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Hey.
So, as I have discussed it with some of you here, our almonds have been activated, but even weaponised autism bodies need the fuel.
All jokes aside, inflation is crazy everywhere. Just ordering some stuff was viable some time ago, but it's getting less so. Plus, tasty food is good for your general well-being and making it so is not only a skill all adults should have in my opinion (you are strong, independent adults, learn life skills that make you depend less on everyone else), but it can also be fun.
As much as I would love to feed you all, that's obviously impossible. The next best thing is, I curate a little collection of recipes and break it down so you can make it with relatively simple ingredients that don't depend on specific brands and using from scratch stuff as much as it is viable. Making your own pasta and churning your own butter would be fun, but I work a full time jerb that's not ASMR whisper cooking on Tiktok in a peasant dress.
It's going to be a combination of food from all different kinds. Some Hungarian (none of the war crimes Americans call goulasch), some Asian, some inauthentic shit that will get you cancelled, some mains, pasta, soups, desserts.
So gather around, my friends and eat like kings.
ANNOUNCEMENT
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
Since Dom has stickied the post, submissions will be open until end of day Sunday, April the 20th.
Even if you don't submit, comment if you have an idea for the next prompt!
Welcome to AikiA I, an art contest on KiA2 using only AI images! AI capabilities have made it possible to translate ideas into art simply by directing a model. Contrary to complaints about AI slop, I think this could substantially widen the band of human creativity, as many more visions can be realized in much less time. This contest is an attempt to help make that happen.
- Prompt
This contest's prompt is an action scene with Tifa Lockhart. Any version (FF7 original, Advent Children, etc) and any art style (anime, realism, Ghibli, Disney, etc) works. *Any other character or setting can be included. Don't think you're limited to motion shots either. Poses that would happen on key beats are also part of the prompt, like this or this. (I don't think these are amazing shots by themselves, but you get the point.)
Comment below with your suggestions for future prompts!
- Rules
- Upload and link images using catbox.moe in the comments on this post
- *Limit 1 entry per person, but you can replace your entry until submissions close if you want to revise.
- 1300 pixels is the max of the longest side of the image. This is easy to game (i.e. generating HD and resizing), so it's on the honor system.
- All secondary techniques are allowed, such as LoRAs, inpainting, refinement passes, etc, EXCEPT ControlNet or reference images. This is so people won't just draw the art and color it with an AI, and also to encourage freshness. Also on the honor system.
- No overt erotic imagery, such as cameltoe etc. I reserve the right to use the Miller test.
- Submitters should provide their model, prompts, LoRAs, and other parameters upon request.
- Judging criteria
The judgment criteria is based on two factors: fidelity (technical quality of art) and expression (the depth, originality, and effectiveness of sentiment expressed).
I'll be the judge for this contest. Everyone's biased, including me, but let me know if you see a problem. I reserve the right to change anything if needed.
- Scheduling
Submissions will be open today and Friday or until u/DomitiusofMassilia stickies this thread, whichever comes last. So if Dom doesn't sticky until Sunday, submissions will be open until then.
- Winning
Contest winners *and their winning submissions will be recorded on future AikiA threads as a hall of fame. (Sorry, no prizes right now, not sure if Scored supports flairs etc. If we do get prizes up and running, they'll be retroactively given to winners)
That should be everything. Good luck everyone, hope you have fun!
- Future contests
Comment with ideas for the next prompts!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermesmann_v._Seyer
Hermesmann v. Seyer was a precedent-setting Kansas, United States, case in which Colleen Hermesmann successfully argued that a woman is entitled to sue the father of her child for child support even if conception occurred as a result of a criminal act committed by the woman.[2][3] The case was brought in her name by the then Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
Colleen Hermesmann was a 16-year-old babysitter who in 1987 was hired to take care of 12-year-old Shane Seyer. The two began a sexual relationship, and when Hermesmann was 17 and Seyer was 13, the former became pregnant. The baby, a daughter, was born in 1989. Criminal charges were brought against Hermesmann by Shawnee County, Kansas, accusing her of "engaging in the act of sexual intercourse with a child under sixteen". Hermesmann ultimately took a plea bargain, pleading guilty to the lesser offense of "contributing to a child's misconduct".
In 1991, the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, in Hermesmann's name, took Seyer to court seeking child support. Hermesmann's criminal culpability was not addressed in this trial, as this was purely a civil court case. The Department also sought and was awarded $7,000, equivalent to $16,200 in 2024,[4] for its own costs.
And the ones mentioned here:
In 1996, the court heard the case of County of San Luis Obispo v. Nathaniel J in which a 34-year-old woman became pregnant after sexually exploiting a 15-year-old boy. He was also forced to pay child support, and then Deputy Attorney General Mary Roth alleged:
Summer of 2001 me and my grandparents visited relatives in the US. Our stay first took us to Virginia for a week, before we were driven half way across the continent to the bustling small town of Newton, IA.
Over the years ive thought about going back, but not got around to it. But i figured id look the place up recently. Googling Newton, IA i got a rundown on the place. The Maytag factory, lifeblood of the community, shut down in the 00s as they moved to mexico or some other shithole. This left the people of Newton to face the recession already reeling. According to a reddit post Newton is known for being a place with nothing to do, except smoke weed and/or cook meth.
So how is the place doing now, must be a good place to score a cheap home being both a small town and not in the best economy
Looking up the house i stayed at in 01 on Zillow, its not currently on the market. Last listed in 2012 at 139k. It has over the last 5 years gone from a estimated 150k to now pushing 240k.
And its the same for every current listing in Newton, IA in the same price range.
This one was estimated at 100k five years ago, just sold for 239k https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/407-W-8th-St-S-Newton-IA-50208/86981175_zpid/
Estimated at115k in 2020, sold for 215k https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1015-W-3rd-St-S-Newton-IA-50208/86982395_zpid/
Sold for 75k in 2022, then 250k in 2024. Hell of a house flip it looks like. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/706-1st-Ave-W-Newton-IA-50208/86981045_zpid/
Im glad im not looking for a house in Newton, Iowa.
I've been mulling this over for a while now. I was going to vote for Polievre, and am even a card carrying conservative party member.
I had some misgivings about Polievre, but he wasn't Trudeau. I liked a lot of what he's said, and really enjoyed the interview he did with JP.
But since then I learned more.
Part of me still wants to vote PC, simply to get the libs out.. But really it's two sides of the same coin and polievre is on record wanting to do what Trump is doing about antisemitism etc.
Lib or Con, we're going to get the same shit, so my vote won't really matter anyway.
So im going to vote who actually represents me more, even if it's a throw away.
Thoughts?
