Guys, please be careful to vet that what you choose to signal boost is actually accurate. I’m seeing a lot of well-intentioned posts today about Net Neutrality that are likely to do just as much harm as good due to misinformation in them.
For instance, we are not all suddenly shouting that the sky is falling because the FCC has PASSED the bill abolishing Net Neutrality and the changes are to be put in place some time this month. As claimed by one post I just saw with over 5,000 notes already. This is simply, unequivocally NOT true, and it can actually get in the way of the call to action that very post made, asking people to call and email their congressmen, because a lot of people who see that might think “what’s the point, if its already passed?”
It hasn’t. Chairman Ajit Pai of the FCC unveiled in April his proposed plan to strike back the Net Neutrality regulations Obama’s administration passed in 2015, and which have since 2015 been upheld by the courts in the face of Republican opposition’s attempts to claim they overreached. What has people shouting the sky is falling NOW is because yesterday (November 21st) is when the date of the official vote on this proposed plan was announced. That date is December 14th.
Which means there IS still time to affect the outcome of the vote. People are pessimistic about the chances of this vote because the FCC board is held by a Republican majority at the moment, but make the passing of this bill seem toxic enough to other Republican interests and there is still a chance to keep it from passing.
Which is still a hell of a lot better than assuming the bill has already passed and that there’s really no point.
We have until December 14th to kick up enough of a fuss that the Republicans on the FCC board think twice about voting for this bill. And even after that, there are still legal recourses. The courts have refused to uphold other bills Trump’s administration has attempted to pass as overreaching, unconstitutional, and/or in opposition of the true will of the people – just as the Republicans attempted to do back in 2015 when the FCC under Obama passed the Net Neutrality laws in the first place.
This does not mean be complacent. This does not mean assume enough other people will raise enough of a fuss without adding your voice to the mix. It simply means THERE IS STILL TIME TO ACT. The sky may be falling, but until it finishes falling, there’s still a chance to catch it instead.
We have until December 14th to kick up enough of a fuss that the Republicans on the FCC board think twice about voting for this bill.
there IS still time to affect the outcome of the vote.
DONT ASSUME YOUR REPUBLICAN FAMILY WILL SUPPORT THE FCC VOTE.
Mine are all staunch Republicans, and we never agree on anything, but we absolutely agree that Net Neutrality needs to stay.
TALK TO YOUR FAMILY AND GET THEM SPREADING THE WORD TOO!
I don’t usually post things other than HP topics but here in the USA we are fighting again to keep our net neutrality. Please, any USA citizens who follow me, consider emailing these people and sharing this with everyone you know!
GET IT YALL WE CAN DO THIS PLEAE PLEASE PLEASE CAL AND SEND LETTERS AND EMAILS
MY FAMILYS BUSINESS WILL DIE WITHOUT THE INTERNET, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ADVERTISING IF THIS HAPPENS.
My entier family will loose everything we have without the largeat source of exposure we have, the internet. Please Im begging all of you to please contact these people and help save net neutrality.
be careful about your cleaning products and dont get yourself injured or potentially killed ok
why it so dangerous to be clean
As someone who’s job is to handle chemicals like this, I need to state that this information is IMPORTANT. Plenty of people have accidentally injured or killed themselves at home because they didn’t know what kind of reaction certain substances have with one another. Play it safe and don’t mix chemicals.
Also don’t use bleach to clean up urine it’ll create chloramine bc of the ammonia in it and you can give yourself chemical pnemonia that way
bleach is scary
Last night I was about to mix hydrogen peroxide with vinegar when I remembered seeing this post earlier in the day. Thank you.
I’m screaming you could not have missed the point of this post more
also yall saying “I know 14 year olds that look like this” no you don’t because this is what I meant:
OK, so like… instead of shaming everyone for it, this is actually a legitimate problem where popular mediums get adults to play the roles of young teenagers, and art books don’t teach you how human children SHOULD look. It’s hard to find resources on learning this but you pick up tips every now and then. For example:-
Head to body proportions
If you normally draw an idealised body proportion of 1:8 heads high, try lessening that ratio for drawing young teenagers to 1:6 to show that the body is still growing.
Add baby fat
Unless your teenager is starved or gone through MASSIVE amounts of stress like abuse or war, they’ll probably still have a degree of baby fat on them. This rounds out features, and smoothes out wrinkles. Their skin is also elastic, so there isn’t much folding of the skin in areas of muscle, and the eyes.
Facial proportions
The younger a child is, the lower the eye level is in comparison to the head. To make a character younger, just lower the eye level, and shorten the nose length. To age them, lengthen the face
Fashion
Teenagers wear and say different things than an adult. Talk to actual teenagers if you can. Some teenagers are more mature than adults, and some meme 24/7. Some are goth, some are fashinistas etc… If you’re an adult, don’t assume that your current knowledge of teenagers is correct. You’ll probably find that your memory is skewed, and teen life has changed in the last 10 years. Specially if it was 20 years ago and pre-internet. IF they act like a teen and dress liek a teen, they’re more likely to read like a teen.
Google
I’m not joking- LOOK AT PHOTOS OF ACTUAL 14 YEAR OLDS. It’s not creepy, and it’ll do your art good knowing what you’re drawing.
Naturally there’s rule breaking in art everywhere, and you’ll get 14 year olds that do look mature for their age, biofemales that have large breasts already (I’m sorry to those people), and biomales that are in sports so have muscle mass (Likewise with anyone else), and sometimes art styles lean toward certain characteristics where everyone has a certain feature like large muscles, but the really strong ones have zero body fat. That happens. As long as you’re consistent and it’s obvious that a certain character IS younger, you can get away it.
Diversity is art is good. Try not to have “actors” with one certain body type and face shape cause you’re only limiting yourself with what you can do.
You can’t learn to draw from one art book no matter how good the teacher is. They likely lack in certain areas cause they have to cut some corners in teaching art. Most art books are giving you the building blocks so you can learn on your own. It’s not a single and complete resource on the subject.
And if you have questions on if you’re doing it right, just ask a teenager, or an adult that is doing it right 🙂 I’m yet to find a person that isn’t more than happy to help you if you ask nicely 🙂
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