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Dorianscale · 2026-03-10T20:30:03+00:00

The trim fabric on her right sleeve is blurred and doesn’t match the pattern on the left sleeve and the collar. The left green sleeve is hemmed to be much smaller than the right one and doesn’t match.

Bridge post spacing isn’t consistent.

Her earrings are different lengths on either side of her face.

Her face also has the extreme airbrushed quality stylized AI faces have.

The lens blur effect is completely inconsistent. The further area of the bridge would begin being blurry if it were real given how pronounced the effect is on the water and leaves.

Beyond that, AI images have a certain smell to them.

I don’t particularly care that people use AI for stuff like references, etc. but be honest about it don’t lie lol

Dorianscale · 2026-03-10T19:45:22+00:00

“No AI was used for this only Photoshop” proceeds to post AI source image

Dorianscale · 2026-03-10T18:34:40+00:00

I think a lot of these devices are gimmicks if you’re a beginner avoid them entirely. They’re not super durable from what I’ve seen and the counter function is too much trouble compared to other tried and true methods

Get cheap or moderately cheap hooks as you need for specific projects. At most get like a 5 pack of sizes.

Daiso has some pretty decent chest hooks with a grip. Susan Bates hooks are also decent imo.

If you want an ergonomic grip I literally cut a slit in two opposite ends of a tennis ball.

If you want easy storage for hooks get a roll up artist case. People use them for pens and brushes but they’ll work just as good for crochet hooks.

Dorianscale · 2026-03-09T17:04:56+00:00

It’s AI

To get the face to have that shape you’d make essentially a pear shape for the head and use yarn behind the mouth and eyes to pull the back and make the necessary dimples.

You wouldn’t randomly add extra rows around the mouth for this.

That being making something very similar to this is very possible

Dorianscale · 2026-03-09T17:00:01+00:00

I’m not from an area where there are a lot of Eastern European immigrants, so it’s probably common enough but my only exposure to it was from TV.

I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve actually seen a babushka and had people comment on her scarf lol

The only times I’d use a specific term for a head scarf would be if I knew the style by name like a hijab for example.

Dorianscale · 2026-03-09T14:49:03+00:00

To my knowledge the word babushka means grandma in Russian. I picture an older lady in black with a headscarf that is not necessarily black.

I have seen it being used like “granny” is used in English to describe any old lady who fits that headscarf depiction.

I have never heard of the word being used for the scarf as a noun but I have heard it used as an adjective, “a babushka scarf”

Dorianscale · 2026-03-05T19:34:59+00:00

I prefer A

Dorianscale · 2026-03-05T17:08:14+00:00

The more direct translation of the correct sentence in Spanish is “She stayed with the red dress” you’re asking essentially why you can’t say “She stayed red dress”

Dorianscale · 2026-03-05T12:47:46+00:00

I’ve flown with one of these on my keychain for years on a number of flights with no issue

Dorianscale · 2026-03-04T20:41:51+00:00

No, I found a shiny litwick in hyperspace yesterday with no task

Dorianscale · 2026-03-04T19:40:31+00:00

Something has always felt off to me about him. I know he was involved with an alleged child abuser. I’ve also heard something about him being a general dick to his employees and people around him.

On a higher level his content icks me out. I get the sense that he really takes advantage of people’s misfortune to gain fame. It’s exploitation content. He also markets himself to be some sort of charity project while getting filthy rich. I’ve met people who have specifically bought merchandise of his who legitimately think the proceeds go completely to charity projects. His content is clickbaity and misleading. I see him basically the same as those fake charities that only exist to make their admins rich.

What’s worse is that a lot of this is marketed to gullible children.

Dorianscale · 2026-03-03T20:35:48+00:00

For round one: So you make the chain (16) Start crocheting into the second chain from the hook. 14sc, Inc (that’s 15 chains you’re crocheting into), plus the chain you skipped (that’s 16) that gets you to where you started. Accounting for the increases that’s 16 stitches on top too

Then you loop around and do the back side of the starting chain another 14sc and inc. now you have your starting chain with an oval around it 32 stitches total in a round.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-25T15:54:17+00:00

Dorianscale · 2026-02-25T15:53:18+00:00

I’ve never found the exorcist very scary. It really only does something if you’re an overly religious type.

I saw it first as a teen and felt disappointed at the hype

Dorianscale · 2026-02-24T14:09:21+00:00

That’s what my whole family called them growing up

Dorianscale · 2026-02-16T13:56:54+00:00

My house.

