Oh NO you did NOT just say that!

[Estil]

Left on one of my art galleries, where part of my profile states things like "This is my full-time job, not my hobby. The prices I charge are exactly what I need to charge in order to pay the rent."

This NIMROD said, "i'm totally opposite of you in so many ways. i think making everything have to be about little green pieces of paper is one of the major things that mess this world up."

To borrow a quote from George Bailey from It's a Wonderful Life in response to the guardian angel who insisted that "those little green pieces of paper" are not important where he's from:

"Well it sure comes in handy down here, bub!!"

[EricKei]

"You mean I have to PAY for your time and materials and effort?! I thought you LIKED drawing!!!"

"Yes, but I also LIKE being able to pay for rent, food, and electricity..."

[Argabarga]

Heh. Funny how the ones who adore communal living are usually the ones with the fewest useful skills to contribute. I'd love to see the art critic dropped in a real setting with no "little green pieces of paper."

"Whelp, we don't need no citic right now, but here's a shovel and pitchfork. You can go muck the barn out to earn dinner and a bed tonight."

I've always noticed that too, the ones who cry the loudest about how "modern society" is ruining the "true nature" of people are the ones who'd last the shortest without their cellphones and facebook without going bonkers.

There's a reason we don't live like we used to 500 years ago people. As romantic as it seems in movies/books to live off the land and be totally "free" from whatever societal ill you wish to escape from in the present, the fact is, modern society replaced that way of life because it was BETTER, hard as that may seem to believe. People weren't coerced into giving up agrarianism by corrupt governments or other evil entities, they willingly did it first chance they got because now they and their children had a better chance of SURVIVING and LIVING to a ripe old age. I always wonder if these folks who get all misty-eyed for the "utopian" days of pre-industrialism have even once cracked a history book. Ironically, it's only through modern society that folks can spend their free time pondering how much better we'd be without "little green pieces of paper" and not STARVE to death while doing it since they certainly aren't working.....

[HermitIX]

I think what you do is awesome. You create something that goes out into the world and is appreciated. The things you make are unique and personal. It genuinely disappoints me that people do not understand the effort and time you put into your work.

[Seshat]

This is something I constantly see, and it drives me crazy, too. I know a few people who do things they love for a living (or for supplementary income), but what SCs don't seem to realise is that just because you enjoy doing it doesn't mean they don't deserve to be compensated for their work.

Some people love engineering, or building, or providing good customer service, or nursing. I know several people who love providing medical assistance to people in my position.

Maybe these people should do it for free too!

(Actually, one of my medical team does - or rather, for cost of materials - to people on a pension. She's the one I did a free painting for.)

In case it's somehow not clear - no, I don't genuinely believe that anyone should be asked to provide their skills and time and effort for no recompense.