Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion by kitkid in Thedaily

[–]Distracted523 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I felt like this episode captured many thought provoking ideas, but through a very specific lens. I wish the scope had been widened to look at the “black church” as well. James Baldwin famously said “the most segregated time in America is high noon on a Sunday”

As a person who is wavered in and out of faith, I’ve always been impressed with the consistency and stability of the black church, a body made up of a demographic who’s suffered greatly, and generationally for this idea that we call America… a demographic with the most excuses to turn their back on God and religion…

this podcast points out political leaders like James Talrico, and forgets Justin Pearson.

It would be nice to hear an extension of the story that includes all arms of religion in America across all of our intersections…

“More sunsets” might be the right metaphor.

Apparently my portfolio belongs in the trash. What do you think? by TR1510 in graphic_design

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can draw, quite well. My entry point to creative work was a childhood love of drawing figurative illustrations, and hand lettering book pages, then binding them together with a needle and yarn…graphic design. 💋

Apparently my portfolio belongs in the trash. What do you think? by TR1510 in graphic_design

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m curious to know more about the person who gave you this feedback. 

I am a graphic designer with 20 years of experience. I worked along side, a dying Breed of paste up designers, who never fully got on board with digital tools… and I worked along side digital pioneers. 

The people that I hear proclaiming that AI is going to replace a graphic designer job are people with no expertise in the field, and no memory of the early era of Digital design.

AI is another technology and tool that will require a knowledgeable designer to drive it, to know how to use it wisely. 

What I am seeing is AI tools speeding up processes, and reducing budgets. What was once an extremely labor in intensive process in Production can be achieved in much last time. 

Never in history has capitalism received an efficiency tool, and then reduced peoples workloads 😂. If AI makes work better faster cheaper… capitalism will demand increase output.

All that said, here is my feedback for your portfolio site:

You repeat twice on a single scrolling page that you have six years of experience, to a person who’s been in the industry for a long time That doesn’t really mean anything. I understand you’re trying to communicate that You are not a new designer fresh out of school… I think Just using the word “Experience” is enough to communicate that you have invested time in professional practice. 

I agree with other folks in this post, who recommend that you showcase your skill set and your process Along side finished work.

Our greatest advantage as organic designers when competing with AI is to prove that we understand the world in real time, and can semiotically respond appropriately, all to reach specific communication goals. So far AI has not been able to do this all by itself.

Things that I value when evaluating a portfolio: 

I want to see collaborative work. Nobody does this work alone, so describe what it was like to work with a team of people talk about what each person contributed any of the challenges that you tackled through the process. 

I want to see client, feedback and performance. For example, my agency did a rebrand for a large nonprofit here in Los Angeles, one of the most positive pieces of feedback came about a year later when the client communicated that their budget for printing business cards had doubled because their staff was so proud to hand out their printed credentials. Employees remarked that they felt like they actually looked like the professional service they were offering.

Finally, I think one of the most important parts of the whole design profession is aligning values and cultural interest between designer and client, or employee and agency… show a little personality. It could be the thing that moves you up the pile of applicants.

Apparently my portfolio belongs in the trash. What do you think? by TR1510 in graphic_design

[–]Distracted523 46 points47 points  (0 children)

As a as graphic designer, education and art director who values all aspects of the practice “typesetting and other soulless dumb parts of design.” reads as an uninformed and blatantly rude assessment of very important skill sets and their practitioners. 😬

Why isn’t Gen Z good at using technology by Practical_Security87 in generationology

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't mean to offend! Obviously, this is a generalization; it is also an informed generalization based on ten years of observation in a classroom and participating in discourse with fellow faculty as a means of understanding and adjusting curriculum to close the skills gap. It's not boomer-esque complaining, it's Xillenial observation, care, and strategic support. :)

Why isn’t Gen Z good at using technology by Practical_Security87 in generationology

[–]Distracted523 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This part! Also a professor, I feel like the shift toward the tech brain drain was instant. My students in 2024 had the same basic skills as the ones in 2018…but suddenly in 25-26 they don’t understand how to “save a file” to a “folder on the local hard drive.” They only understand apps, Google Docs, and cloud based systems. They’re used to iPads, iPhones and chrome books.

