Because they still think they aren’t and want to pretend they aren’t, they believe the law is on their side and they don’t have it in them to lie to a court and/or falsify evidence that they did do it “clean room” and betray the law which they believe is on their side. Even though it actually isn’t and probably never unless people get fed up enough to do what’s necessary.

As if being a woman is such a horrible and disgusting thing, fuck off misogynistic pig. It’s disgraceful you haven’t been instance banned on your home server.

That’s a great point. I honestly like the trans flag very much and I’m probably going to use it and wear it since it’s cute and will make other people feel comfortable but will probably use the label strategically to avoid confusion with others thinking I’m a different kind of trans than I actually am. It seems my fear of being seen as appropriating is probably overthought as well.

That makes sense probably should lead with saying I’m AFAB and Nonbinary, then say I’m trans so no one gets the wrong idea. People thinking I’m appropriating probably isn’t a real issue, it’s probably just something my autistic brain made up because I overthink things way too much and also am afraid of pissing people off.

Why would they, that would be giving back to the community. They’re not going to do that unless they can somehow charge the community for it.

That’s very true, you make very good points. I often have this problem that I end up overthinking things and worry too much that people will get upset with me. Also that’s very true, you make a great point about other people seeing the colors and feeling safer whether I’m trans or not.

That’s true, it would likely be very noticeable with a higher quality image.

Hmm, that is a good point. Maybe this issue I’ve imagined isn’t an issue at all. Probably one of those things I overthink way too much when it’s not at all as complicated or problematic as I thought it was. I’ve thought people would think I’m transfem or appropriating transfems if I say I’m trans but that’s probably not as much an issue as I think it is.

I think that if I said without any context that I’m trans people might think I’m transfem, or if they knew I was AFAB they might think I’m trying to appropriate transfem experiences. I like the trans flag and think it’s cute (I’ve even thought of getting thigh highs like these but I worry people will get the wrong idea and think I’m apropriating trans women).

That makes sense, it still feels weird to say like if I said I was trans or trans-nonbinary people would think I’m transfem and maybe think I’m apropriating when they learn I’m AFAB.

No you didn’t but the main reason people get the wrong impression that downloading is legal is that it mostly goes unpunished and is very hard to enforce.

Exactly, they don’t care if you’re a person who needs it, they don’t want anyone to use it at all.

It’s Adderall.

It’s crazy how good this is, it’s almost exactly like a real photo. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an AI image this realistic before.

I’ve definitely had this experience before. Why are people such jerks, if someone asks the rules because they aren’t sure or it isn’t clear just tell them the rules. It makes it feel so unwelcoming when people refuse to tell you the rules and expect you to read minds.

Not true, unpunished or hard to enforce doesn’t mean it is legal.