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So it looks like NaNoWriMo are happy to have AI as part of their community. Miss me with that bullshit. Generative artificial intelligence is an active threat to creativity and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in creative fields.

Please signal boost this so writers can make an informed choice about whether to continue to take part in such a community.

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Same. Had a psychiatrist ask if I counted things a lot.. and I was sort of like “a lot? Um idk, what’s a lot?” and she said “Oh, no then— you would notice.” And that was that. 😟

I feel like I would have been diagnosed with OCD a lot earlier if the vast majority of screening questions (for mental illnesses in general) weren't based on the person's perception of their own behavior, in isolation. and what i mean by that is asking someone with OCD "do you wash your hands excessively?" is not a good question.

a person with OCD believes they are washing their hands the correct number of times. it's not excessive. we believe we're exhibiting best practices and helping to keep everything clean.

better questions might be, "does it seem like you wash your hands a lot more than your friends or family?" "do you get dry patches or cuts on your hands from washing your hands?" "do you find it deeply distressing, more so than how you've seen other people react, when you get something on your hands that you can't clean off right away?"

being asked "are you overly preoccupied with bugs, symmetry, and contamination?" also got "no" responses from me years ago in my life. what they didn't ask for, and didn't know, was what *exactly* I was doing in my day to day life that genuinely ate up my time and mental space to a concerning degree, but I *didn't know* that other people don't do this.

"do you spend a lot of time cleaning?" -> no, it's not a lot. it's a good amount. why?

"do you become frustrated because it seems like no one else meets your organizational and cleanliness standards - do you often 'take over' for other people because they can't do it right - do new friends seem surprised by how strict you can be about your living space?" -> oh. yeah. yeah I get it now.

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I will never understand this. English is not the only language in the world. And as a white person myself, I appreciate the fact that people speak more than one. I try to never make someone feel like they have to speak English just to please me, someone who most of the time is just a stander-by and not in the conversation. The amount of times I’ve seen monolingual people make it all about them when it has nothing to do with them is crazy. Just literally leave people be, as a matter of fact— just enjoy the little glimpse of culture you get around you. 😂😂

They are the type of people who say “you need to speak the language of the country you’re in” and then go on vacation and expect other countries to accommodate them in English. LOL the worst

I don’t really care what anyone says; the white antipathy to hearing people speak other languages around them is so deep that it’s apart of standard job training, right? ‘It’s not *wrong* but *inappropriate* to speak in another language amongst your coworkers’

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Hahah. Okay he needs a superhero movie: no superhuman powers just the built in charisma. 😂

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It fits them well. Pointy ears, pointy pupils. Sharp details but soft features.

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I don't know if anyone has ever noticed this, but I always draw elven eyes with sharp pupils because I want them to be a little different from human ones, and because it just looks cool. And I also love the detail from DA that elves have cat's eyesight :)

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He looks like he belongs on a Lisa Frank cover. How gorgeous.

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The teeniest of boops

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majestic 🌸💐

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