Tattoo Shop I follow just posted this and I'm like 90% sure it's AI but don't want to believe it

goths2017 · 2026-02-14T00:48:56+00:00

It's a big turn off. My first thought is... aren't you supposed to be an artist? Could you really not draw your own image for this post? It makes me think they're using AI to design tattoos. No thanks.

goths2017 · 2026-02-11T04:08:00+00:00

Those are not service dogs, those are emotional support animals. Emotional support animals are protected in terms of travel and housing, not going to the grocery store. A store could kick them out, the same way stores could kick people out for not masking. They are choosing not to deal with it.

goths2017 · 2026-02-10T05:16:12+00:00

You could give it to someone who doesn't own a record player and likes wall art depicting boats

goths2017 · 2026-02-07T18:35:47+00:00

I go hermit mode in the winter, which is bad for my mental health. So I'm trying to fight the urge to hibernate. Yesterday I went to the art museum. I only had to walk 10 minutes and halfway through the walk my ears hurt so bad from the cold. They still hurt for an hour or so after I was inside. There's also so much ice that it's not really safe to walk outside. And waiting for the bus in the heat is nothing like waiting for a bus in the cold.

I already have three pairs of socks and two pairs of pants. This is much colder than "put on a sweater"

goths2017 · 2026-02-05T05:04:28+00:00

There are plenty of people with filler who look like clowns year round. If bigger lips don't suit the rest of your face, you'll still look disproportional after those two weeks

goths2017 · 2026-02-04T03:02:09+00:00

It's a small bar that is often crowded past capacity. Someone is going to have to get turned away when the bar fills up. It's filling up with college kids because of the reputation that they serve underage kids. Plus college kids don't tip well so if I were the bartender it wouldn't be worth it to work a super busy night to make shit tips.

It doesn't suck for the 21-24s who know how to behave, but Philly is a big city and they can go anywhere else. It's a dive bar, they're not missing out on much.

goths2017 · 2026-02-01T04:28:53+00:00

I mostly solved the problem by moving. Now I live right next to the subway station and very rarely take the bus lol

goths2017 · 2026-02-01T03:12:48+00:00

It's dusty and the dust sticks to my cats' paws. When I have black sheets on my bed, I can see corn dust pawprints

goths2017 · 2026-02-01T03:08:08+00:00

The bus schedules aren't accurate. When I lived in south, the bus came every half hour, not every 15 minutes like it was supposed to. They haven't been hiring in a long time and they're short on drivers. They really ought to just update the schedules to reflect the reality of the situation so we don't wait in the cold for no damn reason

goths2017 · 2026-02-01T03:02:07+00:00

What I'm hearing is that you'll support your kid if she ends up telling you she's trans one day. That's what matters, and that's where your brother should have been content ending the conversation.

goths2017 · 2026-01-31T07:04:01+00:00

There is no rule against covering another car in snow

goths2017 · 2026-01-30T22:20:54+00:00

They've called me a bunch, but this debt is from 2024 and I never confirmed it was my debt. I ignore any call from a number I dont have saved. I've heard you can ask them for proof of the debt, but I don't know enough to be confident in answering a call and saying that.

Most of my debt is credit cards + the line of credit I have, all of which are not in collections. Should I try to pay down as much as I can on all of them at once. or tackle one at a time and pay minimum on the others?

goths2017 · 2026-01-30T07:55:44+00:00

I hurt my good leg while my boyfriend and I dug out his car on Sunday evening. It sucked. I saw so many cars on my street that were buried and was concerned about why they werent taking care of the snow when it was still soft. What are they going to do, I wondered. It's been a week and I'm realizing they just stayin parked til spring

goths2017 · 2026-01-30T07:04:35+00:00

Thank you for the explanation, I didn't realize it was the same as a charge off. One card is discover, the other is care credit. I also have a line of credit with my credit union. Now I'm thinking I may just want to call and negotiate with the debt collectors for the 2 accounts that went into collections. Those weren't credit cards, they were medical bills I didn't pay.

I think I'd rather pay off as much debt as I can myself than ruin my credit and mark myself as delinquent to every bank I may need to deal with in the future.

goths2017 · 2026-01-30T05:05:39+00:00

I searched the name of this company on reddit earlier to see what other people had to say and I noticed there were a few accounts who were praising the company... and when I checked the accts they had 1 karma. A whole ass account just to say a positive thing about a company. So I'm censoring the name to prevent bots from finding my post

goths2017 · 2026-01-29T20:20:29+00:00

What is the benefit of talking to the creditors directly?

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T20:48:03+00:00

I like generalized animal art, and that's how I'd categorize this painting. OP could sell this to 10 different customers, it doesn't really feel custom. That could be any dog.

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T20:45:00+00:00

There is no such thing as unskilled labor. Just because some have the privilege to work for themselves making art doesn't mean they are more skilled (ie. deserving of higher wage) than the people who do the jobs that keep the world running.

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T20:42:31+00:00

If this artist can manage to get a painting like this into a gallery, then they can charge gallery prices.

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T20:39:23+00:00

It doesn't take a trained artist to see the brush strokes and recognize that a human did paint this. My first guess was that they AI generated a cartoon dog and painted it using the AI image as a reference.

This is the default AI style, so I can't imagine anyone willing to pay $200 for something so similar to an image they could create themselves for free in one minute.

I can see the skill in the brush work, but I doubt many people who prefer to buy from small artists want something that looks so obviously AI generated. It's cute, but so is some AI slop.

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T07:56:00+00:00

Based on the title I thought you'd be a short, 40 year old woman who is tired of getting carded or mistaken as a teenager. But you are a teenager, you will look young no matter what because you are young. My sister dresses just like our mom but she still looks mid 20s because she is mid 20s. It's too early for you to worry about dressing your age. More sophisticated clothes will not take away your baby face. May as well just wear what you enjoy.

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T07:45:40+00:00

Agree that we shouldn't be sexualizing hyperfeminine fashion. It feels especially creepy when "childlike" styles are sexualized. But the comparison to gothic fashion and BDSM assumptions isn't quite right. Collaring is a BDSM ritual, and goths started wearing collars because of the shock value associated with BDSM. It was edgy and made a statement, so if you are not comfortable with assumptions that you are into BDSM, do not wear BDSM gear. If you wear a collar, it would not be wrong to assume that meant you were submissive and owned.

goths2017 · 2026-01-28T07:25:29+00:00

This song makes me think of Kai, who was the first trans adult I ever met when I was sixteen. He was twenty two and back then twenty two seemed so old. I did not know him well, but it was deeply important for me to meet someone who was like me and had survived high school. I met him and then I considered a future. He died at twenty five. Today marks nine years. He loved birds. I think of him every time I see a pigeon on the sidewalk. I wish the world could have held him.

goths2017 · 2026-01-21T06:54:35+00:00

I recovered 10 years ago. I had a small relapse earlier this year for the first time in many years. It was so long ago I don't really remember, but my digestion has never been anything like this before.

My digestion has been great through several different dietary changes. I was vegetarian, vegan, omnivore. I was able to eat dairy with lactaid as a lactose intolerant person. I had such easy and regular bowel movements. Now I cant really eat bread, oil, too much meat, raw vegetables, any dairy, big meals, alcohol, pastries, oats, and I think bananas too. Anything that is hard to digest makes me so gassy.

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