literally nobody said that.
wtf is “the Real”?
the vast moronity of ai travelers can behave like civilized people, even when annoyed by the burdens of air travel, and news flash: it always sucked. I’ve flown for over 40 years, and even before 9/11 TSA security theater, before the shrinking seats and legroom and lack of inflight meals, flying was uncomfortable, tedious and awful. The difference today? an increasing sector of society believe they’re entitled to act like selfish assholes all the time and that the price of an airline ticket entitles them to treat the entire plane like their own home where they’re allowed to act, do, and say whatever they want, regardless of how the actions and behaviors affect anyone else— worse, because they know (or think) that, once in the air, there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them. It’s that kind of entitled, selfish, and childish mindset that makes them believe they can lash out and attack others without consequences when the flight crew tries to hold them accountable.
THAT is the problem now, and the discomfort of flying just makes these horrible people worse, it’s not what caused them in the first place. And people who act this way on flights also act this way in restaurants, subways and busses, movie theaters, and other public spaces where they selfishly don’t give a damn how there behavior affects others.
the airlines can be blamed for making flying uncomfortable but not for the fact that these people are selfish assholes who resort to violence when confronted.
those are certainly all valid points.
but there’s another side to this: the rise in extremely shitty and entitled attitudes that people in general have regarding their behaviors in public spaces, that being a creeping breakdown in basic civility and decorum.
I remember a time when people would just get onto a plane, sit down, and endure their flight. air travel has never been particularly comfortable or enjoyable. there was always an unspoken social contract between fellow travelers to at least do what we could to not make it worse for each other, but now? so many people don’t give a damn about how their actions affect others, often taking very selfish action at the expense of others’ comfort which push the boundaries of even the most understanding person’s patience.
removing smelly shoes, eating pungent foods, and engaging in many other annoying or obnoxious behaviors that air travelers simply would not have done 5-10 years ago at a far higher rate with a “fuck you” attitude isn’t something you can simply blame on smaller seats and less legroom. combine that with a flagrant disregard for in-flight staff and their instructions or attempts to de-escalate to the point of engaging in violence has reached outrageous levels. bigger seats with more legroom and serving in-flight meals isn’t going to make these people stop acting like animals. whatever it is that caused these people to believe that acting like entitled assholes is ok now did not originate from airlines trying to squeeze out a profit, even though it may be a contributing factor to making everyone else miserable.
the people who act this way ON the plane act this way OFF the plane, too.
possibly under the current law. when it comes to, say, lab-grown meat, there are specific, patented processes for doing that which can produce a specific result that could possibly be copyrighted. I think it would be hard to argue in court that it’s a “creative work”, but maybe? it wouldn’t surprise me if some particularly unscrupulous company made an attempt to do so.
we very badly need IP law reform.
well, if you really want to get specific, it’s because large corporations with a vested interest in maintaining and consolidating IP rights for as long as possible while neglecting small artists and individuals were the ones in charge of writing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and then the US strong-armed most of the rest of the world into adopting most or all of it via compliance by means of a great many treaties, trade deals, etc. in the wake of 9/11 and the expanding militarization during the “War on Terror” at the time. it was pretty underhanded.
Or, in other words: capitalism screwed the little people, and we’re still paying the price.
Copyright, in theory, is great. It’s the current state of intellectual property law, especially in the United States, that’s the problem. 
As a designer, there is a limited purpose to use generative graphics as assets in a composition for various purposes. I might want to generate a cloud background, or perhaps a small object to use here or there. Certainly not an entire composition, because they always come out bizarre or warped, or having some sort of weird hallucination in them. But generative AI can create, for example, a flower, or a building to be used in background, or to cover up an empty space. Once you place that item, then I would have to go in and touch it up a bit to make it look like it fits and adjust the lighting and fix any weird quirks that might have, but it’s a lot better than having to have a photographer go out and take a photo of it or to pay for a stock photo of it and license that plus every problem that comes with that.
