large media org: we've released an archive of old sounds :)

me: can i use it?

media org: no :)

i know this is a fucked up thing to say out loud but i really believe artists should be able to afford housing, food, and entertainment
@eniko I know this is impolite, but I think everyone deserves to actually have food and shelter, no matter what
@eniko How un-American of you
@eniko The invisible hand of the market is never wrong, and that's why Van Gogh died in poverty
@eniko I was about to say "why is it fucked up to say", then I realized that that specific part is probably sarcasm 😕
@eniko Agreed on all but the first point.

@eniko but but butbut only suffering inspires great art....

I'm kidding. Of course I agree with you.

@eniko

Starving Artists do not make Great Art.

They starve.

It's right there in the name.

@eniko I think everyone should not only have free and conditionless access to means of #survival but also #SocialParticipation.

  • If I wasn't dependant on #WageWork I'd still be a volunteer firefighter and propably do a lot different stuff that'll benefit society more longterm than the taxes and dues I currently pay.

It doesn't mean that I'd work less or less hard.

  • I'd just do different things that as of today don't work financially…
@eniko possibly even moreso: There should not be a need to be able to afford housing and food. Those two in particular should be a solved issue by now.
@eniko Well, I never! The sheer impertinence! Now, excuse me while I go back to writing my little stories...
@eniko
BuT iF tHeY doNt SuFfeR hOw CaN tHeY mAkE aRt?