It is popular to generate, not necessarily popular to consume. There’s some research showing clearly that most people hate ai and its slop, but that they also use it to make content. It was present in all genders and ages etc. Very peculiar.

Is it popular to consume though? I mean, aside from porn. Search is pretty much dead because of it.

Take the time to tag users who use it. I generally find its the same assholes posting dozens to hundreds of times a day, rather than a widespread lack of morals

If you’re generating something for yourself, you probably have some standards. If you’re generating it for something you don’t really care about, the criteria for “good enough” suddenly take a hit. If you’re working on some soulless ads for a brand you don’t care about, basically any trash will do as long as the client won’t strangle you.

Kids don't attend shows anymore.

When I was 20, I wasn't the youngest kid in the crowd, but there were guys and gals over 40 for sure.

Now I'm near 40, and, I'm not the youngest guy in the crowd, but...

It's crazy. My gf and I were lamenting it together like, damn. We're a part of what looks to be the last generation that participated in music culturally.

There will always be musicians just as there are poets. But ain't nobody lining up to see a poet today like they did in Rome.

Fucked up.