• EfreetSK@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 days ago

    Eh, I’m gonna play the devil’s advocate here but when I thought about it, I’d say it’s more like a human nature or common sense. I can imagine a person who feels excited by posting spicy pictures online in 2011 and then realizing “You mean people are willing to pay for this shit?”

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      8 days ago

      willing to pay for this

      Capitalism. You shouldn’t strive to profit off doing things you enjoy. The profit motive IS the problem.

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        7 days ago

        You shouldn’t strive to profit off doing things you enjoy

        Sounds like a win-win to me

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          Only if you’re lucky. I loved programming. Used to do it all the time. Got a job doing it, and it’s just exhausting now. So much gets caught up in the process: money to survive, meeting other people’s deadlines and goals, etc. It kills the enjoyment.

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            Would you rather have a hobby, or food and shelter? Having a love of programming made you good at programming. But programming is a means to an end. It’s enjoyable, but if you don’t produce anything, you’re just masturbating. Once you are good at it, you don’t have to enjoy anymore.

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        7 days ago

        Or maybe you shouldnt be telling people how to live their lives? Even fans of communism have dictatorial tendencies.

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          Advice isn’t the force of law. Don’t be silly. There’s plenty of reasons to hate communism that don’t require you to be silly.

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          Even fans of communism have dictatorial tendencies.

          These phonies just think if they cosplay commie they can become the dear daddy of these stupid peasants and lead into a revolution…

          A certain type of person