Let me get this straight: Leah wants me to believe that at no point in her life has she ever made fun of ANYONE that you’re not *suppose* to make fun of?
Since when was regretsy about logic? For that matter, since when was etsy about logic? When etsy stops supporting thieves, resellers, and awesomely strange, bad, or horrifying “artists”, regretsy will cease to be. So really, etsy has nobody to blame but themselves for regretsy.
If etsy just got rid of the criminals and resellers, that would cut down on a ton of regretsy action. Maybe for some, the “art” is a matter of opinion – to which regretsy is as entitled as any other – though if regretsy weren’t right, we wouldn’t be here laughing alongside. But I see no problem with shining a big fat spotlight on the thieves and resellers.
The thing that kills me about all of these comments are:
1.) The treatment of crafters as a “culture” unto themselves, completely undermining the important distinctions between, ya know…CULTURES.
2.) The tendency to think that “customers” shouldn’t say shit about crappy art work because, damn it, they aren’t an artist.
&3.) That these people feel their opinion is so damn important that they have to make a long rant to us instead of, you know…just leaving.
Our opinions don’t matter, theirs do; as consumers we should just buy their shit without questioning it; and crafters are a special, magical race of people who deserve as much respect and room to grow, as say, ethnic Hmong…is that the take home message I’m supposed to be getting here?
The treatment of crafters as a culture… I think you’ve hit it. That must contribute to the out-sized sense of entitlement that we see from so many cupcakesniffers on Etsy. And it mystifies the rest of us, because we never think of “glue-gun” as equivalent to “culture.”
GOD DAMN IT I LOVE YOU. Queen the of perfectly executed smack down. Such elegence, such grace, such pith (pithiness? fuck…) I would pay you a million dollars to teach a master class is smack downs.
Oh my god. Gasping for breath and trying not to pee myself. That smackdown should be framed. It should be worshiped as the perfect, transcendent thing that it is. It belongs in a museum.
May 17, 2011 at 10:18 pm
I agree! Leah sounds “obeast”
May 17, 2011 at 10:25 pm
i cannnnnnnnn’t quit laughing
May 17, 2011 at 10:40 pm
FINALLY. Permission to make fun of cultures wholesale in an insider, nuanced way!
May 17, 2011 at 10:54 pm
But what I want to know is it o.k. to make fun of cultures retail in an outsider, non-nuanced way?
May 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Yes, but there’s a 20% insult markup
July 21, 2011 at 7:35 am
I say “Deride ‘em all, let Santa sort ‘em out”.
May 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Let me get this straight: Leah wants me to believe that at no point in her life has she ever made fun of ANYONE that you’re not *suppose* to make fun of?
GTFO.
May 17, 2011 at 11:05 pm
I am fat, and when I laughed at this, I sounded like muttly from the old amazing race cartoons.
May 18, 2011 at 12:27 am
You are noe my hero… Muttley… hahahaha I loved that dog!!!
July 21, 2011 at 7:37 am
You also have asthma.
September 27, 2011 at 8:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSTOHa4Im4
May 17, 2011 at 11:38 pm
I think this is honestly my favourite flounce-n-response of all.
May 17, 2011 at 11:46 pm
So, I’m fine with the people who call us fat, ugly, jealous losers, but HIPSTERS? Come on, that’s taking it too far!
May 18, 2011 at 12:28 am
Please, when have you seen a *fat* hipster anyway???
May 18, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I see lots of dough-y hipsters. It’s so, like, mainstream to exercise. Plus PBR ain’t light.
May 19, 2011 at 10:56 pm
They do make a light PBR. It tastes exactly like regular PBR.
May 20, 2011 at 9:05 am
Terrible.
May 20, 2011 at 12:27 pm
how can you tell? they don’t qualify as skinny jeans anymore at that point do they?
May 18, 2011 at 12:02 am
Since when was regretsy about logic? For that matter, since when was etsy about logic? When etsy stops supporting thieves, resellers, and awesomely strange, bad, or horrifying “artists”, regretsy will cease to be. So really, etsy has nobody to blame but themselves for regretsy.
If etsy just got rid of the criminals and resellers, that would cut down on a ton of regretsy action. Maybe for some, the “art” is a matter of opinion – to which regretsy is as entitled as any other – though if regretsy weren’t right, we wouldn’t be here laughing alongside. But I see no problem with shining a big fat spotlight on the thieves and resellers.
May 18, 2011 at 12:12 am
I think I love you…
May 18, 2011 at 12:35 am
We are but two shits passing in the night…
May 18, 2011 at 10:34 am
On shoes!
May 18, 2011 at 4:43 am
The thing that kills me about all of these comments are:
1.) The treatment of crafters as a “culture” unto themselves, completely undermining the important distinctions between, ya know…CULTURES.
2.) The tendency to think that “customers” shouldn’t say shit about crappy art work because, damn it, they aren’t an artist.
&3.) That these people feel their opinion is so damn important that they have to make a long rant to us instead of, you know…just leaving.
Our opinions don’t matter, theirs do; as consumers we should just buy their shit without questioning it; and crafters are a special, magical race of people who deserve as much respect and room to grow, as say, ethnic Hmong…is that the take home message I’m supposed to be getting here?
May 18, 2011 at 12:23 pm
The treatment of crafters as a culture… I think you’ve hit it. That must contribute to the out-sized sense of entitlement that we see from so many cupcakesniffers on Etsy. And it mystifies the rest of us, because we never think of “glue-gun” as equivalent to “culture.”
May 20, 2011 at 9:08 am
I love my glue guns. I think I will build a shrine to them and start a culture. STOP OPPRESSING ME BITCHES!
May 20, 2011 at 3:11 pm
A glue gun shrine? With glitter? And maybe add some dryer lint? I’m in!
October 30, 2011 at 10:34 am
Don’t forget placenta.
July 21, 2011 at 7:42 am
Yes, but the “High temp” faction would say that the “Low melts” were heretics and body bomb a glue factory.
May 18, 2011 at 9:51 am
“But preferring otherwise is not the position of self-centeredness”
WTF does that mean??
May 19, 2011 at 7:40 pm
It’s a roundabout way of calling us dicks. She just has to be pretentious about it.
May 19, 2011 at 9:36 am
GOD DAMN IT I LOVE YOU. Queen the of perfectly executed smack down. Such elegence, such grace, such pith (pithiness? fuck…) I would pay you a million dollars to teach a master class is smack downs.
May 19, 2011 at 1:21 pm
The hipsters comment was much too far. I’m glad you pointed out her obvious rotundity.
May 19, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Leah, be a dear and pass me another Pabst Blue Ribbon while adjust my Mustache on a Stick, would you?
May 19, 2011 at 9:47 pm
waaa laaa + butthurt = waaaah waaaaah
May 20, 2011 at 9:06 am
Replying within seconds. *applauds*
June 16, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Oh my god. Gasping for breath and trying not to pee myself. That smackdown should be framed. It should be worshiped as the perfect, transcendent thing that it is. It belongs in a museum.
August 9, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Zounds! I share a facebook “friend” with this girl!!! Ahh, would that she had an unblocked profile.
December 14, 2011 at 3:18 am
I’m sure it’s blocked to keep the fat, jealous losers out. You know, fat, but not as fat as her. ^-^
December 3, 2011 at 9:01 am
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA