#orion rants

[scrapmetaldoe]

i went on a college visit today (late i know) and during a presentation i saw smthn.

this woman, the Head of undergraduate admissions, exits her computer and there before me is an ai generated image of rocket raccoon. it takes everything in me not to lose it. like, you teach in college and exist in the science department, you should know the impact of ai image generation. it made me actually so mad.

[pixelated-dragon]

Just got the overwhelming urge to look up fics for a character I didn't download ANY fics about, AO3's been on maintenance for less than a hour and I'm already losing it

[i-care-4u]

this jack fic that i’m writing got me all giggly and shit 🤭🤭🤭

[talvenhenki]

“This piece of art was made by a very young person. What is your excuse?”

Excuse for what? That I am not a prodigy, that I do not know how to sculpt marble, that I don’t have the resources to be an amazing artist?

I am not Mozart, or Bernini, or Da Vinci. I did not live in their time, I never had the same resources as they did. I live in the modern day, during which there is a pandemic raging, during which a child must go to school and learn certain things - we are not allowed to just hone our craft and forget everything else.

Don’t get me wrong, I think that living in the modern day is great. We learn a lot more than the so-called masters, we are more accepting, and we are trying to right the wrongs of the past. Modern day is amazing, and I don’t think I’d be as happy living in the past.

So why on Earth do we talk like this, like being a master at a young age is everything? Why should I have an excuse for being me, for still learning my skills? If (remember to stress the ‘if’) I make a masterpiece in the future, will it have less value than all the masterpieces made by child prodigies? Will I be less than because I did not have the support of rich men at the young age of seven? Will I be less than because I did not compose an aria before my teen years?

I am a human being, is that not enough? Why should I make masterpieces when I can make my friends laugh, when I can bring joy to my own circle?

I am a regular human being who is still learning their craft. What is your excuse for making people feel less than some guy who’s been dead for centuries?

[orion-macbeth]

Didn’t anyone else get the prompt about the guy who doesn’t like his wife

[pixelated-dragon]

My phone's started to only charge every other time I plug it in 😔

She's dying on me after only 5 years </3

[pixelateddragonet]

Why is Twitter so scary to use hhhh

[orion-macbeth]

APUSH Exam with no context