we are reaching unprecedented levels of apathy and disrespect for learning hard things and towards people who have invested their time into becoming proficient at a technical skill
It’s crazy seeing people criticize art and programming communities for gatekeeping when the only barriers to entry are persistence and creativity.
Creatives aren’t some oppressive upper-class because you refused to learn, or were too lazy to put in the necessary work to improve
i am honest to god jealous of everybody on twt who gets to draw fandom stuff all day and get to ruin their online reputation with meaningless discourse instead of going to work for 50 hours a week