Honestly I can tell you finding out art was made by AI really does immediately, legitimately sour it for me, like people will trot this out as a Gotcha for anti-AI people but itβs just making it clear they donβt consider art to be the conversation that it is lol. Itβs similar to the way Harry Potter immediately soured for me because engaging with it while knowing the kind of heart Rowling is writing from changes the way the work feels; there isnβt any moralizing or whatever that I have to do, itβs easy to drop it because itβs rotted in my hands.
βOh but you LIKED this song before, nothing changed!β The conversational partner did. A very large portion of what is interesting to me about art is thinking of why the creator chose that instrumentation, or what made them want to make the thing in the first place. Finding out Iβve been talking to a wall completely removes an entire third of the force that art is to me, and I canβt argue that anything about art or its consumption is Objectively Correct but I can argue itβs fucking boring lmao
Amidst all this chaos, @mohmad5 and his family have made it home, but his child is in need of an operation and he urgently needs $2000 to pay for it. Please share, and donate if you can!
please, please try and help, the surgery ran into complications and he needs $1700 for another procedure
down to $1300, thank you to everyone whoβs helped, please keep sending what you can!
he still needs $1150, please, please donate what you can
thank you to everyone who continues to donate, he now needs $830 for the procedure, please continue to share and help!
UPDATE 17/3: The operation was a success, his child survived. Thank you to everybody who made this possible. They still need donations to cover the remainder of the medical bills, as well as for food and medicine. Please continue to share, and donate what you can!
UPDATE 18/3: the Zionist Entity has once again closed the border crossings, food, medicine, and other supplies are becoming more scarce, the situation is urgent, please give anything you can
βI am writing this letter in the most difficult moments of my life. I lost all my friends during the painful events that went through us, and now I am trapped and my circumstances are getting more difficult day by day. I am only looking for hope, support, or even a good word that restores my faith in humanity.
All I ask is help, whether itβs financial support or even communication with me to feel that Iβm not alone in this world. Your words and support may be the hope I need to continue.
Thank you to everyone who can be with me even a little, because a little in such circumstances means a lot.β
he was able to evacuate, but still needs help with food and other supplies, please continue to send what you can
One thing you start to realize in adulthood in the U.S. is that most things that are obtuse and complex for a reason.
Taxes are obtuse so you hire a business to help you do them or do them for you. Insurance is obtuse so you pay for more things out of pocket than you need to. Bills and laws are obtuse so politicians can pretend to work for their voters while creating loopholes and giveaways for their donors.
And part of the reason it works is that, as an adult, itβs often considered shameful to admit you donβt understand something.
I think we need to appreciate this part of Brennan Lee Mulliganβs WIRED interview a lot more:
βThe evangelical right in this country needs to manufacture outrage to hold onto its voting block. [The satanic panic about DnD] was arbitrary, as the targets of their outrage always are. Fight the power.β
I respect this man so hard for taking every chance he gets to let out his hate for capitalism and those that abuse their power. Itβs wonderful to see
My name is Maram, I am 25 years old from Gaza. I dreamed of a peaceful life, spending my life with my husband and my three childrenβ¦ but the war turned this dream into an impossible one ππ. We lived through this genocide with all its painful details and we are still suffering from itπ. We were so happy when the ceasefire was announced, and we returned to our homes in northern Gaza after being displaced for a year and a half in a tent in the south of the Gaza Strip. After repairing a small room in our destroyed house, we began to live there and start over. Unfortunately, the war came back, and it was even stronger than before π. Now, we have no shelter or source of income. We have used up all our savings during the war. I know I created my campaign very late, but thatβs because I have no other means to help my family π. I am completely confident and hopeful that someone here will help us as much as they can and save my family in these tough circumstances π.
I know how painful and frustrating it is to start over from scratch, but I hope to get any amount for my family π₯Ίπ.
y'all iβm kinda screwed for money at the moment due to some major arrears from my recent unemployment, i can barely afford transport to work at the moment and my broadband is due to be cancelled soon
if anyone can assist with a ko-fi donation itβd be a massive help.
also happy to do a particular tcg ranking if youβd like to sponsor one of those. if anyone has any other suggestions for things i couod offer iβd be glad to hear it also.
