03-21-2021, 03:47 PM
Back in the day there was a value to something being niche or having a small elitist following.
Nowadays the viewcount or subcount is seen as a currency (both literally and figuratively) in terms of the overarching value. to the degree that anything with a small base is considered a failure or not worthy of having a voice.
You'll have an iconic genius (like, say, Thurston Moore) who has hardly any subscribers, and then you've got some stupid fucking idiot playing with her panties while licking an ear-shaped microphone that's getting more subs an hour than the icon's grand total.
It's nothing new that masturbation material sells, and art is a labor of love, but it seems like the value of that has been lost in the minds of the many. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know.
I guess the difference is, if Thurston goes on tour he will fill theaters, whereas you can't fill a theater with the above-mentioned idiot. Okay, I feel a little better now...
"wherever the crowd goes, go in the other direction. They're always wrong" -Charles Bukowski.
Nowadays the viewcount or subcount is seen as a currency (both literally and figuratively) in terms of the overarching value. to the degree that anything with a small base is considered a failure or not worthy of having a voice.
You'll have an iconic genius (like, say, Thurston Moore) who has hardly any subscribers, and then you've got some stupid fucking idiot playing with her panties while licking an ear-shaped microphone that's getting more subs an hour than the icon's grand total.
It's nothing new that masturbation material sells, and art is a labor of love, but it seems like the value of that has been lost in the minds of the many. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know.
I guess the difference is, if Thurston goes on tour he will fill theaters, whereas you can't fill a theater with the above-mentioned idiot. Okay, I feel a little better now...
"wherever the crowd goes, go in the other direction. They're always wrong" -Charles Bukowski.
