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TV, movies, music, video games, the internet, what's next to carve out and ruin?

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

My one "the kids are wrong" take is when I was a kid, selling out was bad, but now it seems that it's celebrated.

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

The fans are happy that their favourite creators are getting the bag in a world where that's impossible with just an average salary, I think it's sweet. I do this too though I don't really have any creators I like

No doubt getting the bag is nice, but when millennials were kids the selling out part was considered bad not because getting the bag is bad in itself but because getting the bag usually means changing the nature of the art to make it more marketable. It means answering to the rich guys handing you the bag. I just miss that acknowledgement, that the art would be inevitably watered down by appeal to larger markets.

[-] booty@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

it's not so much that it's celebrated, selling out still sucks, it's just that we understand that you gotta do what you gotta do in this fucked up system we're in. selling out is winning, and we can respect that you won, even if you sold your soul to do it

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