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  1. omfg this is too on the nose! http://rainbowdash.net/url/819881

    Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:00:06 UTC from web
    1. tfw I forget ty,s username... baka

      Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:00:57 UTC from web
    2. @metaltao cheers

      Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:02:33 UTC from web
    3. @l1ghtsword @northernnarwhal CC

      Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:02:55 UTC from web
      1. @l1ghtsword There's a bit of a problem here, though. Now I'm an artist and I love the arts, but it's important to realize that there are a lot of necessary sacrifices that need to be made going into the industry. The understanding here is in the market. Now, basic economics tells us that money is used in exchange for goods or services. So say for example you're paying a lawyer for legal counsel and representation. It's because you need a professional in that field to provide you with a service. When it comes to arts, since it's such an incredibly vast and open market, if you want to make a living as an artist you need to establish yourself as an artist, give people a reason to want your art, and most importantly give people a reason to want to pay for your art. Now I'm all for supporting artists, and I do not in any way condone piracy of art, but it does exist and has to be acknowledged as an artist.

        Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:18:30 UTC from web
        1. @northernnarwhal What has to be acknowledged as an artist? Just confused on what the subject was.

          Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:19:51 UTC from web
          1. @metaltao That, like it or not, piracy in the industry does exist. It's not that I necessarily support it, it's just a fact. So as I said before, you as an artist need to acknowledge that and give people not only a reason to want your art but a reason to want to pay for it too.

            Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:21:24 UTC from web
            1. @northernnarwhal I know, but who or what HAS to be acknowledged as an artist? Piracy? Is piracy the artist? I am asking about syntax or Semantics. I don't disagree, i just want ot know who you were referring.

              Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:22:30 UTC from web
              1. @metaltao It's not a question of who, I'm not sure where you're getting that from.

                Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:24:22 UTC from web
                1. @northernnarwhal Never mind! I just answered my own question!

                  Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:24:34 UTC from web
                2. @northernnarwhal LOL

                  Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:24:39 UTC from web
                3. @northernnarwhal My bad!

                  Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:25:30 UTC from web
            2. @northernnarwhal "but it does exist and has to be acknowledged as an artist." Whos is the "it"

              Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:23:59 UTC from web
            3. @northernnarwhal OH!

              Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:24:14 UTC from web
            4. @northernnarwhal Never mind! XD

              Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 20:24:18 UTC from web
        2. @northernnarwhal suffice it to stay, you still gotta eat man. it sucks to be artistic :/

          Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 22:21:24 UTC from web
          1. @l1ghtsword I know, but that's how things work. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but that's the way the industry is.

            Tuesday, 10-Mar-15 22:24:09 UTC from web