The Do’s & Don'ts Of Interacting W/ Content Creators, & Other People You Don’t Know Well Mutually

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

Anyone who knows me knows that my two hyperfixations are bats (the animals) and the Bats (the superheroes), and in my opinion, more oft should the two meet in twain! Anyways, this presentation is my magnum opus and I've run out of real-life people to foist it upon, so please enjoy.

When your own your 7th+ playthrough of a game and just start making choices for the drama.... Proposed to a man I only started daring 12 hours ago after having had a crush on his dad and having already promised to marry his best friend. The ex boyfriend that ghosted me is my wedding planer and the other ex that stopped calling is my best man, both are still clearly in love with me both are regretting there life choices.

I often see posts about curating your own online experience that make the point, “content creators aren’t your parents.” And, yes, that is absolutely true! And I try not to be like “as a parent,“ but as a parent…

EVEN PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE READING/VIEWING BEHAVIOR. NOT filter everything ahead of time for their kid.

When my kiddo was 5, his pediatrician was asking him the usual Well Child Visit questions (“What are your favorite foods? What do you do to get your body moving? Do you know what to do if you get lost in a public place?” Etc.) and she asked, “What do you do if you see something on TV that scares or upsets you?”

I piped up like, “Oh, he doesn’t watch TV without one of us in the room,” which was true at the time and is still largely true now. She said, “Yes, but that won’t always be the case, so make sure you’re talking to him about what to do if he sees something that upsets him.”

So we started talking to him about that, and the answer is simple: “Turn it off or leave the room, and talk to someone you trust about what you saw and what you’re feeling.”

The answer is NOT “Ask your parents to make sure you never see anything upsetting again,” because that’s just not possible — and ultimately that would be doing the kid a disservice, since sooner or later he’s going to be out in the world where we can’t control what he watches or reads. That doesn’t mean we don’t try to make sure he’s watching/reading age-appropriate stuff, it just means that’s not the only safeguard he has — and that’s a good thing.

So yes, content creators aren’t your parents and aren’t responsible for making sure you never see anything you don’t like — but also, your own parents should have taught you what to do when that happens. So if they didn’t, take it from me, your internet mom:

Turn it off.

Walk away.

Talk to someone you trust about how you’re feeling.

And leave the person who created the thing that upset you alone.

soooon i will return

For the past few years there’s been this person who I send cute animal pics and memes back and forth with, we barley actually talk and can go months with our messaging and yet to me they are still a incredibly important friend. You never know how much you mean to some body.

The closest to any idea like this I've seen done and done well wasn't that "Batman can't kill becouse he would like it " but instead was more "Batman can't kill becouse he would forever be ruled by Vegences over Justice. " in which the personifcations of Justice and Vegences have a bet over if Batman will kill the man who killed his family betting a eternal claim over Batman depending on the choice he makes

just saw a post saying "batman doesnt kill because he knows he'd love it" like please tell me ur joking

I went through a mimic phase a while back :D

Tfw your shapeshifter friend forgets how to turn back into a human and has a crisis