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Antis and Exclusionists are not welcome. Do not follow me, do not interact with me, and do not attempt to discourse with me. You will be blocked on sight.
People need to understand that the point ISN’T “being single is not a failure if you’re aromantic”, the point is being single is not a failure full stop.
You can be allo and be single; it’s allowed. You feeling attraction doesn’t mean your priority NEEDS to be finding romance (it can be! But it also can not).
Being single should be normalized no matter what your romantic/sexual orientation is. It isn’t a tragedy.
[Image ID: Tweet from pea poopingirl @/PoopingIRL on 8/14/23 - i think the idea of a shady dwarven salesman selling “cheap” stuff to humans and laughing to himself like “heh it will only last one generation, those stupid idiots, how will they even pass it down to their kids” forgetting that one dwarf generation is like 4 human ones is funny. There’s a black bar at the bottom with an iFunny watermark in the corner. End ID.]
Elf ea-nasir selling mithril armor that will last no more than 1,000 years getting death threats from his fellow elves but doing numbers w/humans
Actually, I really like this idea as why elven and dwarven crafts are so good. Something that’s merely acceptable is meant to last most of one of their lifetimes. So even a mediocre dwarven craftsman will make something a human can pass down.
And you can always sell what the apprentice makes while still learning to a human, letting them know it will merely last for the rest of their life.
The elven version of IKEA could be a human family heirloom.
‘Good enough for humans’ becomes an expression for 'you’re getting there’ for an apprentice.
if nothing else at least ive made it to my big age of 31 without getting reflexively mad at people half my age coming up with new memes. getting genuinely mad about shit like “6 7” is one of the early warning signs of aging into a Republican
That said, if you have a young person in your life, you can be performatively and absurdly annoyed by the meme as a bit. Kids love being annoying and having a bit with them gives them a harmless outlet that you can then easily redirect after indulging in it for a laugh. That or if you really hate it, you can get really into it so that it seems less cool.
I am so damn pleased with the Sedgwick County Zoo media team, y’all. They just dropped a stellar blog piece on why GenAI slop videos of animals are such a problem - and how to identify them!
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a zoo or aquarium in the United States speak up broadly about AI. (The only times I can think of any comment at all has maybe individual instances when a deepfake of “their” animal escaping is circulating.) And they did a great job with this piece! It’s succinct, easy to read, and written in a way that doesn’t shame people for engaging with AI content before they knew better.
I think this is exactly the type of resource needed for sending to that family member or friend we all have - the one who isn’t aware of the slop issue and constantly sends you clearly fake videos because they’re “so cute.”
I’d love to have Sedgwick get some public positive reinforcement for taking this stance. If you’re so inclined, a comment on their FB post would be great as it’s likely they’re going to get shit for this from sloppers & co. We really do need animal organizations to stand up for accurate, real animal content and this is a great first step in that direction.
