Brainrot😵‍💫

Reminder that Paralives is a FRESH START, so let's make sure that paywallers and early access folks know they are not welcomed. This behavior is not accepted in the vast majority of other gaming communities, they don't tolerate this behavior and we don't have to either. JUST SAY NO.

We will shape the paralives community together, so let's make it a great place to be for everyone.

ps. Here's an avenue to submit your feedback and thoughts on the topic. Reminder to approach with respect. https://www.paralives.com/gamefeedback

xoxo,

Snacks.

and it starts.... "paywalling script mods is fine because the devs only talked about steam shop mods" SIGHHHHHHH

paralives players parablr please dont let this greed be the norm complain to the devs alot so they make an official announcement not just a discord message

i mean why would the devs be okay with early access or paywalls when they very very clearly said the game will be free with no DLCs

Female rage

BLACK female rage

Child rage at abuse

Rage at domestic abuse

Stories about burn victims

Vengeance and the internal conflict that comes with it

Rage against misogyny and the violence that comes with

A "was it worth it" narrative

Good soundtracks

Greek tragedies

Kill Bill

Supporting Black women writers

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Please increase your contribution to The Sameer Project.

That usually gets overshadowed by Zuko's redemption arc, which was one of, if not, the best written redemption arc at the time.

Either that or people ignore it in favor of sexualizing him (the whole backbender thing) or just viewing him as comedic relief. But sometimes they just. Glaze him a lot, and act like he was always like that.

For Nick, Oathbound was about finding and reuniting with Bree, and Book 4 will be about doing the same with Sel because he can’t do both at the same time…..

oftentimes, it's really easy to shift the blame onto an individual without addressing the core issue. it's almost like if we shame a person enough, it'll make them learn. but that's the thing about shame, it's a short-term solution to a long-term problem. what i've come to learn is shame does not change people, it makes them resentful. i've been guilty of it and i'm not proud of it. we often forget that acquiring any knowledge, comes with making mistakes, but it's the people that have honest yet constructive conversations with you and encourage growth is how you get through it. i believe this is also what can make a community healthy rather than aiming for sole positivity

the truth is, the most we can do to impact gen ai is to educate, share resources and form movements within communities. the core issues lie within governments lack of regulation and big companies not being held accountable however that's a whole separate conversation

what i've come to recognize with gen ai in creative spaces is people fail to recognize the difference between true art and something that is generated. i realized this with swen vincke from larian studios wanting to utilize gen ai as a reference similar to google or art books. what is being forgotten is the mind is the best source of inspiration. creativity comes from you. nothing is original but it's the human experience, what you chose that resonates with you brings uniqueness to an idea. no machine will ever do that for you. it can only give you an amalgamation of choices it made for you but it isn't handcrafted by you. art is a lot of things to people, but i don't think it would be wild to say that art is what's authentic to you. it's an accumulation of your experiences, thoughts and feelings projected onto somewhere and there's beauty in vulnerability

so, all of this got me thinkin... i want to try something

a lot of the issue in ai usage in ts4 community stems from a lack of knowledge on how to edit or the desire to reach a level that takes time and effort. there was a point in time, many years ago, where it felt like i was grinding teeth to try and learn something and then a friend introduced me to using textures. and that small sliver of knowledge felt revolutionary

so i'd like to encourage everyone to post one or multiple pieces of knowledge whether it's an editing/writing tip, an editing/writing resource, a reshade/gshade preset or even a tutorial of some sort! if you're a cc creator, you're totally welcome to joining in! i know gen ai has swept into the cc spaces

some examples ft some cool simblrs:

how to add font into a photo how to draw hair storytelling tips on how to plan a story settings for sharpening finding the right angle for pictures in game psd for sharpening

if you wouldn't mind hashtaging it as "simblrsagainstai" so i can reblog it! or you can tag me as well!

my first few things i will share because they're already prepared:

a copy of ps (2) (3) (ps 2025 link provided by @/morrigan-sims) a copy of topaz clean | (this video has topaz clean and keys) - note on topaz clean and photoshop here! i'm working on finding a workaround | @/loveryss shared this download of ps that works with topaz | @/sleepingsims mentioned that topaz works with gimp as well mini tutorial on how to edit a screenshot without reshade a texture pack and tutorial my own tag of little bits of knowledge and tutorials throughout the years