#is that overpriced

[acorviart]

everyone should attempt an artisan craft at some point in their life because it would cut down the number of comments questioning why handmade goods like ceramics or textile craft or woodworking are so expensive

and this is an unrealistic expectation, but I think the attempt should include seeing through to the end at least one "finished" item, no matter how clumsy or lumpy your first attempts might be. like to me, there's a huge difference in perspective between attempting to learn how to crochet or throw a pot for a few days, acknowledging that it's harder than it looks and giving up, versus committing to finishing that scarf or clay pot you started and working on it for weeks while you painstakingly learn from your mistakes and grow attached to your project while also simultaneously hating it.

once you finish the latter, your perspective changes from "why does this crocheted blanket cost $200" to "holy shit I can't believe they're charging $200 for this crocheted blanket instead of $2000" because you may have known crocheting is hard, you may have easily agreed with the idea that "handmade goods take time and effort" even before attempting a craft, but now you know firsthand the absolute time sink it takes to make things. like yeah dude, that one item took you 2 months to make and probably wasn't even an ultra complex item if it was the first thing you made, now imagine attaching an hourly wage to that time to calculate the cost (and this is ignoring every nuance of the artistic element and master crafters being able to work faster/charge higher because of their years and years of experience)

anyway this rant has been motivated by a comment I saw on someone else's ceramic post asking why a mug was $60 and they understand it's handmade but $60 just seems overpriced, and bro do you know how long ceramics take to make. that mug probably took at minimum 3 weeks between how long it takes to throw the mug, dry partially, trim the mug, dry fully, bisque fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, sand and paint and glaze, glaze fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, take product photography of the mug, write description and list the mug online for sale, im not even including the skill needed to complete all these steps without the mug literally exploding or collapsing while also making it an appealing piece of art, aaaaaaaaaaaaa

#$60 is overpriced my ass #if I priced my ceramics by the exact number of hours they took literally no one would buy anything #holding up a plate like oh yeah I started this in uhhhhhhhhhhh august and it finished in december #wrote this intending it to be a rant and delete post but im sending it out into the world

[yellowtrinity]

a gift for my sister inspired by our extensive discussions about the tremendous potential of an ace attorney kart racer....... RACE ATTORNEY

#tell me which character you'd main #dibs on trucy (she'd be available in an overpriced apollo justice dlc) #ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #franziska von karma #aa #my art #i never want to draw a courtroom again

[heaveniowa]

heaven, iowa - fall out boy

#I havent done this in sooooo long #inspired by the overpriced smfs glow in the dark stars #heaven iowa my beloved #fall out boy #fall out boy edit #fall out boy lyrics #fob lyrics #so much for stardust #so much (for) stardust #smfs #pete wentz #patrick stump #joe trohman #andy hurley #that's a lot of tags lmao #the size and spacing are shitty because I hand traced them :3 #sye did something

[lazylittledragon]

i hate you fad diets i hate you skinny teas i hate you detoxes i hate you meal replacements i hate you ‘carb-free’ i hate you fasting i hate you body checks i hate you stupid fucking internet repackaging the habits that ruined my life over and over and over again

#ramble #tw ed #if i see another ad for an overpriced meal replacement powder/drink subscription box i will break a window #the amount of shit i see that’s just eating disorders with extra steps makes me insane #there are no bad foods you moron just eat the bread you’re going to die one day #ok to reblog i’m just Heated

[attyattlaw]

so the bullying doesnt stop

#idk who posted the corassant pic anymore im so sorry #trafalgar law #donquixote rosinante #i had an overpriced quaso today thats mildly disappointing #i miss starbucks quaso but not enough to give my money to them

[tea-tuesday]

stopped by niconeco zakkaya in the east village!

#such a cute little shop #im ngl tho everything is so overpriced.. pretty sure i could get the same stuff for a fraction of a price from korea/japan #tea-tuesday #mine #studyblr #lawblr #study inspiration #nyc #new york city #east village #niconeco zakkaya #stationery #stationery freaks #light academia

[lord-of-the-ducks]

Apologies to everyone who follows me because you’re about to be subjected to SO much Lisa Frankenstein posting, I am so deeply abnormal about this movie and I would not be surprised if it ended up being one of my top ten favorite movies of all time.

My only wish is that my theatre could have been more crowded, it was a pretty dead audience (pun intended) which meant I spent a solid 60% of my energy trying not to cause a scene every time there was a needle drop or anything that felt like it was specifically calling me out for being a weird little goth.

#lisa frankenstein #also not related to the movie #but worlds biggest shout out to the regal employee who would not let me waste my money on overpriced water #I was parched and running late and decided to suck it up but he was like ‘nah’ and filled up one of the soda cups with water for me #and then gave me a medium popcorn for the price of a small #I think it’s just cuz the small bags were annoying him #but I was just like ‘is this??? an actual angel??? holy shit??? #I hope his pillows are always cool on both sides #Or whatever his preferred temperature is

[duncanor]

FELLAS

WE WIN THESE!!!!!

