Grass Cat @ GrassCat @lemmy.world

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Jfc your links agree with everything I’ve typed here. I know justabit about modern art movements. And that foot carving pictured in my opinion is strongly reminiscent of nouveau/deco sculpture and imagery.

hey man you go ahead and do whatever makes you feel smug n superior inside

Nah bro. In the US arts & crafts morphed into mission style, which was just straight flat planks at right angles for practical purposes, which I believe is what you are referencing. As I’d mentioned above, in Britain arts & crafts veered heavily toward the affluent with its high craftsmanship. Arts & Crafts also developed into the ornate art styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco.

Yes, top craftsmen would get deeper into their craft for their own personal interests and their previous commercial success afforded them the luxury to become more like—or essentially—fine artists.

Or they spent more time on a single piece.

Yes, there was broad appeal for fine handcrafted goods after the Industrial Revolution, so much that craftsmen were successful enough to make better livings selling higher-priced goods, just as it is today. It was a bit ironic that the Arts & Crafts movement started out “for the people / against industrialization” but soon became high-priced goods for the affluent.

Nothing you typed is true. Bob Robertson is right about every point. And I will piggyback off of him and continue to prove him right and you wrong if necessary.

Nothing is being produced for the consumer anymore. We are the Mark. I broke a little plastic gear for turning the chute on my snowblower and cannot buy a 30¢ chunk of replacement plastic. They told us the internet being recategorized as a luxury service instead of a utility service would improve service. It’s gone up in price 5-10x in the fifteen years since, Sucka. Everything is trying to transition you to a subscription service so you will own nothing and be happy, Sucka. Stop carrying water as a useful idiot, Sucka.

To be fair the arts & crafts movement priced itself out of the mainstream.

***edit: why tf am I being downvoted for sharing objective fact about the Arts & Crafts movements at the turn of the century? While it transitioned into more of an upscale art in Britain, it did transition into more mainstream mission style in America, yet ultimately World War 1 ended the Arts & Crafts movement in both nations. Eff you turds for downvoting objective fact you anti-intellectual turds. I’m as progressive and anti-corporate as it gets, you undereducated morons.

***edit 2: the parent comment to mine from iamnotafish with 109 upvotes is unequivocally wrong. British/American society did have those problems in the mid-1800s. The Arts & Crafts movement directly intentionally arose as a humanistic pushback against that exact sort of corporate dehumanization.

Have the democrats considered getting together and coming up with a plan together? Just a thought. Couldn’t hurt.

Apparently BBC no longer means Big Black Chicken

and don’t forget to take your kids along on your escape too, Steve.

Edgar is also the hero in Shakespeare’s King Lear. I’m from MI and while everyone loves Edgar, my favorite Mariner is still Ichiro, even saw him hit a HR at Safeco once.

Please acknowledge the smug petulant tone of your comments here. The other guy said that sternly worded signs don’t change much. I feel the same way. There are few people in positions to affect change right now—namely our politicians and other people of high social status such as celebrities or athletes, yet they’re as comfy as anyone. If other guy were actually planning any substantial resistance, this is not the place to share it. You are nipping at the people on your own side like a dumb little anklebiting dog and deserve a kick for it.

your comment is toxic because you employ the rhetoric of a middleschooler while acting like you’re on the high road here. growup and do better plz

yes your reply to me qualifies as toxic as well.

toxic arguing from you.

that’s just what police do.

it’s not rent, you get to borrow them for free.

JFC do you need me to pick you up and take you out to meet people myself?

Oh but I do! My wife is also from the same small town where we now live. Ran into her 16.5 years ago on my golden 27th birthday at a shitty dive bar in the bigger metro area late on a weeknight. Stop making excuses and get out from behind your screens and go live your intended life.