if the art is being scraped for AI training either way, why does it matter that Tumblr starts taking money for it? it changes literally nothing except that the site might survive a bit longer with the additional funding to combat how much money it's still loosing.
Because it’s not a logistical question it’s an ethical one. Partnering with a generative AI company which openly steals art and uses it to put the same people it steals from out of jobs is an ethical issue. “Scraping is going to happen anyways so let tumblr make money off of it!” And tell me why I should stick around for it? Why support a website that does not fight for us, but shakes hands with those who exploit us? Does tumblr, a corporation, need this money more than my mom who hasn’t had illustration work in months? Do they need it more than all of my visdev friends struggling to find jobs? I’m amazed that you’ll shill for tumblr as a company yet come into the ask box of one of many people that actually creates things you like and tell me to roll over and get exploited for their profit. Tell me why you like tumblr. Just for staff posts? Or for the artists and writers who provide endless entertainment for you everyday? I’m sorry for having the barest amount of conviction in taking down/ not posting art here anymore, but mine and my friend’s livelihoods are more important to me than tumblr’s profit margins.
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aoughhhh argenti quest...how to be the most capable but cringefail at the same time? Hes the master at them simultaneously.
the way he rlly wanted to see wubbaboo 🥺
and i find his relationship with velite very...interesting. during the whole quest it felt like smth happened between them (?) Im not sure how to describe it. The thing abt hsr is time is only convenient to the story. Weeks will pass and the reader wont be informed. Exactly how many days were we in the sting or wtv it was? Definitely more than one day. I might have thought otherwise if velite was not part of the quest, but his behavior says more time has passed. He starts with annoyance than near the end feels affection towards Argenti. He talks as if they have gotten a lot closer over the course of the quest, which further soldified my thoughts. How much time passed from the events of the quest and Argenti's mssgs? Obviously quite a bit since Velite changed careers during this time and how Argenti helped.
Overall the quest was pretty cool, but it would've been so much better if they just added a scene like "___ days later..." or smth like that. Or "the next day". The timing kinda threw me off since it didnt take very long but felt as it should have.
But what himeko said at the end kinda made me sad for argenti. He's essentially looking for something that can't be found. Or maybe idrila can idk how aeons work.
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treat this as an invitation to talk/gush about till/rammstein in general, because i've had a long week and terrible luck with tumblr and i need some wholesomeness :3
(btw, it's me medoh, my new blog got terminated accidentally and i'm waiting to get it back this is a backup 😭)
Hello, medoh! 😊
Oh, I'm sorry Tumblr is being a little shit and you still haven't been able to solve your troubles with it. Hope things are getting better, though!
Also sorry this took me a while to answer but, honestly, you gave me an impossible task here! 😬 I had no idea where to take this, because I'm a slightly anxious person, with poor skills for summarizing my thoughts, hence one (or both) of two things happen If I'm left unsupervised like this: a) won't know were to start; b) won't be able to shut up. 😅
But I will try my best! 🤘🏻 From all the things I could have picked from, because there's a lot, I chose to talk about (one part of) their weirdness.
These are men who gave us photoshoots as follows and managed to look great in all of them (also, thank you to the photographers who shared the vision).
I mean...
Look at them...
If these aren't the coolest bunch of losers you've ever seen, I'm not sure who are. 🤷🏻♀️
Also the men (and woman. My Queen 🙇🏻) who went crawling their way through the streets of Berlin...
(And thank the sweet gods of kink they did 🖤)
They're the ones who got oily, almost naked (or, at some point, completely), with a bunch of other guys and left an entire fan base guessing (and learning screencaping skills, because of science).
[Let's not forget this guy...weird scale through the roof]
And there's that time when some of them were birthed on stage, coming out from a giant uterus/womb. Good times...
People say they're mean, dirty, bad(ass) German men, but, deep down, they're just a bunch of dorks, who enjoy dancing and having a good time.
[Side note: that last Richard gif goes along with any song]
I could continue, but Tumblr, fortunately, has an image limit for post or I wouldn't shut up. In conclusion, they're my 6 favourite weirdos and I'm here to embrace it all.
Thank you for your ask! I really enjoy rammbling about them. I'm not sure if this is what you were expecting, but, still, I hope it made you feel a bit better. 🖤
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