The Netherlands is generally quite friendly towards (English speaking) immigrants and expats. Almost everyone speaks English and no one really bats an eye at a non-Dutch resident in most of the major western cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, etc.)
Housing is terrible though, prices are high and it’ll be hard to find something nice. One advantage for you (or any US resident), is that you’re exempt from the inburgering exam. Which means that you won’t have to learn the language and won’t be tested on your integration in Dutch society.

My partner is from abroad and they’ve experienced living here as quite pleasant. They weren’t exempt from the exam though (different non-EU nationality), which was a bit of a nuisance. But in general, reception was positive. They’ve been living here for over 16 years now.
But like most of Europe, we’ve got a far-right government right now, so there’s a lot of anti-immigration talk going round. Of course it’s only aimed at what they think are the “wrong” (Middle-Eastern and African) kind of people, so I doubt Americans would ever have to deal with it.

It was entirely in midjourney, I used the new external editor they’ve released last month.

I’m not a native English speaker, but I always thought an expression like “oh boy” was more self-reflective. Like you say it more to yourself than to whoever you’re talking to.
In which case, the other’s gender shouldn’t really matter?
In any case, I personally don’t feel insulted or misgendered if someone uses it in a conversation with me.

Prompt oil painting, sci-fi, A woman lounging in a golden barge, the barge is filled with velvet cushions, a robot pilots the barge, in a neo-classical architecture canal with crystal clear water, high detail, god rays, painted in a neo-romanticism style --ar 2:1 --dref https://s.mj.run/EINA45dcR5Y --v 6.1

Well, you could argue that this is more about making it as opulent as possible?
Anyway, it’s been a few weeks, I’m sure we’ll see some fresh ideas :)

That’s a great challenge!
Would you mind adding [Community Challenge 57] in front of your title though? It would make it in line with the other challenges and easier to spot.

Edit: Thanks!

Sounds like fun!
You can make your own post for it, we’ll pin it when it’s up. Feel free to copy the format of the current challenge.

Great!
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works, it’s your turn to make a new challenge!

I got into Stardew Valley literally by accident. As in, I twisted my ankle during a winter vacation and got stuck indoors for a week while my family was having fun outside. All I had to entertain myself was my laptop and this farming game I recently bought on a whim.

I didn’t see the fun in it at first, but I liked the music and eventually the grind kind of clicked for me. Wake up, water plants, sell stuff, explore a bit, go to bed, repeat. It helped that my other choices for entertainment were a bit limited at the time :) But once the daily tasks become routine, you kind of zone out during that part and think ahead of what you want to do for the rest of the day. Maybe explore that cave a little more, or go fishing for that fish you need for the community center, etc.

But I can totally understand if it’s not your thing. I might not have enjoyed it so much if I wasn’t chair bound for an entire week with nothing else to do…
Erm…
That’s not the most glowing of endorsements when I write it out loud :)

What I’m trying to say is, for me it was a bit of a barrier to get through, but after that it’s such a cozy game to spend some time in. And it kind of has this nice reward cycle that makes me go “just one more day” a LOT of days :)

Yea, lets make it official from next challenge onward.

Hmmm, I’m not so sure if OP can also be the winner.
I’ll leave it up to Itrytoblenderrender’s on whether or not he wants to pass the next challenge to the runner-up :)

Well… yes… but sometimes you just want the funny misinterpretations.
I don’t think anyone opening this post is actually interested in seeing a bunch of accurate interpretations :)

Another one I completely forgot about, I also have access to the NovelAI image generator, which is completely anime trained. It has a ton of different features that I never use. I just use it as a writing aid for myself, the image generation was kind of tacked on later but grew into it’s own thing.

There’s a mood changer:

Line art (which removes the dollar bill, weirdly enough ) :

And of course inpainting:

There’s also some kind of outpainting, but like I said, I hardly ever use this tool. Here’s a tutorial if you want to read more about it:
https://blog.novelai.net/tutorial-intro-to-image-generation-ef644a1a4885

Oh and it’s completely privacy focused, so images are only saved to your computer.

cc: @M0oP0o@mander.xyz

Midjourney:

Nothing as funny I’m afraid.

✧✨🌿Allo🌿✨✧

@allo@sh.itjust.works

prompt: A cafe at the North Pole named “Opposites”

Vespair

@Vespair@lemm.ee

I’m sure my whimsical entry won’t be divisive.

imgur version in case the lemmy image upload breaks

SomeAmateur

@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works

"Yo, I’m the king of the Arctic, top of the frost,

While you’re waddling lost on some South Pole rocks.

I’m the beast of the north, with teeth like knives,

While you slip ‘n’ slide, barely keepin’ alive.

I’m six feet tall, got the muscle and the brawn,

You’re a pint-sized bird, can’t even fly, come on.

They call me the apex, the top of the line,

You’re snack-sized, flappin’—couldn’t handle my grind.

I’m the white ghost, huntin’ seals at night,

While you shiver in groups, tryna huddle tight.

I roam solo, 'cause I run the ice,

You’re just fish food waddlin’—not worth the price."

-ChatGPT

Itrytoblenderrender

@Itrytoblenderrender@lemmy.world

merde alors

@merde@sh.itjust.works

M0oP0o

@M0oP0o@mander.xyz

Well it took over 20 tries in the bingilator. Its not what I wanted but, eh.

“a dollar bill floating in the air with a halo above it and angelic wings. a very small sailor moon is looking at the floating money”