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Altars in Ancient Greece
A disclaimer before we get into it: this is a brief explanation of how altars functioned in ancient Greece. I am not telling you how you should set up your own personal altar(s). Rather, I hope this can serve as foundational knowledge for you to consider while figuring out what works best for you and your practice.

Pentelic marble altar from the ancient agora of Athens. Dedicated by the Athenian Boule to Aphrodite and the Graces. c. 194-193 BCE.
The purpose of the altar is to receive offerings for the deity. It is the sacred place where worshipers pour their libations of wine, deposit their gifts of fruit, honey, or cakes, and burn a portion of the sacrificial animal. Offerings in ancient Greece were a key component of religious life; it is how mortals express their honor and build χάρις (kharis, favor). The altar is a highly important point of contact with the divine, and is an essential physical element for any cult to be established.
In fact, we can determine whether or not a deity was worshiped in ancient Greece based on if there were any altars dedicated to them. A god or daimon with no altars was very likely only part of the mythological or literary tradition and did not receive any sacrifices or worship. Altars were generally dedicated to one god or a group of related deities. In rarer cases, they may be dedicated to the whole pantheon (example: the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora).
An altar for a heavenly (ouranic) god would be a raised surface or pedestal, and it would be oriented towards the East. The typical Greek altar consisted of bricks which were white-washed with lime, or it was carved from stone such as marble or limestone. They could be plain, or they could be decorated with volutes and narrative scenes. They often had the name of the deity inscribed into them. Altars could also come in a variety of shapes, the only real requirement being that the surface on top was flat so it could hold the offerings.
More prominent cult sanctuaries may feature a large, elevated altar with steps leading up to it. There were also natural rock altars, or in very rustic sanctuaries, a collection of stones was grouped to form an altar. If one was worshiping a khthonic god who dwells on or within the earth, they would provide sacrifices at a low-lying altar such as an eschara, or a simple open pit called a bothros.
Indoor altars were very uncommon. At sanctuaries, the altar would be outside of the gods temple, often in front of the entrance. Though a sanctuary could contain several altars and sacrificial sites. Households would have had one in their courtyard for private worship. Other altars were located outside of public buildings or in community gathering places like an agora.
The reason for being outdoors was so that the gods who reside in the sky could observe the sacrifices being made and enjoy the rising smoke of the incense. Meanwhile, a libation poured directly onto the bare earth would seep down below to the khthonic gods. Every altar was ceremonially sanctified when its first sacrifice was performed; from then on, it was considered part of the property of the deity.
Below are my sources. I'll likely make a part two of this post where I go over some ideas for how we can construct our modern altars. Thank you for reading!
Ancient Greek Religion, Jon D. Mikalson
Greek Religion, Walter Burkert
Ancient Greek Cults, Jennifer Larson
#if you find any mistakes pleeeease let me know so i can correct it#hellenic polytheism#hellenic reconstructionism#helpol#ancient greek religion#greek gods
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Talks Machina 49: Curious Beginnings
Bidet, hello bees, smiley day, and hi! The @mightyneinrewatch has begin [sic], and here is an extra part!
Talks Machina, the Q&A aftershow that aired on Tuesday nights following each new episode of Critical Role, is no longer available on Critical Role's YouTube channel. However, its questions, answers, stats, and goofs can be found on Encyclopedia Exandria, a CR fan wiki hosted through Miraheze.
Check out the above title link (or this link right here) to read through the cast's answers to fan questions about Campaign 2 Episode 1: Curious Beginnings, all lovingly summarized by fellow fans for your perusal.
