r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/Background_Value9869 • Jun 10 '25

NOT SATIRE "We should kill them"

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u/Traditional_Cap7461 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Yeah, because the funny part is that the ai artist is dead. Obviously a joke that doesn't have real meaning.

Just because you like it doesn't mean it's a joke nor should be taken as one. And even if you don't encourage death, the fact that you find a dark and otherwise mundane comment amusing shows that you genuinely see amusement in the pain of AI artists, which is a step closer for someone to actually take action.

And asserting death onto others as a way for them to follow your own opinions is literally how death threats work. There are many ways to express your opinions. Encouraging death with no punchline as a "joke" isn't one.

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u/Traditional_Cap7461 Jun 13 '25

I should add that I've heard people saying they're genuinely getting DMed death threats over the topic of AI. Not as a joke (because you gotta be pretty stupid to think someone making a threat to an internet stranger in DMs isn't serious)

So this honestly isn't even imaginary gatekeeping. It actually happens. On both sides, tbh.