this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lol, thinking opera composers were rich people.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Also Operas aren't necessarily much more expensive than a cinema ticket. Some Opera houses have reasonable prices.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

~20 min clicking through the wikipedia page on Opera seems to suggest you're correct, most of them were middle class or poor

huh. til

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Many classical composers were basically like pets rich people owned (sponsored).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wife graduated in the opera arts. Now teaching because the money is better and more reliable.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

You know your field is fucked when people are becoming teachers for the higher pay.

[–] floofloof 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The players aren't rich either, nor most of the singers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

memes: easy as F to produce propaganda for the rich of any country to use on the poor of any other country

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Probably depends on where you live but for example in Austria, you can be poor and are still able to go and to enjoy the theater or opera.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Instructions unclear, I am now the fat lady.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What are video games? And what about books?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Video Games: By smart people, for dumb people Books: by smart people, for smart people Art: by dumb people, for smart people NFTs: by dumb people, for dumb people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And it's some shitty messaging app meme. Jesus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thor 3

Ugh. 😖

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one's paying for memes though unlike all the other options.

[–] floofloof 1 points 1 year ago

You guys don't pay for your memes? Damn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Memes are the DNA of the soul!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

memes still require content created by the rich people

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing you're pretty young and don't remember the garbage memes from the early 2000s. Zero content required from rich people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do remember them we need to get back to those beautiful pieces of artwork memes are too commercialized now lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It pisses me off when memes are coopted by corporations. That should be illegal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Revolution of what? Going to the theater to become rich? What stoner did you chat with?