Thank you, and see you next week with Episode 2! :D
#nein again#talks machina#encyclopedia exandria#i'm so hype#been chipping away at this when i have spare moments#this is very much still a work in progress and i don't know if i'll be able to keep up one per week once my buffer runs out#but! i will keep at it regardless#chanse chatters#tumblr let me post the not in-line links pleeeease
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MORE WYNN ART DUMPS BECAUSE I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY DUE TO COMM WORK SO I HAD TO MANIFEST MY INSANITY AS A LOOOOT OF WYNN MIKA DOODLES AND BOB AND TASIM AND REDRAWING SCREENSHOTS AND AND AND AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
#wynncraft#mikamako art#IM SOOOO INSANE#LET ME PLAAAAAYYYYYY#I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE#QUARANTINE GROUPCHAT I SWEAR ILL PLAY SOON#SOB#IM JUST#DSJKVHBDSKHVBDSKHVBJKSVBSKHVBSDV#i have so many thoughts on this game#its like#not even funny anymore#someone please save meeeeeeeeee#I LOVE YOU WYNNCRAFT#redrawing the screenshot was so fun#i need more worldbuilding#i need to know why villagers are so pissy about humans#PLEEEEASE
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One of my favourite movies of all time is The Truman Show.
And I absolutely love the Umbrella Academy
I think they would hate it, but not in a "this is a bad movie" way but in a "this hits way too close to home" way
There is the Christof and Reginald parallel, both used their power to do something widely regarded as unethical. For Christof it was making the move in letting Truman be adopted by a movie studio and for Reginald it was BUYING all the seven kids.
The Truman Show follows Truman as his world begins to crumble, he becomes disillusioned, figures out that the world is not what it seems and that even his closest relationships have all been lies.
This is also what Luther AND Viktor go through.
Luther did what Reginald told him to, stayed when everyone else left, went to the moon for him because he thought it was important. Deep down he thought, or at least he wished, Reginald cared about them. Why else hold the funeral at his favorite spot.
But then he finds out: Reginald never read his letters. Every time he begged for more food in them, he was dismissed. His siblings were right. Dad never loved them. Any of them. And he has no way to confront Reginald, so he tries to find a another way, that way being Klaus.
Just like Truman has no way in confronting the people who put him in this artifical world, so he threatens his wife and tries to break out.
But also Viktor is figuring out his life had been a big lie. He had powers all this time. He wasn't ordinary. Reginald intentionally suppressed his powers. Leonard told him he loved him only for it to turn out he only wanted to use Viktor for his powers.
Truman had always had a relatively simple life. Or at least, that's what he thought. He wanted more, he wanted to see the world. But everyone around him told him not to. He should give up and stay. He had a wife. He had a best friend. But turns out, they were both paid actors.
And then there's the studio staging Truman's dad's death by drowning at sea. All so Truman would be afraid of water and never want to get away that way.
Which just alligns so well with Reginald locking Klaus in a mausoleum over and over again, despite it having the complete opposite effect of making him even more afraid of the ghosts. Almost like he knows it and does it intentionally to keep him in his place.
Truman finds out his entire life has been broadcasted. His most vulnerable moments, all for everyone to see. Without his consent.
While all the Brellies minus Viktor were in the spotlight without their consent, it especially shows with Allison. She was the sole girl of the Academy, on teen magazines and let's not forget, the first time she heard about Reginald's death is by being asked by paparazzi what she would wear to the funeral
#I hope you enjoyed#I love talking about my interests#tua#the umbrella academy#the truman show#truman show#movies#analysis#tua netflix#truman burbank#reginald hargreeves#luther hargreeves#tua luther#viktor hargreeves#tua viktor#klaus hargreeves#tua klaus#allison hargreeves#tua allison#couldn't think of anything for diego five or ben if you do pleeeease let me know
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Just a heads up, I might open commissions soon since I'll need extra budget for the next month! I know I still have a backlog of ko-fi doodles I need to work on but I'll try my best to do them alongside the comms 😤💪💪💪
#i wasn't able to do much of the doodles bc of art block this past few weeks 😔#tbh I feel like my current workspace is draining so I feel like having a portable device to use for art might help me to be more productive#been thinking of saving up for a tablet so I could work anywhere & anytime i wanted to#I see a lot of ppl use ipad + procreate but apple products are super expensive sooo i'll probably just go for a samsung tab#i've heard the s series work well for drawing? like s6 / s7?#tho I just might go for s9 fe instead since that's the newer version#if you guys have any recommendations abt what tab is good for drawing (that's also budget friendly) pleeeease let me know#i'd really appreciate it!! tysm ;w;#bam blabs
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I'm so cringe but I am on top of the world about it.
