Sorry, Other Other Place
I tried to like it.
Near as I can tell, there are just a lot of voices upset and angry about the things they’re upset and angry about. I thought it looked cool. It looked like old Twitter. And hey, the maga crowd wasn’t there.
But this crowd’s just a different group of people upset about a different bunch of things. I guess they just didn’t feel like the people I would normally hang out with. Their causes are fine or whatever. I don’t have a vote about them. It just seemed like a whole lot of negative energy and not really very productive, either.
I’ll Just Do My Thing
This other other place hates pretty much everything AI. I understand the arguments. I get why “real” artists get mad at AI art. People hated hip hop and sampling culture and remix culture, too. Whatever you’re doing that some other group is doing, they’ll tell you it’s not real.
Today a friend of mine told me they learned how to write a JQL query for their work dashboard. They did it by asking ChatGPT what to do. I didn’t even know ChatGPT knew what Jira was. It’s crazy how cool this is, because it means the friend didn’t even have to put in a support ticket and ask an admin or developer to create what they needed. They just coded it with a little help from a GPT.
I’d never dare talk about this at the other other place, because it’s wrong or bad or whatever.
Chasing Tails
I saw a whole lot of posts defending the current US president about his memory issues (as reported by some investigation), mostly by bashing the previous US president about things he’d done wrong. Neither one is good. Neither one is palatable. It’s like choosing supper between broken glass or very small rocks.
But holy cow, at the other other place, there’s only one point of view allowed. I just can’t operate that way, nearly no matter the topic. I have to say nearly. Racism is bad. Human rights matter. Love is love. All that. I just don’t want to hear people acting like they’re on the right side of American politics. Voicing opinions loudly about the two current likely candidates is not moving anything forward.
My Own Little World
I’m going to bed now. I think when I get up, maybe I’ll just create my own little world. Seems like it would be more fun than that other other place. They’re all grumpy over there. I’d rather create and invent and explore and invite other people in and learn about them, connect with them, share my thoughts and ideas.
You’re always welcome here. As long as you’re kind and you respect people’s rights. I guess that’s my only big thing. Everything else, we can agree to disagree. For instance: I love black licorice. It’s okay if you don’t.
What’s this over here? Oh right. I still have to create it. Tomorrow. Once I wake up. I’ll start dreaming it first.
Okay?
