Mothra

There isn't a lot of difference between a 22 and someone in their 30s, personality wise. People usually become a bit less impulsive, a bit more respectful of others, and overall they have less energy and more responsibilities so this tones down any activities like clubbing or whatever. But the change is small. To throw some numbers out of my arse, if you are at 100% in your early 20s then you are probably operating at 80% during your 30s.

But the personality doesn't change. If someone is particularly childish they may continue to be so and will naturally gravitate towards similar people. Sometimes life places you in a younger crowd; I've returned to study in my early 30s and most of my classmates were in their early 20s. Yes we hung out together. Nobody had a problem with my age and I didn't have a problem with theirs.

I find that what you have going on in life is more important than your age when it comes to relating to other people. I am single. I've met some really nice people while studying who were my age or older, and they had families to take care of. It's a different game. They have less time available, and it's easier for them to relate to others in a similar life stage.

You say this person missed out on their early 20s and that's perfectly understandable as a reason to want to stick with younger people. Like I said, you mingle with people in a similar life stage.

So no it's not necessarily creepy to stick with a much younger crowd than yourself.

Now, if you are getting creepy vibes from this person, pay attention, because they may very well be a creep. Are they stalking others in the group? Manipulating them? Are they being too lewd or inappropriate in some way? Are they doing things that put the safety of others at risk? What's bothering you, other than the age?

I don't know, I'm not even sure what the meaning of woke is anymore. If it is "tryhard social justice warrior" then, no, it is not too woke to think the new movie will be trash.

Why aren't the genders switched in this comic if it is about that?

Because at the time of publication, probably somewhere in the 80's, this wasn't even something on people's list of concerns. As sexist slander this is very weak, because the point isn't to throw dirt at women. It does present two stereotypes though, a nagging woman (or perhaps a clean freak woman), and a suicidal man. Both are statistically true, women tend to fuss more over cleanliness and men have higher rates of suicide than women. Are you also upset over every piece of media that shows a woman cooking for her husband or men as the main income earners in a household?

How do you determine when a piece is sexist or not? Is gender switching your gold standard? If so, this also works with genders switched. You would have your stereotypical abusive husband completely losing it over the house-cleaning wife leaving a stain after killing herself. The underlying criticism would be the same, people valuing more the material than people's lives. The man would be demonized in this situation just as much. What a slaveowner husband, husband bad.

I like to weigh in the body of work of an artist (if I am aware of this work) and take it into account. People's views show through, but you can't usually pick them up based on a single piece. Funny how some people here are completely fine with dumb jokes from people who are either openly nazis or have a clear disdain for minorities and women, but get riled up over something by an award winning artist known for championing human rights in his work.

And my grandfather was alright, as far as I've known. You probably got confused with your thread of replies. Thanks for your concern though.

So you were trolling all along. Well played

I didn't presume you were hostile, just erratic. I seriously considered you were under some influence. I see now you just worded your reply poorly.

When someone says "I couldn't care less", and the immediate reply is proof or suggestion that they cared to some degree, this is usually taken as a challenge or denial to the fact that they couldn't care less. Especially when it's something easy to Not Do, such as commenting. This is because the phrase "I couldn't care less" is more often than not used as an idiom, not in a literal sense. And in this particular occasion, you just so happened to point at how they could, in fact, care less: by not even commenting.

I'll illustrate with a different example: A:"I couldn't care less what my ex does with their life" B: "Yet you cared enough to check their social media yesterday" ...so as you can see, B's reply directly suggests A actually does care to some degree.

Therefore, without any context to show appreciation for the reply or without any visual or voice cues (this is text after all) to show the tone of your reply, it's easy to presume you are trolling or not making any sense. The fact that you are coming up with this reply to someone who simply answered your question just adds another layer of confusion. Imagine asking someone to jump only to immediately say they shouldn't be jumping. Just confusing.

And that's also what the first commenter probably thought too, only they gracefully replied "non sequitur" as opposed to "dude what?" or "wtf?" which carry a similar sentiment and are just as applicable in this situation.

How high are you? You literally asked for people's opinions

Amazing, a banana scale!

My ideal type would be 8.5 . But I'm happy with 7 - 10.

Valuing more a piece of upholstery than a human life. Satire on materialism with an absurd delivery.

If you really think this is about wife bad you are probably missing the point of the comic.

It's difficult to find ones without text. Glad to see the Quino appreciation :)

I guess you can interpret it that way. If you were familiar with this artist you'd know it's more likely to be "the rich value more the material than the people in their lives". Poking a jab at the superfluous wealthy upper class is a recurring theme with him. And yes you are right, this is decades old.

What content warning should I use? I already tagged

Omg. I didn't even realize. In my defense, Quino's work probably precedes the loss trend. I couldn't find the date for this one but he was at his most productive in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. He passed away in 2020.

I enjoy the process naturally, but it's not joy as in watching a movie or eating some dessert or sex.

It's enjoyment comparable to playing a game, but not quite either. It's challenging, you need to sharpen your skills, you can fuck up at any moment, you can fuck up and not even notice. You will, in fact. And that's just the hands on part, I'm not talking about the ideas or even the sharing and communicating. Which is also tied to it.

For me the most challenging part is overcoming inertia to get started. Finding that motivation when you are depressed is very hard. Once I do the rest unfolds on its own. Problem with motivation is that it's different for everyone and very elusive. For me, I need to either get paid, or have a practical reason to do the art (ie. Someone needs it for a specific reason or cause), or have an audience that engages with what I do. Feedback, back and forth. Healthy competition. Those things used to exist for me online a decade ago, but has been eroding ever since AI boomed, also platforms have been getting worse and worse, designed to curate a feed for you with little to no focus on the comments or community behind the work. Basically I thrive and find motivation in places where I can engage with my audience more personally and become others' audience in that way, where discovery is up to me and not an algorithm that automatically ranks things for you, where I can see people's reactions to my work as opposed to a number of views or likes.

I've been trying to find an online group of people to keep motivation up, something with tasks you are held accountable to similar to a class but with no accreditations or curriculum. So far I haven't been lucky. Things seem to be either courses or prompts given out at large on popular media platforms. Neither works for me. One lacks the peers or is too expensive, the other lacks the interpersonal aspect.

Anyway, end of rant, but imo your motivation for visual art shouldn't be too different from your motivation for writing, whatever that is. I don't write fiction because I know for a fact I have no interest (not consistently at least) in exploring a myriad narrative plots or characters backstories , or to polish my prose, or to figure out how to best keep interest while narrating something. These do occur to me from time to time but I'm not driven to exploit that vein. It's different with designs though, where I do. I look at different materials and I'm compelled to experiment with them at least once. The list goes on.

If shame or shyness is the only thing stopping you, remember, you don't need to publish anything you don't want to. Start, see how you feel, remember you can always revise work later on.

Are you asking people to... What, exactly? ...I guess I'm dumb and inquiring then

Some people know exactly how they want to go

If anything I compare my car's condition to theirs.

Omg comparing yourself to Socrates is just hilarious

Depends. Many times, yes it is rude. To figure it out I take into account relevance and understandable curiosity. Is it relevant to the situation? What's their demeanor towards me? But it's hard to tell, really. Some people wear a mask better than others. And it can get annoying when you hear it several times a day.

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What are your thoughts on someone who has a mental age of 22 at 32 and hangs out with people in their 20's? is that creepy/predatory?

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To those who draw and create art: Do you enjoy the process naturally, or did you have to develop the habit? If it was the latter, how did you do it?

Judging by your own behavior what is your nature?

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