They all have that big energy to march and protest though. I don’t get it.

My parent spidey senses are tingling. Besides the ADHD, is there anything else happening in his life? Major life change (changing school; new friends, etc)? He may not feel comfortable vocalizing yet if there is in fact something affecting him

Hey guess what? They pretty have the same minimalist ui. Way to miss the entire point I made

Also, I never mentioned Photoshop. Open any standard drawing app that was developed recently: Procreate, Infinite Paint, Krita, Fresco. Look how straightforward it is to start working. Look at the Ui. It doesn’t get in the way.

Edit: oh no the FOSS evangelists are not feeling it. I get it. I use a lot of FOSS apps for work. That doesn’t mean we have to be evangelical in our defense of FOSS. Recognize there are issues and we can work to fix them. Don’t get so defensive, Lemmy. My god.

Yes, as an artist I will choose the path of least resistance. Open any new drawing app today: Procreate, Infinite Paint, Krita, Fresco and look how clean and easy it is to get right to the point and start working. Now open GIMP and pull my eyelashes out already. The tool should not get in the way of the task. I’m with Steve Jobs on this, sorry. Computers are means to an end. For some they can be hobbies. Linux exists. Have fun.

Edit: oh no! The FOSS evangelists are not feeling it. I get it. I use a lot of FOSS apps for work. That doesn’t mean we have to be evangelical in our defense of FOSS. Recognize there are issues and we can work to fix them. Don’t get so defensive, Lemmy. My god.

If you think Photoshop has anywhere near the learning curve that is GIMP then I’m sorry. There is nothing I can do to convince you and this conversation is dead in the water. If something free was on par even slightly with Photoshop, then a whole industry would have shifted over to avoid the burden of costs. There’s a reason the potato shop UI hasn’t changed in 20 years.

Barf. Or maybe, just maybe, we have other shit to do rather than spend hours trying to figure out how to do one thing in Gimp. It’s great that YOU’RE passionate about tech. Some of us have other hobbies. Imagine that holy shit

It’s on Frontpage CNN and The Guardian.

My dude, you’re a lefty as much as Magats are patriots. It’s all performative fellatio

yes m’lord. Goddamn this is cringe

No, I don’t. I want the left to give me anything as stated…many…many…times before.

I can count on your comfortable endless preaching from behind the keyboard, that’s for sure :'(

No, I understand fake cosplay from lame ass losers with no practical agency when I see it. Its all theater.

The electoral system is not going away overnight. You can build the new world while lending a hand to those in need.

If you can’t be bothered to cast one ballot on one day of the year to help your brothers and sisters, then that betrays a level of callousnoss and sociopathy I want no association with. And I see all too often in this crowd. It’s quite sad.

I’ll meet you at the front line, but I’d like to see you there first. Oh wait, are we still cosplaying?

I agree that building more coops and councils is a good start. I do want us to be politically effective too, though. When I say “politically”, I’m not talking about electioneering or participating in liberal democracy. I’m talking abeut building power. Expanding the message. Growing coalitions. Growing the movement. That can’t be done if all were focused on is endless gatekeeping and purity testing 24/7.

For example: I’m having another conversation with someone else in this thread and all they’re fixated on is labels and tags. No thoughtful discussion about strategy. And this is my main frustration with the cause (not you in particular): If we spent 1% of the energy we do gatekeeping and alienating everyone on actual meaningful implementation the world would have turned into an anarchist utopia decades ago. Also, I disagree that taking one day to cast a vote ballot is asking too much. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. If casting a vote helps my Latino or Vietnamese brothers from landing in an ICE detention facility I’ll do that while also campaigning and inviting more people to join the anarchist movement. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.

Thanks for listening to my Ted talk, I’m done.

You seem really invested in labels and qualifiers rather than accomplishing anything. The aesthetic of the left for its own sake. Kinda like college kids who put up a Cheguevara poster in their dorm room. I want to be on board with a movement that accomplishes something. I’m not really interested in the cosplay part of the left, ya dig? I’m pretty certain at this point you don’t even have as much as the semblance of a strategy or plan for implementing… anything really. Good luck to… whatever it is you’re trying to do. Cheers.

I’m not trying to scare you, but the 90s was over two decades ago… I know I’m still in denial too

The same point stands. What makes you think the Persians care about Palestinians?

You two are talking past each other. None of what you wrote has any connection to what the other person wrote. In fact, you guys probably don’t disagree about anything. OP is just giving an explanatory description, not a normative essay.