#this FOR PROFIT COMPANY

[silverjirachi]

look i get most rehearsals in my life have not been paid, but when this is supposed to be a paid job and i’ve gotten $20 for an hour long rehearsal in the past, with this same company, $20 for a three hour rehearsal is just insulting.

#i’ve been paid hourly for rehearsals as a professional actor #by nonprofits #and instead #this FOR PROFIT COMPANY #apparently pays ‘per show rehearsed’ and not per hour #regardless of how long rehearsal is #and apparently yearly training only counts as ‘one rehearsal’ #oh also if you’re late to a show your stipend is instantly CUT IN HALF #if you fuck up getting payment from the client also #NO ONE on the show gets paid #pretty fucked up actually! #i think i will be leaving after this next show lol #even though i need the money #those payment policies are just sooooo fucked up #and they think they can get away with it bc we’re independent contractors and not employees #also they dont even give us tax documents if we make under a certain amount of money from them #i discovered as i started doing my taxes

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire #'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem #the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted #also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out #so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has said‚ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my #notifs page cleanish lol #also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3 #secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because #of investors bankrolling everything #and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest #however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point #once again. so many murder dollars #so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction #anyways . love yall 💕 #origibberish #bigger gibbers

[blueskittlesart]

i hope everyone in nintendo’s management department dies and goes to hell no matter what and i’m not kidding

#WERE LOSING YUZU AND CITRA. I DONT KNOW IF YOU ALL UNDERSTAND HOW INSANE THIS IS #game emulation enables piracy yes but it’s also an INCREDIBLY powerful archival tool. #there are plenty of games out there that only exist in their original formats due to emulation. #this lawsuit has HORRIBLE implications for video game history. it makes it incredibly easy for companies to scorched earth their products #if they’re not profitable enough. ART IS GOING TO BE LOST BECAUSE OF THIS. GAMES PEOPLE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD ON #it won’t just happen to bad games. it won’t just happen to old games. they will use this to keep their remake/virtual console model going #forever and you will never be able to play your favorite games in their true original forms ever again. #i am fucking INSANELY mad rn. capitalism is the death of art fr #personal

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

I just want to keep my job even though I don't know how to make memes. Buy our coffee. We've got holiday gifts for the coffee lover in your life.

Awesome Coffee is different because 1. we source our beans directly from small farmers collectives, 2. it's better and fresher than grocery store coffee, and 3. ALL of our profit goes to fight maternal and child mortality in impoverished communities, whereas almost all other coffee makes rich people richer, which is the dumbest thing that can be done with coffee (or other forms of wealth).

#coffee company #i am an unpaid intern #because otherwise some of our profit would go to me #and I don't need it and shouldn't have it #buy our coffee #so I don't get replaced by someone who knows memeology #god I wish I could make better memes #I see young people memes and I feel so envious #not of their youth which is overrated but of their memetic creativity

[thoughtportal]

a share of the revenue.

record profits are unpaid wages

#twitter #tweet #tweets #record profits #record profits are unpaid wages #capital vs labor #labor vs capital #workers vs capital #workers rights #revenue #wga solidarity #WGA strike #netflix #streaming services #streaming #paramount #warner bros #walt disney company #disney

[somecunttookmyurl]

insurance makes sense on a conceptual level but in reality insurance companies turn decently huge profits by a) relying on things not happening, which they mostly don't b) ensuring things mostly don't happen by exluding anything that might make "things happening" more likely and stacking it in their favour and then c) finding any excuse and loophole possible to not cover you if anything ever does happen

like. insurance would be good if it wasn't managed by insurance companies

#insurance is quite literally a bet #the company is betting that nothing will happen to you (or your house/car/stuff/pet) #except it's a very one-sided bet because you give them money either way and they're cheating about it #not having insurance is ALSO a bet #except YOU'RE betting nothing will happen to you #on the basis that (by keeping money in savings instead) you could reasonaby afford it if it did #rather than give that money to someone else and trusting that the thing which might happen IS something they will have to pay for #and can't wriggle out of #(obv american health insurance is an outlier and should not be counted you will always need medical care of some kind and all of it is so #expensive you guys are just so fucked i'm sorry) #insurance companies would still ultimately profit even if they paid out without whining and even if they covered the slightly more likely #bc the chance of it NOT happening is still greater than it happening & across all their clients Not Being Giant Cunts wouldnt bankrupt them #but here we are #something something capitalism

[twilight-deviant]

Watcher fans sure are entitled and a little insane, ngl. "No one is going to sign up for your service! We're all poor! You've made the worst decision, and you'll be back in no time!" Saying this directly to the creators really reminds you of how low the respect for people you don't personally know has gone. I miss the forth wall between creator and audience.

