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It hurt, but I don’t regret it. 

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a scene must be included PRIOR to sex where the characters READ their birth certificates OUT LOUD so the reader will know they were born on the SAME DATE to avoid any disgusting AGE GAPS

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Very endeared by how Noelle shares food items with Kris... even if this particular one hasn't happened yet in game

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"what if you regret it" what if I don't?

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The Missing Scarf (Interlude) - part 49

Edge won't settle for anything less than perfect, ya hear?

Especially if it gives Black a chance to nitpick or if he's trying to make a good impression

(still trying to figure out how to make the red text on black bubble more readable, sorry *-*)

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The thing about using generative AI for roleplaying practice is that you do not learn essential communication skills. You do not learn how to plan out of character with your roleplay partner, you do not learn how to build a satisfying story or greater narrative for your characters, you don't learn how to connect these threads together. You also simply do not learn how to make roleplaying an enjoyable writing experience for your partner, you're training yourself to see them as a tool for you to obtain your pleasures as a writer. You're seeing them as about as important as any other element that shakes up your story to prevent writer's block, the same way you'd use a writing prompt or a dice roll.

You do not learn patience of waiting for someone to craft a reply, it comes to you instantaneously, with no clarifying questions if they might have misunderstood your previous passage. It just assumes, it hallucinates, it regurgitates. So when you move to roleplaying with a real person you find yourself frustrated when it takes a while. You find it annoying that they ask for you to clarify something. You start to hate having to actually talk to someone—it feels like a chore.

When you're done with a plot thread with something like Character AI you can close the window to drop the topic instantly. You do not have to learn to resolve it—you can't after all when the bot is programmed to always get the last word in. You do not concern yourself with questions of if that roleplaying experience was enjoyable for the person on the other side of it, because you have grown accustomed to there not being a person on the other side. Everything ends abruptly at your whim.

AI will either hallucinate something so wildly different than what you wanted that you will be forced to rein it in, hit whatever undo button the bot provides you with, and tweak things until it cooperates, or it will never surprise you. You'll chat with 8 different characters and they all speak more or less the same, or they speak about the same things, or they'll perform the same predictable actions with a new coat of paint slapped on top of it. Because they're all ultimately pulling from the same pool of other people's words.

Generative AI will not offer you anything new to learn that roleplaying with people will not teach you. Often, writing with peers will teach you these things better. You may find yourself giving credit to the AI for teaching you these skills or providing you with easy practice, but those things are not the bot. Anything of merit that rises from these conversations with bots you will realize came from yourself, making the best of what you were given if it made no sense. This satisfaction is from you, and you could find that elsewhere without any of the downsides that comes with generative AI. There is little value to be found in speaking to a glorified predictive text algorithm trained on the amalgamation of works of real people you could be speaking to with your limited time on earth. If you really think that will be more rewarding, just write. You don't have to roleplay. Just write your own words by yourself. Don't waste your time on a bot that has nothing good to teach you.

-Mod Sneasel

Some videos if you want to continue the conversation on generative AI. Just for fun since I actually keep up with a lot of AI related topics in my spare time. These are nowhere near all of them, just the ones that I felt like had a nugget of relevancy without themselves being made by AI.

Video discussing specifically fiction writing using AI and the pitfalls within in. Note: The creator of this video states in a community post that they use ProWritingAid and is instead a criticism more on ChatGPT and the dubious claims of AI fiction writers.

Video about the debate sparked by NaNoWriMo claiming that not supporting AI is racist and ableist. Note: This video centers around backlash against ProWritingAid as a sponsor.

Video explaining the controversy surrounding someone trying to create an AI teaching tool for writers. There is a focus on the concern of piracy and copyright infringement, and while the tool is meant to be for providing a detailed analysis of the text you put into it there were discussions of adding GenAI in the future. The point is, the video breaks down why using other people's stolen works "purely for learning" can still be controversial.

A comedic and generalized conversation about the current state of AI.

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Does it make it better, that I'm in my so called prime? And I'm spending it all wishing that I just could turn back time?

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Art Fight 2025 Attacks (2/2)

@stardraws143

@puppermation

Flumee

@fanciedyou

@s0naverse, @firedraws43, @littlehumanbits, @sythrynn, @onlehskeletal, @puppermation, @stardraws143, @msbfonnie, @enderaether, @nikki-tine, @mrtheshadowon

@tytodragon

@ramqiu

@nova2cosmos

@sanssupremacy

@kookylemon

@yukiphobia24

@theia-diki

Dylan-314

Batzz-Bitez

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MY ARTFIGHT ATTACK FOR THIS YEAR!!!!! Asriel/Flowey my beloved you shall not fade away as long as i exist #number1asrielfan

Credts/Tags under read more

In Order of Appearance:

Zale + Asriel (Scientist AU): @mewnicreates

Asriel(edgy au): @thatrabiddog

Kiddomega: @sciartherp

Despair (Nightmare!Asriel)+Asriel (Lonertale): @blvdcharms

MettaDreemur EX: @/Kittenfais on AF and Twitter

TL!Asriel: @sukiroryu

Painttale Frisk and Flowey/A_copycat

Hyperbeat: @/Snowy_Owl on AF(Says they're here too but user not found)

Kunal (UnderCharged!Asriel): @nikki-tine(BACK FROM LAST YEAR HELLO)

Haruko: @/CannKat on AF

UnderThicket!Flowey: @theoddhawk1

Evolved Flowey: @maccheronichips

Hooves (UT AU): @spoiky

Az: @/werehogs on AF(and possibly tumblr?)

Chrisk: @/Underscatts on AF

Wiretap: @starstruck-shadow

Jynxtale! Asriel & Chara: @/bubble_creature on AF

FL0W3Y!: @/conf3ttip4rty-mp4 on AF

The Dreemurrs: @/Soursmores

HFM!Asriel: @kookylemon

Nona (Weirdtale Asriel/Flowey): @deedjre

Asriel Dreemur ✦ : @violetviolacz

Captain Coco: @jackatt14

Asriel the Dryad(My kid!): @angelfriskandcrew

Flaxina// ST!Asriel: @jacky4draws

UT - Past Your Runtime: @premamelody

Ward Asriel: @alusniper

Freaktale: @shark-draws-stuff

OT!Asriel: @/Kedokuki

Asriel/SABER [ALTE]: @/charadreemurrreal on AF

Fabi: @/OktiWolfik on AF

Zepher ( UT ): @MarTakHang

Yarrow: @floweringjustice

SmartDreams: @unistep1101

Aria (Asriel): @justanemoartist

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Wave in Backlight - Peter Witt

German , b. 1966 -

Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.

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Eepy -

very improvised comic I just thought of yesterday morning, so sorry if there's bad English and I don't stick to Jongler/zapper mike's way of talking so well lol

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ah yes the two genders

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anyway in the hopes that i can save just one person from living the horror of my 20s: if you have a friend that seems a little too invested in callouts i hope you can get out of there safely

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yiou can only reblog this post on july 17th dont reblog it on any other day or you will be boiled