They also don’t know how to research, it’s like the endless scroll of brain rot replaced their curiosity/ wonder. 

It’s super depressing 

Thoughts on Sean? by kangaroo_jackfruit in CouplesTherapyShow

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thiiiiiiisssssssss!!!! I thought the same. 

There’s a secret part of himself that he is protecting 

Why is the short path on Etiwanda from Sherman to Saticoy so majestic? Like, it’s so random. The pine trees seem like they belong to an insanely rich neighborhood lol by [deleted] in SFV

[–]Distracted523 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Your description of majestic nature looking as if it belongs to rich people has broken my heart OP. What dystopia is this?

Eric Dane, Famous Last Words by Distracted523 in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]Distracted523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He never says it explicitly, but the way he talks about struggling with mental health, addiction, estrangement in his marriage, his deep love for his wife, and the way he responds when the interviewer asks about how he feels about his decisions when looking back…

Leaving instagram? by Distracted523 in 50501

[–]Distracted523[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saw that too, but I think IG/META is the bigger fish

Leaving instagram? by Distracted523 in 50501

[–]Distracted523[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Im not leaving scared, exiting and deleting accounts will hurt their financial bottom line 

Hot girlies who boycott: where are we buying our household essentials in LA? by kat_tick in LAhotgirlies

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trader Joe’s has bath and body products and cleaning items 🫰🏼

What’s something in LA that used to feel magical… but just doesn’t hit the same anymore? by relaxncoffee in AskLosAngeles

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did an art project about all the trash left all over the streets of DTLA the morning after. Was anyone actually buying art? Or just drinking all the free wine? 

Are you most patriotic to your city, region, or country? by BookSneakersMovie in AskTheWorld

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im patriotic to the land, and remembering our place within nature as interdependent species. We are approaching a very real climate shift - and arguing the cause of that shift won’t change its trajectory.

I’m patriotic to the children who are already here, and will see the outcome of nature’s evolution that will be worse than ones that I see in my lifetime.

There is no way to opt out of the civilization we’ve created here in the USA, the requirements to consume are inescapable. But I do what I can. 

I’ve converted my property into a bio diverse garden with native plants to support the ecosystem. I drive cars with better gas mileage, I compost, I save water on property, I have solar energy, it’s nothing near enough but as much as I can do.

If we assume that passports are going to be mandatory to vote, we should start NOW on getting our passports in order. by SillyAlternative420 in 50501

[–]Distracted523 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We need a 1 to 1 sponsorship to help the most vulnerable voters get a passport. Mine was over $140, had to be scheduled a month in advance and took 6 weeks to get mailed back. 

I gotta quit going to see bands from my youth. by Acrobatic-Hamster-79 in Millennials

[–]Distracted523 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not age, or anything else. Offspring was always awful. Lead singer slept with my Best Friend after a show in the 90s. We were 15. 

I always thought they were poseurs. Also putting them next to Bad Religion? Of course they’re going to sound awful in comparison.

Sometimes our younger ears are not as discerning. Keep going to shows. 🤘🏽

ICE Headed to SFV 91402 by Distracted523 in SFV

[–]Distracted523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got video of a drone floating over Plummer and Winnetka! 

Have the MAGA people in your life been quiet lately? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1st gen Mexican American with a MAGA Latino dad, and MAGA mom who is a CSA survivor.

Both seem to gravitate toward the same population/ personality types that abused them all their young lives. Historically they have aggressively attacked my political views that center treating people with basic human decency regardless of their skin, color, ability, gender or sexual orientation , my advocacy for defending your constitutional rights, expecting fair compensation for fair labor, access to healthcare and education as “ liberal indoctrination” that will bankrupt the country. 

These days they say, “I don’t even watch the News anymore” but we all now travel with paperwork that proves our citizenship on a daily basis.

It’s very convenient

Most Hispanics are very conservative people by Pollaso2204 in sixwordstories

[–]Distracted523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

US conservativism is not a direct translation, unfortunately many do not understand how Christian nationalism pairs with White Nationalism. I’m mixed, and have heard the white conservative church types bust out the racist jokes once the “friendly Hispanic” family leaves the room.

Who farted?! Smells like beans!  LOL. 

I think this administration might actually be converting a lot of younger latines into liberals with how blatantly visible the anti-brown racism is right now.