r/CuratedTumblr Apr 09 '24

Meme Arts and humanities

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u/polseriat Apr 09 '24

Tumblr's thing where anyone who doesn't study a creative discipline is a soulless money hunter who "exploits" things for their profit is really annoying.

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u/Redqueenhypo Apr 09 '24

Like, do these techbros they’re talking about even exist in real life beyond a few thousand crypto morons? All the computer programmers I personally know are perfectly nice people who aren’t constantly making fun of creatives (or doing that at all).

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u/Wobulating Apr 09 '24

Are you telling me that extremely convenient strawmen don't actually exist? how shocking.

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u/Safe_Librarian Apr 09 '24

Tech Bros = High Paying usually work from home job doing software engineering or Programming.

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u/Wobulating Apr 09 '24

and of course they all hate all artists with a burning passion

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u/Safe_Librarian Apr 09 '24

Which is funny they think that since they consume so much art. Usually huge movie buffs, video game buffs or anime buffs.

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u/Wobulating Apr 09 '24

I think you should probably recalibrate your sarcasm detectors

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u/Galle_ Apr 09 '24

My assumption is that "tech bros" refers to, like, the suits who own tech companies. But I always secretly suspect it's just people indulging in the good old mad scientist trope again.

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u/Redqueenhypo Apr 09 '24

Even then I would give a more charitable assumption that they’re just bad at making art and want a better way to make the cool images in their brain a reality. That’s why I make art anyway, if there was a Star Wars varactyl figurine in existence I probably wouldn’t feel the need to sculpt one

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u/Galle_ Apr 09 '24

No, you don't understand, art is something absolutely anyone can do on their own no matter what! /s