While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

the only holepix we ought to be posting after that lodestone statement from yoshi-p

Also if anyone tries to be like "ew lol you're x years old and making ocs that's so cringe lol" just remember every character in your favorite book or movie or game or TV show is someone's oc.

Ian Malcolm is Micheal Crichton's oc
Gandalf is J.R.R. Tolkien's oc
Cloud Strife is Tetsuya Nomura's oc

I’ve heard some stuff that is speculation but whether or not it’s true doesn’t matter. It won’t bring mare back so there’s no use in bringing it up imo. We at least know it’s a fact that people advertised mare very openly in their search info.

CAN’T FORGET

I think mare going down isn’t a bad thing. It was a privilege to have but people did silly things like advertising it in their search info and many other things that forced SE’s hand. It is gone now but maybe this will open the door for something else.

the best kind of knight ocs r the kind that are kinda like sopping wet dogs without their master

Does this to your Elezen's ears

Haven’t posted in forever but I came back just to say. Don’t drag people into your personal drama. It looks really bad on you. :)

,, —- to drink till it is sick, but cannot drink till it is satisfied.”

if u roleplay a character who fights with a sword i can't recommend the robinswords yt channel enough. he spends so much time explaining how different sword techniques work on a physical and athletic level, and he does it concisely. i'm a sword pervert and i keep hearing about stuff thats new to me

Important context: you have to turn off biometric ways of unlocking your phone!! Your passcode is protected by law but not your fingerprint or facial recognition which cops can force without your consent, better yet don’t bring your phone at all (it can be tracked) & get a cheap flip phone for calls

reminder to please listen to minorities when they speak up about vile racism in the community and dont brush it aside as "petty drama" or "discourse" when literal slurs are hurled and the management lets it slide because they think hating a person means its ok to let people be vile racists.

It's so weird watching venue owners/staff just excuse shit behavior from folks either attending (OR WORKING???) the venue in a "we can't do anything about that" way. Like, it's not hard telling people they're banned and to not show up. You can just do that. It's really easy actually.

Taps the sign. This goes for your online communities too.

They own venues so avoid at all costs

With all that in mind I’ll probably end up just posting gooses and fucking off into a little corner of the internet.

I love the people I know in this community but at the same time I feel like opening the app is a wild card of wondering what community issues are coming up this week and it’s like playing bingo but it isn’t fun and the prize is “oh no not this again”

something that is Very Not Good, and I realized that I could just put my energy toward a community that isn’t as draining. Hell, I get more invested in Instagram reels about weddings that a MIL fucked up more than the communal issues of That Racist Guy We All Know Is Racist from the xiv community.

im ngl this community is exhausting. There’s always something going on and I realized I’m just too old to want to invest time in a community that always has problems. I won’t call it drama bc that minimalizes the issue but… there’s always a callout being made abt someone doing and/or saying—

It's been more and more critical. We don't need this shit in our fandom, in our dealers den. Be more suspicious when you're buying art in conventions because those who sell AI arts don't always brand it as AI.

Ffxiv dev: what do you think they want? Hrothgar hats? Duo dye channels on older gear? Old pvp rewards?
Ffxiv ceo, taking a long drag of their cigar: Gender the twirl emote

i think my time w venues is done, im not rly enjoying them anymore bc theres always drama with them, and if the venue itself isnt the problem, drama still finds its way there.