This little guy was the forerunner to the modern day 'Trickster Coyote', potentially manufactured sometime between 2008-2010. (Over a decade old!) 7 inches tall, no hangtag, but they do still have their tushtag intact.
Rules:
-To enter all you need to do is reblog this post! 1 entry/reblog per person only; following me isn't necessary!
-Giveaway ends on Thursday, August 13th! The winner will be selected through a random name picker and will have two days to claim their prize before a redraw is held.
That's all! Good luck to anyone who enters! (Feel free to DM with any questions ā¤ļø)
TWs/CWs: mention of addiction, mention of bad mental health, swearing, colored text, bold text, italicized text
This post is intended for people looking to quit AI. Any harassment or insults toward the post or any individuals under it will be removed and blocked.
you know the fuck what? fine. you have an ai addiction. you're on c.ai and polybuzz ten hours a day, you're using chatgpt as a therapist, you're pouring feelings out to goddamn robots
and i don't blame you. it's not your fault. our brains are wired this way. it instantly validates us and we're programmed to want more of that. always remember that AI is just manipulating this facet of us, it's using us as goddamn tools. spite is as good of a motivator as any, so always carry your anger and blast it on AI.
and you know, it's hard to quit, too. you wanna quit? that's amazing. quitting is hard, i know, but caring enough to even want to let go is a huge first step. sometimes, the first thing you can really do is use it less than before, instead of just straight-up quitting. set an hour limit for that app, and then put it down. find a new hobby, make a new friend, write a new story.
i'll help you, man, we'll talk. i can message you. i can direct you to sites, i can give you pointers on writing or drawing by yourself for the first time. if i know you in real life, we could hang out. you can vent to me, i won't fucking tell a soul. you can rant and ask questions and i'll do what i can.
it's a terribly hard thing to get over. i still find myself wishing i'd log onto the site; i miss the bots i talked to, i miss the instant responses and the interactive roleplay, i miss doing whatever i wanted, i miss the false company. i miss it, i do, but i know what happens if i go back and i know i don't want that again, okay?
you're not weak. you're not pathetic. it's not your fault. you can work through it, i know you can, i fucking believe in you. i did it, and we may not be the same, but at least i stand as proof that it's possible.
Suggestions/Alternatives to specific situations:
Questions. Lots of people use AI to answer questions. r/AskReddit, and r/NoStupidQuestions are pretty okay resources for when you're throwing questions into the void. You could also make a post on Tumblr and reblog it around to some communities to answer, you could ask someone in real life, you could use Wikipedia, you could DM someone, or you could consult a book.
Homework. You could look up the lesson on YouTube, you could ask someone like your parents, a classmate, a friend, a teacher, a tutor, or a sibling for help. Looking over your notes is always a good idea. If you're struggling, you could make a post on a social media site concerning your problem. If you're lazy, copy your friend, a classmate, or sibling (NOTE: I do not encourage plagiarism, never copy anything just off the internet and make sure you have someone's consent before asking for answers).
Art. You could learn to draw, though that's lengthy. If you're just looking for character design, use a character maker like Picrew, the Lunime games (Gacha Life etc), The Sims, or Dollify, and this Reddit thread lists many more. If you need something to be drawn and you don't wanna do it, you could ask your artist friend to draw for you or commission an artist. You could also make the scene yourself and take a photo.
Roleplay/Writing/Fanfiction. You could open a Google doc, a Word file, the notes app, or even just pull out a piece of goddamn paper and start writing your concepts. Fuck Hero's Journey, fuck plot points, fuck grammar, fuck spelling, just pick up a pen and start writing anything to do with your story. Character names, events, whatever you wanna happen will happen. You can ask authors on the internet for help if needed. Roleplaying usually concerns another person; if you're someone who plays either game, you could invite a friend to a Roblox or Minecraft server. You could ask a friend to roleplay in DMs/text, you could interact with Tumblr roleplay blogs, you could play with dolls in real life (i've actually done this!). As for fanfiction (that you don't wanna write), AO3, Wattpad, FANDOM, Webtoon and even some Tumblr blogs will do that. All you need to do is search up your tags and fandoms.
Ranting/Venting. The most popular option is to make a vent/rant post on a site, though this is very public and many people may not want to. You might also vent/rant to a friend or family member, whether online or in real life; you may also rant or vent in a Discord server or channel made for that purpose, though once again a risky choice and not preferable for those who like privacy. Keeping a diary, whether it be written, in video format, or some other way, is also affective for some people. Sometimes doing things like vent art or writing a story/poetry works (I do this).
Music. Noteflight, Musescore, and Flat.io are beginner-friendly and good for writing regular music with notes and stuff - most of these also have public works so you can learn songs. Soundtrap is a beginner-friendly site for people putting sounds together to experiment. For people looking to learn an instrument or vocals, YouTube is a great source for tutorials and introductions to music, instruments, and music theory. Duolingo, if you use it, offers a shitty music theory course. As a band kid who's tried it, I don't suggest it. Other music theory sites include The Music Theory Site, musictheory.net, and this iconcollective article I found. As for learning instruments, Yousician, Simply Piano, Simply Guitar, Perfect Piano, Drumeo, and Tonestro seem to be popular choices.
Other/Miscellaneous/Extra:
- Lots of people are gonna tell you that reading fanfiction is "basically the same thing." No, it's not. Fanfiction is very fun and I will always recommend reading it, but it is not equivalent to the experience one receives with c.ai - something that offers the same freedom AI chat apps will give you is writing your own fanfic/story.
- youraislopboresme is a very fun website. it usually doesn't work as a real tool, but it's fun as hell to mess around with and can fill in for the time you usually spend on an AI app.
