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[not drawing voice] I miss my character.

I find it funny when blogs full of political shit and threats towards real people follow me... I don't post anything you could reblog, I doodle talking cats and cartoony spiders.

#these aren't bots btw #threatening someone having half of your strength doesn't make you cool #it proves they're scared for a reason.#this post is about the other blue site too

#tumblr snek

thegirlwiththemooglehat

this post aged like a fine wine

#just when I started gaining some traction with my fanart lol

wiisagi-maiingan

It's very common for people to get harassed online for being blunt or saying something in a very neutral way (ie: without any disclaimers or repeated reassurances or fawning) and part of that is because tone is very hard to read through text but I also think that uh.

That excuse doesn't really hold any water when it's very easy to just remember that the people you interact with online are in fact human beings who don't always talk like they have an entire PR team whispering in their ears and checking everything they post.

If you were talking to someone irl and they said that they really like apples, you wouldn't expect them to immediately follow that up with "but there's nothing wrong with oranges and I think strawberries are great and I enjoy the cherries too and there's nothing wrong with you if you like pineapple and grapes are great in fruit salad and—" but that's the sort of behavior expected online.

And when people do add a million disclaimers and clarifications, then they're attacked for that too! They're accused of backtracking or doing damage control or trying to bury the controversy. There's genuinely no way to win and it fucking sucks.

wiisagi-maiingan

Someone will shoot off a quick post while making dinner and then log back on a few hours later or the next day and see that there are dozens of strangers suicide baiting them or saying that they should be killed for being the literal devil because their post was worded like a human wrote it instead of a team of 10 trained and well-paid PR employees.

#remember when the internet was a place to have FUN after school/work?#nowadays you have to walk on eggshells at all times

uh oh!

I go to youtube. Cute animal videos are AI now. I go to instagram. There are AI influencers. I go to spotify. It's flooded with AI bands and music. I go to ebay. Every product is AI. I open netflix. Every movie has AI. I watch TV. All commercials are AI. I cancel all my suscriptions. The customer support is AI. I buy a book. It is written by AI. I talk to my friends. They tell me that AI is their new therapist. I take the subway. Some dude is talking to his AI girlfriend next to me. I go to the beach. The sunset is real. I take a pic and upload it. The photo is enhanced with AI. You can't opt out.

#AI sucked a lot of enjoyment out of art for me #it does what I do but faster and cheaper #and it improves faster too #even my fave multiplayer game posted a job offer requiring generative AI #so I stopped posting about it or playing it seriously