So generative AI tools in Photoshop, for example, can end up saving a lot of time and effort and money for licensing stock photos, especially when I only need a portion of it, but it doesn’t comprise but a small portion of an entire composition. 
ya know, I’m beginning to think that what you really wanted from all of this truly horribleness, the really nasty way you interact with people, is to just talk to someone. and this is the only way you know how.
am I right? is this your extremely fucked way of… are trying to get to know me? because, man… you wasted so many hours acting like a terrible person. this is not how you make friends with people.
oh, boy, you are confused. sigh...
seriously whomever wrote that copypasta obviously knows their shi about psychology, but I couldn’t understand any of it but the story part. I’m a designer. I ca tell you anything you want to know about photoshop, illustrator, indesign, I also know some Swift, some C++ form when I used to do some development. I even do some web design, so I know html and css. edit: and javascript
but no psychology, and I sure don’t have a phd. I have an MfA, from a design school
you were spamming earlier with a list of names you thought were me. there were 3 or 4 names. now you say it’s 7. your story keeps changing.
I think you’re getting tired.
I’m a designer. I’ve never even studied psychology. where did you get that idea?
hahaha, WHAT???
I don’t any of those things…
well, I am a Star Trek fan, but lots of people are.
seven? didn’t you say it was 3 earlier? can’t even keep your numbers straight, lol
scraping the mod logs…. wow!
that out of ideas… maybe time for a nap?
I’m genuinely sorry that you have so much pain inside you that you have to work so hard to make everyone else around you miserable.
but watching you do it makes me laugh. especially because you’re so bad at it, lol
wait, I just caught part of something— you’re going into some modlogs just to try to hurt my feelings? you’re that desperate?
hahahaha
wow, you really believe that, don’t you? amazing… just… wow … I genuinely feel bad for you.
I would never put that much effort into a single comment, especially for you. plus, I don’t know nearly enough about psychology to make up a story like that.
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An affront to actual history.
An affront to actual history.
Scotty’s appearance was already spoiled by online leaks, but I was happy that he showed up nonetheless. I gotta say, though, I will miss Carol Kane being weird and zany :P
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Attached: 1 image Ryan Gosling as geese. A thread.
In ‘Who Needs Gay Bars?,’ Greggor Mattson explores the past, current, and future of America’s queer spaces.
Each spring, hundreds of gay cowboys gather in Zacatecas for a convention that celebrates sexual freedom and romanticizes Mexico's rural past.
On May 22, over 50 trans and nonbinary youth from at least 18 states gathered in front the U.S. Capitol to throw a party and issue a manifesto.
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> >On May 22, over 50 trans and nonbinary youth from at least 18 states gathered in front the U.S. Capitol with their birth and chosen families, including over 50 trans and nonbinary adults, to throw the party and issue a manifesto. While the country regressively debates the contours of gender-affirming healthcare and the validity of trans people, we collectively made the decision not to entertain those debates and instead celebrate our powerful lineages of resistance. As we move into the even more deadly and toxic discourse of the presidential primary season, Trans Prom was designed to be a reminder and an anchor.
On May 22, over 50 trans and nonbinary youth from at least 18 states gathered in front the U.S. Capitol to throw a party and issue a manifesto.
>On May 22, over 50 trans and nonbinary youth from at least 18 states gathered in front the U.S. Capitol with their birth and chosen families, including over 50 trans and nonbinary adults, to throw the party and issue a manifesto. While the country regressively debates the contours of gender-affirming healthcare and the validity of trans people, we collectively made the decision not to entertain those debates and instead celebrate our powerful lineages of resistance. As we move into the even more deadly and toxic discourse of the presidential primary season, Trans Prom was designed to be a reminder and an anchor.
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has drifted down into the U.S., leading to extremely poor air quality across much of the eastern U.S.
so, every Pride, I have a Playlist of my top LGBTQ+ materials: tv series, films, and documentaries that focus on LGBTQ+ characters and/or issues. some are oldies and goldies, some are newer. Here are some of my highlights, what are yours?
