oh and just for the sake of saying it: ai can't create art, it can only use stolen information to generate boring, amalgamated content

i might be able to opt out of some ai features in certain apps, but even then, do i trust those companies to keep my data private?

absolutely not

moving my main workflow over to linux and using windows as my secondary os is the next move im making this week 4/

you can tell i make the stuff i publish by hand, so take that as you will. but the more content ai has to work with, the less distinguishable it becomes. it will have even more of a variety of styles to choose to copy from, from professional to "hobbyist"

i dont want to be a part of that process 3/

adobe suite? had to swap that, im using gimp and davinci now. canva and google docs, which i was using for script writing? now im using libre office

all of this bc i want to *own* the stuff i create. im not saying im any type of savant and think my work is "just that good" or anything 2/

do not give these scalpers money. there are other ways that you can get miraidon and koraidon, just google it. normally im against using alternative methods to get hard to get pokemon

but this is an exception. everyone should be able to get them. its not our fault scalpers ruined it. /4

so shame on tpc and gamestop for sure. because they're definitely at fault for part of this

but the folks looking to make money off of something that should be celebrated in their pokemon community? they're literally destroying the hobby

they do not care about pokemon, and that's the worst part /3

im with the folks questioning why with the rampant scalping going on, did tpc decide to do a physical distribution event? gamestop can't even keep tcg drops from being scalped hours after they release

what would make them think these *free* codes would be an exception? /2

ive been buying stuff from japan consistently for like 8 years now, and the price has always been the price (minus proxy fees)

now im going to have to pay $15 or more extra for this just because i live in the us 🤡

i just want my pokemon tamagotchi 😭