You know what drives me up a fucking wall? people telling other people that they need to have some sort of monetary gain for some skill, talent, or hobby they enjoy
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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely agree with you-- there's nothing wrong in doing stuff just for fun-- but I think a lot of the time it's meant as a compliment? "You're good enough to go pro" and all that jazz.
I'm sure it often is. I was on another person's blog though and the post was 'I don't want to go pro' and someone else came on and is like 'oh, you're just pessimistic. You should go pro!' and what's making it really obnoxious is the person seems to have gone pro him/herself and is therefore saying 'everyone should do what I've done! =DDDD' which is super annoying. >(
I think s/he meant well, but the conversation came across as 'I speak to you from upon my mount of PUBLISHED AWESOMENESS' and it pissed me off. >__>;;
Part of the problem is that when you explain why you don't want to 'go pro', any reasons you can come up with can be countered with 'it's worth it if you make it (monetarily)'. As a result the conversation has to end with 'I don't want to do this' full stop or it goes in pointless circles if someone is really determined to push you into making money off whatever-it-is.
I'll agree with spark_force here that usually it should be taken as a compliment of the level of skill.
That said: if you want to make something fun into something not-fun, add money to the mix.
is ABSOLUTE TRUTH. And why I loathe the idea of doing photography professionally, and why I've slowly begun to hate programming, even if I loved it in college.
And certainly, not getting paid to do something does not automatically mean that someone isn't anywhere near as good as someone that does get paid.
UGH THIS. I was doing something for money that I loved ... I don't remember what it was, but I do remember that as soon as there was the pressure of making money off of it, I didn't enjoy it anymore. I don't even know. =/
*nodsnods* I love writing fanfiction, but I can't even handle the pressure of an exchange, much less writing for money. And there's nothing wrong with that. But it's the nature of society that money = value, which drives me crazy.
Person A: "What do you like to do in your spare time?"
Me: "Oh, well, I write, among other things."
Person A: "How nice! Are you writing a book?"
Me: "No, I just write for fun."
Person A: "When are you going to try to get published?"
Me: "Never. It's a hobby."
Person A: "Oh. Okay, then." *looks at me like I'm the biggest failure ever*
As if doing something because it's fun and I enjoy it is somehow weird and morally reprehensible. If I'm writing and it's not to get published, it MUST be a waste of time. I should clearly be spending that time, as an adult woman, taking care of other people's problems, or something. You know, doing something worthwhile rather than indulging my useless creative side.
Now, I love writing and I'd love to get published, but I don't have any ideas right now that are publishable, nor the drive to write a publishable book. But my mom is constantly like 'why do you waste your time writing fanfiction?' and I'm like a;sdlkjafsl;djfa WHY IS THIS A WASTE OF TIME? Because I can't make money off of it? That's ridiculous!
Hey, you know what? Look at all this wonderful time I'm 'wasting' by voice acting for these fandubs. Am I planning to 'go pro' to be a professional voice actor? Nope, not at all. Is it worth it? Hell yes. Why? Cause it's awesome. 8D And, by remaining amateur, I feel like I can do what I want to do, when I want to do it, however I want. I don't need to stake my livelihood on it, and in fact, that's not the point; I want to bring characters to life and make these totally free video games, fandubs, animations etc. into something cool, just because I want to create and make imagination real
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Part of the problem is that when you explain why you don't want to 'go pro', any reasons you can come up with can be countered with 'it's worth it if you make it (monetarily)'. As a result the conversation has to end with 'I don't want to do this' full stop or it goes in pointless circles if someone is really determined to push you into making money off whatever-it-is.
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That said:
if you want to make something fun into something not-fun, add money to the mix.
is ABSOLUTE TRUTH. And why I loathe the idea of doing photography professionally, and why I've slowly begun to hate programming, even if I loved it in college.
And certainly, not getting paid to do something does not automatically mean that someone isn't anywhere near as good as someone that does get paid.
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My conversations often go like this.
Person A: "What do you like to do in your spare time?"
Me: "Oh, well, I write, among other things."
Person A: "How nice! Are you writing a book?"
Me: "No, I just write for fun."
Person A: "When are you going to try to get published?"
Me: "Never. It's a hobby."
Person A: "Oh. Okay, then." *looks at me like I'm the biggest failure ever*
As if doing something because it's fun and I enjoy it is somehow weird and morally reprehensible. If I'm writing and it's not to get published, it MUST be a waste of time. I should clearly be spending that time, as an adult woman, taking care of other people's problems, or something. You know, doing something worthwhile rather than indulging my useless creative side.
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Now, I love writing and I'd love to get published, but I don't have any ideas right now that are publishable, nor the drive to write a publishable book. But my mom is constantly like 'why do you waste your time writing fanfiction?' and I'm like a;sdlkjafsl;djfa WHY IS THIS A WASTE OF TIME? Because I can't make money off of it? That's ridiculous!
Hobbies are hobbies for a reason. *sighs*
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