Sorry for the clickbait title. Have a blurry picture of a cat as an apology.
But as someone who does NSFW art for a living, talking to a client who reads and writes at the level of a 12 year old (and shows the same level of ignorance about the world outside their country) makes me really uncomfortable. Technically they're a legal adult, but I feel like I'm talking to a child.
I like to be friendly and pleasant with clients, but when the conversation feels like I'm explaining very basic concepts like how weather or seasons work in other countries, or how an 8 hour drive isn't shorter because we use kilometers instead of miles, it just feels wrong when paired with the adult artwork I'm also drawing for them.
Like, legally it's fine, but it does make me wonder if it is ok to draw NSFW artwork for someone who doesn't really feel like an adult intellectually.
Also #notallamericans, but I'm sure Americans on here know full well what I'm talking about, and have to deal with it a lot more frequently than I do.
EDIT: This is less supposed to be "Americans dumb" and more like "Some Americans seem to have the knowledge base of a child and that makes it hard to work with them in an adult context." I'm not just trying to start an America bashing thread here, I'm more venting about a very specific problem where I have to create adult art for adults who have the writing style and comprehension levels of children.
It wouldn't be so bad if these people were in the least bit interested in bettering themselves in any way
But no, so many, so deeply incurious as to declare themselves above all reproach when all they know is nothing
Like, how the fuck do you live to be my age and have no desire to meet new people, go to new places and interact with new ideas?
Absolutely busted society
Incurious is the best way to describe it. They'll happily ask me questions, but they've never bothered to just google it or anything themselves. Like they can't imagine trying to learn anything themselves, that they're just comfortable in their ignorance.
To counter this, there are people, such as myself, that would rather ask another human being rather than just search a topic on google to help generate conversation and create camaraderie.
That's true, I have had plenty of interesting conversations where people were genuinely curious and interested, but this is more like a child asking about the world rather than discussing the idea with another adult, it's kind of hard to explain, I'm not sure I described the problem too well in the post, it's not really supposed to be "Americans dumb" and more like "Some Americans seem to have the knowledge base of a child and that makes it hard to work with them in an adult context."
I see. That makes a lot more sense. Thank you for clarifying.
I'll second this. On the political side of things, I find most americans have a sort of ramshackle, built from first principles, materialist and class based understanding... but only of domestic politics. All that falls away as soon as you talk about literally anywhere else on the globe.
i'm too tired boss
hogs, covid; covid, time, money; they think FDR-ism is a new idea
And people call me self-flagellant when I say we cannot ever be integrated into a truly proletarian society and the best outcome is we get placed out of the way where no more harm can be done. Like no this is extremely easy analysis.