#people just hate being minorly inconvenienced at fucking all

[lesbianbishounen]

i hate talking about genai bcus its fucking everywhere and even talking about that fact feels redundant but i cannot help but think about how people's arguments for why it could be good feel so indicative of how many americans think about the day to conveniences we have.

like people will say stuff like "oh wouldn't it be nice to have someone who can't draw be able to have art or voices or music for a game or other project they're working on when they're not an artist or voice actor and can't afford to pay one" and like yeah sure it would be nice. devoid of context its a fun little novelty that wouldn't hurt. it'd be a welcome convenience for them but the entire problem is what the cost comes at.

Setting aside the fact that we don't live in a world where that tech will just be used for small personal use, the stuff it comes at the cost of is the whole issue, massive water and energy consumption, people in other countries paid pennies to filter through all the horrific stuff that gets submitted to machine learning datasets. but the people touting this stuff as a great convenience that'll "democratize art" or whatever don't care about that, and it feels like the same mindset of people who refuse to boycott any company that's doing harmful shit.

Who cares if people in another country are dying, i get my convenient caffeine fix. Why should I care about the reason why I get to have out of season fruits year round, it makes things easier for me. Why would I want to take public transportation and change my behaviour, my car is easier. Why should i tolerate any level of inconvenience for the sake of another person or trying to cause less harm. Just complete and utter apathy towards what the negative effects of the things that help you are.

[olderthannetfic]

man, everyone in the summaries discussion is entertaining the faulty premise that literally anyone has an absolute right not to be upset by things on the internet. which, sorry, but you simply Do Not Have. it doesn’t exist. it’s a moot point. there is not a single person posting who has any sort of obligation to make sure that you, personally, are comfy with everything you see, except you. that’s it. you’re on the internet, which means you have actively given up your right to be made comfortable by anyone else’s actions. you curate your own spaces and that’s it.

and moreover, i’m exhausted by the use of the word squick in this context! i’ve always understood a squick to be in contrast to a trigger- one is a dangerous trauma response (still your own responsibility to manage, but i’m more inclined to be sympathetic to triggers) while the other is just an “ooh yuck, don’t like that” reaction. why the fuck should i give a shit about your squicks, random internet stranger? why should anyone? i’m sooo deeply sorry you had to be vaguely uncomfortable and minorly inconvenienced for the 5 seconds it should have taken you to realize what you were reading and scroll on. that’s so tragic for you, i’m devastated.

“i shouldn’t have to be exposed to explicit content without my consent” shut up! everyone shut up! that’s the dumbest thing i’ve ever read, it’s right there in the ao3 tos! why did you come here if you only want to see one kind of thing?? just join a mailing list or something! i see shit i hate on the internet every goddamn day, but that’s my problem for logging on in the first place. y’all are so tiring.

you do not have the right not to be triggered on the internet. you simply do not. many people are kind, and will do their best to accommodate people as best they can, and that’s a good thing! it’s good when people are kind! but they are doing that because they choose to, not because they must. no one is obligated to do that, so for the love of fuck stop acting like your rights are being violated, because you don’t have any. except the right we all have, which is to walk away when we don’t want to be there anymore. christ on a ham sandwich y’all are so dumb.

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