calmnivore (18+ only)

sigh

anyways
in other news

I've been smoking

and smoking has been great for writing
but bad for my fucking bronchial tubes

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you shoudl be telling literally everyone you know about this btw. this is not a trivial thing, this is something that every living being needs to be aware of so they can stop being tricked.

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But we have to acknowledge the balance between what we both want, right? I want money, you want art. Neither of us can get what we want for free. There are situations that are too big for us to have an affect on as individuals.

I do in fact want infinite money to jerk off and do whatever I ant. That's actually normal and if you don't feel the same way I think you are some kind of fucked up alien or a liar. If you don't admit to feeling this way, I don't think anyone should trust you and you should be guillotined instantly.

I only say this because I see this exact sentiment repeated basically everywhere, and it seems like a big part of the sentiment behind AI. "Artists are just selfish asssholes who want infinite money to jerk off"

as though that's somehow different than what literally everyone else wants for themself

and to be clear, this is not an a honorable stance. This is just the way I am. I have things I wannna create, and I wish I had more freedom to do so. I wish I had the financial freedom to just do what I want. Everyone wants the exact same thing. I do not have the freedom to just do whatever.

all this to say: that's just how it is on this bitch of an earth. my ambition is to make the thing I wanna make and survive while doing that, and nothing more.

and dinner. I spend every dime I make on ephemeral shit like food and entertainment. I did not decide to be the frugal, reliable ant. I am the grasshopper in this parable.

which I can't help you with that. Yeah man. Amazon basically owns the entire global logistics network at this point. there are 100,000 3d printing boutiques at your disposal. there are 100,000 sticker printers at your disposal.

I'm one guy. one single guy, living month to month. breakfast, lunch

a major issue with this kind of thing though is people will just like. look at you and ask, unironically

why can't you compare with a billion dollar industry that uses extremely expensive and specialized machines to output one gajillion cheap products per hour

you can send them this post even. I don't say no to pity money.

anyways I'd appreciate if for these next two weeks ( i figured yesterday the 13th was a payday) if you could tell someone you know word of mouth that I do good work and to hire me, that'd be nice. I'm broke as shit and the turbo sale strategy is biting me in the dick. >_< it's hard out here

ppl will prefer to buy into the lie they are getting the better deal rather than the truth they are getting what they pay for.

this is something I think about literally every single day. and tbh, fuck that shit. Let's you and me rise above Big Monke Thinking. and uh. Pay me to draw stuff for you.

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sales are a dishonest trick because you (and me) are monkeys too stupid to understand where value comes from.

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119... there's a stuff you should know podcast about a guy who tried to sell discount clothing without the obfuscation of sales. He got fucked

actually, let's talk about that a bit more.

you do realize that the way pricing works in retail, the whole thing where they price thing one cent below the whole number? 19.99 and all that?

that's a trick. you know this, right?

and furthermore, sales are also a trick

every other company and industry and business model operates on pure apathy and the race to the bottom of the barrel. you and me both are victims of this. Here, we cannot rely on that. We have to operate on some kind of human to human connection. And it sucks. I wish it were different.

furthermore, I refuse to joke about or delude you or myself about this. my art is good as fuck. If you pay me to draw your shit, you're paying someone who gives a shit. maybe not about you, specifically, but about the end result. That's what you pay for. Human Emotion. I WILL insist on this.

and frankly I do witness people responding to that angle, so I want to push that further: my soul wants to write and draw crucible. My stomach needs you to pay me to draw your sona. Please meet me halfway, if that's a thing you care about it (and if you don't! fair!)

I'm sort of wishy washy about it because I would prefer having money over not having money but I'm also deeply exhausted with games and bullshit and lies

I admit that I'm an imperfect non AI human being with temperaments and preferences and goals that are not simply serving your particular ego.

a little while ago someone suggested some advice which paraphrased, states: if you tell on yourself, people believe it.

or to put it another way: if you reveal you're not gettting sales/clientele, you're dissuading future buyers

maybe. but I'd prefer to think of myself as appealingly transparent

ALSO increasing the price to $35 because 25 is beyond the pale in the first place

if you want the steeper $16.25 discount you have until 3/15 and url link THIS reply post in your submission notes. otherwise sale ended.

I suppose I'm officially now ending the sale. I figured a more consistent outpouring of customers but it seems there's a definite limit of queue saturation that dissuades more than the low price persuadees

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goated work as usual my friend

i love to admire workaholics from afar with no intention of emulating them

I've been drawing them actually but it's mostly secret stuff for Crucible 🥹