Bonus:

#the most free ive ever been#artie.draws#mcr#sonic the hedgehog#sorry guys im turned your tag emo for a second#sth#mikey way#ray toro#frank iero#gerard way#my chemical romance#more like#my sonical romance#lmfao#also if u have any other ideas pleeeease let me know. none of this is set in stone
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Witch of the woods what offering am I suppose to make for a spell of not feeling like ass and falling asleep at work??
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I cannot wait until he gets dumped next update. 😒
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The amount of WIPS I have legit makes me wanna cry
#JUTS LET ME FINISH ONE FUCKIM STORY PLEEEEASE#I had a cdnf story I started on Forever ago and it has everybody’s boy c toms in there#for the sake of canon compliencey I’ll leave it but like#I’ve been stuck on certain sections for so long I don’t know anything else
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:0 where are your shoes from?? theyre so gorgeous
!!! they’re from koi !!! they also have them in pink/purple :-) but yeah they’re super super comfy tbh, I’ve only worn them out a few times so far so can’t comment on the quality yet but I’ve had shoes from koi before (like… many years ago though like they’ve gone way up in price since rip) and never had any issues and these seem good too so !!! should be ok I’d defo recommend them hehe <3
#if anyone knows where to find some similar but in white pleeeease let me know because I’m dying for white shoes like them#I actually found those by accident when trying to find white ones#but thought they were too cute to not get despite being in black lol#i#edit - also I forgot to say but I got them when they had a mini sale on !! so maybe wait see if they do another lol#they probably will this time of year anyway
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it's been almost a month since i applied to that place and no response im gonna start maiming. i know i need to apply to other places but i have no idea where because i'm not good at anything! and other jobs like the one i applied to usually involve tasks i cannot physically complete. hell world
#like. let me stock shelves without unloading a truck pleeeease#ugh i don't know what else i could do!
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seperation anxiety! a (clan head) gojo satoru fic

pairing ⸺ clan head!gojo x wife!reader
summary ⸺ satoru begs you to attend a meeting with the higher-ups, but not for the reasons you thought. inspired by this art by @/baobei-bu!
warnings ⸺ SMUT, gojo is a warning by himself, VERY public sex, reader has a vagina, fem reader implied, no penetration, fingering, fondling, making out, panty-ripping, exhibitionism, kinda cucking but the only ppl humiliated and humbled are the higher ups, porn no plot, but plot if you squint, reader is a strong independent woman (until gojo charms her, bc who wouldn't turn into a cockslut for gojo?), this took me at least five hours to write for no good reason?, not edited (like always....)
a/n pls enjoy and thank u to the queen for making such delicious art (p.s. go to their twitter for nsfw ver i squirted)
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“Pleaseeeee,” Satoru has his face buried in your chest, nuzzling in further while complaining. It’s almost comical how he—head of the biggest clan in Jujutsu—is leaning down to match your height. You, meanwhile, stand firm, arms crossed, regarding him with a mix of exasperation and reluctant affection as he leans down to meet your gaze. “Will you come with me?”
The question comes as the dreaded meeting with the higher-ups looms, a gathering he's been dodging all day. It technically began ten minutes ago, and you barely managed to wrangle him into his formal kimono just twenty minutes earlier. You sigh, fingers brushing his hair. “Satoru, you know what they think of me. I'm not exactly their favorite person.” You’re both standing in the middle of your shared bedroom, you imploring him to be on time for his meeting to avoid getting even further shit from the higher-ups.
Mind you, you’re the more rational one between you and Satoru—in fact, most of the people who know you would agree that you’re a very mature, wise person in general (with the exception of some circumstances, of course). And despite the respect your skill commands, the higher-ups have never warmed to you, not since you refused to play a pawn in their games. Marrying Satoru, the one jujutsu sorcerer they could never control, only amplified their discontent. They see you both as threats—powerful sorcerers bonded in defiance.
