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In other words, You want the convenience of technology without the responsibility of learning how it works, and you feel the need to criticize people's who suggest that you do learn. You're not alone. in fact, that is the norm, and it's why the tech bro sociopaths have more money and power than God. So thanks for that.

Please get a drafting table.

RE: https://ravenation.club/@davbram/115828530995269532

Quoting this for sober me, because I am so genuinely curious how non-rum me will respond to this.

Gimme a few hours to sleep off the pineapple spiced rum David. We'll have a chat about convenience and not needing to learn things.

I can't wait.

JenJen :heart_sp_pan: :twitch:

@JenJen@mastodon.art replied · last week

Hi David, sober Jen here, back to have a look at what you said to me last night. Apparently drunk me thought it was interesting enough to warrant a quote boost reminder. So let's figure out why.

A lot of people have already replied with much smarter and more eloquent takes while I was sleeping off the rum, so I'll try not to repeat all that. Instead I'll tell you why I think drunk me singled your comment out and I'll elaborate:

ozoned

@ozoned@btfree.social replied · last week

@JenJen@mastodon.art as you've pointed out, no one has time to learn everything. That's why we have an international economic system. I don't have a clue how to make a CPU processor. I pay for it. I don't have a clue how to speak another language, but I'm nice enough to ask others for help when I need it.

Yes you can argue that you won't be doing any of what I just said daily and electronics are more a part of modern day life, but I don't know how to fix a car anymore. I used to know. I don't have a clue how to run my work laptop with Windows. And I won't learn.

I thank you for being so open trying these new things, and know you have a community of folks to help you. I'd also say, as you saw last night, sometime this shit just doesn't work how we all expect. So even KNOWING Linux I couldn't have helped fixing those issues.

JenJen :heart_sp_pan: :twitch:

@JenJen@mastodon.art replied · last week

You were essentially telling me that I am not trying to learn.

See, that is where I have to sit down and respond. Thanks past drunk Jen!

This is not just for David, but see it as a wider comment to anyone who may have seen the stream, or just come across my vibes in the past day or something, and may hold similar thoughts as a result.

I am literally *made of* Trying at this point.

I am forced to constantly keep learning new tech/capitalism things in order to do my job.

JenJen :heart_sp_pan: :twitch:

@JenJen@mastodon.art replied · last week

I'm a full-time traditional artist. I sit and draw silly pics for money (some of them sexy!). I have no publisher or big company that reliably pays a wage into my account every month. I don't have sick pay or any of that.

And platforms/tech/payment processors keep throwing things at my face like: YOU WANT TO STAY HERE?

Learn HTML,CSS, Javascript.
Learn website management with Wordpress.
Learn how to read the kind of legalese that involves whether drawn circles will get you banned or not.

JenJen :heart_sp_pan: :twitch:

@JenJen@mastodon.art replied · last week

Learn how to set up a one woman business without also doxxing your home address (because yes, I work from home) – and no, a simple PO Box won't do. Because the payment processors you use won't allow that. Because you also have to learn what payment processors you're allowed to use. How they integrate into your studio.

Learn how to video edit in davinci resolve, learn how to livestream on two separate platforms. Learn how to do PCI COMPLIANCE. BY YOURSELF.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · last week

Learn how to post internationally with changing tarrifs and customs rules when you live in the UK.
Learn how to do all your own taxes because you're self employed with dyscalculia.
Learn how to stay focused when you have no access to adhd medication, so you're rawdogging this and needing to DIY your own scaffolds to function in the society to not be too much of a burden.

All I do is quickly pick up new skills when shit changes for me. I could've given up years ago, and maybe I should've.

JenJen :heart_sp_pan: :twitch:

@JenJen@mastodon.art replied · last week

But everytime something gets chucked at people like me, I get a tiny bit more petty. A tiiiny bit more made out of spite.

Like: *You don't want me here*.
You don't want me to exist on these platforms. You don't want me to make money on my own as an artist, do you?

Well fuck you, I will.

And I will learn Linux too. And I'm gonna have a shitting dog on my wallpaper, and I'll imagine that it's shitting on your lawn.

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