can anyone into sociology explain why vine felt safe and fun and led to many iconic memes & is fondly remembered yet tiktok feels like the actual devil making our species meaner and dumber by the day
@popcomes Caine definitely reminds me of myself. I struggle with criticism sometimes, oblivious on occasion, I can be manic, my moods swing rapidly, I can be seen as hard to read by some, but I do want what is best for people and I try my best to give them what they want or to help them.
“This reads like AI-”
No, sir, AI was trained on how I write. I grew up in the trenches of Tumblr, AO3, Wattpad, and fanfictionnet You can’t pry my rule of three from my cold, human hands.
Every time I look back at how much the artsyle changed, I like to imagine that the digital circus is becoming that much more real to the characters as time goes on. At first, everything looks so cartoony and strange, and then after a while, your brain fills in the gaps.
@aylinskies YouTube account got hacked > needed a new username > played a bunch of animal crossing > villager called me Butterbean as a nickname > remembered nicknames from childhood that had 'bean' in them > username was born after many Dr Peppers.