- incorrect quotes are a fun ass thing to do with your OCs/blorbos. AI free and creepily accurate.
- If you have an OC with extensive lore, make a Tumblr blog about it. You may not get many interactions but what the hell, you're sharing your work, and that's better than AI slop.
that's all i've got. any questions will be answered as well as I can answer them. i hope this post will help someone <3
okay, before I get to the proper essay, I'm going to lay a law down real quick.
I'm taking this prompt as in, they are and always have been swapped, even before Canon (which will have to include theory's/head canons, but I'll try to keep that to a minimum.
also I'm not holding back anything back. this is spoiler heavy.
so, topic of this analysis: what if the narrators from the Stanley parable and slay the princess swapped games.
TSP narrator in Slay the Princess.
immediately, I don't think the game would even take place.
TSP narrator cares about choice, testing authority, and the beauty of human life. the thought of removing endings all together may have passed in his head, but he would not have given it all that much thought.
life is beautiful because it ends. it's perfect in its imperfections, without endings, life would have no meaning, trapped doing the same thing (similar to Stanley, which TSP is all about escaping) the narrator wrote his script so that Stanley would be free to have choice, to get endings. it is heavily implied that the narrator knows about the previous loops, mainly seen in doing countdown back to back, since his dialogue comments on you coming back to try anything to get it to end differently.
the narrator may make it seem like he hates Stanley's choices, but if he really did, he would just change the game and make it linear.
that was a slight tangent, but it boils down to the fact I don't thing the narrator would try to get rid of endings. they are very important to him.
but let's assume the TSP narrator did make the construct, made it, the decider and the princess. how would it be different?
minus the obvious thing about your voice being different, what else would change?
I think TSP narrator would most likely tell you important info from the get-go, tell you what you are doing there and why:
"this is the story of a hero named the long quiet. he stands at a path in the woods, leading to cabin. his job is to kill the princess who lives inside. why is that his job? why him? why now? because she will destroy everything in time. this princess is endings herself, and leaving her alive would leave death, pain, suffering and all endings to continue their anger on living creatures, not just people. everything. its his job to end it."
or something along those lines.
I don't think the narrator would fight LQ that much on his choices. if he decides to leave that princess alive, he would accept it. "if that is what you think is best, Long Quiet"
but this is assuming that the narrator doesn't play up his role like he does in TSP. he could also fight harder, it really depends on how much the narrator plays up his role.
I think the narrator would know that LQ was a reflection of his/peoples true wishes, and would accept if endings continued.
in later chapters, I think the narrator would agree that LQ had been here before much quicker, what does it help to deny it? he knew it was a possibility, and denying it might make things worse. why not help now and not make it worse.
now that I think about it. I think he would be a lot more pushy in chapter 1, but after that he would let LQ do what he wanted. it's clear he made a choice that was against the story already, he was hard headed so of course this echo of himself would be too.
I don't think there's much more I can pull from this side, so we are gonna switch focus.
STP narrator in The Stanley parable.
oh boy, this one is going to be fun.
talk about ""your actions have consequences" but they really all lead to the same ending" kind of game.
STP narrator has full control over this place. not you, but everything else, you can only choose things he lets you choose, you can only go places he lets you go.
really. I think it would pretty much just be the "good" ending forever, nothing to do.
if not that, it would be like I said earlier. a game where there are so many choices shown to be "important" and "impactful" but in the end the same things happen no matter what you do.
the illusion of choice X 1000000000
if you some how broke from the script he would shut that down immediately. don't have to fight against free will when you can literally change anything on a whim.
chose not to grab weapon?
oh too bad, the door doesn't open until you do.
turn down a different path?
oh too bad, that path doesn't exist anymore and you teleport where you need to be.
got out of bounds?
oh too bad, you are reset back on the path with more safety nets now.
he would almost go crazy with power in my opinion, making scenarios where you do exactly what he wants you two purely because he doesn't give you the option, or the illusion of an option. kill the monster hurting people, save the town, everyone lives forever happy.
he might eventually worry about you being upset about the repetitive nature of his game, but what does he care? even if you choose to do nothing he wins.
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Thats it from me. I could probably write more but it might get redundant lol
This was fun, also sorry for any spelling errors this is NOT beta read, i litterally just wrote it lol
If anyone wants to add onto this or tell me how i am wrong please do
Fanmade Witch Hat Atelier spells come in two flavours
Magic air fryer
This is why magic is a trade secret
A Kugelblitz is type of black hole formed by concetrating a sufficiently high concentration of light, heat, or radiation into a given space to form an event horizon
Gotta love how people, faced with the popular narrative of "Gen Z is illiterate" and the fact that "A lot of Gen Z is reading The Count of Monte Cristo", did not come to the obvious conclusion that generational stereotyping is bullshit, but instead that the 1200 page monster with centuries of literary criticism on its themes is somehow "basic and easy litslop".
My first character for Artfight :) This is Frances, a Frankensteinās Monster-esque entity. Frances was created by her maker in an attempt to resurrect the makerās dead daughter (with the maker replacing the body parts that were unsalvageable). Things went wrong, however, as Frances was a new/different person. Francesās body isnāt fully functional either (since her creator took so long to create Frances, her components did somewhat decay despite embalming), so Frances has some issues like partial hearing and vision loss, slurred speech, and her fingers sometimes going weak.
āaverage person eats 3 spiders a yearā factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
Had to get my wisdom teeth removed and had a weird dream/hallucination like this so I decided to draw it. I never got a good look at the Minotaur, so this is how I decided to represent him. I blame this on the fact Iād been listening to an audiobook of āThe House of Asterionā shortly prior to the operation.
