oscar in the orange hat

oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 00:41 UTC

I'm not even sure he can do improv at this point

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 02:08 UTC

Went the same way as the $5 footlong o7

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 02:34 UTC

I'm a big fan of this. It's super easy, no matter which method you use.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 04:51 UTC

Gotta save that for later! This looks so good!

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 05:12 UTC

Guess the MLB gets stuff right sometimes huh?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 22:31 UTC

I see you've been to Savannah, GA.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 17:25 UTC

Isn't this kinda Ishmael's whole deal in Moby Dick?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] May 14, 2024 at 07:44 UTC

Yeah, but taken too far it means you're drinking plum brandy alone.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] May 05, 2024 at 04:00 UTC

*and with your spirit

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 19, 2024 at 04:32 UTC

It's hard to put into words how it feels when you begin to recognize yourself as an artist. I'm finally starting to cross that bridge. Still processing it.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:14 UTC

I agree that libraries are amazing. They're some of my favorite places. Most of the sites don't even make a meaningful profit. Many run off donations or ads, using that to pay for server space. Zack wouldn't be bothered by that anyways, as he insists the money component of this is secondary.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:05 UTC

I agree, but this seems to betray the point: somebody still has to pay for it. I'm sure the librarian will be happy to order the book and make it regardless of whether you consent. Meanwhile, you get paid, as you should. But in libraries, you don't give consent, get paid, and have no issue? Get it?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:03 UTC

Except the majority of scanalators make no money from their work. Broadly, there is no "profit." These aren't businesses. They are primarily fan projects wherein people use their time to deliver the manga in a faster time and on a better platform than publishers are willing to.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 20:46 UTC

Does this mean I need to have the library contact you too for your consent to share it with me?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:40 UTC

After several separate searches, I can find only one copy in a library within 100 miles of my city, and it's a university library I don't have access to as a non-student. Is there another means by which you would consent to my consuming this book without payment?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:25 UTC

Zack, you're an artist yourself, right? A writer? Let's get a more specific then. Would you consent to me consuming, say, "Kaibyo: the Supernatural Cats of Japan" without paying for it? I'll give you my word I won't pirate it by any means if you say no.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:12 UTC

Wow, what a disingenuous way to talk past me. I don't ask them because... I don't have access to them like you do? You keep insisting that I don't care about the artists, but your logic is circular. Nothing about scanalations prevents artists from creating. Maybe try answering a question.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 19:05 UTC

What do the artists have against those outside major metropolitan areas in other countries that they will not consent to those people consuming their work?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:52 UTC

Alright, let's remove money from it then. Why don't these artists consent to poor people in other countries consuming their work?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

Except money is inextricably tied to peoples ability to consume the art in the way the artist consents.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:48 UTC

If artists didn't matter to me, I wouldn't pay for manga I've already read.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:47 UTC

The problem is, your side of the conversation comes off as disingenuous, as you're saying simultaneously that: 1. The money doesn't matter to the artist. 2. If you don't pay money to read the work it upsets the artist. Do you not see how this is contradictory?

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 18:32 UTC

The problem is the reason people read scans are entirely to do with money. Their position (as you have portrayed it) ultimately boils down to "poor people and those outside of major cities shouldn't ever read manga, and it's not my publishers fault," the last part of which is patently false.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:37 UTC

That's a fair request; I'll admit that most studies don't specifically look at translated material. I would posit that, if examined, accessibility issues are far more damaging for manga in specific than piracy is. If I do find specific material to back up (or refute) this, I'll be sure to update.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:24 UTC

So this isn't about making the artists better off, this is purely about feelings. It's not about how the industry as a whole is built on an abusive, exploitative model built to suck every last penny out of brilliant creative minds and work them to the bone. It's about gatekeeping.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:13 UTC

I'm sure they'll feel better when they get the check from the books I bought because I read the scans. I'd have no access to their work unless my local Barnes & Noble happens to stock it AND I happen to open it up and decide I like it, which is difficult since they don't sort by genre.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:07 UTC

Additionally, plenty of studies have shown that piracy (broadly) leads to a direct increase in paid sales long-term, which generates more money for the artists. This is a issue far more complex than "YoU'rE sTeAlInG", and if you had it your way the artists would be even worse off.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 17:01 UTC

That's not facts at all. You're projecting a broad strawman onto a large group. Are you right for some? Sure, but many people use scans to get access to manga they simply can't, or that may not be available for months. Better people read scans than not at all, because that is often the alternative.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 16:54 UTC

Even for manga that aren't available in the states (The Shiori Experience), I would have no reason to support the author without scanalations. The fact that I don't have a way to monetarily do so isn't a moral failing on my part.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

Let's not pretend anybody who reads manga hates the artists. The issue is publishers aren't interested in providing a quality product outside Japan. I pay for a JUMP subscription, but I read their content through third party apps. Why? Frankly, the pirate sites and apps have better features.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 03, 2024 at 18:48 UTC

Not completely certain, but it reminds me a lot of Savannah

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

I don't think it's terribly hidden. That's a topic covered in the first couple weeks of most basic anthropology classes, where it's outed as an old backwards and racist concept that no longer holds water.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 29, 2024 at 03:46 UTC

I am having a hard time finding a film gig and it is very stressful.

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 19:05 UTC

The unholy things I would do just to see that teal line from Miami to Minneapolis built would get me killed by the feds so fast

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oscar in the orange hat @igarara.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 18, 2024 at 13:56 UTC

If that's the case, then counterpoint: good.

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