◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤ Lately, I have seen a lot of projects and comments like: "Scratch is too toxic!" And, "I used to love this website... " But I disagree. Scratch is an amazing place, where little timmys post cringey drawings and dream of becoming famous, and where nerds find other nerds to hang out with, where gamers share their usernames with online friends, people make strange cult-WAIT NO EDITOR CUT THAT OUT-...and most importantly, where I came when I needed it most. That's right! I joined scratch in 4th grade when all of my friends were in different classes and I had nobody. But, like every good thing, Scratch has a bad side. Like how bananas get bruises, ice cream melts and baths get cold. Scratch has bullies, false reporters, bots, copiers, h0mophob3s, and overall toxic people. If you notice these people, if you can, POLITELY report them, and walk away. If that's just not possible, then try to stay out of trouble. However, if you are the victim of something like the things that I just mentioned, still POLITELY report them, and if it doesn't work, you can come to me or any other trusted Scratcher. I will say something polite like if someone is copying, I won't say, "HEY! GIVE [username] THEIR ART BACK! IT'S NOT YOURS YOU FILTHY COPY MACHINE!!!!!!" I will instead be like "Hi! I see you've been accused of copying [username]'s art! I'm sure you have your own style of art, and maybe can earn respect another way?" I don't H̳A̳T̳E̳ the projects that are talking abt the dark side, (of scratch) I just hope that the creators of the projects consider the good side when making them. When you start to think about how bad scratch is, or read/watch a project/comment about the toxicity of it all, just stop and remember this project. Anyways, thank you for coming to my Ted talk, I hope you all enjoyed... NAW I'M KIDDING GOODBYE FELLOW CRAZY HOOMANS, NONHOOMANS, GUYS, GALS, NONBINARY PALS AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN! ◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤◢◣◥◤ Hi why did you scroll this far did you think there was gonna be text art or smthn? Ok I guess I can spare some... (¯`v´¯) ` .¸. ´ ☻/ /▌ / | ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬═♥╬ ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬♥═╬