TV
- Queer as Folk (UK) - the original groundbreaking, gritty, unrelenting BBC series that inspired others. It's a story of a group of Manchester gays and lesbians (and their cohorts) who blazed their rainbow road through an unsuspecting English city. It ran for 2 seasons. (1998-1999)
- Queer as Folk (US) - if the UK original was groundbreaking, this Showtime US version was Earth-fucking-shattering. Beyond anything the original could imagine (or anything ever seen on American television). Set in Pittsburg, PA, and running for five award-winning seasons, this series broke ground, pushed boundaries in homes and on television, and changed an entire nation's perception of the LGBTQ+ community for the better through its honest portrayal of the good - and the bad - of how people are people, love is love, and sex is sex. Often graphic, and always rude, this series - although a bit dated in its sensibilities today - served as a weekly sanctuary for countless people during the oppressive and hateful Bush Administration while actively urging its viewers to take political action to demand equal rights NOW-- and we did, and won them!. (2000-2005)
- Queer as Folk (US 2022) - neither a remake nor a reboot, but a spiritually-faithful continuation of a theme, this series is set in New Orleans, LA juuuuust post-pandemic. It tells a story of a group of friends making their way through a world beset by the backlash of LGBTQ+ acceptance of the previous generation, and beset by the terrorist actions present and which affect us all today-- and the aftermath, recovery, and how we can all survive and persevere. (2022)
- Tales of the City - a miniseries told in multiple parts: Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City (1998), Further Tales of the City (2001), and Tales of the City (2019), Armistead Maupin's serial stories come to life. A tale told over 50 years, from the 70s to today, of a group of friends, lovers, roommates, and neighbors of life and love in San Fransisco. Winner of multiple awards, namely for performances by Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis.
- It's a Sin (2021) - Russell T Davies, of Doctor Who fame, presents this 5-part miniseries set in London in 1981, as a group of friends navigate the ups and downs of the HIV/AIDS crisis. (2021)
- Looking/Looking A TV series and follow-up film, this series follows a group of friends in San Fransisco as they navigate the complexities and nuances of gay relationships in San Fransisco. Featuring Jonathan Groff and Russel Tovey (2014-2015, 2016)
these are just my favs, list yours in the comments below!
Film
- Beautiful Thing (1996) - a heartwarming tale of two working-class kids in a South London estate who find - through bullying, abuse, and social conflict - common ground, companionship, compassion, and love. And Mama Cass. This served as a seminal gay teen film for, at least, two generations. It's lovely.
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) - Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp play 3 drag queens traveling by decrepit bus from Sydney across the Australian outback to a cabaret engagement, meeting adventures along the way. Featuring enough Abba to tide you over until next year's rewatch.
- Gods Own Country (2017) - Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs the pains of his doldrum life with binge drinking and casual sex until a hired Romanian farmhand ignites new passions and sets him on a new path that changes both of their lives forever. Featuring Josh O'Conner (The Crown) and his fantastic cock. He won a BAFTA for this. A fantastic film.
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) - based on the brilliant off-Broadway/Broadway show of the same name, this film tells the story of an East Berlin ex-pat who has to undergo a forced sex-reassignment to emigrate to the US, where she reinvents herself as a talented rock diva inhabiting a "beautiful gender of one". Featuring award-winning music and performances, including "The Origin of Love", this is a cornerstone of queer culture. (I saw this in 1996 off-broadway, and met John Cameron Mitchell then. Amazing person!) Neil Patric Harris played Hedwig in the Broadway re-visit in the mid-2010s and won a Tony. The soundtrack won a Grammy.
- The Imitation Game (2014) - You like computers? Thank Alan Turing, the gay man who invented modern computing to defeat the Nazis on behalf of England. and this is that story-- and the story of how England felt that defeating the fucking Nazis wasn't enough to forgive him for who he loved. Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch.
- Rent (2005) - 525,600 reason to watch this film, but it still will never compare to the Broadway show, which I saw first-run in 1995. still, it's incredible, the music is spectacular, and who doesn't want to see a bunch of struggling gays, hustlers, and junkies live their story in 1980s NYC Alphabet City fighting AIDS, The Man (and their shitbag landlord)?
- Free Fall/Frier Fallen (2013) - a German film about a German police officer in training, with a wife and baby on the way, who meets another trainee who sparks feelings he's never had before... feelings which lead to more... and the devastating consequences of his decisions for himself and those he loves. Basically, the German Brokeback Mountain*, but with a much more authentic and realistic feel. Featuring Hanno Koffler and Max Remmelt.
- Moonlight (206) - a young, gay black man is guided to adulthood in Miami by the kindness and love of his community and an unlikely father figure portrayed by Mahershala Ali in one of his best roles ever. Ali won an Ocasar for Best Supporting Acor, and the film won Best Picture in 2016.
There are soooo many more shows and films that are immutable classics, but this is just a basic list of my favs. Please, add your own!
edit: I'll do a separate post for documentaries and docu-series.
Georgia’s investigation in Trump’s efforts to overturn the election is expanding to D.C. and other states, according to a report from The Washington Post
>Georgia's investigation in Trump's efforts to overturn the election is expanding to D.C. and other states, according to a report from The Washington Post
