April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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MacroWoofHunter
MemberThis Ain't bad at all
BSting
MemberThanks. I'm not a good artist, I'm happy to know I'm improving. However, people don't like my stuff mostly for the subject matter. It's what prompted me to get away from drawing again...
GarethGobulcoque
MemberYooo! The B is back! Was wondering where you'd got to.
And don't put yourself down like that. You're a dang good artist, and if it's what you love, do it. I've learned on here that 'people' don't like anything. I can see from this you've got admirers and I think even a few imitators, so to hell with the rest. Keep doing that thing you do, man.
BSting
MemberI saw your comments on that one bee picture asking what happened to me. I've been more focus on my biggest dream. Something people like me for. It was more appealing than making artwork about something that almost immediately got dismissed, so you can understand my long absence. Plus, I wanted to thank somebody from FA who actually likes me and what I do, so I drew this in response. I'd be a little more active if I had more friends that liked me for who I was.
furrypickle
AdminWell for what it's worth, I respect your fetish. It doesn't quite "do it" for me personally, but it gets oddly close. There's some aspects that I find appealing. I'd never even heard of it as a fetish until e621 though, so I think it just suffers from not being in vogue. A lot of fetishes seem strange the first time you run into them, but given a chance many of them grow on people and become secret favorites. People used to think dog cocks were freaky and now look at how many people admit they love those knots on every species imaginable. lol. Anyways, I've never seen anything shameful or negative about having a stinging fetish. And I've always thought it was a shame that it was something you were made to feel bad about. All of sex is weird to someone. But it's also hot to someone else. And you even draw and commission your fetish so that there's more out there for everyone. I honestly think that's awesome. I think sometimes, you've got to do a little bit for yourself as well as things for everyone else. So don't let it stop you from loving what you love and drawing some stung butts when the urge strikes.
BSting
MemberOh, I'm sure I'll be back to drawing stuff when the urges become too strong. I'm not the kind of guy to leave something unique behind. Thanks for the kind words, BTW. I think maybe I should give another try...
GarethGobulcoque
MemberWell, since I'm just a snarky text window on the internet and I only know you by what you've put up here, I can't really offer more than encouragement on that front. Whatever you end up doing, whether I see it or not, I hope it ends up making you happy.
BlueOxide
MemberIt's awesome
HARPSEAL
Membera blue deer :)
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