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Discuss art and related topics such as:
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No. 2629125

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>>2629110
Goddamnit im with my grandma can a mod just spoil it if its bad

No. 2629143

>>2629090
I'm ayrt, I work and do cons in my off time, I come directly from the artist alley thread.
I work a boring job but it gives me fixed hours and fixed pay with no bullshit in between (it will never happen that my boss will call me randomly when I clock out or during my off days), I use that money to invest in my merch, my merch gets sold for x5 the price. And I still have somewhat, free time to see my friends.
I am my own art ceo, so I choose how and when to work with my art, in my brief experience with editors (I was still in school), those fuckers would pay me per page (and not per hours) and one page would take me to one to three hours depending on the complexity, but same pay, would call me randomly at night because they got a call from some oversea company that wanted help (usually in Asia), wouldn't understand that my day off was my day off because no day off exists in the comic industry (their words), it seemed like such a fomo world to live in, it's hell.
I get that some people like to do art but are not creative, meaning they prefer to work on other people's projects, but when I realized that I was getting stressed because not only I couldn't do my stuff, so that meant no free expression and my inspirations were turned down, I did stuff that I despised for pennies in strange moments of the day because my boss chased the last project and wanted to call dibs on that. What.
I'm doing okay financially and mentally by not being in the industry because my sanity has no price and my sanity is restored by being in control, maybe I'm a bit of an autist, but having no control in a creative job field is the perfect recipe for hell, for me. Once I hired someone to help with my projects but I paid them by hours and not by stuff they did because I know how frustrating that can be, in the industry this concept is alien because some old moid says so, no, you get cucked, I won't.

No. 2629151

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>>2629048
thank u nonna. picrel me being nourished by this image

No. 2629260

>>2629064
how do streamers like her even play the porn visual novels live? i’m assuming they’re bought on steam which means they’re heavily censored

No. 2629283

>>2629074
>i always thought this person was some dirty old korean man
Same. Haha wtf, it happens to me so often - I find a korean artist who seems ok at first, but then I notice them posting degenerate, violent porn involving women and/or children all of the sudden, I assume that it's a moid, but then after a couple of month I find out that it's a 20-something korean woman. And one time I thought that korean artists are less demented than japanese ones! Turns out they're pretty much the same.



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No. 2628973

>>2628862
I wish i had a 90s house they were so fucking comfy.

No. 2629002

>>2624090
>>2624203
The stark contrast between these two items. I have no idea why the first items would be hyped because they look ugly and basic, but the petal pots are so fucking cute. Are they high quality? i want more cute kitchen cookware that isnt temu hello kitty shit.

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>>2628973
This is the quintessential 90s home where I’m from kek. I do love some of the nicer 60s, 70s, and 80s home designs though. The nice 90s aesthetics you’re remembering are probably interior bedroom designs and possibly late 80s/early 90s interior kitchen design that was typically being done in older homes. Most new builds were pretty firmly going for a neutral aesthetic and most people who owned new homes weren’t doing the really cool interior decorating you’re conflating with the 90s. Though I’m sure this home did have some fake greenery in the kitchen and nice silk “potted plants” scattered about as decor, which was always something I liked a lot. There was actually a giant silk plants emporium store in my hometown growing up, I loved it and dreamed of a home filled with the fancy nice silk plants. We had a couple silk trees in our living room from that place that were gorgeous. It went out of business in the mid 00s, I wanna say 2006-2007. I’m sad that I can only get ugly plastic plants now. The silk plants were way nicer than the plastic plants available nowadays.

No. 2629268

>>2628862
eugh I was wondering if this stuff was trending after I saw a reddit post asking what this style of aesthetic is

No. 2629271

>>2629017
I was talking about the interior design anon it's pretty obvious if you follow the conversation.



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ITT: Defenders and detractors debate the morality and utility of AI.

