I bet there’s an English teacher out there somewhere who reads their kids’ papers and thinks, “that one. That one’s a fanfic author.”
This absolutely happens and has been happening for decades.
I thought Tumblr would get a kick out of this
When youre a kid youre like wtf adults are making themselves sick with poisons and when youre an adult youre like i need more poisons ASAP
they injected me with mental illness when i was a baby because they didn't like that i radiated moonlight and had stars inside my eyes. they were jealous of me.
hey it’s ok if you lost your ai virginity back when you were uneducated. a lot of posts go like “reblog if you have never ever used generative ai and never ever will!!!” but it’s ok if you have used gen ai before and it’s even ok if you used to think it was cool, back before you understood what it really was and how it worked, either because no one had taught you about it and you discovered it on your own or because the only education you had received about it was from the tech bros. you’re not a burger with a bite out of it for having used ai. ok
It is 100 percent okay to stop using it today and join the "boo AI" club.
This isn't a purity thing. This is a "everyone stand with us against destroying the environment and giving asthma to poor people" thing.
Did you know that when one community says no to an AI data center, they specifically search out communities with fewer resources? Communities that can't defend themselves? And the pollution 100 percent affects their health and wellbeing, in addition to burning through our already scarce drinking water.
You can stop using character.ai today. You can say "I listened to the facts and stopped." And another thing: don't you think it's a bit more impactful to have used it, stopped, and then you're in a position to say how little it helped? How doing things for yourself improved your life?
also posts in the spirit of "if you've used AI even ONCE your soul is tainted!!!!" can't be great to those with OCD
I work in corporate communications. As part of my job, I was invited to test an AI tool pre-release. I used it to generate a couple of articles. One had a silly mistake that made me laugh. The other mis-stated medical info so badly it could have resulted in legal action.
I gave my feedback. Reported the results to my executives. And went on with my job without AI.
Some people are going to be in position where they have to deal with AI whether they want to or not. It is just an unfortunate part of work these days.
So, yeah, i don't qualify for the gold star. But I can explain to a corporate VP why they don't want to be AI reliant.
I want to write more in 2026. And there’s only one way I can do it—by writing the most self-indulgent garbage you have ever seen.
it says don’t talk to me until I’ve had my barley mash with pomegranate syrup and dried dates
mugs Daniel Jackson would own