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Dave Gutteridge

Dave Gutteridge

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Dec 22, 2025

In Defense of the Man Who Wants To Fix Your Problems

Just because people don’t express empathy the way you would doesn’t mean they’re not expressing empathy

A man and a woman on a couch talking.

Dave Gutteridge

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Dec 15, 2025

Your Idea Isn’t Art, and “AI” Isn’t Helping You Create

The idea that you have beautiful images in your head and a lack of skill prevents you from making them is a myth.

Your Idea Isn’t Art, and “AI” Isn’t Helping You Create

Dave Gutteridge

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Nov 11, 2025

A Comic About Death & Exercise

Mortality keeps me moving.

A Comic About Death & Exercise

Dave Gutteridge

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Nov 3, 2025

Why I’m Not Worried About “AI” Devaluing My Art

Art has always been valued for more than just its content.

Woman yelling at a cat who’s just trying to enjoy his dinner.

Dave Gutteridge

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Oct 20, 2025

A Much More Simple and Useful Definition of Fascism

Fascism is everywhere, and if we want to oppose it, we need a clear definition so that accusations of fascism actually mean something.

Elon Musk giving a Sieg Heil salute, also known as a Heil Hitler salute, or a Nazi salute, at the inauguration of President Trump in 2025.

Dave Gutteridge

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Oct 13, 2025

The Whole “Left Versus Right” Concept is Nonsense

At least astrology has twelve different unfounded categories to make unjustified presumptions about people. Left versus right has two.

An chart showing various ideals and political standpoints, organized by whether they are on the “left” or “right.”

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Oct 7, 2025

Why You Aren’t the Artist When Using “AI”

There is no “I” in the machine, but there is a “we.”

A drawing of a rabbit on a large screen in front of a crowd of people.

Dave Gutteridge

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Sep 29, 2025

The Sound Your Phone Makes is More Annoying Than Someone Talking

Volume isn’t the problem.

Close up of someone using a cell phone on speaker mode.

Dave Gutteridge

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Sep 23, 2025

I Can Leave Japan Now

September of 2025 is the 30th anniversary of my arrival in Japan. Does that mean my roots are so deep now that I wouldn’t, or couldn’t…

The final scene from the movie “The Last Samurai,” where the main character walks a horse toward a village.

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May 27, 2024

I Wouldn’t Get Plastic Surgery… Would I?

Is there value in looking like something you’re not?

I Wouldn’t Get Plastic Surgery… Would I?

Dave Gutteridge

Dave Gutteridge

I write about relationships, politics, pop culture, and anything and everything. I don't use AI for any part of my writing or art. https://davegutteridge.com

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