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they're selling anti-ai slogans on sweatshop-produced t-shirts. i don't need to write the poem for you to get it do i

they call me the friendship fumbler

bro I love how your new girlfriend is exactly like me! but like.. she’s a she yknow.. haha! I kinda resent her for being able to spend that extra time with you, for being closer to you than our platonic binds will let us be.. but it’s ok! she’s a lot like me so, in some corner of your mind, when you make love to her.. ah, well lost my train of thought. anyways I guess I approve of her, she seems to make you happy, she seems to challenge you, so good pick! by the way, off topic but I’m in love with you and have been over the course of our entire friendship, seeing you happy with someone so close to my personality is heartbreaking because I just know that if I were born with tits we would’ve been together already. hah, but whatever! doomed by the narrative! see ya champ!

mr. substance abuser has a suggestion for how we should spend the afternoon

that's MS. substance abuser to you

sorry women sorry sorry sorry you can kick me really hard in the head

Woman who hasn't been held in a decade: oh I'm pretty low maintenance, yeah honestly I think I'd find that overwhelming or something, can I just hold your hand instead? If that's okay of course?

Woman who feels ill at the notion of taking up space: yeah I can stand. Yeah honestly it's no biggie I like standing. Do you mind if I lean here? It's okay to say no.

Woman who would rather die than be considered selfish: I'm really sorry to ask I'm probably just being annoying but could I ask for another pillow? Yeah there isn't one in the room. Yeah no worries I can just bunch up some towels if needed.

Woman who's most outlandish and fantastical fantasies are a coffee date and seeing a movie with someone: oh I don't get out much. Yeah I don't really like being around people. I'm pretty much an introvert. Or something like that yeah.

Woman who would break down screaming and crying if someone showed even a hint of affection in person, who would fall apart at the seams if you held her still and asked her if she was okay, woman who if allowed too would wrap herself around you and sob and weep until she became severely dehydrated: oh yeah sorry I spaced out for a second there. Yeah I'm doing alright.

a thing about me is i basically never notice a wig or other kind of hairpiece in tv/movies. it has to be party city territory for me to even twig it. people will complain about characters' wigs looking bad and i will nod along but there is like a 90% chance i did not notice for a second while watching. i consider this mostly a blessing.

"i ate too many cookies" is truly an ageless problem. an unlearnable lesson.

now that the world cup is out of the way can we focus on me instead

@royalfirefly

i actually don't think it's a bad faith nonequivalent argument to point out that artists are perfectly capable of holding a moral stance about what they will produce and sell when it comes to AI, but not when it comes to gambling or sweatshop labor. i can't really imagine why being righteously opposed to AI is just natural regardless of whatever hypothetical financial benefits could be gained from it, but expecting a similar stance towards extractive business practices or exploitative labor conditions is some sort of unbelievably high bar to meet. Why? Can anyone explain to me why other than pure, naked self interest from artists that AI is a more legitimate moral concern than those other two things?

does anyone else feel like we need to raise the standard for writing quality across all mediums like right now