The stupidity, it burns, nothing of any importance here unless you have an IQ above room temperature, and a question of note (if your IQ is above room temperature)...
The other day I was watching a video series online that, at the end of each episode, asked for people to support their efforts via Patreon which. to my mind is a perfectly acceptable thing to do. Apparently not a view shared by all...
Scanning the comments to the episode I saw several viewers who took exception to the idea and termed it E- begging and worse. The phrase "Go get a job" was repeated by several. That said, the phrase that leaped to my mind reading the comments was...
"Frelling assholes"
The thing is, making a video program, writing, making music, and other creative pursuits IS WORK and it is really not too much to ask for someone to pay for the product of such work. The fact that the folks in question make their product available for free and use the pay for it if you want to support our efforts model is both admirable and generous. As someone whose day job was being a camera operator, I can tell you that making a film or video is, at best, hard work and the logistics of cruising or boat work and making a film of it as you do is anything but easy. It's very hard work.
To call such an enterprise "begging" or "E-begging" does the folk who work so hard to entertain and educate you a great disservice.
Of course, there will always be hyper-critical-mean-spirited-Monday-morning-quarterback-assholes who will, because they don't have any real talent themselves, criticize and bully others who do. Which, in my purview, alone is more than reason enough to support folks working hard to show us a bigger world in an entertaining manner.
Show some love and do the right thing...
Listening to Eric Clapton who, I expect, used to hear the "Go get a job" phrase on a regular basis way back when.
So it goes...
