Things that piss you off

[hotb]

Why are you intent on comparing LPing to other things?

Here's a comparison, all comedians do is stand on stage and crack jokes about life, why should I pay to see them when I have already experienced life?

Because the subject matter makes the jokes relatable and funny.

People get paid to write reviews, are they just "making cheddar off of enjoying other people's art" too? (or not enjoying it)

If charisma alone is enough to entertain, why do they need to be payed for anything else?

[Madican]

People will throw cheddar at all kinds of things. If you do something you enjoy that may not technically be considered a job, but people are willing to throw some of that cheddar your way, then great.

[Reyo]

Because Comedians make their own jokes based on their observations to make you feel better about your own life. And the reasoning "I've already lived life" doesn't work because it's based on their own life. Meanwhile, you've probably played the game they're playing already.

And Critics don't get paid to watch the movie they critique, they get paid to given an unbiased (supposed) review on a new movie to explain why others should/shouldn't go see it themselves (besides, I don't really respect what they do all that much either, so eh...).

And I'm intent on comparing it to other things because that's what you do in a discussion, you make it easier for the other person to understand your point by giving comparisons.

@Madi: That's what I addressed with TheStranger already. I'm thinking this discussion went from "How should I choose a career?" to "LPing is a profession!" when I tried to use it to explain why having a job in the market needs to be a consideration in what you do.

[hotb]

That's what you do if your words can't speak for themselves. Shitty analogies are the bane of argument.

Anyway you are just arguing specifics

Comedians: do a thing => Talk about it => Get paid
Critics: do a thing => Talk about it => Get paid
Anyone: do a thing => Provide a service => Get paid
LPers: do a thing => Talk about it => NO cheddar FOR YOU

You are jealous because they get paid to do something you wish you could get paid for.

[Reyo]

My making analogies to try and make it easier for you to understand my point are "the bane of argument" but then you talk about the idea that I'm only arguing the point because I'm jealous. At least I'm still arguing the point. What difference does what I want to do with my life have to do with the discussion?

I'm thinking the opposite is true on whose words can't speak for themselves. I'll go ahead and just stop if that's what this is going to come to. If you want to claim victory from that, you can.

[hotb]

I said your comparisons were shit but I did not disregard them.

I can't fathom why you would talk down on the profession of people who have not wronged you for any other reason.

[Reyo]

You find them shitty because they're trying to make you see a point that's contrary to what you'd previously thought. If they were analogies that agreed with you, you wouldn't think they were shitty. This goes back to the whole "Charisma" thing.

Also, I'm not talking down to LPers because they've wronged me, nor does a thing have to have wronged you in some way for you to not have a possitive opinion of it. What, do the movies critics talk about somehow hurt them to warrant a negative review?

[hotb]

Of course I disagree with them what are you blabbering on about that's the point of a discussion. I meant analogies in general are poorly thought out and and not actually comparable to whatever the situation being discussed is.

Hence I gave a reason for why the comparison doesn't work, which you are ignoring.

My reasoning was that Let's Plays are an entertainment service the same as any other and so deserve cheddar the same as anything else does.

I think that was my first actual point so yeah this is pretty circular.

[Reyo]

It is pretty circular, though I'm still getting confused on what you're trying to say about analogies. First it was that MY analogies are shitty, and now analogies in general are bad?

[hotb]

Like I said they generally just don't apply and people get caught up in these weird fabrications.

Making an analogy is like putting ketchup on a banana split.

[Reyo]

Trying to compare two things to make it more understandable is anything but detrimental to understanding. And if analogies are so bad for conversation, then what would be the proverbial hamburger where the ketchup would be a better fit?

[hotb]

more ketchup

just down it all

[Reyo]

Now that's just radicalis...

[Dire]

You guys argued about the legitimacy of LPs for over a page only to end on ketchup.

[hotb]

:')