I'm thinking it would've been a bit lighter if he said "I don't like this guy" with the same expression as in the previous panel.
Yeah it reads more like from a self help book with a focus on belief systems and how your feelings and reactions to something are always the result of your very subjective perception of reality.
Or projection.
Lol yeah that was the word I was looking for, thanks!
I don't like this comic
I don't like this comment
I don't like this reply.
I don't like this meta.
I love being me
Good for him, brushing your teeth and honest introspection isn’t easy when you hate yourself. He’s right about that art though, derivative trash.
If you don't like that art, let me introduce you to post modernism: 💩😘👍🚙⚫
Oooo so anti authoritarian with a dash esoteric symbolism.
That's way better than what I have witnessed, there seems to be a meaning 🥲 !
Seen for real:
A car painted black.
A rack of clothing.
Magazines.
Seen on the internet:
Shit in a box
Ejaculate on magazines
...
The banana taped to a wall, sold for a lot is probably a try to laundry money or similar though.
I was being a little tongue in cheek because you were having a laugh about what you think of that art movement.
Postmodern art is better enjoyed with context. A urinal signed and put on a pedestal doesn’t mean or look like much of anything, but it’s more impactful when you understand the intention behind it –Duchamp and his fountain are worth reading about even though he pre dates the movement so it’s a little beside the point but he’s kinda the grandfather of the movement, so whatever he’s cool.
Classifying something as postmodern art isn’t about a shared aesthetic like renaissance, cubism, or pop art. It’s focus is typically less about the craft and more about the message. A lot of the time it’s mocking the status quo or the art world in general, other times it’s making a challenging statement in a challenging way.
“Comedian” or the banana taped to canvas seems like an artist phoning it in because their name has the value not the art anymore. Maybe it is just being silly and that’s all there was to it from conception to execution. On the other hand they worked on that for months, obessing over the type of tape and placement, chose the banana because it is iconic while also high risk to be wiped out from climate change and unveiled it in a studio in Miami.
If it’s only the former and this is a meaningless money laundering scheme like you suggested (most people laundering money don’t want global attention for only $150k). Even if that’s the case, we’re still talking about it 5 years later. So the purpose if art is fundamentally creating something greater than the sum of it’s parts then they fucking nailed it.
I agree, the Emperor looks stunning in his new outfit once you know the tailor's backstory.
You see, he was orphaned at a young age, and to make ends meet he took up sewing.
Unfortunately, his store burned to the ground and after collecting the insurance payment he was forced into a life of conning rich idiots out of money.
That’s that sweet sweet anti authoritarianism I’m talking’ about!
I find introspection the easiest part of hating myself, there's so much to attack! Lol
I get you’re joking, but just in case there’s any earnestness there and you’ve been hurting your own feelings lately. I’d like you to know that acknowledging self loathing is honest introspection and a good first step, the self loathing itself is more like self harm and generally dishonest. If there is any honesty in it, try and practice more self compassion.
Shit’s tough out here, you matter and people care about you. Keep going friend :)
Let me counter that with:
People are assholes, we all die eventually, maybe admitting we suck is more appropriate than pretending we are good for the sake of appeasing our own insane minds before we die. Maybe it helps change for the better or not, who knows.
Shit's tough, the grand scheme of your existence is practically miniscule with the likely amount of impact you have and people mostly care about how other people care about them. Go out there and play a good game, champ!
Because all negative opinions are invalid.
No. It's not about having a single negative opinion, it's about having nothing but negative opinions.
Counterpoint there has been a measurable decrease in quality of most forms of media as more and more stuff are soulless cash grabs. It used to be that games shipped completed, now they ship broken cost more and expect you to pump even more money into them on top of that. The last move I saw that I cared about was Dune. Many of the restaurants near me have reduced their quality of ingredients and staff, now when going to the nearby sandwich shop my order is wrong more often than it is correct.
What do we do when the world is measurably becoming worse?
Started out writing a somewhat long answer post, got a bit lost, there are lots of stuff to think about and not only about game development or global economy but media and consumption overall IMO.
What about starting a community discussing the general enshittification of the internet and the world, but also good recommendations and ideas for well the future?
I'm on, and if there is no neutral place where to make a community, I can provide one on my lemmy server if needed.
Cheers and love to the crazy game developers out there!
Although mainstream media might be worse, there are stil lots of movies and series that are pretty high quality being released every year.
Right, it’s not about expressing negativity per se but about maintaining, or establishing, standards and quality.
The comic is clearly mocking critics, tho, down to the stereotype bald man with a thin mustache and a scarf.
im14andthisisdeep?
Sounds about right for some types of depression
Do critical critics exist anymore? I feel like I haven't seen a good pan in ages. Maybe when Cats came out, but everyone dog piled that one.
I'll try to fill the void...
: Watches Saw XI:
It stinks!
I completely forgot about that show! (Provided this was a The Critic reference)
Expend4bles and Aquaman 2 are the worst films of the last year by far.
The Pitchfork review of Jet's album "Shine On" was just an embedded video of a chimp pissing in its own mouth and a 0.0/10 score. That was 2006.
I would like art critics more if they were explaining things that they noticed instead of telling me how I should feel.
It's kinda cool to me that there are people in the world who can really nerd out on a given piece. Explaining the style, history, context etc. That is useful to me.
Movie and book reviews are not like that however. Usually it is "I didn't like this, you shouldn't like it, let me rant about 20 things I didn't like about it that are not really relevant to JUSTIFY my subjective opinion that is also objective and you are a moron if you disagree".
I don't like food, I love it. If I don't love it, I don't swallow.
Jay Rayner "I'm in this comic and I don't like it"
Heavy.
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