Rants from an gamer

[vlad321]

sapphi_snake said:

vlad321 said:

sapphi_snake said:

vlad321 said:

I agree. Given how much benefit to society models/actors/etc. bring, compared to how much they get paid, it's kind of ridiculous. Meanwhile professors, while not living bad, don't have even a small fraction of the pay of the ones above, yet they are the ones that hcontribute the most to society.

Kinda fucked up and it's a problem with society. You are willing to buy shit that gets advertised for you, or spend the money for the DVD, etc. which gives those companies revenue which always ends up in the worthless person's pocket. Meanwhile I hear people bitch about education almost non-stop. It is beyond disgraceful and it is one of the best indicators of how fucked up society is (or really, I can make a very strong point about the fallacies of capitalism).

But they're paid by private movie studios, not by society. Anyways, nowadays film starts aren't as influential in bringing in big profits as they used to be. I remember reading an article somewhere. A good thing would be to look at the highest grossing films. They typically succeed because of special effects rathert then the actors who star in them.

You don't seem to get how money flows then. Where do the private movie studios get their money from? You and me. You and me are providing the money for the worthlessness that are actors/models/athletes/etc.

People payed to see Avatar. No one forced them. Obviously peple found that seeing Avatar is important, else they wouldn't have done it.

There are several types of needs that society has. Art (and entertainment products in general) is useless if you're only thinking of the basic needs. Really, what benefit does a Tolstoy novel bring society? Or To Kill a Mockingbird? Does it bring food on the table? Does it help starving children? No, but there are other types of needs that must be fulfilled at some point, and art satisfies the most superior kind of needs (the basic ones are the most important, but the people who would go to see Avatar have probably already staisfied those needs).

Check out Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

 

Did you seriously just try to put Avatar and To Kill a Mockingbird in the same thought process and category? I am very well aware that art further culture, but let's face it. Avatar didn't do jack shit. Out of all the entertainment out there, only a small percent of it actually contributes to worthwhile culture. The other is just useless shit like Jersey Shore.

Also look at the pyramid you (it didn't actually link well) linked. The security of the body, of resources, of health, etc. is very damn near the bottom. Just after breathing, eating, fucking, etc. As you said yourself, it fulfills needs, but those are the last needs that need to be fulfilled. Meanwhile what teachers, professors, researchers, etc. do is they address our needs towards the Safety level. People are just too fuckign dumb to realize it which is what the problem is.