Crusty old meme recycling boomer joke.

OK Loomer.

This is the internet. It’s OK to swear here.

Exquisite.

Also the first twin stick arcade game I played.

So, like none of these folk read The Running Man then?

Or many of the hundred times this idea has been used in Sci-fi.

I suspect most memes are just 1980s British mid stand-up routines in disguise.

Absolutely agree. Or at least, if he wants to call himself that he can’t be upset if people disagree.

There’s an interesting thing there about the legitimacy of the artist.

Most artists and creative I know are rather comfortable with people disagreeing with them and the value of what they make because they understand the value of it to themselves.

I’m an artist and that happens because I make art, not because someone bestows the title on me.

I think the AI crowd is touchy because they dont get that. What joy is there when it is made for you? A prompt is not craft.

I think the main condition here is that he wants to be seen as a writer when he doesn’t write. He could legitimately call himself a storyteller, or someone who crafts narratives, but that isn’t legitimate for him. Instead he needs the validation of a title he doesn’t deserve.

I also wonder how he deals with criticism of the product. If someone reviewing his books calls the language clumsy, does he see that as his failure as a writer or the failure of the AI. The fact he will have to confront that is fascinating.

It isn’t my painting that sucks, it is the image I copied it from.

The devil is in the details. Different contracts state different usages.

Often, I’m hired to make things for folk, and they own it entirely. I see these things out in the world, I sometimes see other artists hired to butcher it to fit a new purpose. But that’s OK, I account for that, and often I hand over the source files from the things I make… Layered documents etc.

However, there’s a really disturbing trend of large companies appropriating fan art and claiming that because they own the IP any derivatives belong to them too. This is far ickier.

The main thing though is credit. You’d think that giving a nod to the original artist would be nice. It costs nothing and can have a massive impact on their business.

Deep.

This is now classic stoner chat.

This dude took it for a spin over a decade ago…

No music on MTV

I’m sorry, “lenchings” is not a word in this puzzle, or the dictionary. Watch this ad to gain another credit and gave another guess.

I use both, but honestly, some mastodon users can’t help but be outright patronising and hostile to newcomers.

The whole “we don’t do that here” vibe clearly puts folk off. Weirdly, it isn’t the long term users that do that, bug more recent converts.

Why do you think that is?

It could just be the focal length of the camera lens too.

good explanation of focal length and face shape

So… Games designer makes design choice?

Hold the front page.

Sure you don’t have condimentia?

It’s always been about context and provenance. Who took the image? Are there supporting accounts?

But also, it has always been about the knowlege that no one… Absolutely no one… Does lines of coke from a woven mat floor covering.

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He’s been arrested, not sentenced. That’s the innocent until proven guilty bit.

Not sure where you are from, but I suspect not the UK.

Dan Simmons, Hyperion… Or Carrion Comfort.

I’d love to see some modern tries at Dashiel Hammet’s work too.

Seconded.