Mastodawn

#FotoVorschlag
“Einmal ordentlich Kitsch bitte” / A good dose of kitsch, please

I think I have a problem with the idea of “kitsch.” It seems to be an elitist term: something that’s popular but that “should” be looked down on, or that we can only enjoy in an ironic way to show that we’re smarter and know better. Um, no thanks? Anyway, here are some Funko figures I acquired recently, because I love “K-Pop Demon Hunters” fully and unironically.

#photography #tchotchkes #kpopdemonhunters

Jangofatt Jun 23, 2025

My buddy got me a neat #billykane #snk #stirstick, for my birthday, that goes with my #geesehoward #wiskeyglass set, he got me last year. A beautiful replication of the #fatalfury #garoudensetsu ending. If you know, you know. 😛 #neogeo #arcade #tchotchkes #collectables

Gay Curmudgeon Jun 1, 2025

Currently showing three paintings from the 1970s in our living room. #oilpainting #painting #paintings #1970s #twentiethcentury #midtwentiethcentury #tinyhome #tinyhomeliving #smallhouse #smallhouseliving #art #artist #tchotchke #tchotchkes #nicknacks

Ooh Shiny Stuff Jan 14, 2025

I've heard it's #PortfolioDay, so I thought I'd show off my current #art obsession: #stickers ! I'm usually an assemblage & collage #artist but #drawing these #sassy #vintage #tchotchkes in #procreate has been a really fun experience. I have quite a few designs on my website (the Womp Womp #frog is my newest), and I also started a #patreon #stickerclub way too early - it's been 4 months and I still only have one Patron. But the #retro #babushka #snail is the January club sticker, just fyi. 😉

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply

Jan 3, 2025

Once upon a time, I went on an entrepreneurial journey. I designed and built a mobile app for bowling leagues. This is a promotional coaster that was a big hit with folks.

#Design #Tchotchkes #Retro #Bowling

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C.Dec 14, 2024

@shockwaver

Forgive me for being Devil's Advocate for a moment...

The major difference between these cases is whether a given #public #service benefits the public as a whole (not "each individual separately, but all of them") or if they benefit the #individual(s).

Military or police spending? That's benefiting #society as a whole - you can't really say "Hey, Fred used a whole lot of police last year and cost me $X" (though some people try). It's even dafter in the military case.

But the post office ... well, if Fred sells and sends out 10,000 #tchotchkes at public #expense, he individually is solely benefiting from that, and the rest of us are picking up the tab. Or if some fundamentalist religious group decides to send "Chick tracts" to every household in Canada, should the #taxpayer really be picking up the #millions of dollars that those bible-thumpers cost everyone?

It's a tricky issue; there is no good solution.

But it pisses me off that they still aren't doing the *obvious* stuff to save money. For many years it's been bloody #obvious that eliminating legacy home delivery, installing community mailboxes for those just like every house built since the mid-80s, would save huge amounts of money.

And they still haven't done it, because the #politicians are afraid it'll cost them a few #seniors' votes.

#ChickTract #BibleThumper #PostOffice