Topics of discussion may include but are not limited to:
>What jobs can be replaced by AI?
>How can deepfakes be stopped?
>Can AI-generated art be copyrighted?
>How does AI insert bias?
>What data should AI be allowed to collect?
>Will AI develop a conscience?
>Can AI chatbots replace human companionship?
>Will AI destroy us all?

Do not post AI-generated art in this thread.
/m/ AI containment thread: >>>/m/443713
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No. 2629177

>>2629116
Have you seen AI 2027? we won't get AM, but we will have super AI's whose primary purpose is to destroy the enemy and which can destroy civilization to achieve that goal.

No. 2629178

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>>2629116
>>2629177
you guys need to watch less scary youtube videos

No. 2629194

>>2629177
>>2629116
I'm okay with this, I'm 25, nothing else to live for.

No. 2629226

>>2624936
>>2626292
I remember my final year in art department focused a lot on writing the basic shit like cover letters but also art specific things like artist statements. The professors would be very harsh on grammar and grading for those things. And when it came to asking for advice, they would just tell you to send your portfolio into an AI website to generate an artist statement for you and go for there. If you tried to work it out on your own without the AI, the most you would get was a B.
The fucked thing was it was mostly these gen x scrote professors peddling this AI shit. All the women in the department were super chill and actively put out assignments that required you to actually write on your own or do something creative. I'm starting to wonder if half this AI shit is just moids being so cognitively inept that they'd rather have something else do it for them than work.

No. 2629270

The amount of people who just @ Grok to fact check things whenever they're too lazy to do a fucking google search is just pathetic. Genuine downfall of society. They act as if they're so smart too like how.



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No. 2478030 [Reply]

A thread for sharing screencaps of hilarious posts seen around the farms.

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Stupid but I laughed.

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Damn

No. 2629254

>>2629243
relieved at this ban ngl, I hate when people shit up the HEALTH AND FITNESS thread with their mentally ill self loathing about genetics or how they'll never stop looking like a fridge or whatever the fuck. nobody cares. go hate yourself somewhere else instead

No. 2629269

>>2629254
I don’t disagree but the way they worded it made me kek



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No. 2471754 [Reply]

Similar to the Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit hate threads, we post youtube videos, creators, and comments that we hate. Infuriating shit, stupid shit, weird shit. Post away.

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No. 2629106

>>2629077
there is no way this will go wrong!

No. 2629218

Is it just me or are youtube comments kinda broken lately? Whenever I click on a video and scroll to the comments it's always new comments with barely any likes (even if I set it to show me the top comments only) and there's so much hate. I noticed some other comments pointing it out on other videos

No. 2629235

>>2629077
They should just ban AI instead, it's ruining the platform just like Pinterest.
How will they be able to tell that someone is a teenager anyway? Which kind of content is only enjoyed by 13-17 year olds?

No. 2629240

I was watching one of those faux "content cop" video I get the feeling this girl puppet is a troon or man. The voice changer is a big red flag, but also this guy simps for men SO HARD. Around 17 minute mark he says idubbbz is being unfairly sympathetic toward his mother by describing gratitude for his mother's hardship raising him on her own, then the puppet said he ignored his father's hardship (being in JAIL) and he should be greatful for his father for coming back to help raise him after being in JAIL for his entire childhood and that his father has turned a new leaf and changed because "he posts about religion on Facebook now" (im not even anti-relgion but come on) and that he should have acknowledged his father's work instead of his mother. I was like wtf does this have to do with anything, and also this is insane interpretation, the quoted thing he was talking about wasnt even idubbbz shitting on his dad it was just him saying "my mom worked hard to raise me on her own, because my dad was in jail" and it reads like the puppet couldnt stand to have a woman honored over a man in any way so he made up some mental gymnaistics to cope. Anyway I stopped watching after that point and wanted to complain about it

No. 2629295

>>2629218
same for ne on some videos



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No. 2629023

>>2628683
I mean, he didn't care for the other crushes I've had, especially considering these lead nowhere and are just fleeting. It's more like "I think this actor or whatever is hot".
But it's not like I'd cheat anyway.

