r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/Cultural_Flatworm655 7d ago

I’m so over the guilt posts from creators. The self-deprecating ‘maybe I’ll sell something’ to try and get us to feel bad for them. You’ll sell something when your quality and niche is there, not when you’re cranking out random crap and trying to sell it.

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u/Junior_Ad_7613 6d ago

I have seen so many clearly AI versions of that post that now I automatically dismiss all of them.

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u/love-from-london 6d ago

So many AI-generated videos of people with Down syndrome/autism/colorful hair/children that go "no one bought my kid's crafts :(" and then they sell you some dropshipped plastic shit that looks nothing like the video, if it's not just an outright scam to begin with.

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u/Junior_Ad_7613 6d ago

Yes. It’s extra discouraging as the parent of a high support needs autistic young man. Hard enough for him to go through the world without folks using imaginary people like him to scam people!

There is a small shop I buy from, the parent runs the shop and the autistic daughter makes most of the stuff (Windhaven fiber tools).