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If you're in LGBT friendly spaces and someone introduces themselves and cautiously says they're fine with any pronouns, it is your duty to notice which pronouns the people around you tend to default to for them and ensure that you refer to them with any and every pronoun under the sun except for that one. You must.

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in case you're wondering what the greatest AMV of all time is, it's this one from 2008.

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'dating rules' are so fucking stupid btw. "don't talk too much about your hyperfixation on a first date, it'll scare them off!!" it'll only scare them off if they're a coward. Someone worthy of my affections will listen to me talk about my goal of visiting every whale exhibit with a life-sized effigy of a whale in it in the world for a solid half-hour and come away from that experience desiring me carnally.

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i love this little game <33

while drawing this i ended up subconsciously taking way more inspiration from this work than i expected, so you should go look at it bc it rocks

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IN ADDITION, THIS ISN'T HOW AI WORKS. You can't just "remove some of the training data." This is part of the big problem OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) has that led to comments about how being forced to share all their training data would ruin them. Of COURSE there's the fact that then others could ALSO use that training data, but the bigger issue is that the training data only matters to, as the name implies, train the AI. The AI doesn't have a database of all the training data that you can just remove a couple pieces from and say it's no longer an issue. Those pieces were already used to train the AI, and the training remains. They could technically throw out ALL their training data without affecting the current iteration of chatGPT at all! The training is already done, they don't need that data anymore unless they want to refine it's capabilities or update it in anther way that would require them to retrain it.

Similarly, if Tumblr already sent the data, it doesn't matter if they remove the data from the training set anymore if Midjourney don't fully retrain the model on the updated dataset with items removed. That's not how AI works, you can't just remove a few things, the whole model has to be retrained on the new data, potentially multiple times if things go wrong. It's one of the big problems with the AI market as it exists now, and why as many others have pointed out, it needs to be opt in instead of opt out. Because if opting out can be done at any time, that means constant retraining of their models, something just about no company will do because it would be truly prohibitively difficult in terms of time, effort, and resources. In fact, given how long it takes to train models on datasets of this size, it's not even really possible to do on more than, at best, a week basis, which isn't exactly obeying the spirit of opt out statements.

tl;dr: By making it opt-in instead of opt-out, they're basically hoping they can use your data for all it's worth while simultaneously tricking you into thinking they didn't. It's a super scummy move.

Please be aware that the "opt-out" choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that "AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively". Once they've got their hands on your data (and they have), they won't be "honoring" an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently "own" and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don't give everyone free access to see what they've stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn't stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr's Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can't opt out. People who have lost their passwords can't opt out. People who can't access internet or computers can't opt out. People who had their content reposted can't opt out. Dead people can't opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn't trained on people who didn't consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people's data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

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what a way to announce your skills issue anyway how long is y'all's longest internet friendship, mine is 14 years

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Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

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Where have I been?

Good question right? Well, last life post I talked about how I had gotten very busy then sick. Well...the truth, to put it bluntly, is that I was basically sick for 3 months straight.

The tl;dr on this is that ultimately, I had to leave Japan for health reasons, and come back to America in hopes I would get better. I have now returned, and within a week I am feeling almost completely better, so I'm gonna be getting back to streaming while I work on finding a new job. But for those who want more details, feel free to go through the read more.

That problem with my lungs didn't go away. They ran multiple tests on me, and found no allergies, or any other kind of sign of what was causing the inflammation in my lungs. It got a little better for a while, then gradually got worse again. For a few weeks, I was able to ride my bike to get places here and there. But, not long after I made that last update, my bike actually ended up getting stolen, and I never got it back, or any compensation for it, despite the place I left it having security cameras for this exact reason.

Not that it mattered much. The following week, I found myself barely able to climb stairs. I had an upcoming trip to Tokyo, for which I'd already paid, so I decided to go. Surprisingly, on the trip, I found my lungs feeling way better, and my legs and feet ached from all the walking and running I did, though I did still have some lung issues. By the last of the 4 days in Tokyo, I was tired, but my lungs felt pretty good. Then I came back to my city I lived in, and before even getting to my apartment, I was feeling worse.

On another trip to the doctor, I talked about this and basically got told "Well we can either do some intensive testing which could take months, or you could move away." At this point, with a doctor recommendation, and my chest almost always exhausted from just the effort of breathing, I looked into returning to America.

So that should give me more free time, right? Not really, sadly. I was still working for another two weeks while starting my preparations to leave. Despite repeated requests for help, neither my school nor any sort of management really helped me out, so it was mostly me and whatever help I could get from friends, none of whom had familiarity with the departure process.