I get and fully understand not having the money to support them, but... Watcher does have fans with money. A lot of them actually. They have merch sales. Their live tour sells out most venues. They have thousands of supporters on Patreon, where the cheapest tier is $5. They're able to gauge the rough finances of their staunchest supporters; that's how they landed on the subscription price. Yes, this move will reduce their viewership in sheer numbers, but to say all of their fans are broke and none will follow/support is factually incorrect.

It may not be a decision everyone agrees with, but severing the limitations of advertisers and youtube in favor of artistic freedom is a good thing. Yes, even if it comes with a loss of revenue. They understand that risk.

Also, I'm begging people to stop treating this like "another Netflix" or something and instead look at it as, "I am supporting a creator I like, similar to Patreon." They literally said in the video that they don't care if you share accounts. Get five friends, and you'll pay $1/mo.

I hate feeling compelled to rant in favor of their decision because I have my own reservations about whether it's the best move. However, I know it's not a choice they made lightly, and I like to think they understand that they'll need to branch out like crazy to entice subscribers.

#Fair-weather fans #I speak as someone currently undecided if I'll sign up for their service or not #I have my own budget to consider #But the waves of people poor-mouthing AT Watcher directly is ridiculous and embarrassing #“They're underestimating how many of us are poor” #Okay but that's not how business works #They just need enough people who aren't poor #and they may well have those numbers #Do you think they would have made such a drastic decision if they didn't??? #If they want to focus on fans who support them even if their hard work isn't free that's their choice #People are trying to be so anti-capitalism on this they've actually circled back around to saying #“Just take ad revenue from these companies so they can profit off your content and I don't have to pay out of MY pocket.” #That's... that's not the anti-capitalism stance you think it is #Maybe (and this is crazy) asking for a few dollars directly instead of through the vehicle of youtube‚ google‚ and all its advertisers is #... not spitting on the fans? #Please stop trying to guilt small content creators to their face while simping for large corporations #Watcher

[aurosoulart]

I actually always hated selling/advertising merch so much. 😭

telling people to buy a shitty overpriced $30 + shipping phone case so I could make like $4.39 off an artwork inspired by the fragile beauty of nature just felt so bad. >_< I’m really glad I don’t feel pressured to sell on those kinds of sites anymore.

#auropost #something something alienation of labor under capitalism #even the arts will be repackaged and sold back to you as shitty plastics #because under capitalism the only worth is that which can be generated for corporate profit…. like these companies that rely on artists #to upload their designs for a pittance of sales price in order to function #sorry for the rant it’s just 7am on a saturday morning and i just hate capitalism 🔥

[canonkiller]

idk if I'll do any pride-specific art this year but regardless of that. my work and the spaces I curate are made from love and community. im not interested in arguing over identity labels and I abhor the hate and discrimination that is treated as justifiable because of disagreements over those labels, or the simple act of identifying with them.

I want a world that is safe for trans women. I want a society that upholds the rights and dignity of LGBT people. I want people to have the freedom to love who they love and choose the bodies they want to have. I want a community that is mindful of how poverty, race, trauma, disability and psychological conditions intersect with identity and presentation. I want the younger generations to have the knowledge of the struggle it took to reach this point, and I want the older generations to have comfort and connection, and I want all of us to know the respite of a future we've fought for.

so, y'know, don't be a cunt

#not art #i am phrasing this in this way because i want to focus on the positives and the loce we should have for each other #not because i am unaware of hate but because i do not want to make a place for it at my table. #also leather and stuff at pride is not as dramatic as people make it out to be. non-issue #lets talk about companies profiting on substance abuse in the community and cops marching in parades if you really wanna kick someone out.

[kakapim]

One of my favorite dcmk headcanons is that Kaito owns his own merch. Not from big companies but like,, from his fans. You bet he has a plushie, custom cards and keychains of himself

#I said not from big companies cause there is a whole episode where he explodes a building for profiting off him #but I feel like hed enjoy fan made stuff. #Kaitou Kid #dcmk #Magic Kaito

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

frustrate how many advocates & groups & companies & even non profit organizations who advocate for AAC users / people who can’t or can’t only use speech / etc are like:

“terms we do not use: no nonverbal, no severe, no profound, no disorder, no impairment” and go on say is because these words “factually incorrect”

so no me, no my friends, no friends with rigid think or struggle with change words or remember change words or idk, language communication disorders that goes beyond speech that affect all words all communication or even nonverbal communication?

okay not like those words for self. okay even not use in advocacy and say “hey am/know many don’t like this term because __ so use different term” but need need add say in words that some people do like these words for self.

