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[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 7 points 21 hours ago

So I guess I’m saying: don’t make the thing you love your lifeline to surviving capitalist society, because unless that thing is “making money”, doing it for money or clientelle chokes the joy out of most human endeavors.

This is a really good quote, thanks.