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As much as I dislike Twitter, and frankly most other socmeds at the moment, I'm very scared watching how quickly it's declining, how quickly everyone's engagement is dying. I understand where people are coming from when they say not to put all your eggs in one basket, to branch out and post elsewhere, but people do understand how difficult that is, right?
As an artist you're doing the jobs of 6 people when posting online, and then to have the added expectation put onto you to join other sites, learn their algorithms, learn their trends, cater your art to the people who use it on top of all of that? And to have to do that 3 or 4 times??? Even more because you never know if the next new socmed will be The New Big Thing!!! No wonder everyone is so fucking burnt out.
This isn't even mentioning all the machine learning bullshit that's happening right now and the exploitation of every single creative across the fucking board.
People rely on Twitter.
People's LIVELYHOODS rely on Twitter.
As shitty as it's been in the past it's also one of the most reliable places I've seen people get engagement. Art shares, Portfolio day, Ocs shares, Raffles - the speed I've seen people reach emergency funding goals? I know it's kinder to some more than others, but it used to be much kinder.
It's terrifying watching what was once a pillar of engagement and outreach crumble. I'm very scared for our futures.
#bo posting#bo.txt#i cant even get into the loss of community aid#the loss of information?#the loss of.... fuck like#when the pandemic started#when BLM protests were at their height#when you could get LIVE UPDATES on everything happening#covid numbers?#like dont get me wrong i understand that relying on one central website to get all your information isnt good#but that doesnt mean Twitter wasnt integral and important#im so afraid for my future#and the future of so many other people#i genuinely hope Elon Musk dies a sudden and painful death for what hes done#ugh#vent
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"The Exocannis Ressurection"
#been experiencing (seasonal) difficulties to feel satisfied with my art. especially if it's digital#i can't make fanart of other things i enjoy besides fnaf or listen to new music without feeling 'unknown' to it#everything is too much. new stuff becomes overwhelming and discouraging. people might not like it. (IT KEEPS HAPPENING RAGHHH))#so im breaking the cycle by trying something that i came up with months ago (AGAIN)#as some people might know. the character i drew here is Hunter. and he's my OC#he's from a story i created during the pandemic. it was originally called 'The Other Side'#i got obsessed and started making art. it truly felt like i was part of a huge community. when it was just me in my room#i feel like i said this before. but after Behind The Codes. this story is probably going to be the next thing i'll be working with#starbsart#original character
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Selections from my Hobonichi Techo so far :)
#doodles#non-fandom stuff#hobonichi tag#hobonichi techo#day planner#there's actually a lot more i was thinking of adding but i think these 10 are pretty good#I'm having a lot of fun!!#last time i had the techo was in 2020 and i didn’t end up working much in it#bc when the pandemic started i just like... lost all motivation to work in it#now I'm combining my journal habit from the nolty planners I was using with the freedom for doodles that the hobonichi provides#can't wait to see what else i'll do!! i'll post other stuff another time!!!
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fyi my favourite genre of games is 'guy that can walk around town/big environment'
#whenever my brother allowed me to play gta i would just walk around town or (try as a 6 yo) to drive#when i got skyrim i spent like 2 hours on the quests and then immediately started to just walk around#id also would love to get the open world zelda games just to walk around#i played genshin (pandemic was rough okay?) and i just walked around doing nothing#so yeah please more games like this
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day 344
i have like the most mild symptoms of all time but honestly i am NOT being brave about it. im being a big baby because i hate it and think it sucks
#day 344#year 4#it me#i woke up w runny nose and sore throat & i like#panic home tested for covid and when that came up negative i was like oh okay this is nothing#and then i stayed awake for more than like an hour or 2 at a time and i was like actually this blows and i AM dying of mild discomfort#fucken hate being sick i feel like ever since the pandemic started ive been like#getting sick SO rarely that now it just feels like such an absolute fuckin indignity to have any sort of respiratory illness#im so used to being BIG VAXXED PAPI UNTOUCHABLE u know this feels like an insult lmao
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Horseshoe Bend | Page, AZ
#my photos#persnickety doodles#this was at the start of the pandemic#when I moved across the country#and originally I planned to stop at all the major parks along the way#but then the pandemic happened#and believe it or not even the parks were closed#heck even the desert was closed 😭#except for horseshoe bend😭#photos
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rich american influencer living in LA: in 5 years we will all be online 24/7 in the metaverse, our smart fridges will become sentient, we won't even leave the house because of amazon same day delivery. your roomba will become sentient
easter european blue collar worker whose most "smart" device is their huawei android phone: hey man how's it going
#what the fuck is a smart fridge or a roomba#i think noel miller is very funny and i like listening to him but when he starts saying this doomer stand up routine im like#ok he is getting out of touch#its like when during the pandemic some people were acting like everyone had office jobs and could afford ordering food
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you can definitely fool some people who only knew about pete wentz in the 2000s into thinking he's a trans woman now
#no yeah its true she discovered herself in the pandemic yeah a little clocky yeah i mean she started in her 40s yeah great to see some repre#are you fucking seeing it its even more convincing when you put pictures of the emo heartthrob era and current day next to each other#there are some pictures that makes me mad. how well hes doing it. and hes not even trying to
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aight, aside from the fact that 3 houses by Dave Malloy is now gonna Haunt My Waking Thoughts For The Week...