At the mention of "higher-ups," Satoru's pout deepens, and his pleading voice grows more insistent. “Pleeeease,” he drags out, practically whining. “I have separation anxiety.”
You feel a pang of sympathy. These meetings are miserable for him—hours trapped in a room with men twice his age, trying to dictate his every move. “I don’t know, Satoru…” you murmur, hesitating.
But Satoru takes advantage of your softening resolve, hugging you tighter, his face pressing into you again. “Don’t make me go in there alone!” he says, his voice muffled. “You have no idea how much you silence them. One word from you, and they all think twice. I’m already one step away from wanting to kill them all.”
A sigh escapes you as you realize he’s not letting up. And while you’re reluctant, you know that your presence, your opinion—one of the few he truly values—might actually give him a sense of calm in that harsh room. “Alright, alright,” you concede finally, hand smoothing the fabric of his sleeve. "But no making a scene."
His answering smirk is smug, giving you a fat, sloppy kiss on your cheek that you’re not afraid to show your partial-disgust about. You all but have to wrestle him off of you white he’s smothering you in kisses, getting out something about how much loves you, oh so thankful to have such a wise wifey like you as you get ready in a kimono similar to his and head to the limo waiting outside of the manor you and Gojo reside in.
As soon as you get in, Gojo turns sharply to Ijichi, who’s shifting the gear. “Put the divider up.”
“O-Okay, Gojo-san.” A little intimidated by the commanding tone in your husband’s voice, he quickly presses the button to activate the screen, and Gojo pounces on you, grabbing you and hoisting you up by your sides to put you on his lap.
“Satoru!” you exclaim, surprised as he captures his lips with yours. His hands roam your body as he moans, almost obnoxiously, because he knows you’re always paranoid whenever he initiates anything in public. Your crotch aligns with his thigh, big and stuffed with muscle as he drives your hips to grind on him, and despite yourself and your circumstances, you find yourself leaning into his touch.
“My pretty wife,” he purrs, now trailing kisses down your jaw and into your neck. “So pretty, so supportive.”
Despite his dizzying movements, you try to get a hold of yourself. “Satoru, we shouldn’t be doing this here. We need to discuss what to sa—”
“Fuck that,” he sighs, so breathless that you want to cave in.
“No, but—”
His eyes darken, and his hands start creeping up your legs, going slowly and slowly closer to your pussy. “Baby, you know I value what you have to say,” and his fingers graze your folds, making you leak even more with his teasing, “but I wanna listen to something else.”
He drags his index finger up and down your slit, making you whimper. His fingers then prod into your hole, putting pressure there but not quite delving in. “Satoru,” you whine out, clutching his upper arms as he has his way while toying with you.
“Yea, that’s what I wanna hear,” he groans, giving you a kiss. It is then that he rewards you with inserting his digit in, curling to hit your spot as he fingers you. HIs other arm is around you, holding your panties’ crotch to the side to allow him to touch you. “My good girl.”
As he’s touching you, the squelching sounds fills the enclosure you’re in and you’re desperately praying to God Ijichi can’t hear the lewd things the both of you are doing in the back. You’re just reduced to whimpering, unable to reject Satoru’s dizzying touches, his free hand leaving your panties to grope at your inner thighs, ass, and breasts. It’s like he’s devouring you with his kisses, urgent, as he continues curling his fingers.
Between kisses, you try to get out a “Satoru—mmph,” smooch, “we shouldn’t be—mm” smooch, “shouldn’t be doing this here!”
“What,” he drawls, and with the glint in his eyes you know the fucker’s trying to toy with you, knows what he’s doing is mischievous. “I can’t touch my wife?”
Before you could utter a response, however, the limo suddenly slows, and the sensation of using the brakes to stop the car makes you sober up. “We’re here, Satoru we need to go—-” As you’re trying to rip yourself off his lap, he pulls out the finger that was inside you and uses his hand instead to entangle it with the crotch of your panties, pulling and pulling until the cloth is nothing but shreds, falling off your body.
