• teegus@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Art is important for people’s well being, which is important for essential workers’ ability to work. Weird thst artists are considered less essential than telemarketers.

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      6 days ago

      I can possibly see an argument that “artist” isn’t an essential job because people make loads of art when it’s not their job anyway. Nobody’s doing telemarketing as their hobby

      However I very much doubt that this was the actual context for whatever this graphic was trying to show

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      6 days ago

      I can’t even joke “when has art ever sold dick pills?” because colorful gas station packages conceivably outsell telemarketers on that front.