What particular insect is up your orifice?

I am unimpressed. Seriously, nothing I see in your list is too heinous.

Also, creating a list of a person’s “crimes” like this. It’s messed up. It’s like something out of the Chinese cultural revolution.

No actually I didn’t, if you’ll reread it.

And now I’m fresh out of pearls

That’s really terrible reasoning.

Lemmy is number 1 for intentionally missing the point. I thought it was reddit but nope.

that’s a good point

That’s like saying bananas taste good because 1000000 monkeys like them.

That’s a pretty crappy thing to say. Do you have a problem?

Your reaction is absurdly negative.

Humility is something commonly missing from the normal person. They may not know it, And they definitely didn’t see it. And they can’t create it either. But they sure have some strong opinions about it. An intense arrogance despite the vast ignorance. Now that’s common.

How hard is it to say “I don’t know”? Maybe rotting heads are quite nice.

On a totally different note, I’m an artist too.

Have you ever gotten into an art project so deeply that afterwards you’re disgusted with yourself?. At your twistedness and obsessiveness.

And after that did you maybe want to stop doing art? To just give up that mode of existence.

Well it’s a relative thing. And as twisted as it is, it’s probably theirs. Which beats the heck out of the alternative and requires a certain minimal self-awareness.

Well that’s what we always say about somebody who disagrees with us. No matter what they think or what we think. A big difference of opinion means total shit. (Unless you are the humble and patient type of course.)

I was thinking more great creator than mere reciter.

An artist is an expert at seeing reality, relatively speaking. It’s the power, and the exercise of it, that makes him an artist.

A great artist demonstrates that he sees, thinks and acts with greater clarity and finesse than the normal people. He is a man and they are mice, relatively speaking. It’s an objective superiority.

They’ve demonstrated insight, something commonly lacked.

In 2023 Scott Adams drew criticism for comments made on his podcast Real Coffee With Scott Adams. He said, among other things “the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people.” He also noted that “If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people,” then they should be called a “hate group.” His remarks were widely seen as racist, and many newspapers dropped his cartoon Dilbert.

Is this the thing that has everybody in a huff?

This thread hates with great enthusiasm.

He was an artist of power and insight. He will be missed.