I've been away from IB for a while, and letting myself fret over the submissions that are building up and inevitably being deleted from my new submissions page as they pass, so I came on today by accidentally clicking a link, and thought to myself, well ok, maybe I'll deal with some of these notices first. That's when I realized what has been keeping me away.
Every notice from the top as I scroll down, save one, was begging for money. Normally, I would feel stressed, helpless, and upset at how broke I am, but in the past few weeks I've discovered there is a group of young (18-20) Furries in the area, and they are doing the same thing. I'm tired of this. Most of the people I follow, I follow because they are artists who are using their art as a form of income, so why is it that too often I see crowdfunding for things that theses artists could do if they had basic money management skills?
Somebody's car broke down. Well, yes, that happens to everyone eventually, but where is the car owner's emergency fund? Why are artists begging their customers for money instead of their relatives? Or better yet, why aren't artists working to sell more art at discounted prices (not inflated prices) to attract more buyers to cover that cost and/or build an emergency fund? Why is it that I could swear I have seen some artists only open commissions at all when they were desperate for money? Did you know that in all of the years that I have been on IB, only one time ever have I encountered a journal post where an artist stated that he could not make money by doing art because his wrist was injured? That guy, didn't ask for money; he just wanted everyone to know why he was on hiatus.
One time a mentally handicapped person admitted to asking for money then buying the equivalent of toys for himself and when the backlash came in for that, he said he "that was different" because the money he used to buy the thing was from a different fund... Sometimes I think that people who are asking for money are doing the same, but keep enough mental distance to not think about the fact that they do actually have access to other forms of money. For instance, I don't remember ever seeing a journal about artists having to upload from a Wendy's Wi-Fi because they had to cut the internet bill to make rent after needing to spend their savings on a replacement tire because they need the car for their day job.
World, I am poor, and I am tired of these guilt trippy cash grabs that harp through my notices like squawking baby birds. And I am actually angry, because these artists who beg for money have lots of things I don't. With their ability to make art, they can easily and quickly convey their interests to the world, attracting lots of friends with shared interests. On top of that, their art is a way to earn money and even receive special favors in the community. It is very difficult for me to have sympathy for someone who seems to not only have more than me in their "time of need" but who has had more than me in their entire lifetime even accounting for whatever loss has driven them to beg for money.
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21 Sep 2019 21:49 CEST
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