cloudskater

Ooo thank you very much! I don't use Steam but I'll for sure give this a go.

It's really interesting that some autistic people are "I can't understand body language at all" and some are "I understand and perceive every little twitch of the eyebrow so thoroughly that I catch things other people never could". I say this as somebody who doesn't know if they're autistic or not, but has many friends who are on the spectrum, is in a poly relationship with two people who absolutely are, and find the differences between how all these things affect them fascinating.

But I don't have autism. Nope. That's not me. ADHD as hell but I can't be autistic, I'm obsessed with physical contact and I love vegetables! lmao

Thank you, comrade~ It's funny, I actually called it "political art" bc I thought being a furry on Piefed (especially the big trans/queer instance) almost implied that from the get-go, but I get how the title could drive people away.

And thank you, I'll be sure to check them out! I like other art styles, of course, and I'll be happy just to have more artists to follow X3

That's true, people can grow and change. Heck, I used CharacterAI for a very, very brief period when I was lying to myself about it's impact on not just the world and artists but myself too. I quickly realized I couldn't defend it, and I didn't like how it was affecting me personally either so I quickly got rid of it. Been strongly anti-"AI" ever since.

HOWEVER, I also think it is worth criticizing those who are only giving it up now, because that's absurd. We've all know for ages that this stuff is horrible for everybody and everything an disrespectful to artists, and it doesn't even take much thinking to come to that conclusion on your own. If this is the tipping point that makes someone give up "AI", I still consider them a fucking idiot. I'm just glad their stupidity is harming everyone else a bit less now.

I cannot believe this is what it took for a boycott to go more mainstream. Tell me more about how so many people have no respect for the environment or the artists who's work they gleefully consume.