you listen to things.

teashoesandhair

I am absolutely That Bitch who will just ask anyone doing this to stop doing it, and I think what surprises me most is that the vast majority of people have one of two reactions: sheer incredulity that their tinny little podcast could possibly be anything other than an exquisite audio experience for anyone else, swiftly followed by a deeply mortified little smile and a shame-ridden silence for the rest of the train journey; or absolute rage that I'd dare ask them to do something to make the space even remotely more comfortable for - dry heave - other people.

A few months ago, I asked a man in the hospital waiting room - in the ENT department, for extra audacity points - if he could please use headphones, and he said 'no, I don't have any,' and when I said 'well, no-one else here wants to hear it,' he just shrugged and said 'but I do.' He kept listening to it without even turning it down, and everyone else just rolled their eyes and muttered about what a prick he was. A middle-aged woman once told me that I needed to 'mind my own business' for asking her just to turn it down, because she was listening to it at full volume, and then she proceeded to loudly bitch about my appearance with her daughter for a solid 5 minutes, interspersed with direct suggestions that I should sincerely consider fucking off, and it was only when everyone else in the train carriage confirmed that they, too, had been pissed off by her behaviour that she stopped yelling at me and sat back in her seat with a face like a smacked arse. And once, I asked a bunch of teenagers on the train if they could turn it down, and they started filming me and told me they'd make me 'TikTok famous', which frankly excited me in the moment, but has since sorely disappointed me because I've yet to become a household name.

My point being: people are either just so self-absorbed that they genuinely don't realise that other people might not enjoy the experience of being subjected to whatever they, the arbiter of good taste, are listening to; or they're complete sacks of piss who truly do not give a shit about anyone else, and refuse to consider the prospect of doing so. The former is frustrating, but ultimately just a lack of awareness that can usually be remedied by making them aware in the moment that they're being annoying. The latter makes me want to go on an actual murder spree. If you're the kind of person who listens to stuff in public without headphones - and yes, I'm including people who make calls on speakerphone - then just know that you are a festering polyp on the anus of society, and everyone in your immediate vicinity wants to flush your head down the nearest toilet.

postapocalypticcottagecore

I'm not saying the increasing number of phones and other devices that don't have any convenient way ro plug in a set of headphones is the sole or primary driving force behind this phenomenon, but it surely isn't helping,

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