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The Living Machine Community and My Position In It
12 months ago
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Those who follow me on Twitter or Instagram may have already seen my POV on this. But thanks to the allowance of longer text form here, I will cross-post what has to be said in depth.
I'm exhausted of the LM community. I'm done with it.
I'm exhausted, worn out, heartbroken, disturbed, and very very concerned. We had a small community that could have been good but instead of removing those who are poisoning it, they are generally welcomed with open arms.
Why is pedophila allowed? Why are there creators in this community who have rock-solid evidence of sexually engaging with minors but are still given fanart, followed, and otherwise embraced as a community member? This shit is illegal. If you knew this person IRL and welcomed them around your child or little niece or nephew, I'm worried about you. Online doesn't make it okay. Also the kids who draw LM porn to feel accepted is an entirely other level of wrong I'm sad to see.
Why are scammers allowed? I have been scammed out of money. I have had people run around in the community and ruin my name because I provided a service for them, and then they chose to not pay up what they agreed to in a contract. Think it's okay because I'm a creative? Try to tell your electric/internet/gas/water company you suddenly don't want to pay them. And if you don't, there will be consequences. I've been kind trying to deal with this as a professional business person, but having my name slandered because you don't want to keep up your end of our business deal is less than childish.
Why are people who have knowingly doxxed others allowed to persist here?
Why are ableists, transphobics, homophobics, sexists welcomed?
Why are people who repeatedly tell others mechaphilic statements allowed to do this? This is the equivalent of telling random people you want to screw them and that's grounds for sexual harassment. Not okay.
Why are the whistleblowers who try to bring awareness to actual dangers or morality issues told to kill themselves or stalked?
Whenever something goes wrong, instead of banding together and addressing it as mature individuals, the answer is to run off and create a "new LM discord server" which becomes an echo chamber for everyone there to diss another person's server/community/mental health/etc. I've seen it for years and years. Most all I've been in have become mini-cults. Worship the owner or else.
I've had my mental health examined and told I'm "crazy" for questioning anything I've written in this journal. Read that again. I have been told I'm crazy.
What is WRONG with this community?
Every fandom has its good and bad points. But for the 7+ years I've been involved in this one, the good points are getting less and less.
Prepaid LM comms will be finished in the new year. But I cannot joyfully or moralistically involve myself in this fandom anymore on this basis. I can't see people I care about get hurt. I can't let myself keep getting hurt. I can't keep drinking from the well of poison.
I will periodically accept vehicle commissions on my terms. Potentially once or twice a year. I will draw cars in my furry art, not LM. Just cars. I have to do what is healthy for me.
I'm exhausted of the LM community. I'm done with it.
I'm exhausted, worn out, heartbroken, disturbed, and very very concerned. We had a small community that could have been good but instead of removing those who are poisoning it, they are generally welcomed with open arms.
Why is pedophila allowed? Why are there creators in this community who have rock-solid evidence of sexually engaging with minors but are still given fanart, followed, and otherwise embraced as a community member? This shit is illegal. If you knew this person IRL and welcomed them around your child or little niece or nephew, I'm worried about you. Online doesn't make it okay. Also the kids who draw LM porn to feel accepted is an entirely other level of wrong I'm sad to see.
Why are scammers allowed? I have been scammed out of money. I have had people run around in the community and ruin my name because I provided a service for them, and then they chose to not pay up what they agreed to in a contract. Think it's okay because I'm a creative? Try to tell your electric/internet/gas/water company you suddenly don't want to pay them. And if you don't, there will be consequences. I've been kind trying to deal with this as a professional business person, but having my name slandered because you don't want to keep up your end of our business deal is less than childish.
Why are people who have knowingly doxxed others allowed to persist here?
Why are ableists, transphobics, homophobics, sexists welcomed?
Why are people who repeatedly tell others mechaphilic statements allowed to do this? This is the equivalent of telling random people you want to screw them and that's grounds for sexual harassment. Not okay.
Why are the whistleblowers who try to bring awareness to actual dangers or morality issues told to kill themselves or stalked?
Whenever something goes wrong, instead of banding together and addressing it as mature individuals, the answer is to run off and create a "new LM discord server" which becomes an echo chamber for everyone there to diss another person's server/community/mental health/etc. I've seen it for years and years. Most all I've been in have become mini-cults. Worship the owner or else.
I've had my mental health examined and told I'm "crazy" for questioning anything I've written in this journal. Read that again. I have been told I'm crazy.
What is WRONG with this community?
Every fandom has its good and bad points. But for the 7+ years I've been involved in this one, the good points are getting less and less.
Prepaid LM comms will be finished in the new year. But I cannot joyfully or moralistically involve myself in this fandom anymore on this basis. I can't see people I care about get hurt. I can't let myself keep getting hurt. I can't keep drinking from the well of poison.
I will periodically accept vehicle commissions on my terms. Potentially once or twice a year. I will draw cars in my furry art, not LM. Just cars. I have to do what is healthy for me.
here's your friendly reminder that my commissions are OPEN!
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