Hmm, so much to choose from and so much I don't even know about...
Visually, Beksinski has been one of the few that really triggers a resonance somewhere inside me.
The works of Jim Henson are also amazing, though I don't know how one would ever categorize them. Part writing, part performance, part musical, part sculptural, part visual, and yet still other elements.
There's a great deal of very good music as well, but one of the few where the music felt like 'art,' in a way I have some difficulty expressing, is Lorn. Something about it has a sense that it's trying to say something in a language I feel like I'm supposed to understand, and almost can, but only almost.
I love the idea of someone expecting to be booped with a camera so they insert a thin glass vial filled with fake blood in their suit nose, so when someone boops them, they can grab their suit nose and go, 'Aaagh! My node! You broge by node!' as they seemingly get a bloody nose.
Yes. One of the interesting findings of cognitive science is the human brain effectively uses an interlocutor as part of itself. This is why rubber ducky debugging works, and why people often use an internal version of the process when thinking through problems. Having a second point of view also helps prevent 'lock in' because the other person can notice things which are not perceived by the first.
Just to be precise, I did say median wage. Minimum wage would be a considerably lower threshold. (~$377k in the US) It's mostly meant to let it scale over time with fluctuations and inflation rather than tie it to a particular outcome, though minimum might have it's own benefits in some circumstances.
The conference example, however, is not an issue. If at the conference/convention as a paid/induced speaker, one would be made safe by the viewers' choice to come to the talk, which may contain many individual pieces of media but would have them all clearly linked by being part of the presentation, unless they attempted to include disconnected media, which would open them up to prosecution. The viewers would clearly be seeking to see the presentation unless they were directed to the room with the promise of something else and were having the presentation foisted upon them by surprise, an unlikely possibility given most such events are closed, ticketed events with posted signage, and could be further ensured by a simple verbal preface. 'I am Soandso McSuchnsuch and I am about to give a presentation on Blah. If you are expecting something else, please go now to prevent disruption during the presentation.'
If at the conference/convention as something like booth personnel, one would be obligated to wait until the visitors requested information but could then dispense the information freely.
And if at the conference/convention as a visitor, you would not be receiving payment, and would in fact be paying to be there, so you would be free from prosecution for the basic act of sharing stories with a colleague.
Using the argument of 'that's just how reality is,' about anything in culture is always dumb for the exact same reason you are using to support it. Culture can shift. People who care about the harm want culture to shift away from 'the way it is' to something better.
Been watching some Bob's Burgers recently, and there are some weird ones in there. It actually seems to have some wildly different standards for acceptability across episodes.
Skips the frame where the guy says 'If we worry about ending disenfranchisement in general rather than try to fight every particular case of it with its own splinter movement, and women are disproportionately disenfranchised, they will be disproportionately benefited,' and the left woman says, 'dang, good point.' but the right woman refuses to join forces because 'it won't address the disproportionate disenfranchisement of black women,' and then the last frame where the billionaire sells them each a coded torch and pitchfork set, one labeled as 'for men,' painted stealth black with LEDs, one 'for women,' painted pink, and one labeled 'for black feminist liberators,' with a picture of Sojourner Truth painted on it, and uses a small piece of the money to pay someone to just shoot them and justifies it based on them being an armed mob now.
Fun fact, that behaviour, which becomes more common among people living in areas with higher crime rates as a self-preservation technique, is viewed as suspicious behaviour by police, and is likely to get you tracked by security if you do it in a store.
This is why I want to set a basic minimum to allow for the actual small businesses to have a chance. I have an idea that any ban should apply only to individuals or groups that have a gross revenue of greater than ~25x the annualized median wage. (by state if operating entirely within a US state, by national median if operating across state lines, etc.) It would let small businesses get the word out at the start but once they are making (based on 2023 data) ~$1M/yr, (enough to have multiple employees and maintain a healthy profit margin) they are doing enough business that they should be established and no longer need exemption.
Already had this discussion with people a dozen times.
Ban:
An individual or group providing money and/or goods and/or services to another individual or group to encourage or contract them to display, broadcast, or otherwise disseminate a piece of media or information to a third individual or group, in particular and/or in general, which the receiver/listener/viewer(s) has/have not specifically requested to receive.
Accepting, as an individual or as part of a group, money and/or goods and/or services by another individual or group to be encouraged or contracted to display, broadcast, or otherwise disseminate a piece of media or information to a third individual or group, in particular and/or in general, which the receiver/listener/viewer(s) has/have not specifically requested to receive.
Tying request of one piece of media to a noticeably disconnected/unrelated piece of media.
The ban on providing shall apply only to individuals or groups that have a gross revenue of greater than ~25x the annualized median wage for the smallest political jurisdiction which fully contains the territories they conduct business in. (For context, this would be ~$1,000,000 for a business in the US that conducts business across state lines)
Before we get to banning advertising though we first need to figure out how to connect people to businesses that have goods and services they actually want to seek out
No.
Advertising is malign. We don't stop to consider how the poor cotton farmer will harvest his cotton before abolishing slavery. We don't stop to consider how the lead mine owner will make a profit before we swap to unleaded fuel. We don't stop to consider how the poor government officials will afford their expensive lifestyle before we ban bribes. We prevent the harm. If anyone is benefitting from harming people, losing out on that benefit is the most lenient punishment they should ever hope for.
If you know a parent who is not an active gamer, remind them to never buy games for their kids that have microtransactions, passes, or any form of post-purchase payment. They often will have no idea what they are contributing to as it is not part of their 'bubble' to be aware of what these things do to their kids, their kids' friends, and the industry and society as wholes.
There are two layers in this question.In the literal sense, they want to work because it does something for them. For some, work is means to an end. They want to do X but they can't survive on profits from doing X so they spend some time working to do the thing that they feel actually adds meaning to their life.
The other layer of this is the fear you are experiencing because you are staring into an abstract void. 'Work' can mean many, many different things. Quick peek at your Lemmy history says you have some interest in books. What if it was your 'work' to spend hours each day getting paid to read books, as an audio book reader, a literary editor, or something similar? What if it was your 'work' to spend hours each day being paid to write books as an author, or a journalist? Work can be hellish if you end up doing something you hate, for and with people you hate, to produce something you feel is making the world a worse place to live. It can also be a process of going somewhere pleasant, to do things you enjoy, with and for people you like, to produce something that you feel makes the world a better place. Work is just the label on the box. It doesn't tell you much about what's inside.
Hmm, so much to choose from and so much I don't even know about...
Visually, Beksinski has been one of the few that really triggers a resonance somewhere inside me.
The works of Jim Henson are also amazing, though I don't know how one would ever categorize them. Part writing, part performance, part musical, part sculptural, part visual, and yet still other elements.
There's a great deal of very good music as well, but one of the few where the music felt like 'art,' in a way I have some difficulty expressing, is Lorn. Something about it has a sense that it's trying to say something in a language I feel like I'm supposed to understand, and almost can, but only almost.