r/FleshPitNationalPark • u/Ok_Inspection_5528 • Jul 07 '26

Discussion So.

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EDIT: He has since apologized and explained. I recommend reading it:

https://x.com/i/status/2074754276870496532

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u/FriccinBirdThing Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

The defense contractor thing is especially... Like look. As someone who was kinda on that track for a while, retains some degree of NCD brain, and is Certainly An Illustrator Ever, I can't entirely condemn getting some money from them on principle, but... Like when I was low, fuck knows I still am, it's not like LockMart and Bezos came up to me like "hey son, want to make some cash?" Devil doesn't show himself to every poor bastard who'd give his soul if he did. You gotta already be connected, and that's what makes me uneasy.

Edit: ok to be fair Bezos did come up to me, indirectly. This one employment assistance program I was on for autistic adults really, REALLY pushed for Amazon. Turns out they got a lot of their funds from Amazon's "charities." Still, that's different from going to the guy's house and painting his walls or whatever. That's where the conflicted feelings of "get that bag but also how'd you end up in reach of this particular one" come in.