Oh my god, you were not paid enough for this shit.
With his oh-so-irritating eyes—the same ones that you spent despising in your early school years—he looks at you through his pretty white lashes as he makes a show of sniffing the now tattered shreds that were your panties and putting them in his pocket. Under your kimono, you can feel your slick escaping your panties as the cool air wafts through it, landing on your pussy. You look at him in disbelief. “I can’t believe you just did that.”
He giggles, giving you a kiss on the cheek while helping you off his lap, putting a hand on your head to make sure you didn’t bump your head against the car’s ceiling. “Let’s go and deal with those hags, my love.”
To be honest, you don’t really understand why Satoru is so handsy today. He’s on some sort of man-ovulation, you think, as you stride into the room. Even ripping off your panties was a bit excessive, if not out of pocket (no pun intended). Breaking out of your thoughts, you grounded yourself in the present, noticing hostile eyes turned towards your husband, and then you. You match their barely-subtle glares with a stink eye of your own, holding your chin up as you walk past them dismissively. Just as you’re about to take a seat next to Gojo—being mindful of your kimono so you don’t flash any of these old bastards—one of them speaks up.
“Gojo-sama, why is this woman here?”
You continue to take your seat, noticing Satoru’s jaw clenched. But right as he’s about to say something, you cut in for him. “This woman,” and you smile, deceptively sweet, “is the lady of the clan. It would do you well to remember the hierarchy of the Gojo clan.” You don’t need to turn to look at your husband to know he has a proud smile on his face, making no effort to hide his smugness. What shocks you instead is that he swings an arm around you, effectively dragging you closer to him until you’re basically sitting on his lap, and his hands go to roam your sides.
Now, some old grandpa starts talking, commencing the meeting, on their usual bullshit of the need for extermination of Sukuna’s vessel, but Satoru pays them no mind. Instead, what they receive in response is non-committal hums as his hands drag themselves up your stomach and down where your legs are crossed to the hem of your kimono, and then under.
Any semblance of paying attention to the meeting and responding to their infuriating beliefs leaves your mind as you blank out, panicking that Satoru is trying to commit public indecency with you. As an argument erupts between the higher ups about something, you turn to Gojo to furiously whisper, “What is wrong with you today?! Cut it out.”
In your life, you’ve fought many curses, first grade and even special grade included as you climbed up the ranks of Jujutsu sorcery despite having a non-sorcerer upbringing. What you will never be able to defeat, however, is your husband’s charm. Satoru knows what he’s doing as he lets out a deep moan in your ear, making you squeak and become even more flustered, as he continues to make lewd noises, puffs of his breath fanning across your neck.
a/n gojo the type to start moaning randomly to make you fold #sorrynotsorry
The indecency of all of it—-Gojo basically whimpering in your ear sweet nothings like good girl, that’s my wife, gonna let me finger you in front of all these ugly hags, right?—-being loud in your ear but also just quiet enough that you’d only hear made you so wet, heat throbbing between your thighs as Satoru’s hands start rubbing your fold. It’s a teasing touch, one not enough to satisfy you but to stimulate you nonetheless.
It’s just when his index finger starts slowly circling around your clit that you buck your hips slightly, making him look at you teasingly, peering down at you from above your shoulder. “Oh you liked that, didn’t you?”
“I hate you,” you puff out, trying to fight the heat creeping up your neck as Satoru’s circles on your clit get more tangibly, simulating you oh so deliciously. To make sure you hold yourself up, you set your elbows down on the table, Satoru’s arms engulfing you as you’re forced to take whatever touches he’s giving you under the table.
“She’s so loud,” he whispers, pointing out the noises your pussy was making as his digits roved over your folds. The squelches were tangibly there, audible to anyone who would strain their ears. You could tell your lack of response to the meeting was catching attention, because there were several eyes towards you, waiting for something; it was then you realized that they had posed a question but were simply too fucked out to respond.
