Icytrees

Escalating when someone slights you can certainly have no parallels to current events, no sir.

It shows you generally being a dick to people you disagree with. One line even said "scums like you should be iced."

I'm gonna side with the other guy here. You know we can see the modlog right? All I gotta say is wow.

...when you’re in an echo chamber all the weird misinformation and emotion-driven politics are coming from inside the house.

I love this and I'm stealing it.

I used to get a lot more freelance writing and design gigs before AI. It was great under the table money because, at times, I recieve partial support for my disability, and they deduct from my monthly funds if I make money. It's not enough to live on to begin with, so I relied on side gigs for any savings at all.

Now? I get none. Former clients have outright told me it's just cheaper to use AI or Canva or whatever. I have friends with similar stories, so I wonder just how much of the unseen labor market was affected by this.

I don't blame AI. It's a neat technology and there's nothing inherently wrong with. I blame capitalism for stealing from artists, building unsustainably, and for creating a world where people have to worry about lost funds from designing bullshit web graphics and business cards instead of having the time, money and bandwidth to follow our passions.