I've noticed a huge negative shift since services like google translate started moving over from simple algorithms to LLM-based tech. In the past I could stick a paragraph into google translate and get a result that was clunky but at least a literal translation. +
"extreme intolerance for discomfort of any kind" - this is such a good way to put it. People tend to equate feelings of discomfort and unease with "bad/problematic" instead of inspecting why something makes them uneasy. Sitting with discomfort can be a powerful tool and I try to utilize it in my
I once got a comment on a fic saying something along the lines of "I feel like I learned a lot about [topic] but idk if I should trust this to be factual" UM NO? IT'S A FIC, I MADE SHIT UP FROM MY BRAIN, PLEASE DON'T USE FICS AS A WAY TO 'EDUCATE' YOURSELF ON A TOPIC WITHOUT LOOKING AT OTHER SOURCES
own life in general. When I get that knee-jerk reaction of something making me recoil or making me irritated, I try to stop and trace back to WHY I felt that way. It's a good way to uncover subconscious biases.
parasocial aspect of it all: not wanting to see your fave in a bad light. Which, I guess is understandable. But it does make the writing process a bit more... limiting. (Obviously, we should write what we want to write, but not caring about what others think of it is impossible.)
I've definitely
because liking something "bad" would be seen as a reflection of themselves and their morals. Which is not exactly a development I like, but these are the times we live in...
I randomly remembered this JK solo dance in a shallow pool of water exists and I'm making it everyone's problem š«
noticed that people want the media they consume to reflect their morals. And without the ability to approach media from a critical standpoint, it seems like people's sense of their own morality is so deeply attached to the media they like, that it means that they can't like anything "problematic",