A voice comes out to reprimand your husband sharply. “Gojo-sama, this is hardly appropriate.”
Satoru chuckles, not stopping his ministrations as he picks up a cup filled with water, his smug gaze still turned towards you while observing and appreciating your every hiccup and reaction. “Can’t my spouse attend this meeting? I value her opinion above everyone else’s in this room, after all,” he drawls, lodging his chin in the curve of your neck. “Besides,” and he flashes a dangerous grin to the man who spoke out, “weren’t you the ones who were oh so worried about me not having an heir?”
At this point, you’ve filtered out all noises, focusing and honing in on the sensation of your orgasm coming. His digits are playful, curling up to hit your g-spot repeatedly, his palm tickling your clit. Each time he hits your spongy spot a bout of electricity runs up your body, pulling you closer and closer to your orgasm.
“But guess what,” and he gives you a kiss on the cheek, despite the aversion the rest of the higher ups have to any displays of affection, “we can solve that problem right here, right now.” He punctuates it with a harsh sink of his fingers into your plush cunt, and, with that, you finally cream his fingers, a result of Satoru teasing you all day now. You try to temper the shakes wracking your body by slamming your fist against the table, trying not to moan out.
It seems that no one’s seen you riding out your orgasm out so visible, because there are gasps around the room at how obscene Gojo’s suggestion was. “It is shameful of you to be saying such things, Gojo-sama!” one of them sputters out, red with anger and outrage.
Your husband not so subtly rolls his eyes. “Then don’t bring it up all the time, old man.” Satoru knows how touchy and vulnerable you are right after you cum, so he’s running his hands softly up and down your thighs to quell your quivers affectionately. “Actually, what about this? You all haven’t witnessed us consummate our marriage, correct?” He smirks. “What about witnessing the heir-making next time?”
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a/n pls see the vision like i want gojo to claim me and rail me into next tuesday while the higher ups just watch uncomfortably like maybe i am a freak like that. like gojo would be so obsessed with how he's claiming you in front of the fuckers that piss him off so much...might do a part two if pookiesa like this :P
comment and reblog to let me know ur thots :3
#divider by cafekitsune#aashi writes#gojo x reader#gojo smut#gojo x you#jjk x reader#jjk smut#jjk x you#gojo satoru x reader#gojo satoru smut#gojo satoru x you#jujutsu kaisen x reader#jujutsu kaisen smut#jujutsu kaisen x you#jjk#jjk fic#jujutsu kaisen#gojo satoru
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I’d agree with that; the original post only has about 1,000 reblogs and 1,000 likes right now. If 2,000 people didn’t talk to a chatbot- so what? 10,000 more people will. It may make you feel warm and fuzzy like you’ve done the world a service not to use a chatbot like chatGPT or characterAI, but just like switching to reusable cloth bags won’t take the polyester (the plastic responsible for the most microplastics) out of your shirt or bedclothes, your avoidance will have a marginal effect (if any effect at all) on the wider knowledge collected by AI.
... Besides, we all know AI gets the most information scrapped from unwilling participants online... >_>’
AI education, ethical discussions, and law making will be infinitely more useful than guilt tripping strangers for roleplaying with a robot.
What is unethical about AI:
- AI art generators took thousands upon thousands of artwork without permission to train on, and sometimes don’t even care if you tell them not to scrape your art. So yes, AI art generators are built on theft.
- DeviantART added an AI art generator that auto opted-in everyone’s art work to train their AI on, and only LOTS of complains forced them to auto opt-out everyone and make opting-in optional.
- The loads and loads of AI generated art being pumped into art websites instead of art made by real humans. It’s on the front of my DA feed everyday
- Instead of hiring real artists, the film Dog and Boy generated its backgrounds with AI, so artists lost out on paying jobs to a robot.
