I think some of y’all are taking this too seriously. It’s clearly tongue in cheek if you ask me. It’s like “shhhh don’t spoil my fun” when you’re at a bar proposing a clearly ridiculous idea to your friends and one of them breaks down the issues. I don’t think you’ll find a serious painter out there who thinks their work has no inspiration from other artists/works
That’s a pretty big leap from what I said and a really unnecessary dig at me personally. I’m not sure how you can read “this is tongue in cheek” and get “you only want to be surrounded by yes men” unless you’re squinting really hard and actively looking to be a jerk today.
You don’t have to be a yes man to entertain an idea and have fun with the thoughts with the people you’re coming to this social gathering for, without saying it’s a good idea. Like, if I said “aw man, let’s feed billionaires to Capybaras, it’ll fix all our problems!” It’s way more fun and engaging to get “dude, totally. What if we like, seasoned em first, maybe boiled em alive like lobsters!” than someone taking your clear joke, and going on about how that’s murder, and Capybaras don’t eat meat. Do they? I dunno.
As for the yes-man thing, I feel like you’re over-fixating on the fact that questioning the idea is negative. It can be fun to consider something that is clearly a joke, semi-seriously, with obvious hints of sarcasm and dry humour involved… I think we just have a different idea of what qualifies as a denial of the idea here. I don’t think anyone denying the idea of Capybaras eating millionaires constructively is taking it seriously.
Love learning everything we say to everyone is a faux pas
Better to just not talk to people.
This is my favorite approach.
I think some of y’all are taking this too seriously. It’s clearly tongue in cheek if you ask me. It’s like “shhhh don’t spoil my fun” when you’re at a bar proposing a clearly ridiculous idea to your friends and one of them breaks down the issues. I don’t think you’ll find a serious painter out there who thinks their work has no inspiration from other artists/works
I’d rather have 10 of the kind of friend who breaks down the issues than 100 yes-men. Seems like you think the opposite…
That’s a pretty big leap from what I said and a really unnecessary dig at me personally. I’m not sure how you can read “this is tongue in cheek” and get “you only want to be surrounded by yes men” unless you’re squinting really hard and actively looking to be a jerk today.
You don’t have to be a yes man to entertain an idea and have fun with the thoughts with the people you’re coming to this social gathering for, without saying it’s a good idea. Like, if I said “aw man, let’s feed billionaires to Capybaras, it’ll fix all our problems!” It’s way more fun and engaging to get “dude, totally. What if we like, seasoned em first, maybe boiled em alive like lobsters!” than someone taking your clear joke, and going on about how that’s murder, and Capybaras don’t eat meat. Do they? I dunno.
Side note: pretty sure they’re omnivores
As for the yes-man thing, I feel like you’re over-fixating on the fact that questioning the idea is negative. It can be fun to consider something that is clearly a joke, semi-seriously, with obvious hints of sarcasm and dry humour involved… I think we just have a different idea of what qualifies as a denial of the idea here. I don’t think anyone denying the idea of Capybaras eating millionaires constructively is taking it seriously.
Yeah I figured this was going to be about how bad it is to try to compare yourself to the greats and that you’ll never be as good as them.
If I’m working on something and you compare me to somebody that’s famous for that shit I’m going to take it as a compliment.