on Vegetarians: Where Do You Draw the Line? · c/asklemmy · 16 pts · 1dI'm not trying to be perfect, I'm just trying to make a difference. Purity ideals are for 13 year olds.
on [Frame] Honest hardworking scalpers when you tell them there's a reservation lottery · c/lemmyshitpost · 16 pts · 2d That's the joke
on 'Lowlife Coward': Ed Sheeran Declaration of 'I Am Not Complicit' Stirs Fresh Outrage Over Macklemore Ouster | Common Dreams · c/politics · 3 pts · 2dNo, a musician is an artist. An entertainer is someone who entertains. When a musician finds an audience, it is because THEY are entertained by the artist's art, not because they are trying to be entertaining. If they are, that would make them an entertainer.
on Reddit's Active U.S. Users Took a Dip, the last time Reddit will report · c/watchredditdie · 2 pts · 2dAmen
on Reddit's Active U.S. Users Took a Dip, the last time Reddit will report · c/watchredditdie · 7 pts · 2dTo be fair reddit users used to do that before the bots as well. Just pointless bad-faith pretending to engage without actually wanting to hear your opinion, just exhaust you for disagreeing with them.
on 'Lowlife Coward': Ed Sheeran Declaration of 'I Am Not Complicit' Stirs Fresh Outrage Over Macklemore Ouster | Common Dreams · c/politics · 3 pts · 2dIt's not a musician's job to please the audience, it's their job to please their own sense of aesthetics and integrity. Someone trying to please the audience is an entertainer, who is just doing a job.
on Reddit's Active U.S. Users Took a Dip, the last time Reddit will report · c/watchredditdie · 7 pts · 2dYeah that too, the modabuse has just been reaching insane levels lately.
on Reddit's Active U.S. Users Took a Dip, the last time Reddit will report · c/watchredditdie · 51 pts · 2dReddit got so bad that I came here. Just.. pure junk and bots.
I'm not trying to be perfect, I'm just trying to make a difference. Purity ideals are for 13 year olds.
No, a musician is an artist. An entertainer is someone who entertains.
When a musician finds an audience, it is because THEY are entertained by the artist's art, not because they are trying to be entertaining.
If they are, that would make them an entertainer.
Amen
To be fair reddit users used to do that before the bots as well. Just pointless bad-faith pretending to engage without actually wanting to hear your opinion, just exhaust you for disagreeing with them.
It's not a musician's job to please the audience, it's their job to please their own sense of aesthetics and integrity.
Someone trying to please the audience is an entertainer, who is just doing a job.
Yeah that too, the modabuse has just been reaching insane levels lately.
Reddit got so bad that I came here. Just.. pure junk and bots.