Comments

[hidden]

Don't panic, this might be just the guy's imagination. There's one last picture who is just a doodle of discount Garry looking sadge and oof, and that's it for https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/148131964.

Maybe Frieren was right and cohabitation with demons (or rather youkais) is impossible. We'll see how it goes.

PS: this is not Ex-Rumia by the way, or Phantasm Rumia or Shin Rumia or whatever you want to call her, since she still has the ribbon.

[hidden]

How do people get into vtubers when the risk of graduation always hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles? I know the answer is that the joy of having experienced them is a worthy tradeoff for the pain of losing them, but I don't feel that at all. Or do they simply not think of that like a reveler not thinking of the hangover tomorrow morning? Or have they just numbed themselves to the pain like a sadomasochist? Or do they tell themselves that they will reincarnate some time in the future? Or perhaps the ephemera (もののあはれ) is part of the appeal. Perhaps some things are not meant to be gotten but rather felt.

[hidden]

Andrew_Neiman said in comment #2631914:

How do people get into vtubers when the risk of graduation always hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles? I know the answer is that the joy of having experienced them is a worthy tradeoff for the pain of losing them, but I don't feel that at all. Or do they simply not think of that like a reveler not thinking of the hangover tomorrow morning? Or have they just numbed themselves to the pain like a sadomasochist? Or do they tell themselves that they will reincarnate some time in the future? Or perhaps the ephemera (もののあはれ) is part of the appeal. Perhaps some things are not meant to be gotten but rather felt.

By accepting that everything is transient. As a once-great game said: "nothing is true, everything is permitted". The meaning of this is that civlizations are built on sand, and can easily sink in and be forgotten. Such is life, nothing lasts forever, everything will eventually disappear. Except taxes. And Winrar's trial period.
But everything else? Vtuber? Games? Friends? Lovers? Wife? Parents? Eventually, they will all leave. Only by accepting that life is beautiful because it is short, can you appreciate it. After all, a flower that is blooming every day loses its appeal. Eating burgers every day makes them lose their taste. Things are only beautiful because you have to seek them out and make the effort of appreciating them. Stopping during a bicycle run to take a look at a flower on the side of the road. Trying a new spice in your hot chocolate, and that exotic cinnamon taste reminding me of playing games during your summer holidays. Letting out a fart and remembering that one time you farted on your big brother's pillow and laughed to yourself as you heard him later scream "why does this smells like ass?!"

This is why a flower is beautiful, but a picture of a flower doesn't have the same appeal. You have to see it, with our own eyes. See it flutter in the summer breeze while the hot wind slightly scorches your skin, with sweat dripping down your forehead. Everything is part of the experience.
And over time, memories will remove the bad (the mosquitoe, the heat, the thirst), and you'll only remember that little flower by the dirt road that was so singularily beautiful that it stopped you.

[hidden]

isn't this the the same person that have 5-6+ different accounts and post AI generated and AI traced "art"? Chokopai or something like that? it's very similar style. I lost count of how many that russian AI scammer has made to trick people into spending money on patreon and commissions

ok it's not the same person but it's friend of Chokopai that also have very susy AI stylized content. She is heavely mentioned in the big doc filed revealing Chokopai scamming history and all the bs. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yUReIwHeIKXX9BqZBn3oQV9cUMGd_cJc83y4GDBhhoA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.mtz3g2264s2y

Updated by Nerom

[hidden]

FRien said in comment #2631883:

Why is it always the Russian? That's gotta be some confirmation bias or something that makes me feel a lot of scammers and lowlives are Russian.

the fact that hey have huge group/circle/mafia on Telegram where they share their scam ideas, plans, etc. and laugh at people paying money for their AI slop makes it even worse for actual Russian folks that want to be legit artists

[hidden]

Nerom said in comment #2631885:

the fact that hey have huge group/circle/mafia on Telegram where they share their scam ideas, plans, etc. and laugh at people paying money for their AI slop makes it even worse for actual Russian folks that want to be legit artists

Shit like that is why I think scammers are some of the lowest scum alive.
Someone get mugged? That's the criminal's fault.
Someone get murdered? That's the criminal's fault.
Someone get scammed? lololol that's their fault, they didn't have to be gullible lolol xd lmao roflcopter goes soisoisoi
Scam victims are the only victims that rarely get any sympathy. It's always their fault for being sheltered/naive/stupid/having Alzheimer, and I find it disgusting that scammers will boast of deceiving a 16-something kid who just wants a cool drawing of their DnD character or something silly like that.

[hidden]

Nerom said in comment #2631882:

isn't this the the same person that have 5-6+ different accounts and post AI generated and AI traced "art"? Chokopai or something like that? it's very similar style. I lost count of how many that russian AI scammer has made to trick people into spending money on patreon and commissions

ok it's not the same person but it's friend of Chokopai that also have very susy AI stylized content. She is heavely mentioned in the big doc filed revealing Chokopai scamming history and all the bs. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yUReIwHeIKXX9BqZBn3oQV9cUMGd_cJc83y4GDBhhoA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.mtz3g2264s2y

Next time, bring up such suspicions to the gen-AI check thread in the forum. I had the hell spooked out of me when I saw 4 new notifications all at once from EventListner right after I open this site, wondering what the hell happened in the past handful of hours since my last visit.