the ordeal "made me" peruse some subreddits.

riiiiiiight.

also:
i am saddened that we no longer care about people, so i got this person fired.

niiiiice.

in fairness, according to the stats online regarding internet browsing habits, it's possible about 90% of people are offended by that title, while roughly the same % are searching for it.

they're only searching to check if they're offended by it, of course. none of them actually wanted to see it...

i can't see that it is, though.

i'm sure it's still got a long way to go, but for a starting point, it's mindblowing.

personally, i find the whole tech advancement of AI (and robotics) to be incredible. it's an absolutely astounding achievement.

some claimed it was AI footage. even if it was, THAT is also an incredible achievement.

china is a country which has surpassed the west with most of its tech thanks to still having a manufacturing base. its electric vehicles etc are sign of how quickly china adapts and innovates where the west sort of throws ideas at a wall and sits back hoping for the best.

honestly, made me sit here and think about what the fuck i'm doing with my life and why.

I don't understand why people who say they love stories and books so much are so determined to ensure writers remain unpaid for the hours out of every single day we spend writing.

it was very disheartening.

How does that logic even work?

I'm unemployed at the moment. Am I supposed to eat air?

Like, I'm giving them several books worth of free novels on Webnovel/RoyalRoad, and that's not enough.

The short stories, poems, and character chapters I do on Patreon for people who pay me, are somehow "unfair" to people who read me for free.