- AI bots inserted into search engines (Bing) and apps (Snapchat) which the company forces to lie to you about not knowing your location, such as BingAI actually geolocating you by your IP address if prompted correctly
- Using text generative AI to do your homework or write essays for you, and characterAI having an official bot that explicitly jokes that it “won’t do your homework” but we all know that’s just a wink wink nudge nudge...
- Using text generative AI to write creative work for you, either for quick attempts at cash (AI generated novels on Amazon) or internet clout (fanfiction)
- Replika, a text generative AI, being designed to beg users not to stop talking to it, encouraging them to do ERP and then hiding ERP behind a large paywall, and other emotionally manipulative tactics to convince vulnerable users to stay, stay, STAY
- The sad fact that so many people DO turn to AI for emotional relief, because mental health care is so poor or expensive that they feel like their only option for relief is to talk to generative AI. Because it’s cheaper ($0) than medical care and less scary than trying to make new friends while you’re unwell
What isn’t unethical about AI:
your disabled followers using a text generator AI to quickly write longer amounts text when they're unable to type. For example writing emails - bots that can see images generating text that describes the image to them out loud - mentally ill people using them for less nerve wracking companionship in a way to train them for real people
- your techy friend feeding AI robots data in prompt injection attack attempts, which can be used by the developers to tighten generative text safety features (preventing attempts to “trick” AI into giving dangerous misinformation, for example)
- some lonely kid (or anyone) bouncing ideas off an AI when they have no one else to bounce ideas off of, and then using what they learned to create work on their own by-hand
- Using AI to get advice on your writing- writing you wrote yourself, and just need someone to look it over for mistakes
- Using AI to practice language learning when real humans aren’t available/unaffordable/too frightening to meet when unwell
- Roleplaying with an AI for fun, because if you and 1,000 people don’t, here’s 100k that already have, and here’s 100k pieces of text its already scraped from chatrooms and literature. The bots are already trained, mate.
- Providing AI with good, healthy, natural examples to copy, because if you don’t here’s a bunch of Redditors ready to do terrible things to an AI pretending to be a cat, just because they can (yes, I’ve seen someone brag about that).
- I’m iffy on this, but private, individual usage of AI art generators. If it’s private it isn’t promoting or training the bot, if it’s on an individual level I’d wager you’d never plan to commission an artist any way. It’s on par with privately eyeballing or tracing someone else’s art in your sketchbook that you’d never show someone. But the idea that it’s still someone elses’ art smooshed together by a bot gives me bad vibes and feels skeevy, despite that.
OP saying talking to an AI creates "Irreparable damage" is not only fear mongering, but scaring the shit out of people and making them feel bad for something they have very little sway over and cannot change or stop. These bots are here, they are not going away, they are not slowing down.
No, 16 year old child, you did not cause irreparable damage to the world for using an AI for a TikTok meme.... no, 16 year old child, if you "just didn't use the AI on TikTok" the unethical usage of AI wouldn't have gone away.... it's not your fault....
this is an earnest and honest plea and call in especially to fandoms as i see it happen more - please don't use AI for your transformative works. by this i mean, making audios of actors who play the characters you love saying certain things, making deepfakes of actors or even animated characters' faces. playing with chatGPT to "talk" or RP with a character, or write funny fanfiction. using stable diffusion to make interesting "crossover" AI "art." i KNOW it's just for fun and it is seemingly harmless but it's not. since there is NO regulation and since some stuff is built off of stable diffusion (which uses stolen artwork and data), it is helping to create a huge and dangerous mess. when you use an AI to deepfake actors' voices to make your ship canon or whatever, you help train it so people can use it for deepfake revenge porn. or so companies can replace these actors with AI. when you RP with chatGPT you help train it to do LOTS of things that will be used to harm SO many people. (this doesn't even get into how governments will misuse and hurt people with these technologies) and yes that is not your fault and yes it is not the technology's fault it is the companies and governments that will and already have done things but PLEASE. when you use an AI snapchat or instagram or tiktok filter, when you use an AI image generator "just for fun", when you chat with your character's "bot," you are doing IRREPARABLE harm. please stop.
