These motherfuckers seem to be very interesting in collection information about me. My family & friends as well as all people I form a relation with online & offline eventually get recruited in this very stupid & irrational proxy persecution & psychological manipulation. They seem to enjoy showing off that they are coordinating for the purpose of creating synchronicity TO ALL COST. These psychopaths believe this operation & agenda is the most important shit in existence, even more so than lives. They're psychotic; religious extremists, fundamentalists & crazies. I can't explain it rationally from my point of view other than these assholes are trying to mimic God or Satan by technology, in hopes of belief & behavior modification. I see no other viable goal in my case of 8/15 years of being subjected to social & psychological operations - deep ones to affect the deepest parts of emotions.
They want me to believe in religion & God/Satan just to see what I do, & if I conform to their agenda with me.... I will never do that - not after 15 years of emotional & psychological pain; them using my family against me in so to support this operation.
This group is expert in PsyOps & manipulating reality - their specialty is to mimic supernatural phenomena such as telepathy but in reality it's a hidden intelligence network of a group & the perpetrators agreed to subject a person to various "experiences" - TO ALL F*CKING COST. These pathetic Freemasons et al. are so desperate for me to believe in their fantasy world view, it's quite sad.
Why can't you all just f*ck off? I see through your operations; but it doesn't matter - that's the point. You want to infiltrate my life forever just to gather information about me & what I believe. You assholes - I believe all of you responsible for this should be PROSECUTED & SENT TO JAIL!! Get it??? All your families informed of what you do to innocent teenagers & adults.
F*cking cabal of cults/sects/churches/societies. Mark my words: I BELIEVE you should all get prison for this. You will never change my belief on that. It's like a militant cabal for religious conversion or they use religious beliefs & believers yo justify massive mind control operations of the public with the public's help!!
I was wondering how many of Techno Artists like I Hate Models, Klangkuenstler, SNTS, Kobosil, bejou, are really registered to a collecting society. And do have collecting Societies like GEMA have some kind of bad image in the techno scene?
Thanks for your thoughts👍
Just in case you’re getting riled up, let me clarify. I’m not saying these activities should get banned. I’m just saying the people who put their time and resources into these hobbies should ask themselves if they’re really benefiting themselves or the world around them. If they conclude they aren’t, as I think a reasonable person would, it would be admirable if they chose to pursue other more cost-effective hobbies instead.
I also think society would stand to gain from the proliferation of this view. Our consumeristic culture stokes interest in these obscene collection hobbies, either as bizarre novelties (e.g. racing pigeon sold for €1.6m) or as laudable achievements (e.g. Jay Leno’s car collection). Our culture envies rich people who show off their lavish bulshittery. Entire websites, magazines and marketing campaigns dedicate themselves to promoting this kind of frivolous hoarding. But, if my belief is true that it’s legitimately harmful, maybe this is an aspect of our culture we should collectively aim to denigrate, not revere.
Here’s the basis of my view:
- The act of collecting things, regardless of how much those things cost or their foreseeable perceived value, is ultimately a hobby, not an investment. So long as it’s not providing a primary source of income it’s an “activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure” (see definition of hobby).
- Hobbies are not value neutral. Some are objectively bad and others objectively good. Think of it as a hobby value spectrum. Collecting child pornography would be on the VERY BAD end of the spectrum while collecting Pokémon cards with your daughter is not.
- There are several metrics we could use to judge the value of a hobby, including but not limited to: enjoyableness, cost per hour of enjoyment, social effect, and environmental impact.
- Collecting over priced shit has a bad cost per hour of enjoyment and is therefore ebbing dangerously close to greed, exhibitionism, consumerism, and hoarding.
- Greed, exhibitionism, consumerism and hoarding, as sages and philosophers throughout history have rightly pointed out, are not only meaningless in the grand scheme of things bu
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I collect a lot of various kinds of figurines, plushies etc. A lot of collecting things like that is very money focused, and involves researching what stores have what you want, craigslist and ebay listings, what you can afford to buy etc. That aspect of it wouldn't be a factor in an ancom society because there wouldn't be any monetary system in place. I would presume that it would mainly involve systems of trading/bartering, and doing favors in exchange for what you want. Im not sure of the details beyond that, esp with things like long distance communication online or with someone who lives in a community that still has a monetary system.
I'm curious of what other peoples thoughts on this are, or if anything has been written on the subject
Let's say there's a demand for some high tech device like mobile phones and they need to be made.
How is it decided and carried out?
Who pays the start up costs associated with starting this all up, like the plant and equipment, the manufacturing site itself, parts, distribution, staffing, and other overheads?
Also who wears the losses if the venture fails?
I'm curious to find out how it would be any different to what we have in capitalist/market economies where it's a fairly simple process of raising capital and people (investors/capitalists) invest to get a return on the investment of their capital if they feel the investment is safe.
I like collecting Funko Pops, and you can't tell me otherwise.
Seriously, almost every subreddit seems to hate the figures, hate the collectors and hate everything between. I just don't get that attitude. You don't want to collect them, that's fine with me. You don't like how they look, I don't care. It's not like you come to my home and look at them. You prefer other figures, good for you. But don't hate on Funkos then. I'll debunk a few of the most commonly used arguments just to prove that these people have nothing to back their opinion.
- They're a waste of money. - So is every collectible item ever. So are most things we buy for hobbies. Yes, I spend my money on pieces of plastic molded like some character from a TV show, or like a celebrity. Strangely, if I went and collected little pieces of paper with some motive and a number on it (also known as stamps), that wouldn't be looked at the same way. If I buy an expensive car even though I don't need the extra speed that comes with driving that in comparison to an average car, the same people would probably congratulate me. You don't buy any collectible? Many people go to parties or discos, paying a lot of money for entry and drinks. The only thing that stays will be a memory that you can feel good about. I won't discredit that, but I feel good whenever I look at my favorite characters lined up at my wall. Which brings me to my second point:
- They look ugly. I'd rather buy a Nendoroid. - You do you, but don't hate on me if I don't. Many people claim Funko Pops to be "soulless", "all the same" or "not looking like the character at all". Well, I don't mind. In fact, it's pretty handy at times. I can put Lemmy from Motörhead right next to Ajani from Magic: the Gathering and it doesn't look off. Also, many of those comments seem like relicts from the past, because Funko has gotten a lot better with their molds in recent years. That one is entirely subjective of course, but don't claim Funkos are spawns of Satan just because you don't like them.
- Everyone who collects them is just looking to make some profit off them. - This one is just plain wrong. I collect the ones I like and couldn't care less about the value. Of course it's satisfying seeing the value of my collection go up, but I don't think about it too much. In fact, I would prefer them having less value because they would be cheaper for me. There are people who think this way and just buy and immediately resell them for a quick profit or thin
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Chris Cummings, Founder and CEO of Pass It Down, will host this fireside chat about how archivists are handling the challenges of collecting in response to contemporary events. Themes discussed will include: crowdsourcing collections, working with communities, the ethics of donating/collecting sensitive material, and trauma-informed care for archival staff and researchers.
Event Details: May 25th at 11:00 AM CST. All registered attendees will be able to see a video of the webinar in case you can't attend live.
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