As for why I decided to take an extended hiatus in the first place, it's because I feel like multiple recent events kinda compounded and made me realize that social media in general just hasn't been helping my mental health at all. I posted a journal on my FA that elaborates more on it.

Apologies for suddenly getting preachy. I got triggered rather bad by a friend in a Discord call sharing a video they generated using Sora like it was no big deal and I felt really disappointed in said friend to say the least. It just kinda set me off...

AI memes aren't funny anymore. People have now been using those algorithms long enough that they're now capable of making shit that can genuinely mislead anyone, not just senile boomers on Facebook. It really has become a serious threat not just to artists' livelihoods but society as a whole!

AURORA BOREALIS!? AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF DAY, IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY!?

I've NEVER seen an AI write shit like "watch out world, here I are." Or just how horribly written of a character in general Magnifico is...

It kinda has the same energy as people accusing Disney of using AI to write the script for Wish. This thinking that anything having any flaws must mean it was AI generated is, IMO, just as problematic as generative AI itself. Humans are just as capable of making flawed art as AI algorithms are...

I still have no freakin' idea how or why the number 67 somehow became the funniest thing ever to Gen Alpha kids. And I even tried looking it up! 🤦‍♂️