LIKELY AI.
Below is the response from the store owner when asked if they would be pledging to not use AI.
Listen, I’ve seen your messages and many like them.
- We have almost 50 years experience in illustrator and graphic design, we are not >concerned with AI.
- No internet stranger, especially one who has not purchased from us, gets to dictate what >pledges we make or what tools we use.
Get serious.
We’ve got work to get back to.



I completely understand and thank you for engaging in good faith.
Definitely part of the reasoning for my actions is that it is so overwhelmingly difficult to do everything needed in society these days. Take care of kids, attend to one’s work duties, fulfill social obligations, take care of one’s health, find time for fulfilling hobbies, all that. And then add on top of it all the incredible work it takes to be a conscientious consumer of products and participant in culture… It becomes overwhelming.
The extra burden of providing a nuanced response to perceived AI is onerous to me. It feels heavily burdensome. I guess there’s a sweet spot I should seek. Food for thought for me. I bet there’s a similar chain of thought for you in there somewhere.