nah, that's it. The only pandemic play I can get behind. Proper amount of drunken revelry, fantastic amount of fairytale allegory, Yes She Does Smoke Weed, vindictive dragon spirits and knockoff tom nooks, cairns of amazon boxes, The Ending, The Set, The Parallels...
and the wolf. Gods help me, but I wanna kiss the wolf on his broken-toothed maw. dance with him. ask him for a metal straw. I'd be a furry for that wolf in his stupid knit sweater.
(And then, the harmonieeeeees my love, they're so perfect and ugly and pretty and the genre shifts and and and)
#I can go on#pleaasee ask me to go on#everybody with the ability to get tickets see this show#Signature does student tix for like 16 bucks seriously#regular tix I think are pretty cheap for theater too#During work breaks my roommates just gonna hear a faint “me and my weed and my currant wine...” humming out of my bed#cast album isn't even on spotify yet I cry#it's so good you guys#it's so so so good like you have to understand#I'm shaking you by the shoulders and staring deep into your eyes with the deranged glint of a starving madman#you want to see this show#you need to see this show#the world around me is breaking and crumbling and burning#and I'm gonna be stumbling through its ashes in a daze thinking about the Fucking Spider Above The Cairn#The pigs will be breaking my and mine's bodies over their knee on the fucking “free speech lawn”#and I'll be in the corner thinking about Mr. Malloy's Use Of Polyphony#100 out of 10 would recommend#it runs through June please support good art#when the world is depressing this is the stuff that makes us remember the light#go see it#Dave Malloy#3 Houses#Three Houses#pandemic fiction#theater#musicals#If I have to start this fandom by myself I Will#“three strangers with their pinkies entwined...”#<3
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yet another day of me feeling like a sopping cat clinging to a sea cliff being battered by the waves, knowing i cant hold on for much longer cause my paws are wet and they will slip
#my utterly fascinating life#this has been my life since the pandemic started#god that really messed me up#i didnt even realize it at the time#i was so social and happy#then the pandemic passed#and i couldnt talk without freezing up and stuttering#i dont even know when i changed#but the anxiety started#moonstone screams into the void
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never lay down in bed right after eating. don't think about staying on your phone for nearly two hours in that position. don't sleep either. acid reflux is real and i hate that guy
#uhhhh eat healthy and drink water etc etc#yknow. the exhausting but healthy things we gotta do to keep our silly billy bodies workin#i hate how this adds up to anxious thoughts djsfjdsbhjqklfehpiJADAASFGHJIOPA#i tried drawing today but it felt so draining and pointless#the floods + university strike + the cold + lack of routine + overall anxious thoughts but ig everyone is going through it too#i'm just glad my house is not under water now. my pets and things are all here and i do have blankets to warm myself with#but damn.#when your mind is not occupied with the routine it starts bothering you with unwanted thoughts#and it's not good when everyone else at home is going through the same stress#it feels just as hopeless and stressful as it was during the covid pandemic#in a way we are 'under quarantine' and isolated. unsure if it's gonna directly affect our lives.#i heard the water levels are rising quickly and people are coming in seeking public shelters...#lol idk how this went from acid reflux back to the floods. see that it's def something we can't stop worrying about rn.#what if i wake up with water on my ankles tomorrow? the videos we saw showed the water coming in so fast it's fucking scary#there was no way to just pack everything and move before it got worse.#starbstalks
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on the one side i think its good that i dont stress myself out too much for exams, especially if i fail. on the other hand, maybe ive normalized failing exams a bit too much, personally.
