ok, i've gotta branch off the current ai disc horse a little bit because i saw this trash-fire of a comment in the reblogs of that one post that's going around
[reblog by user makiruz (i don't feel bad for putting this asshole on blast) that reads "So here's the thing: every Diane Duane book that I have is stolen, I downloaded it illegally from the Internet; and I am not sorry, I am a thief of books and I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, ideas are not property, they should be free to be used by anyone as they were before the invention of capitalism; for that reason I don't believe it's wrong to use books to train AI models"]
this is asshole behavior. if you do this and if you believe this, you are a Bad Person full stop.
"Capitalism" as an idea is more recent than commerce, and i am So Goddamn Tired of chuds using the language of leftism to justify their shitty behavior. and that's what this is.
like, we live in a society tm
if you like books but you don't have the means to pay for them, the library exists! libraries support authors! you know what doesn't support authors? stealing their books! because if those books don't sell, then you won't get more books from that author and/or the existing books will go out of print! because we live under capitalism.
and like, even leaving aside the capitalism thing, how much of a fucking piece of literal shit do you have to be to believe that you deserve art, that you deserve someone else's labor, but that they don't deserve to be able to live? to feed and clothe themselves? sure, ok, ideas aren't property, and you can't copyright an idea, but you absolutely can copyright the Specific Execution of an idea.
so makiruz, if you're reading this, or if you think like this user does, i hope you shit yourself during a job interview. like explosively. i hope you step on a lego when you get up to pee in the middle of the night. i hope you never get to read another book in your whole miserable goddamn life until you disabuse yourself of the idea that artists are "idea landlords" or whatever the fuck other cancerous ideas you've convinced yourself are true to justify your abhorrent behavior.
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I know that, for me, when some guy yells "show me your tits!!" out the window of his car, and the girl he yelled at pipes back "fuck off and die!" I RUN up to the girl and I'm like WHOA THAT WAS FUCKED UP, and when she goes "I know. assholes" I'm like no, the thing YOU said!! That is NOT appropriate language. What if one of those guys was sad! He might drive off a cliff now!
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One time when I worked at a college, I had a big team meeting and the only open chair was at the door with my back to it. I took the seat but felt really anxious.
Then, halfway through the meeting, someone put their hand on my shoulder and started talking right next to my ear.
They had come in the door without me hearing.
I dissociated. I don't remember what they said. I said something, and they left.
I felt like I was out of my body. Next to me, a coworker quietly whispered, "You can leave if you want."
I hadn't realized I was waiting for permission.
But I got up, went down the hall to the single-stall bathroom, shut the door, and burst into tears. I cried for awhile, took some deep breaths, and then re-joined the meeting.
I was 34 years old.
Years later, I think about her whisper when I am Not Okay. I remember her, and I tell myself, "You can leave if you want."
We don't always have someone to tell us that, or know how to tell ourselves. So this is me saying it, in case anyone reading this needs to hear: You can leave if you want.
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Help girl i want the fit of red son in @pittdpeaches Step, Two, Three
[Hope this drawing does it justice- i don't like using ibispaint for more detailed pieces (there's like NO pen presure on that bich)😪]
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