A week late and a day short, but here, nonetheless. I’ve been busy moving, dog sitting, and not remembering where anything is in multiple homes, but I did make time to finish new designs! I hope this week’s fucks foster connection across the chaos.
The Fuck
What the Fuck, WTF, Dafuq, and The Fuck are all definitely happening, and they’re all giving crazy Twilight Zone vibes. I liked this image because US media is on fire, fueled by corporate interests and shaped by political liaisons. It’s a challenge to stay informed and dodge this much rapid propaganda, while also watching a live genocide on social media that is just one of several going on right now. Knowing things takes enormous amounts of energy, but I’d rather know than be ignorant.
As Fuck
Since it’s Pride month, queer history and culture representation in media has been on my mind. And in my texts, as my friends and I critique the ongoing sanitation of corporate Pride products and messaging. It’s all empty and void of any feeling.
I wanted to counter that stale imagery with historical photos, spanning from the late 1800s through the 1900s, that represent a small portion of the passionate dedication it takes to be authentically yourself, despite how the world perceives and responds to that openness. The butterfly is a tiny middle finger, because fuck bigotry.
Fuck No
The fresh scent of “Fuck No” is now available for your personal care needs. Indulge your senses in a delicate aroma of fresh roses and the finest fucks grown on the lush hills of Stupid Island. Exclusively at Macy’s, if any of them still exist.
Fuckless Wonder
What are dating apps of the future going to be like? My guess is very weird. I envision a sterile room where you slap on a VR headset and virtually select a mate. No previous contact whatsoever, it’s all data based. Maybe nobody fucks at all and genetic material is simply combined in a lab. Copulation becomes completely capitalistic (online dating is already worth multiple billions) and the orgasm is dead, a la 1984.
In all seriousness, I wonder how long it will be until credit scores and other class distinctions become commonplace with US dating apps. Apps that use personality, habits, affiliation, and financial data to train algorithms already exist.
Speaking of algorithms…
Fucknuts
There’s a whole highlight on my IG about why Sam Altman is a wicked stepsister of the AGI fairytale, so check that out for rational reasons to be concerned about this company and this specific executive.
OpenAI has a copyright mark on their logo, which is hilarious since their product is built on enormous amounts of protected works. And in some AI models, leaked private data, to say nothing of the (questionably legal) data marketplace. But Sam doesn’t want you to worry about any of that, he wants you to worry about fictional advanced AI and terminators. And don’t worry about his shady VC funding, lack of background in AI, or all white and male board of directors. All perfectly normal, he would assure you.
Mindfuck
Regardless of political persuasion, this election is a mindfuck. I was looking at old political ads from the 70s and 80s, and how fear mongering is used to sway political emotions. Fear is a primary driving force in US politics and has been all of my life, and I voted against Dubya Bush, twice. One guy is suppose to be scarier than the other. Lessor of two evils. Pick the devil you know. A 3rd party vote is a vote for the bad guy.
The mindfuck is that these two men are the primary party options. The mindfuck is that the incumbent candidate is funding and arming a genocide, and the former president candidate will do the exact same thing, along with a slew of other guaranteed detrimental bullshit. More people will die no matter who is elected, and that doesn’t sit right with me. These are not the two best people among 333.3 million to represent and guide the nation, and that is a big fucking problem.
But it isn’t all bad! This is actually a fun, interactive propaganda design. 1-800-WAR-FUCK is a real number. Call and you’ll hear an automated NSFW recorded message that sums up how I feel about US politics. Don’t delay, call today!
Bumfuck
I like that bumfuck can mean several things and of the absurd combinations that popped into my head, I decided on the theme of a suppository in the woods for corporate team building. We’re all getting bumfucked one way or another.
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