but. not okay say these words all wrong inherent wrong and force us (who you should be include in your advocacy) chase down everyone and correct (which. not everyone able do. you of all people should know.) and say actually some do like these some find it accurate for self and be called ableist and wrong and be silenced told shut up.

even “own group” want erase us

“nothing abt us without us” yeah you kind of doing the without us part

#i want name names #most popular advocates & non profit orgs & companies do this actually yes probably include one you think about #aac #aac user #nonverbal #nonspeaking #actually nonverbal #tay dont look #tay don’t look #discourse #loaf screm

[nervouswaltz]

i think dream is so baffling to so many people across industries bc time and time again he prioritizes quality over profit which like. to a consumer feels like a sensible thing to do but in this era of late stage capitalism seems like an insane person business move and i think it throws business ppl off guard so much because they’re confronted with a rich and successful man who is more concerned about making something high quality than watching the number in his bank account go up and that is somehow so inconceivable to them that it means dream HAS to be stupid or doing something wrong

#like he runs a successful merch company that moves a LOT of product he knows his shit #but bc he prioritizes the product more than the profit somehow that makes businessppl respect him less because he. isn’t hungry for capital?

[alwaysbewoke]

A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X that had targeted a watchdog group for its critical reports about hate speech on the social media platform. In a blistering 52-page order, the judge blasted X’s case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform’s security and legal rights. “Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation,” wrote District Judge Charles Breyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, in the order’s opening lines. “Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose.” “This case represents the latter circumstance,” Breyer continued. “This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.” X’s lawsuit had accused the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) of violating the company’s terms of service when it studied, and then wrote about, hate speech on the platform following Musk’s takeover of Twitter in October 2022. X has blamed CCDH’s reports, which showcase the prevalence of hate speech on the platform, for amplifying brand safety concerns and driving advertisers away from the site. In the suit, X claimed that it had suffered tens of millions of dollars in damages from CCDH’s publications. CCDH is an international non-profit with offices in the UK and US. Because of its potential to destroy the watchdog group, the case has been widely viewed as a bellwether for research and accountability on X as Musk has welcomed back prominent white supremacists and others to the platform who had previously been suspended when the platform was still a publicly-traded company called Twitter.

#elon musk #lawsuit #x (social media platform) #watchdog group #hate speech #social media #district judge charles breyer #us district court #northern district of california #center for countering digital hate #ccdh #terms of service #twitter #brand safety concerns #advertisers #damages #non-profit #research #accountability #white supremacists #publicly-traded company #white supremacy #racism #social justice #equality #end hate #anti-racism #racial equality #stop racism #no to hate

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

Awesome Coffee is just better. Good Store has raised over $7,500,000 to fight maternal and child mortality, and we pay a premium to our farmers to get the best beans and support efforts to reverse deforestation. Plus no billionaires get richer.

#gentle reminder that i am primarily #not an individual endowed with a soul #but a coffee company that donates its profit to charity #the fine line between human personhood and corporate personhood #coffee company

[ramshackledtrickster]

idrk but i think ubisoft is pro israel so, yeah

Ubisoft is absolutely shit I’m not surprised + I never liked or cared for the company

I looked into it briefly and the first thing to come up for me it looks like a division of them Ketchapp (along with several other video game studios) had put (or as they said “slipped”) extremely violent and graphic pro-Israeli propaganda advertisements into children’s games. (If there’s more lemme know)

https://www.reuters.com/world/graphic-pro-israel-ads-make-their-way-into-childrens-video-games-2023-10-30/

That and they’re still sweeping their terrible workplace practices under the rug, and are consistently racist both in and outside of their game pipeline— and tbh I don’t even know anything else about Ubisoft’s properties outside of ac (which is frustrating bc ac has a lot of anti imperialist themes that are antithetical to those ideologies) but yeah . Not surprised by the company’s and indifference to real world cruelty for profit

So,, yea keep boycotting n sincerely fuck this company

#ubisoft #fuck ubisoft #though the thesis of ac should be anti capitalism and anti colonialism the company it’s made under is anything but and it’s not surprising #it’s a company with an end goal of maximizing profits whats not to expect #if you haven’t yet yeah no more money to em #sorry for not getting to asks sooner

[burning-sol]

@staff SPEND RESOURCES ON ACCESSIBILITY

and if you don't let me put the same shitty post on a followers dash like 50 times i swear to all that cannot be cited in the bible--

#there was a time i actually considered paying 4 tumblr because its a site i still want to see running #but unless this company takes steps to be actually competent in the face of its competitors rather than 'profitable' nuh-uh #which yeah i will never forget that either tumblr is not my good friend pal ITS A BEESKNEES #don't fucking fall for their platitudes they aren't hip and cool they're a prep!!! #PREP!!!!!!! #📚 my posts #📌 thoughts