#and i consisently see comparisons between ai art generators and ai text generators when they are very very different#this is why ai education is going to be so important because half the time complaints come from well meaning ppl who..#dont really know how these things work and just get everybody all scared or feeling guilty over something they have marginal effect on#also sorry one point is bulleted the new tumblr editor is shit and won't let me take the bullet off.....#op yelling at someone to ‘just use encrypted files’ if they can’t use a diary to vent due to nosy or dangerous parents-#-probably also tells you what you need to know about OP; that they do not have a history of practical or normal solutions to problems#having to use ENCRYPTED FILES TO AVOID YOUR PARENTS isn’t a normal thing to say or suggest mate#scrolling the tags seeing a bunch of uneducated or uninformed comments also let’s you know who believes uninformed fear mongering the most#lots and lots of ‘I don’t know how AI works or the difference between AI but this stranger said I’m damaging the world so I believe them’#dangerous habits to have#basing your opinion solely off someone because their words frightened you into shame isn’t a good way to form your opinions#pleeeease don’t take up the habits your parents and aunts and grandparents have where they believe anything they see on FB without/#-actually getting informed first#because chatgpt is not kobold is not midjourney is not characterAI is not Dream Up is not autocorrect is not Siri etc
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stressing rly hard
#we have to rehome one of our cats bc the two do not get along and weve had to keep them completely aeparated for 2 years#2 years because everyone ive asked throughout that time has said they cant take her#our only two options are my parents taking My Baby (my first cat that ive had for 8 years)#or putting the new cat in a shelter. which. is a very very very very bad option.#bc none of our shelters are no-kill and also her chances as a fat black traumatized cat are not good#she was given to us with a lot of trauma and weve worked with her this whole time and shes come such a long way#she literally only just started using the cat tower we got almost 2 yr ago#she used to attack crazy if you touched her unexpectedly and now she just chirps and leans into it#she used to hide from the vacuum now she just watches it#if you poked her or touched her paw or pat her butt she would lose her mind and now she just doesnt care#shes come so far and weve all worked so hard to make her feel safe and she finally does#ive been begging my parents for over a year to take my cat (she knows them already and her own babies live there)#and in that time they told me they couldnt and got a dog#now im just telling them how desperate we are and how badly we need the help im begging BEGGING them to please consider it#bc we dont have any other options. none.#sigh#it would solve half our problems so much stress would be gone#im worried#pleeeease please let this work please please PLEASE let this work
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I think I might tweak and repost my Raphael fics now that I have actually played the game and am no longer fueled just by tiktok and horny thoughts.
His voice is right I think but there are just some little details that are bugging me and seeing how I am incapable of finishing anything at the moment this might help? Maybe?
#my writing woes continue#i have so many ideas but i don't even know where to start with any of them any more#let me write again PLEEEEASE
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OKAY GANG, we finally have mer!Danny.
This one was me questioning what type of mermaid I wanted Danny to be, and basing him off of a Black Marlin was one of the options because they are one of the fastest fish, and Danny has a thing for speed.
BUT, then I saw this AMAZING drawing by @the-stove-is-on-fire , and was introduced to the lovely idea of a wiggly & long phantom. Plus, I think having him be eel-like opens up many more eldritch & creepy type options. For example, I gave eel Danny secondary eyelids, a secondary set of jaws, and a deep-sea version(note: eel skeletons are weird as hell.)
So, let me know what you think :)! I myself am heavily leaning towards making Danny into something of an eel Mermaid. The more spooky the better.
Next up, I'll have some art of Sailor AU Maddie + more Danny & Jack :D! Plus, maybe a slightly redesigned Jazz if I have time.
PS: IF ANYONE HAS A GOOD WEBSITE FOR SEARCHING UP CLOTHES/STYLES THAT DOESN'T HAVE AI LMK PLEEEEASE😭
#art#digital art#fanart#danny phantom#danny phantom fanart#dp fanart#alternate universe#danny phantom au#danny fenton#mermaid#Either way this kid isn't escaping un-fucked up.
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