Quoting this for sober me, because I am so genuinely curious how non-rum me will respond to this.

Hi David, sober Jen here, back to have a look at what you said to me last night. Apparently drunk me thought it was interesting enough to warrant a quote boost reminder. So let's figure out why.

A lot of people have already replied with much smarter and more eloquent takes while I was sleeping off the rum, so I'll try not to repeat all that. Instead I'll tell you why I think drunk me singled your comment out and I'll elaborate:

You were essentially telling me that I am not trying to learn.

See, that is where I have to sit down and respond. Thanks past drunk Jen!

This is not just for David, but see it as a wider comment to anyone who may have seen the stream, or just come across my vibes in the past day or something, and may hold similar thoughts as a result.

I am literally *made of* Trying at this point.

I am forced to constantly keep learning new tech/capitalism things in order to do my job.

I'm a full-time traditional artist. I sit and draw silly pics for money (some of them sexy!). I have no publisher or big company that reliably pays a wage into my account every month. I don't have sick pay or any of that.

And platforms/tech/payment processors keep throwing things at my face like: YOU WANT TO STAY HERE?

Learn HTML,CSS, Javascript.
Learn website management with Wordpress.
Learn how to read the kind of legalese that involves whether drawn circles will get you banned or not.

Learn how to set up a one woman business without also doxxing your home address (because yes, I work from home) – and no, a simple PO Box won't do. Because the payment processors you use won't allow that. Because you also have to learn what payment processors you're allowed to use. How they integrate into your studio.

Learn how to video edit in davinci resolve, learn how to livestream on two separate platforms. Learn how to do PCI COMPLIANCE. BY YOURSELF.

Learn how to post internationally with changing tarrifs and customs rules when you live in the UK.
Learn how to do all your own taxes because you're self employed with dyscalculia.
Learn how to stay focused when you have no access to adhd medication, so you're rawdogging this and needing to DIY your own scaffolds to function in the society to not be too much of a burden.

All I do is quickly pick up new skills when shit changes for me. I could've given up years ago, and maybe I should've.

But everytime something gets chucked at people like me, I get a tiny bit more petty. A tiiiny bit more made out of spite.

Like: *You don't want me here*.
You don't want me to exist on these platforms. You don't want me to make money on my own as an artist, do you?

Well fuck you, I will.

And I will learn Linux too. And I'm gonna have a shitting dog on my wallpaper, and I'll imagine that it's shitting on your lawn.

Next time you feel the need to come here and assume that us silly non tech people aren't learning, take two seconds to ponder whether they actually may know quite a bit. Maybe not about the thing that you're invested in. But they *could* become invested in that too.

They could learn to love linux.

And you could learn how not to be a cunt.