they return as the prophecy foretold

24, they/them, useless lesbian

[mint-swirl]

you’re mommy’s medium-sized twenty-seven year old. because that’s the age that you are that it says on your official governmental paperwork. be the same age for mommy. #agestagnation #sameage #nothingplay

[shubbabang]

Shout out to everyone who is just so tired So so exhausted So very very tired so very fatigued so sleepy and tired So

[silly-little-pal]

[tattahitotsunosaetayarikata-dea]

Wasting away again in Tumblrinaville

[fruitblush]

this is actually like my third or fourth rodeo so i sort of get it but sort of dont

[fruitblush]

in some ways worse than my first rodeo cause i feel like i should be better at it by now

[heaventouch]

[ferocioustrout]

i love being attracted to women i think its fun and awesome for me

[monsieurenjlolras]

you've heard of "quiet quitting," now I'd like to introduce you to the next level, The French Work Ethic:

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Make sure your boss knows they're always your second priority ❤️

[thatbeeagain]

my ball #myball

[no-one-offical]

nuh uh that's mine now

#myball

[thatbeeagain]

Dude what the fuck #notmyball

[anthythesis]

fuck it #weball

[softmatzohtruther]

thinking about that time i (an art major) was hanging out with a guy (an engineering major) in college and the conversation got onto the topic of what art is and i said i have a rock solid, completely non-subjective definition that i go by, which he was very interested to hear. so i told him, "art is the product of human expression" and he did NOT like to hear that because that definition did not distinguish between different mediums of expression or quality or purpose of the art. and i told him that beyond that point there is no way to avoid subjectivity in the definition, and that there is no objective way to decide what forms of expressions qualify as art beyond its core purpose -- human expression. he let the conversation die after that

i suspect that my definition would still upset a lot of people, especially computer guys, but i really can't imagine a better definition for art. art exists as a product of human expression, our interpretation of existence -- without humans, there is no art, just the world existing for its own sake

[softmatzohtruther]

for the record, this conversation happened in the oughts, long before generative AI ever hit the scene, but i was careful to specify the human element in art because at the time i was recently aware of a group of elephants that had been trained to paint images of themselves for the delight of tourists. i knew from the details of this story that the behavior was highly irregular for elephants and they had to be coached to creating any shapes or patterns recognizable to the human eye. most of the paintings were aimless scribbles with a few elephant forms after some time and insistent prodding from the trainer, and i recognized that these paintings were not elephant art, but human art that used a live elephant (plus acrylic paint, brush, and canvas) as a medium

for that reason, i do recognize an AI image as a product, or by-product, of human expression. but like the elephant scribbles, what comes out of those machines is more about expressing what those machines can do -- a performance of what art is, an expression of the idea of art, rather than the expression of any other human experience. it is, inherently, LITERALLY, derivative and severely limited in its scope of expression as a consequence

and i think that's what's upsetting the defenders of AI art, because they wanted the art to be judged by what it looks like rather than how it was made, in spite of the fact that processes inform the expression in art just as much as any idea that they chose to represent with that process. and unfortunately, a machine that regurgitates the general idea of concepts and forms according a (dubiously acquired) dataset is going to have the expression that "Art is a Commodity" stitched into every inch of it. some people, people who are invested in the idea of art as PERSONAL expression, are going to be turned off by the idea of art-as-commodity. at this point, we've long crossed into the territory of the subjective, and there's no going back

this is before we even touch the ethics of art, which -- surprise! -- a lot of artists are invested in because in reflects on us as people. if we didn't care we'd probably be engineers instead

[saltfromyoureyes]

i wonder what it's like to be emotionally stable. anyways [thinks about fictional characters to survive] i am fine

[eroscestlavie]

you either get it or you gont

Say that shit my brother

[eroscestlavie]

you literally either get it or you gont

[dovvvvv]

hiii my name is blair and this is my witch project :)

[spiralfucker]

They found the last golden ticket . So that’s just it then . Fuck my stupid horrible pathetic life. Cabbage soup for dinner again , my stupid mothtsr. Grandpa Joe said he’s sorry but I know he doesn’t really give a fuck . And who gives a fuck about the other three old people in my house . Whatever their names is. Fuck fuck fuck it’s all worthless . They even made fun of me at school for only buying like 3 wonka bars. Nepo pricks . Fuck my stupid life it’s all fucked it’s all fucked . And my last name is bucket

[chemsexholmes]

Unfortunately you will talk like a tumblr user for your entire life. Sorry.

[willgrahamscock]

I miss when we lived in a time where I wasn’t worried about accidentally engaging with ai slop

[willgrahamscock]

[zzoupz]