I found out that my SO wants a ring similar to the generated image.
She wants the shank to sweep and hug around the center stone, with ruby accents, preferably blue.
Is this reasonablene?
I'd appreciate any redesigns, her taste is simple and reasonably moderate. She's also not a fan of gemstones crowning out very tall.
I was never 100% of the childfree mindset. Very much take it or leave it with me. My SO doesn't want any and I am perfectly happy spending all the money that would've gone into kids on vanity, vacation and future wealth. Today, I might have been pushed a good chunk towards the childfree mindset.
What I actually came to rant about was AI slop and how children can't seem to get enough of it. We are at a mothers day celebration, and I went indoors to go to the bathroom. On the way there I passed the living room, where 4 children are just on their phones, watching various AI garbage content. "Whatever" I initially thought. I grew up on crappy cartoons and early internet content. They're probably just in that same phase. By all that's holy, was I changing my mind. The bathroom was occupied, and in the 5 or so minutes of waiting, I couldn't help but suffer hearing the same 5 shorts replayed over and over. Absolute braindead content, from the Italian AI generated brainrot creatures to an AI voice describing anime episodes, it as non stop soul sucking trash. The worst part? The kids didn't even react. Just sitting there. Dopamine receptors of an 88 year old heroin addict, looking for something to scratch that itch.
I was absolutely flabbergasted. Never could I have believed that I'd turn into a "Back in my day" kinda guy, but back in my day, our parents made sure to drag us out of our unhealthy dopamine cycles every now and then to breathe.
I have no idea how parents manage. Most of them most certainly have just given up at this point. I cannot imagine finding a way to keep kids away from screens without getting bullied for not knowing the latest garbage content everyone in school cares about.
Anyway. I just needed to get this off my chest before I ruin the Mothers day dinner.