#not to be like this AGAIN but the pandemic severely fucked w me#in the sense that at that time i started failing all my exams. and its been nonstop from there#its been 4 yrs and idk how to free myself of this mindset. my studying habits have become basically nonexistent#(until the day before the exam where i cram a semester's worth (or try to) of studying)#ive tried asking my parents for help but my mom just told me to not be like that. so that didnt help much if im honest#and im too embarassed to admit it to others actually. like that was one (1) time i tried w my parents and im not trying that again lmao#but like. the dorm workers.... idk if its bc im technically an adult (even tho i dont feel like one at all) or bc im in uni or what#but when i talk abt my studies they always think i have it under control. and the dorm director too (hes literally a psychologist and#ive gone to him for other problems ive had). they all tell me the same thing#atp idk what it is that i need but i just wanna be done w it. especially my study yrs#im afraid that i will still have to do a masters degree tho so i can 'properly' work. master habilitante and whatnot#z xarre
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IKEA New Zealand Ltd today announced it has completed purchase of the land and site of its first blue box store at Sylvia Park in Auckland with Kiwi Property Group. Construction of the 34,000m2 store on the 3.24 hectare site began in June this year with a groundbreaking ceremony, at which IKEA confirmed an expected opening date of late 2025.
#saw this coming when they started buying up land at the beginning of the pandemic but still….#katie rambles
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We gotta go back to tiny Pokémon in rubber ball vending machines being the norm at like every store and chain restaurant.
#I stg I had a charizard squirrel or Pikachu one#I meant squirtle cmon autocorrect#anyone remember those?#was a thing in the early 2000s at least in America#they would be in those gumball vending machines#I feel like I stopped seeing gumball vending machines when the lockdown started & the government tried to make it look like they cared#about the pandemic for a little bit#copy pasted this from another post & edited it I’ll admit#from foxydunsparce#image taken from reddit#what Pokemon balls did y’all have?#I also have no idea where mine went lmao unfortunately since they sell for at least double digit dollars now#but also I could give it to one of my partners as a gift if I knew where UwU a lil guy in a ball just for you#mine#op#pokemon#Pokémon#early 2000s#nostalgia#childhood
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I'm still confused by the wedding-industrial complex, tbh
#take proposals#like one day basically shortly after we got together my gf was like I want to marry you#i was like that's nice#then another time not that long after she was like hey we should get married#and i was like um that's nice i'm not ready#and she was like yeah sure okay#so next time we're together in person (because we're long distance) she was like hey I want to marry you#and i was like well there are things we'd have to talk about such as kids and finances and what country to live in#and she was like sure yeah okay#then there was a pandemic and the inability to see each other and a lot of other things including discussions#and then i was like okay yeah i think that's a great idea i'd like to marry you#and she was like that's great i love you we still don't know where to live#and so after that she still periodically says we should get married#and asks me to marry her#and i ask her to marry me#and we always say yes#and eventually figure out where to live and start applying for visas etc etc#but when we mention we're engaged people always ask#how did she do it?#did you know she was going to?#who proposed to who?#like fuck idk when it even happened don't you propose to each other like every other day when you love each other?#and isn't marriage a much bigger decision than a single question#and then like my cousin who coined the term 'wedding industrial complex' told me she was getting married#and i was like cool do you know when the wedding is?#and she was like what? no. he hasn't proposed#and i was like . . . but you know you're getting married?#and she was like yeah we've discussed it and agreed#and i was like sooo....that's not a proposal?#and she was like no because he hasn't asked
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it is easy to get stuck on numbers and engagement and what trope / rating gets more attention or kudos than another but ultimately you should write for the audience you want. it’s far more rewarding that way
#like when I would force myself to write fem reader when I first started doing insert fic lol#yeah the smut did numbers but I was so uncomfortable and was not vibing well with my audience bc I felt inauthentic#having started from scratch post-pandemic when the interest was ‘dying out’ I understand how a new blog might feel like they need to get#their foot in the door by pandering to a wider audience like that#but writing what you enjoy or find interesting will always bring you the audience you crave#even it is it smaller than others#sorry 2 ramble#there’s a lot of ‘write for yourself’ around which: I agree with !!!!! but I also wanted to say this. I suppose they go hand in hand
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