this is incredibly ooc for mat, and i can only imagine it happening if he was really trashed and feeling really jealous/possessive. doing this to make kaz stop flirting is like giving a dog treats when it barks to try and make it shut up, though. you are encouraging him!!!

i will tell you, i grew up aspiring to be a starving artist so i have def come to terms with making no money off art lol. it's just - i think i have never not felt alienated by art culture and spaces. and that sucks bc i care a LOT about art. it's not the art that pushes me away, it's people. boo!!

i can't go to the sticker sharing make connections event when the best piece i made all year is a digital neon frotting illustration! y'all are drawing cartoon cats with funny slogans!!! i have exclusively dicks out pinups and gay fucking comics!!! you don't want it next to your twee rainbow trout!!

like where is the other option for me but here or pillowfort? i get some enthusiastic responses from ppl irl but that does not mean there's an actual irl culture of sharing this stuff if you're not in very particular small circles. a date going ooo BL is so valid :) does not translate materially lol

what's so insidious about it is it often starts from an actual sense of enthusiasm, but the pressures of turning anything genuine into a source of income has this gross shit creeping into your conception of every relationship like a fungus. i like this person *and* they owe me x amount of attention

i hate online lol

if you don't use all caps enough in this discord channel when the owner of it posts i'm afraid you won't get enough shares to earn you one ko-fi donation that covers a single pound of rice this month :/ maybe be more personable and approachable

what if everything you hate about networking and marketing was condensed into personal relationships that hinged on you pretending to be excited 24/7 and marketing other ppl and that was the only way you could make rent - no thanks i gladly take obscurity and random disconnections and a shit irl job

i want to offer you this monkey that feels relevant

i personally don't fuck with the way people try to reclaim it either. it's got explicitly eugenicist roots and we don't need to rehabilitate that kind of shit into our vocabulary. we can just call these guys hypocritical assholes, lol.

glad i could help - it's one of those words that has caught on as a "no YOU" word to throw back at the right, but knowing the history it becomes pretty clear that's also a terrible use for it. i don't think it's coincidence that progressives are also getting comfortable with the r word again, too.

nevermind i'm not trying today, i think i am in a FUNK

hmm but consider... scene dionysus...

i can't stop looking at the boob shine in the first one, it's so good lol