i think the issue w non-smoking “awareness”/propaganda is that 1) it is very obviously not aimed at poor people whatsoever, and ppl below the poverty line make up the vast majority of smokers 2) has laughably never considered that some kids start smoking as fucking teenagers because their parents do bc poor people couldn’t afford to quit when all the upper and middle class ppl did bc they found out it was toxic 3) seems to divide the issue of smoking into Wholesome Non Smokers and Dirty Smokers Who Contribute To The Problem instead of tackling the circumstances (poverty, stress, addiction) that can lead to cigarette smoking. the lack of care for current smokers is really jarring and sad, esp in the teen-oriented ads – the kids offering the Wholesome Teenage White Girl a cigarette are presented as Bad Kids when that never fucking happens and cigarettte smoking as a teenager is usually something that happens bc of poverty, hard drug use, and stress. making smokers feel like shit for smoking is beyond a useless and futile tactic
I keep seeing “callout” posts to the effect of “[popular artist X] once drew a picture of Invader Zim fucking Spongebob Squarepants, so they must be a huge weirdo pervert!”, and I’m like… have y’all ever actually met an artist?
Among most art communities I’m acquainted with, outlandish porn is a thing. Sure, sometimes it reflects some weird fetish on the artist’s part, but far more often, they drew it:
Because someone dared them to do it
Because someone claimed they wouldn’t do it
To hurt people’s brains (there’s a certain stripe of artist for whom “oh my god my eyes” is the highest praise)
Because they got into a one-upmanship contest with another artist and things got a little out of hand
Because some artists have this thing where if they get a bad mental image stuck in their heads, the only way to get it out is to draw it (i.e., a bit like dislodging a stuck song by humming the ending)
Out of pure spite
Never underestimate that last one; I personally know an artist who once spent the better part of two days hammering out a drawing of Inspector Gadget reverse-gangbanging the cast of Scooby-Doo because a buddy of theirs claimed that it was impossible for anything to shock them anymore, and they took it as a challenge.
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