No. 2629181

Sometimes I skip dinner because I'm so tired after work and to make up for it I get up early and cook dinner for breakfast in the morning. It's salmon time

No. 2629227

Whenever I hear or look at cases of men being demons to women (pedoshit, mudershit, goonershit) I visit lonely men subreddits, their misery over not having women in their lives makes me feel better.

My favorites are: r/WomenAreNotIntoMen and r/FA30plus

No. 2629239

>>2629227
KEK, nice

No. 2629296

>>2629227
thank you



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No. 2590730 [Reply]

Happy 4th of July!
>ignore bait
>be a good American citizen

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No. 2629103

>>2628987
I hope you never find yourself in the crosshairs of a murderous moid

No. 2629154

>>2627167
Not surprising at all. I hate it here…

No. 2629165

>>2629009
I never understood the coffee thing. Especially when they invent those soda drinks to get caffeine another way. Surely the caffeine part would be the "bad" thing you are trying to avoid?

Is it true mormon women believe it is okay to be cucked by their partners because it is a "test of their womanly virtues" or some crap? It would explain the mormon pick mes I met on tumblr and ao3..

No. 2629238

>>2629165
The stereotype I've heard is that Mormons are always cheating on their spouses. I haven't heard of this particular angle though

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>>2629165
The caffeine doesn't have anything to do with it. Mormons can't drink "hot" drinks, which means no coffee or tea (although herbal tea, hot chocolate, and hot apple cider are apparently fine). They can also drink energy drinks. I've always wondered how many mormons are prediabetic, given all of the sugary junk they consume, like dirty sodas and Crumbl cookies



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This thread is dedicated to all and any fandom discourse. Global rules apply: don't infight, report and ignore bait, etc.

Current topics include, but are not limited to:
> Proshipping vs Antishipping
> Ao3 Censorship and TOS
> Slapfights over shipping
> Carrds, DNIs and call-outs
> Whitewashed/blackwashed/colorist fanart drama
> ‘[Insert Sexuality/Gender]-Coded’ Characters
> Debates over death of the author
> Stalking/harassment experienced by actors/creators

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Fujo vs. anti-fujo discourse:
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No. 2629086

>>2628493
christ she's ghoulish

No. 2629092

>>2629078
I will give u a quote from the late, great Valerie Solanas that I think sums everything up:

“Daddy’s Girl, passive, adaptable, respectful of and in awe of the male, allows him to impose his hideously dull chatter on her. This is not too difficult for her, as the tension and anxiety, the lack of cool, the insecurity and self-doubt, the unsureness of her own feelings and sensations that Daddy instilled in her make her perceptions superficial and render her unable to see that the male’s babble is a babble; like the aesthete “appreciating” the blob that’s labelled “Great Art”, she believes she’s grooving on what bores the shit out of her. Not only does she permit his babble to dominate, she adapts her own “conversation” accordingly.”

No. 2629156

>>2629092
>she believes she’s grooving on what bores the shit out of her.
Solanas really had a way with words!

No. 2629233

>>2629078
>I know so many female artists who make absolutely beautiful awe inspiring art but are ignored because they dont make lolibait or rape themed art.
I'm an artist myself and it really depresses me when my other works don't get traction while my "goonerbait" (the right kinds mostly, good luck getting far with sexy bishie art) get tens and millions of likes for a drawn boob. I don't mind erotic art, but the kinds where titillation is king always left a sour taste in my mouth while the more enriching stuff genuinely resonates the soul. You could tell the person who made it enjoyed their time making it.

No. 2629241

>>2628493
random, but that's a really good Eggman cosplay.



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No. 753508 [Reply]

A thread for farmers with OCD, since it seems there are a few of us in here.
Discuss your obsessions, compulsions, therapy/recovery and how you live your everyday life with OCD etc.

