u/JunketUpbeat9386

I was dumb and clicked “accept” on the new privacy terms a few months back when it rolled out, with the idea that Oracle could easily scrape this information from other sources anyway (used to post constantly on Meta platforms). Since then, I posted some stuff about my mental health, some stuff with my face in it-again, stuff that they could pull from other places.

I’m an artist and unfortunately I get the most pull on TT. My question is-if I delete all the posts that are NOT art (which Oracle already has), be extremely careful what I like/reblog/save (already have been), turn off location settings and tracking on iOS, only share the photos I want to upload, don’t share camera or microphone access at any time…can I keep using the app safely?

I don’t know what they could scrape from the videos, especially since they’re stop-motion screen recordings. One of them mentions my age but you could easily find that from any ol “find a person” site if you connected it with the email I have.

Currently it’s set for deletion, but I’d really, REALLY rather not do that if there’s a safer way to do it. Thoughts?

I’m genuinely not sure what to do about the current state of the US. I feel like the anxiety is crushing me. I live in heavily surveilled city (NYC) and every single day all I can think about is how cameras are watching me. I learned recently that smart TVs can listen to you with their microphones. I deleted Tiktok today because I read about how bad their privacy policy is and now I’m panicking because of the data scraping and what I’ve posted on there (frank discussions of surviving psychosis and my struggles as a mentally ill mother, posting face), overthinking every single thing I may have liked or saved. All I can think about is how that information is going into a database and may be used against me. I used tiktok to make private videos of my kids too, and it makes me sick to think they’re in the database. I’m so worried about what Big Data has on me and how it will be used. I’m so worried about how hot it is where I am and how the grid is strained and I’m really, REALLY scared for my kids. I feel trapped and I feel like no one is taking me seriously.

I’m a stop-motion animator and I use TikTok to post my videos.

I used to use it to post other things (including face and discussing my postpartum health stuff) because my idea was that 1) I live in NYC (heavily surveilled anyway) and 2) if Oracle really wanted to scrape they could find this stuff on Reddit and on the main web anyway (I’ve been posted publicly via my school and extracurriculars, and I used to have public facing instagrams and facebook profile pics before I understood how dangerous it was-should i delete these or is it a lost cause?). I also briefly used it to make private videos of my family to download and share via YT. All this to say, I do NOT do this anymore because I’m aware of the scraping but I can’t think a better platform for just the art that doesn’t get into the same kind of scraping.

Does anyone have any ideas? Tumblr? DeviantArt? Something I haven’t thought of?? Is there a platform just for artists? Otherwise they just sit in my computer and I literally just send them via text to individual people and go “look at this”. (As an aside, I literally do not care about AI training off of the art. It is not a style that will contribute to anything meaningful in the long run for a model).

I can’t stop blowing up at my husband to the point where he wants a divorce and has given up on my behavior. I keep thinking I’m doing a good job taking care of my children and then it turns out I’m actually doing a bad job because the food isn’t the healthiest or they’re going to bed too late or I’m not changing their diapers fast enough. I’m so unstable and they’re seeing it. I wish I never had them, they’re genuinely such a burden and I’m so weighed down with everything else. My husband is constantly pointing this stuff out and he’s *right*, which is the worst part, and I’m so discouraged. I thought I was being nicer to him and last night he told me I’m not. He told me he wants me to get back on antipsychotics, they made me miserable. I’m so scared of my country’s political situation and our safety and climate change (I live in America) but everyone is telling me I’m overreacting including him, and it’s making me crash out and scare the kids. I’m at the point where I’m mixing my sleeping pills and drinking because I’d rather be sedated than angry and unstable, I’m ruining my own life.

Every time I try to get close to a water sign they start some shit. Nothing is ever their fault, they’re always the victim, never can take any responsibility for anything. They always want to talk tough about how badass they are but they’re the first to hide behind someone else when natural consequences roll around. Drama queens and crybabies all around, yeesh.

Edit: all the angry water signs in this comment section are proving my point :)

I have OCD and it makes it hard for me to let go of things I’ve done “wrong”, I’m currently going through a cancer scare, and I’ve been petrified of dying from said cancer because I feel like there’s no possible way i could have actually been forgiven and I must be going to Hell.

I had a lightbulb moment today though-isn’t being afraid that your sins aren’t forgiven and that you could actually still be punished for them despite seeking forgiveness a form of unbelief/denying Christ, since believing in Christ demands that we believe in His atonement for our sins? And therefore holding on to fear of our sins not *really* being forgiven is denying Christ?

Been having chronic bleeding for months now-literally can’t remember when it started. Also having some sore stomach symptoms on one side, constipation…also this weird full sensation whenever I sit. I have a GI consult coming up on Monday (been trying to get one for weeks), then I have to wait for a pre-auth from insurance, THEN I can get the darn colonoscopy, and THEN, FINALLY, I can see if there’s anything wrong. I have a family history of colon cancer, and I’m terrified that I didn’t go in fast enough to catch it (I kept thinking it was fissures). I keep reading stuff on the colon cancer subreddit, reading about what treatment looks like…I know I’m spiraling but I have two kids under 3 and we also literally would be bankrupted by treatment. I almost don’t want to do it because knowing seems worse than not knowing!!!

I keep seeing discussions (mainly on TT) about how the convergence of crop failure, the Iranian war, and general climate fuckery is going to lead to complete collapse this year.

I’m seeing people call for prep for being completely off the grid-like, food for a year, no food or water, ammo, no power, the works. And I’ve seen other people just advocate to pick up extra here and there to save for later when prices surge (and then, ostensibly, come back down).

I remember during COVID some stuff was just harder to get and then eventually came back around. When bird flu surged we couldn’t get eggs and then they came back. My guess is that the economy is going to get SLAMMED, things are going to be harder to get and more expensive, but infrastructure will stay up. Am I being fucking stupid for thinking the grid is not going to completely collapse, or should I actually be buying water filters etc.?

I do have about 3-4 months worth of food for 2 adults and 2 kids, possibly more depending on whether gas and water stay up.

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