Museums and art are important. It’s a big successful fundraiser for art historians, and in that respect I think it’s great. Vibes-wise it’s fucking rancid though. An indulgent, tone deaf celebration of wealth that ultimately benefits a good cause.
I'm sorry, but I do not think that raising money for high fashion is in any way important given the current problems the world is facing. It's like asking for donations for fancy new curtains while your fucking house is on fire.
We do not need high fashion to survive. If every fashion designer dropped dead tomorrow, I promise you society would not crumble. We need healthcare. We need housing. We need our basic fucking needs met. Until that time, I will call events like this a collosal waste of time and money.
It raises it exclusively for the Costume Institute at the Met, which the group that preserves historical clothing. I just... Fuck. Are you really serious? How the hell do you look at that amount of money, look at the people starving on the streets, and conclude that this is a worthwhile function. Thats just fucking insane.
Sorry, we can't afford to build new housing or addiction centers, but thank God we can continue to preserve an evening dress from the 1940's. That's truly what matters in society.
There are multiple people in the world. Everyone doesn't do the same thing at once, there can be many fundraisers at the same time, each with a different goal. It's crazy i know...
i have been trying to decide on my latest stage name (my first garage band was called "Some Band" to give you an idea of what kind of creativity we're working with here) and i've added Soandso and Whatstheirface as a last name to the "oh gods this will make my wife roll her eyes" list so thank you all kindly for your help.
It’s really confusing because it’s actually twins, Soh and Zho, but they never appear together and you never know which one is which. Former twitch streamers, they now perform 10sec long shoegaze/dubstep inspired trick-hop in the secret twin language they invented as children with a smattering of Victorian era slang, and it’s only available on the Glut app. You have no idea what any of this means but have realized this is why your 11yo keeps babbling “trickie burr, trickie burr”.
if the kids in the shallow pool crowded into the deep end, the deep end would be filled with drowned bodies, so let the shallow kids stay in the shallow end out of the deep divers way
55 Comments
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 94d
fizzle@quokk.au · 12 pts · 94d
I feel like I've heard the name before but this year it seems to be much more prominent.
Yes, it's extraordinarily distasteful.
My distaste for billionaires has gone from "high" to "stratospheric" in the last 5 years or so. Quite incredible really.
atomicorange@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 94d
Museums and art are important. It’s a big successful fundraiser for art historians, and in that respect I think it’s great. Vibes-wise it’s fucking rancid though. An indulgent, tone deaf celebration of wealth that ultimately benefits a good cause.
Maggoty@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 94d
We could raise money for art without decadent rich people parties if we just like stopped hoovering up all the money and giving it to rich people.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 93d
I'm sorry, but I do not think that raising money for high fashion is in any way important given the current problems the world is facing. It's like asking for donations for fancy new curtains while your fucking house is on fire.
We do not need high fashion to survive. If every fashion designer dropped dead tomorrow, I promise you society would not crumble. We need healthcare. We need housing. We need our basic fucking needs met. Until that time, I will call events like this a collosal waste of time and money.
atomicorange@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 93d
It’s not raising money “for high fashion”, it’s raising money for the art historians at the Metropolitan Museum.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 93d
It raises it exclusively for the Costume Institute at the Met, which the group that preserves historical clothing. I just... Fuck. Are you really serious? How the hell do you look at that amount of money, look at the people starving on the streets, and conclude that this is a worthwhile function. Thats just fucking insane.
Sorry, we can't afford to build new housing or addiction centers, but thank God we can continue to preserve an evening dress from the 1940's. That's truly what matters in society.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 10 pts · 93d
There are multiple people in the world. Everyone doesn't do the same thing at once, there can be many fundraisers at the same time, each with a different goal. It's crazy i know...