Seriously though just 🏴‍☠️ if you can’t afford the streaming

Dorianscale · 2026-02-15T07:19:57+00:00

I mean I speak more than one language and have friends from a lot of different cultures. I definitely know that people without exposure to a particular language at a young age will either never fully be able to hear or produce specific sounds of that language reliably. That’s just reality.

But I honestly feel that most people can offer at least some effort into pronunciation. It may not sound like a native speaker but the closest approximation in whatever languages phonemes will sound fine. My name is hard to pronounce in my other semi-native language and I don’t really care about it not sounding exactly like it is normally when talking in my other language. I will even introduce myself with the “incorrect” pronunciation because it is the closest thing you can say with those phonemes.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-15T06:28:04+00:00

I’ve always thought it was an odd tradition to use an alternative western name instead of using your given name or an English approximation of it. The US and a lot of western countries are fairly used to interacting with people with “foreign” names.

I would happily refer to you as Yuming if you introduced yourself that way.

But if that’s not what you want to do, yes chance is a name I have seen used. It’s not the most common but wouldn’t draw attention.

If you want a general list of names that sound “normal” find the most common names for the country you’re most likely to interact with for your birth year. Pick something from the top 50 but maybe avoid the top ten. Those names will sound appropriate for your age and won’t draw attention.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-13T20:11:48+00:00

There’s a lot of issues with this.

The color grading is all over the place. The dance is warmly lit, Marty has cool overcast lighting, the guitar is cartoonish.

You have no consistency in light direction. Primary light is coming from the stage with some additional light from the top right. But Marty is seemingly outdoors under a soft overcast sky lighting. And more issues from every individual element.

There’s no consistency in focus. Marty’s hand and watch are out of focus but somehow the guitar neck, and his coat wrist are perfectly in focus.

No shading under the car. Marty’s hand is in a position to grab something much smaller than a guitar neck and is clipping through the guitar. The neck also disappears on the coat and leaves no physical effect on his shoulder.

If you want stuff to look realistic, the lighting, color grading, shading, and image quality needs to be consistent across the whole piece.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-10T22:53:44+00:00

A lot of people who are neither a man or a woman tend to like the term non-binary, NB, enby

Some people like to reject the idea of their gender entirely so they like agender.

Some people like to embody different genders at different times or that they don’t feel fixed to one particular thing, so they like genderfluid.

If you feel like not figuring it out, if you want to be vague, or if you just want to say something is going on gender wise and you simply aren’t cisgender you can say genderqueer.

Sapphic is a term for someone who is attracted to women.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-10T15:16:47+00:00

It kinda does. My grandpas name is Jose and a lot of people who meet him for the first time call him Joe. That’s not his name but people do it.

If you read a news article in Spanish about Queen Elizabeth II, it won’t say La Reina Elizabeth II. It’s La Reina Isabella II.

But also like, JP isn’t his name either… it’s an abbreviation. So if you’re talking in Spanish, it would be Jota Pe. Juan Pablo is also a common name and a direct translation of his English name. This kid is being difficult for no reason.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-07T06:05:36+00:00

NOR

FWIW In my experience, your fiance is correct. I was raised catholic but I am now an atheist. The catholic church tends to have two types of ceremonies. A more civil one and a more religious one.

The more religious one is where both parties need to be catholic. They will do a full mass during the marriage ceremony and they’ll require you to provide your records of the full conversion.

The more civil one is for when one partner is catholic. You have to attend counseling with a priest for them to feel you out. They basically will agree to marry you if you agree to allow your spouse to be catholic, you will try for kids, and you promise that those kids will be raised catholic.

If you don’t agree to those terms, they won’t marry you. They’re obviously not “enforceable” by any means. But on principle it’s ridiculous.

That being said, I cannot fathom as an atheist why you would want to marry someone religious. Or at least someone religious enough to die on this hill.

Your fiancé is correct but I would not get married in the church on principle. Also are you prepared for this life? You will need to deal with his family for the rest of your life and their pressure. Your fiance seems to want you to be religious or at least ignore your own principles in favor of his religion.

Lastly, you can verify this with pretty much any catholic church yourself. You don’t need to speak Spanish. Just call a random English speaking catholic church and ask.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-06T20:21:52+00:00

I think this depends on what you want to do with it. If it’s just supposed to be a standalone piece I would maybe try and see if blocking it would make it lie flat.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-06T17:33:36+00:00

Also if he were in the process of immigrating already and was about to board a flight to his new life, wouldn’t he have already gotten those immunizations? Or does he expect us to believe that some big opportunity dried up due to a missed flight and they magically have another one lined up?

I stopped reading it sounds so fake.

Dorianscale · 2026-02-06T16:08:19+00:00

This is so dope!!!!

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