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My sister is so into this mindset but doesn't do anything about it, it's so annoying.
Every conversation with her ends up being about how to monetize something. Fucking A, I'm not gonna start a food blog and sell ads, I just wanna make dumplings!! I'm not gonna stream my boyfriend and I playing games, we're just trying to relax! I'm not a brand or a product I'm just a person, get off it.
I hate that so much. "Oh, this hobby only brings you joy and happiness? Don't you know you could make money out of it?"
I'm that neighbor thats really, really into Halloween. My whole family is. We do a pretty big yard thing every year and this year we had the scene change every week to tell a bigger story. On Halloween handing out candy and goodies, everyone was stoked and wanted to stop and say how rad it was and how much fun it was to watch over the course of the month. Except one person. She just kept on going about how I should charge people to see it. Dude, first and foremost, I'm not going to make one of the few things I find true joy in doing another goddamned chore. Also, how the fuck would I keep people from just looking at my front yard? How do you expect me to manage that?
One good thing came of it though, after her insistence again and again I told her the only practical way to charge admition would be to do an actual walk through haunted house in my back yard. So the neighbors and fam and I are going to do just that. But for free because fuck that. I might charge her a dollar though because I'm super petty.
I hate the idea that you shouldn't freely provide joy to those around you for the sheer satisfaction of making it. The mammonite brain rot runs deep in a lot of people unfortunately
Should've charged only that neighbor for the "privilege".
My one friend is the same. He laments how little ambition I have for being so creative.
I create beautiful things for fun and for people I care about. Any time I've done it got money, it has slowly but surely sucked the soul from it. No thanks. I'll be happy with my creativity over here without a ton of money.
Capitol cuck mindset we need to get off it
Sorry if this is too personal, but does she have, or has she had in the past, ~~membership in a communist party~~ a hobby which she did as only an amateur? It's hard for me to take the perspective of someone who doesn't seem to understand how monetizing a passion can completely ruin it.
the thing that gets me is these people don't realize there's a much easier way to make $ not working...just play the stock market, that's what all the big rich fucks who don't do any real work do. it's one big casino that most people buy into passively, especially in bubbles like this...it's incredibly easy to make shitloads of $. it's so easy that you quickly lose any interest in "grinding".
it's certainly not fulfilling though...gambling is no way to make a living.