@xenophora This conversation is about something—and it’s not your size and importance anxieties.

@HLGEM This conversation is actually about something. Cool sticker tho.

@kims an award, in my book, gotta be about the art, not someones idea BEFORE hand about what the art would be. Hey, better have more papaya in your Yukon adventure. I like papaya. Otherwise, forget about the professional acclaim and all that goes with it. I told you, papaya.

@kims "simply won’t be eligible" is the problem. And, by your logic, no more movies with Aliens!

@soundclamp big boy. dun dunna.

And as far as who should STFU goes, man, the list is long, right? How many people are feeding idiotic poison into the ether all day everyday, at factory speeds?

But this one guy says “Hey, loser admin types, morality police, everyone really, including other artists, don’t tell artists what to do. Period.“ That is admirable. In fact, I’m going to say it again.

DON’T TELL ARTISTS WHAT TO DO.

[ edit: the fc&*ng apostrophes! ]

@daniel_meyers Wow, do you consider this insightful? Have you an idea how the industry works? To me it seems someone with years of experience has an opinion that doesn’t fit through your allowed speech sieve so to hell with expertise it is my feelies which count here.

@fraying I doubt you’ve given enough thought to this topic. I know I havent.

And I doubt that this thread is the right place to hash this out. I suppose I do need to shut the fuck up and actually compose my thoughts (coherence as a courtesy!) so we can see if we have anything to actually talk about.

In brief: Equality of what? Identity? Outcome? Harrison Bergeron is instructive here.

@bkryer ...and if you’ve read this far, maybe take a break, have a KitKat or, in my case, some collie!

@fraying Stop thinking one side or the other is gonna save everyone.