During this time, my wife came to visit, and was a huge help, but after seeing me in person, was increasingly worried for my health. She was having to slow down her walking speed to that I could keep up without running out of breath, whereas normally it's very much the opposite for us. We had a good time while she was around, and she really helped lighten my load in moving back. She returned about a week and a half before I was scheduled to, and it was only after that that I started getting help from much of anyone locally. My last 3 days there really ran me ragged, especially since I had sold my car and had to get places by walking and busses.

So, I finally came home, with a desperate hope I would feel better, and as said, within a week, I'm able to exercise again! I can run, I can play beat saber, and work up a sweat without running out of breath too bad. So, the bad news is "so much for my job and life in Japan" but the good news is I am healthy again!

That said, from months of not playing Beat Saber, my stamina and capability have taken a hit, so I'll probably be streaming a lot of that for a while, so look forward to the Beat Saber Recovery Arc! Anyways, that's all from me for now, I'll hopefully see ya'all soon!

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i know the 'is mcdonalds a date' questions making its rounds but i feel kind of insane bc thats never even been a metric for me. a date is just when someone says its a date. i went on a date w someone to smoke in a building w a caved in cieling in the rain, shoplifted from a gas station paranoid as hell to get them a soft pretzel and then we chased a rat around. where is your sense of adventure people

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Hey everyone! I know I said I'd be around here and there, and then promptly didn't proceed to do that, so lemme give ya'all a quick recap of what's been going on, but the tl;dr is I've been sick for most of a month, and was ridiculously busy before that.

So, pretty soon after my last short stream, I had a LOT of work happen at once. To be fair, this is partly my fault. I had offered to go for an activity a few weeks ahead of time. This happened to line up badly. I won't go into details (as I've said, no talking about work details publicly for both my coworkers' and students' safety), but long story short, I had a mad dash of work stuff that kept be busy for about 2 weeks before things evened out again. (Worth noting, this was not unfair. I was properly compensated, and part of it was due to a choice I actually made myself, so do not think the school forced anything on me please.) This left me with close to no time, so no stream during that period.

So then what? Well...I had bad sushi that's what. I was out for 3 days with food poisoning. Then then the next week my throat and nose decided it was their turn, and I was out for most of that week too. Though my dead voice recovered, and I could breathe more easily, so I could work the next week, the cough and runny nose have persisted, and I didn't want to stream like that and push my throat harder.

Today I've gone to the doctor over trouble breathing, and have been told my lungs are clearly inflamed. Tests have shown I don't have COVID or flu, so they are assuming it's a dust allergy, but I have only ever had a reaction anything close to like this once when I was working unloading the truck for a retail store. (That dust is real bad guys!) If I'm having a reaction like this, there must be something causing it. They still have tests that are gonna take time to give results, so I will see how those come back next week, but as is I am in no shape to stream. Even walking across my apartment sometimes has me gasping for breath. They've given me meds, which hopefully will help out, but for the time being, expect me to still be low activity till I recover...whenever that is.

Anyways, sickness aside, I have really enjoyed my time here, but I'm not gonna lie that this sickness is testing the limits of my patience. We will see how things go from here!

In the meantime, I may do some posts with pictures to show you all some of the cool things I've seen and places I've been, as I can do that without straining my throat, so keep an eye out for them!

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the wonderful thing about spell card duels is that you just have to actually have some idea of how to participate in a spell card duel. and then no matter how badly you get your ass kicked your opponent isn't allowed to kill you. it's quite handy

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no one: suletta mercury at 2 am:

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As a Jew, seeing what's going on, I'd like to say that this is super important. Many say condemning Israel is antisemitic, but that is far from true. We agree these are atrocities and wish to stop them too.

The phrase, "Never again for anyone" is literally something we, as Jews, regularly say about what we learned from the Holocaust. That it was a tragedy and we should prevent anyone from having to go through something like that again. Israel, on the other hand, has decided to just do it to someone else. Suffering a holocaust and then turning around and saying "holocausts are fine and reasonable sometimes actually" is so horrific I don't even know where to start.

"Palestinians should be FREE" is directly playing off of something we say every year at Passover: "In Egypt we were slaves, but now we are free. Not everyone is yet free, may next year all people be free." Palestinians are people, and this includes them.

The history of Jews is riddled with oppression, discrimination, and atrocities. Most of our holidays we spend remembering this, celebrate that we still persist and exist, and use these to remind to us make a better world for all, where no one has to suffer like we did. Yet Israel has decided that to just perpetuate these atrocities. It is not antisemitic to condemn what Israel is doing, most Jews outside Israel agree it's horrible. Please help us put a stop to it. Please stop silencing people who point out how horrific it is. No peoples deserve this. Please save the Palestinians.

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Here we go, we're back baybee! Come hang out! while I update y'all on life in Japan!

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Delaying stream by a half hour! I thought I'd get back from my morning run faster than I did! Need to shower cause I am a ball of sweat and I'm not streaming like that xD