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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Damarcusart@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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.

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[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

or how an 8 hour drive isn't shorter because we use kilometers instead of miles

No it's actually longer because there are more kilometres than miles so you have to travel further in kms than you would in miles, so it takes more time

[-] diamath@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago
[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago

Let me break it down for you. One mile is like, 1.6 kilometres. 1.6 is bigger than 1, so it's more than one. Travelling more of something takes longer, so if you travel in kms it takes longer than in miles. It's the same how if you slice a pizza into eight slices it takes longer to eat than cutting into six slices, because eight slices is more than six slices.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

When I really don't want to go somewhere, I just tell them that my car can only travel in inches and they understand. It takes days to get anywhere when you're traveling 8 hours in inches.

[-] diamath@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

picard Where do I hand in my degree?

Thanks for taking the time, genuinely.

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

I didn't go to college this is all just common sense

[-] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

but kilometers are shorter, so you actually travel faster and get there sooner, because it's always faster to drive a shorter distance

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's all relative, dude , if they're shorter you just have to travel faster to get through them all

[-] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

yeah! we know that because of einstein! so this means that we could go at the speed of light if we measured distance in sufficiently small units

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago
[-] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I FUCKIN LOVE SCIENC

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

What's heavier: a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?

That's right: a pound of lead. Because lead's heavier than feathers. limmy-what

[-] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Feathers because you also carry the guilt of what was done to those birds

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago
[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago
[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Why is his fake accent better when he's driving the truck

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