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 94d
I mean yeah but Heidi Klum dressing like a statue and scaring other attendees by pretending to be an exhibit is very funny to me
janus2@lemmy.zip · 32 pts · 94d
bringing street performance to the otherwise least street event there is
starik@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 94d
snoons@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 94d
penis
restingOface@quokk.au · 0 pts · 93d
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social · 30 pts · 94d
I thought "soandso" was an actual name lmao
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 94d
Move over Zendaya - there’s a hip, new mononym in town!
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 93d
Right up there with whatsherface and theuglyone.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 93d
i have been trying to decide on my latest stage name (my first garage band was called "Some Band" to give you an idea of what kind of creativity we're working with here) and i've added Soandso and Whatstheirface as a last name to the "oh gods this will make my wife roll her eyes" list so thank you all kindly for your help.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 2 pts · 93d
Lame names are the best titles you can give yourself
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
i was inspired both by E B White and Randy Bachman
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 93d
Blatant cheerleader erasure
qarbone@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 94d
Just mispronounce it a bit. It could work
snoons@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 94d
Sohandzho
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 93d
It’s really confusing because it’s actually twins, Soh and Zho, but they never appear together and you never know which one is which. Former twitch streamers, they now perform 10sec long shoegaze/dubstep inspired trick-hop in the secret twin language they invented as children with a smattering of Victorian era slang, and it’s only available on the Glut app. You have no idea what any of this means but have realized this is why your 11yo keeps babbling “trickie burr, trickie burr”.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 94d
I really did too
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 93d
Soan Dso
gray@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 94d
The problem isn't design, art, wonder and occasional luxury. The problem is wealth distribution.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 94d
One good thing about it: None of the Trumps were invited.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 93d
It was an entertaining 10 minutes of looking through the outfits, there wasn’t much I liked h this year but fashion is a perfectly valid interest.
mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 93d
NooOoOO fashion is only for shallow dummies that aren't like meeeeeeeee
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 93d
We should keep idolizing the wealthy. That seems to be working out well.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 94d
Filthy rich circle jerk.
DrSoap@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 94d
They seem to be begging people to watch it. Lol the more advertising there is for a thing, the less I want to do it. I think the begging is so tacky.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 8 pts · 94d
I wanted to know who skipped the event after Bezos got involved but I found out it's Zendaya and Lady Gaga and I realized I don't really give a fuck.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 94d
Who gives a shit about the Bezos party?
fedikitty@piefed.social · 6 pts · 94d
It was really just the corporate gala this year.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 93d
That's all it ever has been.
fedikitty@piefed.social · 1 pts · 92d
I mean any fashion event you could say that for. I feel like most artists need corporate money to survive.
Maggoty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 94d
But we might see bewbs!!!111!!11!
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 94d
It was interesting looking at the different outfits for five minutes or so, then I got bored.
Generica@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 93d
She's giving vapid
moopet@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 93d
I assume this is something in the news, but I don't even know what the met gala is.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 93d
If something happens and you don't notice or care is it really news?
restingOface@quokk.au · 1 pts · 93d
Does the pope shit in the woods?
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
Does he wipe his ass with a bear or a bunny?
neuromorph@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 93d
its a bunch of rich people trying to cosplay
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 93d
Hey, wait, this isn't a shit post
Inucune@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 93d
Art is for times of peace. We are currently fighting a class war.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
Struggle has produced the best art . These people are just tacky
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 93d
if the kids in the shallow pool crowded into the deep end, the deep end would be filled with drowned bodies, so let the shallow kids stay in the shallow end out of the deep divers way
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
Whos soanso? New fampus?
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 94d
The what what
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 0 pts · 94d
restingOface@quokk.au · 4 pts · 94d
What a ballroom does for a mf
jeffw@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 94d
Bruh wtf is wrong with you
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · -6 pts · 93d
In case there was any doubt Justin Trudeau was an inbred idiot...he is currently dating this.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 93d
Maybe she had a fencing match after n didn't want to change
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 93d
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 93d
He's dating a cyborg. The Omnissiah approves!