I have an on-and-off again love affair with Youtube Shorts. On, because I need something to do with my hands whilst disassociating, and off, because it keep showing me just the most vile content.
One person I like a lot though is Pirate Software, who blew up due to Youtube Shorts, because I find his advice is usually a little pertinent to what I’m feeling at the time.
In this video, Thor tells someone who wants to stream to “do it scuffed”, and god that’s good advice right now.
Redeemable Trash
Like a 7up can yoinked from a bin in Berlin I too have value left to give. Not to say that I think I’m trash, but if you put me up in front of any reasonable judge they’d at least sentence me to a knuckle sandwich. We can’t be sensible people all the time, and someone who has been playing reality on survival mode since birth is not going to be the paragon of virtue that the purity police want you to be.
I’ve done some stupid shit, but the most stupid thing I’ve ever done is consistently shrug when it comes to making cool stuff. I’m full of absolutely mint ideas, I’ve got loads of semi-started projects because of it, but the pure fear of releasing creations to the world and being judged for it has petrified me for too long. Blame my upbringing, honestly.
But, the tides have changed recently, and it’s making me pop my head out of the dirt to start screaming again.
Fuck AI
This isn’t even a hot take at this point, this is the most lukewarm, stalest take I can make. Shit’s bad. But because AI is so bad, anyone who is actively trying to create anything is suddenly hugely endearing.
Watching some people prompt AI art vs seeing an MS Paint portrait of a blue bird with it’s weiner out is truly something. It’s like, abject hatred meets total apathy. I love it. I want to roll around in the feeling of being ignored. Although the latter example is the cup of tea for approximately one person, nobody is throwing up hands and telling that creator not to draw their fursona and to give up, but there sure as hell is for the AI prompter!
That makes me giddy. My ability to deliver good work is at an all time low and I can get away with posting it knowing that there’s a far bigger enemy at play. Praise be for the general apathy granted to the world post covid.
Following Through
Doing anything is a mix of initiative and follow through. Consumerism gives us near limitless access to hobby supplies but it will not put the pencil in your hand. I’m moving house in 5 days, so I can’t really do much but pack boxes and weep, but I did manage to find the energy to make some basic changes to my website.
Mainly- sticking the blog front and center. I’m not on Instagram anymore, beyond Bluesky I’m pretty much free from the shackles of silicon valley. I’ll eventually enable comments for logged in folks, too.
I don’t know gang, it’s scary to be making choices that actually resonate with the soul over the wallet. I’m kind of thankful for the wakeup call that the FND has provided that not working is not the end of the world.
I think you can subscribe to this blog via ActivityPub and put this in your RSS feed? I have no idea how that works. If I don’t forget, I’ll find out.
Ok, that’s the post for the day.
Byeeeeeee,
Haley