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This is a record of a twitter thread, originally posted in 2020

Thew
@AmazingThew

*thinks of a cool visual thing to try*

*spends entire evening writing compute-shader boilerplate to get literally any triangles onscreen*

I am a Generative Artist

Thew
@AmazingThew

man just stick to Processing dude; nobody on twitter can tell if you did sick-ass GPU kickflips to draw two million particles at 60 FPS

you can just call circle() two million times in a loop and wait 15 seconds per frame nobody cares. you can make a whole artwork before bed lol

Thew
@AmazingThew

"yeah but what about demoscene work that elevates performance to a form of aesthetic expression"

my dude you are nowhere remotely NEAR sufficiently scandinavian OR drunk to participate in that subculture come on