@shitpostalotl@r0se i think i'd personally mind that less, but i wouldn't at all rule out someone else being uncomfy about that.
"just depends" feels kinda reductive, but you're right that it is ultimately subjective. functionally, it's just an avatar- if it conveys what you want people to perceive you as, it performs the task well. we don't necessarily have hard and fast rules for what constitutes an "appropriate" avatar, but we can draw lines if and when we take issue with things. that's usually how building social rules works.
hell, i'm sure my current avatar's looming demeanour might extend beyond someone's personal threshold- if that means they don't want to interact with me, that's okay. they'd probably have a hard time conveying that my avatar is explicitly pornographic and shouldn't be shown in public spaces, but they are well within their right to block me indiscriminately and move on.
@shitpostalotl@r0se i see pup hoods as distinct from furry avatars. pup hoods specifically lean into kink territory for me, whereas a "run-of-the-mill" furry avatar is just that- an avatar.
you draw an interesting distinction where some may be turned on by seeing their fursona, i've personally not heard of this. most furries i know hold their fursona as an identity (with anything sexual being an addition), meanwhile i've not heard of a pup hood owner who doesn't use it for kink.
if the owner is personally turned on by their own avatar, it's much up to their discretion on if they feel it's appropriate to bring that into non-sexual spaces. i don't believe this is contradictory, as every account with a pup mask avatar that i've personally seen has a feed flooded with kink play content.
@r0se@shitpostalotl a mix between "i'm not particularly into this but you've made it the very face i'm engaging with" and "this particular account isn't a kink space". wrong time and wrong place, i suppose. otherwise, i don't care what consenting adults get up to in their own cohorts
@q3k oh cool, just watched this last night! strongly agree- i worry some of the video lends AI music too much credence, but for the sake of impartiality i'll allow it. it does ultimately hammer home a narrative i've really been appreciating lately:
AI is built by, built for, and wholly embraced by advocates and beneficiaries of fascism. it exists to devalue the human condition. it exists to extract as much wealth as possible from as many people as possible. it exists to accelerate at any cost, and quell anyone who retaliates. when that's the goal, who cares how many lives are harmed, or even lost.
re: Spoiling the joke@gjersey999@chamomile it also got delisted from some charts for performing better than the melania movie, which probably made trump big mad LOL
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