Some topics of interest
>How strong is your OCD?
>How does your OCD manifest?
>What do you think of the stereotype of cleaningness?
>Do you have intrusive thoughts?
>How did you figure out you had OCD?
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No. 2614185

Any other nonna with contamination ocd/germophobia here? How do you manage to clean your bathroom (or house in general) by yourself? Any tips regarding it? My strategy nowadays revolve around taking a bath after the cleaning session because i feel mortified every time i need to touch a trash bin or the interior of the toilet bowl, but recently I bought cleaning gloves and it helped a bit!

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I'm recently becoming open to the idea that I might have OCD and one of my recurring obsessions is a fear of going blind. My job requires incredibly precise vision/color perception/spatial awareness and I'm very career-motivated so the obsession with blindness has increased tenfold since I got into my career a few years ago. Due to intense stress and a previous injury, I tend to have semi frequent visual migraines (so bad that I once almost crashed my car on the freeway because there was a massive gray spot in the middle of my vision) and other strange quirks like floaters, visual snow, constant afterimages, and other things that I honestly can't explain. Sometimes it feels like a tiny orb of light randomly circles the edge of my vision. It's been going on for years and I've been to multiple optometrists, had an MRI/brain scan after the aforementioned injury, and spent countless hours googling, but it seems like I might in fact be perfectly healthy and so heavily obsessed with my fears that I'm actually creating psychosomatic symptoms or something. Two optometrists have assured me that my eyes are incredibly healthy despite my astigmatism. Of course I also have the classic OCD symptoms of, every time I accidentally come across an article or tweet or tiktok about blindness I'm convinced it's a sign that it's going to happen to me. I've almost never shared this with anyone because I made the mistake of opening up to my mother about it once and she said that I'm manifesting the blindness happening to me by thinking about it so much kek. So that was great to hear.

No. 2614730

I know everyone suffers equally but I'm getting tired of the more "common" theme sufferers still managing to shit on the taboo ones.

No. 2629188

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Hey nonas. So we all have ocd here. I'm not diagnosed but I've had plenty of people both friends and psychiatrists raise an eyebrow at the things I'm describing.

So, if OCD tends to get worse with stress which then leads to OCD stressing you out more, and if OCD is an anxiety disorder, then how do you guys manage stress?

I'm getting really tired of these cycles which, although manageable in adulthood, I still feel incapacitated. The stress gets worse and it becomes really hard for me to think clearly and I get paralised. That along with depressive episodes and the occasional panic attack.

I want to overcome this, I need to become more resilient for the future so I can do the things I want without crashing out every month or two.

I'm going to therapy but I can't make it a constant thing either bc of money priorities or lack of time. My therapis is also on vacation for the month of August so yeah.

No. 2629223

>>2629188
my body got severely ill from the stress. once it's in your body, mediation and being calm doesn't cut it anymore, that's the problem



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No. 2563891 [Reply]

ITT: share uneventful, mundane, or just downright ordinary events from your everyday life.

Previous thread: >>>/ot/2559244

This thread is not for sharing random passing thoughts. This thread is for sharing mundane or otherwise ordinary events that you have experienced in your life. If your post does not contain a mundane event that you experienced, then it is off-topic and doesn't belong in this thread.

Lolcow is NOT a chatroom. If you want to discuss a topic, you have to discuss it in the appropriate thread. All off-topic posts in this thread should be reported.

For anons that struggle to understand the topic of this thread:
>Examples of mundane events:
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>>2427539
>>2431892
>>2428345
>Examples of off-topic posts that belong in different threads:
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No. 2628881

>>2628856
Update. Ate second apple

No. 2628902

>>2628881
You've outdone yourself bravo!

No. 2628965

I wiped down my stove top with alcohol before realizing how bad of an idea that was. Oops.

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A figure of my husbando that I watched on ebay was getting a bunch of views, but since he's really niche it was likely one person obsessively checking the listing. I got paid today and finally bought it. He's meant to be home with me, anyway. muahahaha



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