actually a coworker of mine said something interesting about this. I was saying that I truly can’t help how easily I cry, and I hate when people assume I do it on purpose.
and he paused for a second and then said, “when you’ve been taught from a young age that crying is weak and you should train yourself never to cry for any reason, you assume that everyone else has trained themselves too, so anyone who cries has to be doing it on purpose. it took me a long time to realize that wasn’t true.”
listen we’re never gonna run out of ways the patriarchy hurts all of us.
The urge to blame bad relationship decisions on hormones, being a teenager and my enviroment instead of taking accountability because my memory is shit and i dont really remember what happened other than "i was scared" so i dont reach back out and just hope theyre ok? Real.
I dont even remember their name qwq but they were a super good friend on here 💔 hope you're well Xander(?) qwq
on twitter i posted a thread of the racist (and other questionable) shit ghost said on their bluesky before they deleted it (without any sort of apology or even acknowledgement)
ill attach screenshots below the read more for those who dont have twitter, as well as extra thoughts i have. here is the link to the mediafire with all the screenshots. wayback machine link to their bluesky (there are impersonator accounts, such as "ghost-and-pal" lacking plural "pals", that is not ghost)
Edit 3/22: Here is the doc about my experience with Ghost. Hopefully this is the last time I need to talk about them publicly. Thank you for listeng
(original tweet photos)
(comment talking abt how their song titled "theres an elite cabal" whatever is a known nazi dogwhistle)
(peoples reaction to the native comments)
(their "my friends abandoned me" claim despite their own channel bio in 2025 disproving it)
(their poor excuse as to why covetous doesnt have a tw and doesnt need it i guess)
(some other misc weird comments)
i do want to add; they are clearly going through some mental shit, but thats not an excuse to act this way. they are 28 years old. this has been a cyclical pattern for over a decade of acting weird online, crying "ableism! its my disorders! this is harassment!" when called out for hurting others, purging accounts to erase evidence, and then disappearing long enough from social media for others to forget. it is not intrinsic to any disorder to be racist and refuse to apologise. if they actually felt bad, why did they delete their bluesky and dodge any accountability? its not parasocial or ableist to call someone out for being fucking weird.
carbon monoxide (part of the team who worked on QA) made two good threads, one talking about ghosts behaviour in regards to mental illness, as well as another talking about different treatment methods, because as long as youre still alive, there is always still hope. ghost comments abt being anti recovery and anti therapy put such a foul taste in my mouth.
there is a reason i have been gone from social media for basically years and havent posted. ive wanted to say something for so long, but i was so fucking scared. i think we all to some extent believed the lie that ghost is the ultimate victim who can do no wrong and any criticism towards them is ableism or harassment. i have more to say but thats what my doc will be for.
common sense dont harass anyone especially ghost (but also dont mistake asking for accountability and an apology as harassment
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So recently I came across a fellow artist who was struggling to find a free art program, and considering dropping the large amount of money for a Photoshop license. I know not everyone can afford such an expensive program, so I’ve compiled a list of programs with no cost to download and use.
Keep in mind all computers are different, so not all will work for everyone. Also, I’ve only ever used Windows, so for the most part, I’m not sure if everything will work for Mac. if in doubt check the website linked.
Photoshop CS2 - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)
FireAlpaca - (Windows and Mac)
Sketchbook Copic Edition - (Windows and Mac)
GIMP - (Windows) (Mac)
Paint tool SAI [cracked] - (Windows) (Mac)
Paint tool SAI 2 beta - (tumblr post on said program)
iPaint - (Mac)
Paintbrush - (Mac)
Pencil - (Windows, Mac)
Paint.NET - (Windows)
Seashore [still in development, ver 0.5] - (Mac)
ChocoFlop - (Mac)
Inkscape - (Mac and Windows)
ArtRage [Demo] - (Mac and Windows)
OpenCanvas 1.1[must pay for 2.0] - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)
MyPaint - (Windows)
Krita - (Windows)
Vectorian [Supports Animation] - (Windows)
Pixia[Japanese, some English versions] - (Windows)
Asperite - (Windows)
Chasys Draw IES - (Windows)
SmoothDraw - (Windows)
TwistedBrush Open Studio - (Windows)
BOUNS - CTRL+Paint [Great for teaching all kinds of stuff, like how to use digital programs.]
If you know more free programs, please add onto this!
OpenToonz has made many improvements since it’s initial release! (Windows & Mac)
Medibang Paint is a comic drawing software forked from FireAlpaca mentioned earlier in this post, and is available for mobile devices as well! (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)
hello! so sorry to bother you but im new to digital art and i really want to know how people do the thing where the lines are a darker color of the base color like how ou do with hair and clothing. it'd be so helpful if you could explain how it works bc ive seen people just glaze over it and bam! it's darker. thank you so much!!!!
i use paint tool sai 2 but im sure this method can be done in other art programs too! i hope this is what u mean anon :”D and i hope this helps!
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