#trigun #trimax #Trigun Maximum #bigolas dickolas wolfwood #Darkhorse #WE ARE GETTING A REPRINT GUYS #THE REIGN OF TERROR OF THE OVERPRICED TRIMAX TOMES IS OVER #GOD I WISH THE FRENCH MARKET DID THE FUCKING SAME AAAAAH

[learnelle]

After finishing my psych assignment I treated myself to bubble tea! I also found a shop that sells second hand Japanese books, and I got these ones with pretty pictures of Paris and Western art ♡

#machi machi & laizé are my go-to bubble tea places 🧋💕 Why are they so overpriced tho asdfghjkl #langblr #Japanese #dark academia #light acadmeia #cottagecore #academia aesthetic #chaotic acadmeia #library aesthetic #studyblr #studyspo #study inspiration #psychology

[strongermonster]

no real cheese will ever live up to the phantom taste i imagined the cartoon cheese from tom and jerry cartoons i watched as a kid tasted like.

this is the pinnacle of the cheese-based foodgroups. i think it was less the visual appeal (almost none, it looks like a dried sponge half the time) and more the fervent desperation with which the mouse pursued it. the permeating lust for this cheese.

the fanatical daydreaming was so evocative that my brain and tongue made up a flavour that will never exist and i am doomed to spend my life unfulfilled

#sorry there's been old cartoons on in the bg all week at work and also i haven't been grocery shopping in a bit #i guess the closest is those ritz crackers w the fakeass cheese inside? i need a recipe for those bc they're way overpriced #anyways tomorrow i gotta go spend $30 on imported feta cheese even tho it's expensive but it's the one i like best :/ #sorry canadian farmers. the greeks just know feta better #jj stuff

[doctor-dt]

underswap but their traits are the same

#personalities + positions are still swapped but they retain their traits #for instance: sans still likes ketchup and papyrus still likes puzzles #grillbys may be overpriced but its in snowdin #papyrus #sans #underswap #utmv #my art #edit #ok tbh i think muffet’s in snowdin might be more consistent w this since positions r still swapped #canonswap

[tobiasrieper]

Twenty. Five. Dollars? For this piece of crap?

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #lili zanotto #gamingedit #psychonautsedit #i love this scene. she's so violent and so mad about overpriced novelty plush toys

[cemeterything]

omg i went to the hozier concert the other day and it was SO good, the stage design was excellent. i hope you have SO much fun!!!! and to make it a question - what's your stance on bootleg merch?

thank you i'm excited!!! also i've never really thought about it but i guess i don't see any problem with it?? especially if it's for a big artist

#a lot of official merch is 1. overpriced and 2. doesnt even all go back to supporting the artist anyway

[v7n5]

happy fuck ass bob and fuck ass mullet new year

She wears pink flip flops that look like they can fall apart at any minute

#fight club #soapshipping #fem fight club #i read on some forum that Tyler's name is kimda ironic that it literally means tile maker but their roof was always leaking #so i want Taylor to have the same irony in her name with its meaning being tailor while her clothes are always fucked up #which juxtaposes with the narrator's obsession with sewing/knitting and finding defects in her own clothes to fixx #you arent your overpriced yarn. you arent your pre-assembled outfits #just like you arent your IKEA furniture sets either

[57sfinest]

kim is such a funny little guy like he emphasizes how little the rcm salary is when you ask about it (5500 reál annually- 460/mo) but here he is with his nice electronic sports watch and his little instant camera and his fancy revolutionary cosplay for plainclothes and he's living in the GRIH which can't be cheap and he's got his fancy little mnemotechnique notebooks which are like the moleskine of elysium i guess and his fancy little ballpoints that he does NOT want to share with you which i bet is because they cost him like a week of salary. and this is the rcm he's not getting stipends for supplies or watches or housing or probably even the gas for the kineema. poor as fuck but he is going to buy himself his little treats god damn it. if he lived in our world you know he'd be out getting himself a $9 vanilla soy milk half caf dirty chai iced latte every morning on the way to the station and eating instant noodles every night to claw out room in the budget for it

#'kim is a black coffee kind of guy' false he drinks black coffee at work solely for appearance #given the choice he's like the typical iced latte extra caramel sauce 27 pumps of vanilla and whipped cream type of girlie #he won't admit it though. so he drinks it black at work. with one (1) sugar if he's feeling zesty #kim buying himself extremely nice and overpriced notebooks every couple weeks justifying it with 'it's for work' #he will justify any purchase to himself with 'it's for work' wherever possible #which results in insane feats of mental gymnastics. and yes that would include the $9 soy chai lattes #harry is broke bevause he spends r400 a month on booze. #kims budget is r110 kineema gas and mods r150 stationery r150 rent r20 pen ink refills r20 tailoring supplies and r10 food & misc #creature of pride indeed. love you kim #kiwipost #kk meta #kim kitsuragi #harry makes fun of the expensive pens until he writes with one then hes like no yeah this is a nice pen. im sorry for ever doubting you #actually even better if harry thinks its shitty. he'd prefer the cheap dollar store bulk pack 50c plastic ones #kim gets really defensive of his pens too. unreasonably defensive. personal insults may or may not be slung at this point #kim is sooo funny yes sir you are so so normal average sane mundane usual orthodox plain unremarkable spoilsport etc. whatever you say babe

[canofworms95]

More silly Reed900 stuff

#State of the art android and we gonna use him as an overpriced vacuum #DBH #reed900 #gavin reed #nines #nines rk900 #rk900 #detroit become human