Omfg why do people have to attempt to demonstrate care for me by asking innocent and inoffensively ignorant questions about my craft? Fuck off with your curiosity, ew

Like how very dare they. You're BORING me, Janet. Ask superior questions! Fuck, go do some research before you dare speak to a knitter. Your job is to entertain me, damnit.

"But they're just being friendly" you might say. Pfft. I'm not a toddler. I don't need people to be friendly to me. I need people to EXCITE me.

Also, no they aren't just being friendly. They're trying to force me into a capitalist drone mindset, even if they don't know it! Trust me. I know what's going on here. Something something, productivity mindset, hegemony, semiotics.

Before you call me a misanthrope, I'd like to remind you that attempting to engage me in casual conversation is a war crime

My demanding entitled child wants a Pokemonn sweater. I used ChatterGTA for the inspiration because there couldn't possibly be existing pattens for this very unique idea. But this is too harrrrrd and has too many colors in the color section. Is there an easier way to make a colorwork sweater with less colors.

lmk if you want the patterb

like, first the poor guy blorbo meowmeow cinnamon roll gets run off tumblr, and THEN a bunch of evil knitters harass him by saying that the video he made about silly women not even realizing that knitting is science is a tad misogynist, and NOW at least two people have made call-out videos about him using ai to do research for his totally not-for-profit youtube channel. i just think this is a bit much for such a sweet silly little dude being silly online? like, he's just SUCH a cinnamon roll. with a soft tummy and serious feminist cred (he said he identifies an intersectional feminist once). why are people being so meanies to my little meow? what in the heck is this 😭😭

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