2026-11-06 21:43 UTC
Dear non-crafters.
Please stop suggesting that hobby crafters who do things simply for the love of it start selling their work. It is not the compliment you think it is. It's like seeing someone with children and saying "wow your children are not misbehaving. You should consider being a babysitter. People would pay you for that.".
Sincerely, someone who was told yet again that I should monetize the hobby that I use to escape capitalism.
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@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange 2026-11-09 21:29
@Artemis201@mstdn.social My ex really likes to cross stitch gifts for friends. Once in a while she'd get comments like that, and she'd have to give a similar answer. When she spends 100 hours on a crafting project for a friend, she gets to feel good the whole time about how good it is looking and how much they'll appreciate it. If she spent 100 hours making something for money, 1. Nobody would ever pay her $1000 for a cross stitch for her to make something like minimum wage, and 2. She's sitting there spending her free time making something for some random stranger who she doesn't know or give a shit about...