JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Argh, this project. It's consuming meeeee.
Random Rants LXIV: Who's Acting Like a Child Now?
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gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
you must die for art
or for grades
one of the two
or for grades
one of the two
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Por qué no los dos?
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
that would be inconsistent
you must choose whether you're An Artist or you're Just Doing It For The Money.
you must choose whether you're An Artist or you're Just Doing It For The Money.
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
I'm an artist who does it for the money.
Snerk
Smeghead
I'd be a sellout if I had anything to sell.
Why is it people always act like being a sellout is a bad thing? As long as we live in a society that requires money to survive, I would say it is those who aren't selling out that should be the ones being shamed.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
so we should shame people who like what they're doing but dont want to have it, well, "corrupted" by money?
K.
K.
You might be taking my post in an unnecessarily serious way.
Nah, just using it as an opportunity to comment on how it just doesn't seem right that people always criticize those they feel have sold out.
azzaman333
meh
Life tip: Don't bother doing things that might make you happy, you only end up more depressed than ever when they inevitably don't work out how you'd hoped.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
That's somehow better than doing something you'd hate
apparently
apparently
azzaman333
meh
nah just do nothing that way you feel no pain
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
that's lame
doing nothing is as worse as being hurt
doing nothing is as worse as being hurt
Do computers work by magic? Or little gnomes/goblins that decide what's going to work and what won't? I'm at the point where I am reinstalling all my games from the reset I had to do and I decided to give Battlefleet Gothic another try. It works now. Is that really what it took? I had to pass a trial of endless frustration, despair, and suffering to earn the right to play this game?
I'm actually more angry now that it works than when it didn't work simply because I have no idea what the problem was.
I'm actually more angry now that it works than when it didn't work simply because I have no idea what the problem was.
Snerk
Smeghead
You may be misunderstanding the criticism in naming someone a sellout though. It doesn't have anything to with turning a profit. It's about abandoning some original code of ethics in favour of a more material reward of sorts. Let's say my dev team had developed some great privacy software, and then I went and sold it to NSA for a quick buck.
No I fully get that, and I'm saying there's nothing wrong with that. As long as money is tied to acquiring our basic survival needs, then there is absolutely nothing morally wrong with doing whatever you can to make as much money as you possibly can in your lifetime. I mean, having a code of ethics is nice and all, but ethics and morals don't put food on your table or put a roof over your head.
I also find the people who usually criticize others for selling out fall into three basic categories: those who aren't making enough money to meet their needs and have become resentful towards those who are, those who are already living a comfortable life so they can actually prioritize things like ethics and morals, and those who see themselves as being negatively impacted by the sellout's quest for riches whether that negative impact is real or merely perceived.
Snerk
Smeghead
That's pretty dark bro, I hope you don't truly feel that way, as it would justify a lot of evils. And I am really glad I don't live in a world where everybody feels that way. Would be a very bleak place indeed.
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