How do they generate such beautiful ASCII art? Any tools in mind ?
#ASCII
You set your brush type in ASCII/ANSI characters, set your size and color and then you paint using something like PabloDraw.
Think of opening something like paint, selecting the brush tool and a color and then painting shapes. Well, they do the same but instead of a solid or gradient brush color, the do the same except the brush uses character sets that you can select.
Do you have this nfo file? I wanted to steal that artwork for something
Tangentially related, but Empress is a bigot.
Who cares
Yet such a fun and entertaining hobby drama…
Who gives a shit
I do. ¯\(ツ)/¯
A lot of people.
Who gives a shit
You, clearly.
Wtf would I give two shits about the thoughts and opinions of some random on the side of the world
Honestly, none of us know, but you damn sure are
It’s Lemmy. Most people here (arguably worse than the alien site) are obsessed with genitals, sex, pronouns, social justice etc. I’ll never understand it really. They will take a conversation about rocks and the next thing you know they’re bringing up orange man and calling the rocks some sort of phobe, ist, or bigot.
It’s quite annoying really. Reading comments on something I’m interested in and watching it devolve into chaos.
I’m glad you get it :) but yes, it is rather sad. Let’s watch our comments delve into downvote hell…and really who gives a shit anyway lol downvote away!
I love the high and mighty horse people ride here while effectively stealing videogames (as far as the law is concerned)
Yep, just don’t dare cross my opinion of what’s right or wrong
I don’t pirate, actually, but still casually peruse the community and try to stay up to date with news and such.
But even if I did, it’s possible for someone to hold one view about software ownership, while holding another view about bigotry. I don’t really think they are very related worldviews, in fact, so it’s an odd comparison to make.
I’d heard a lot of unpleasant things about her, but I hadn’t heard that. Fill me in?
Read any of her nfos, almost certain the Hogwarts one is filled with a bunch of slurs. Also the few before and after that release. Frankly, she’s probably got some mental issues, reads kind of schizo. Not an excuse but yeah…
I shall.
But I think mental illness, real mental illnesses like schizophrenia, ARE an excuse.
But not personality disorders. Which are not an excuse.
Mental illness is not your fault, but it is your responsibility.
I’m sorry, but we’re gatekeeping “real” mental illnesses now? I know there’s a lot of stigma around personality disorders, but it literally has disorder in the name. Like, c’mon.
Also, just because there’s an excuse doesn’t really change anything. A personality disorder could be an excuse, but it wouldn’t make it ok or waive responsibility from terrible actions
I don’t know, lots of people deal with mental illness without being bigoted.
I had an explanation of my point, but the one by Laticauda is WAY BETTER than my feeble attempt. Concur.
Someone having a schizophrenic episode can become much more susceptible to radicalization which can contribute to them adopting bigoted views. So while that doesn’t mean anyone is obligated to tolerate them when they express extreme or bigoted views, I do think it’s much more nuanced than just saying “it’s no excuse”. Disabilities/disorders are called that for a reason, which isn’t because they’re easy to manage and only have pleasant symptoms. Cognitive/mental disabilities influence the way we think and act as well as our level of control over those things. People with schizophrenia are more vulnerable to being taken advantage of by cultish movements and ways of viewing the world because of something they usually don’t really have any control over. That’s why it’s important to help them seek treatment and why they need to maintain that treatment consistently such as making sure to stay on their meds and listen to their doctors and therapists. But unfortunately not everyone has access to treatment.
I agree with the other commenter that sometimes depending on the situation something CAN be an excuse. Having schizophrenia can absolutely be an excuse if the person literally doesn’t have control over the way their brain can leave them vulnerable to certain influences or ways of thinking. That’s why in some cases it’s an acceptable defence in court (one of the few cases where the insanity plea might be successful, depending on how the schizophrenia influenced their actions and how aware they were of whether what they were doing was wrong or avoidable). I think it’s important to recognize the difference between “it’s not an excuse” and “I don’t have to put up with it”. Nobody has to tolerate or put up with inappropriate behaviour from someone else even if that person isn’t in control of themselves, and even if they do have an excuse that doesn’t mean we can’t avoid them or call them out for what they say or do, or that they shouldn’t experience the consequences of their actions if those actions harm others (winning an insanity plea doesn’t mean you’re set free after all). If they can be given access to treatment and regain some level of control over their body and mind then that’s all the better. We can refuse to accept or allow that behaviour while still showing understanding of someone’s situation.
If course, just because someone has schizophrenia that doesn’t mean it’s ALWAYS an excuse, there are a lot of factors, and it’s possible for someone with schizophrenia to do something wrong and know that it’s wrong while doing it, even while having an episode. Of course that can be hard to establish for someone that may be getting harassed or mistreated by someone with schizophrenia, and I wouldn’t try to dictate whether they’re allowed to blame the one who harmed them or not. But I don’t think we can just dismiss it wholesale by saying “lots of people with mental illness aren’t bigoted”, because mental illnesses are very diverse. Sometimes the symptoms of mental illness can be unpleasant or unpalatable. Not everyone with adhd has memory issues, but some do. Not everyone with depression is suicidal, but some are. Not everyone with schizophrenia experiences delusions, but some do. And doesn’t just mean that they hallucinate stuff visually, it can mean that they start to believe things that don’t make any sense and aren’t based on reality. Those beliefs can be nonsensical like “the aliens are using my brain as a radio antenna” or they can be dangerous like “the Jews control the world’s banks and the holocaust didn’t happen”. They typically can’t control these beliefs any more than they can control visual hallucinations. So I think it’s unfair to say that schizophrenia, or any mental illness, is never an excuse under any circumstance.
That said, it’s difficult to diagnose someone over the internet so there’s some caution that should be exercised in declaring that someone has schizophrenia and thus might not be entirely responsible for their behaviour. Sometimes bigots can resemble schizophrenics if they grow extremist enough, but the difference is they generally have more control over the thoughts, decisions, and actions they took to get where they are.
Well put, no disagreements here.
So you don’t download their releases?
Not the OP but yeah, I steer clear of Empress. Not just because she’s a bigot though. I seriously think she’s unhinged enough to put something harmful like malware inside a cracked binary. I’m not the only one that thinks that either, Fitgirl brings it up as one of the reasons she stopped repacking Empress almost three years ago.
Whatever it is, it’s probably shit.
My take would be take a PNG image and convert to ANSI. So for example you can use an AI to get a PNG, then you can posterize in Gimp if needed, and finally run something like ansilove.org but there are plenty of tools, just search image2ascii or similar. Good luck. Have fun!
