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beautyon | 18 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 OK, that explains everything. Thanks for the replies!
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hh | 18 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Or maybe you missed my point. Which was that every artist's first and foremost motivation is a selfish one, and they are by definition self-centered individuals. So it's not surprising to see that they have "unrealistic expectations" about life owing them something it definitely doesn't, and being quite good at rationalizing double-standards when it comes to "their" money vs. "our" money.
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YODL | 18 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Beautyon making friends as usual, I see 😆
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hh | 18 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 No drama. Just chatting.
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beautyon | 18 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I was confused by what he was saying, and so I had to ask, since it didn’t appear that I was” getting through”. Everyone from everywhere is on here and “The Other Place” and so I don’t assume that people come from my culture or speak my language. You’d be surprised how many times I’ve run into this problem. It’s stupid to assume everyone speaks good English just because they speak SOME English, and so it’s best to account for that. Why waste time arguing? It’s POINTLESS.
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YODL | 18 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I see. He seemed to have a good enough understanding to me, but whatever.