This article is unbearable, and might finally be the tipping point for me to leave this site. AI art is a tool. Saying it spits on “real animators” is short-sighted, and reeks of people that refuse to adapt to the times, like anyone saying that Photoshop, filters, or digital animation weren’t doing “real art.”

Regarding 1: the actual definition of a groomer is an adult (nearly always a man) who befriends minors for the purpose of having sex with them. The adult is often in a position of authority or famous in some way. The grooming part is the adult pays a lot of attention to the minor, making them feel special, and the kid…

Have you been living under a rock. Right wingers have been using groomer as a slur against LGBT people for the last two years. The conflation of LGBT people and groomer by the right is fairly wide spread.

I like how your first sentence made a claim and then your second sentence refuted it. Saves the rest of us a lot of work.

Here, educate yourself.

i actually enjoy playing games without nutcases insinuating that i’m a child molester just for existing so please spare me this “censorship” stuff

Take your own logic one step further - if they associate mentions of non-traditional families with child abusers and then legislate based on that definition, how is that not attacking the rights of people who live those non-traditional families? When you say “schools can’t teach about gay relationships but straight…

Yes.  It is.

Yes. It is. 

Yes. It is.

It is entirely accurate to state that. The entire justification for things like the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida, and the “trans children indicate parental abuse” bullshit in Texas is this inflated fear over “groomers”.

Just another great day being a dev in Steam’s ecosystem, where angry fans can torpedo your business because Valve thinks these are swell features.

Republicans at work!

I’ve been asked to come to the office twice a week. I applied during WFH, expected consistent WFH, and now i’m having to come in to give a display of “attendance theatre” as I call it.
I put over $5000 into my home office, I’m incredibly comfortable and efficient, with perfect ultrawide calibrated moniters. In the…

You deserve your recreation.

You can support a little transphobic bigotry, as a treat!

Stackman over here learning about Capitalism for the first time. The people who did the work are not the ones who get paid - it’s the already rich overlords who do.

You’re mistaken. It’s the developers of this game who have already been paid. You could preorder 1,000 copies and the actual workers won’t see any benefit. Can you guess who is receiving royalties despite having little-to-no involvement in this game’s production?

The rank and file developers who worked on the game don’t get profit participation. They were paid a flat rate and have already moved on to other things or were laid off.