It was meant towards quite a few people. Not just you. My take is, I could care less what you and any other canadian does up there, who ya vote for, what ya pay for ice cream or anything else. I just don't like someone who listens to television news shows and gets their reasoning from there. That's kinda simple.
As for your work, I don't know what you do and other than a very few little things, you don't know what I do and that's fine by me. I'm not talking about business skills, but you also admitted you have no artistic talent, so most of your stuff is most likely a gut reaction, based solely on what YOU like or see.
I don't care if you know how to draw a basket of fruit on a table in front of a curtain, a ship at sea or a buncha letters on a board. I go by composition, components, focal point, combinations of the color wheel, balance of white and negative space...... and just plain common sense.
You assumed wa-a-a-ay too much in your last post. Musta hit a nerve. Your dig at being 100 years old is the same as mine mine about you and your other friends.
As for not holding back, I just settled down a bit. I still go off, but on everything now that there are no rules in this place. Hang in, I don't hate you or your friends, I just don't like you butting in where you don't belong. If that's narrow minded or wrong..... too bad. I've earned it by now. At least I didn't give you a finger up like that other knucklehead.
That's the problem, people live in their own little world and don't care about anything else but the things that affect them personally. Do you care about the war in Ukraine, or is that too far away so you don't give it a thought? I may be in Canada, but USA and whomever is in charge of it has a big influence on how things go up here. Trump started a trade war with us - Put tarrifs on Aluminum / wood, even though the past 10 times thats happened the courts struck it down as illegal - Trump argued that farmers and their subsidized corn / produce should be allowed into Canada without any tarrifs... which would esentially destroy Canadian farming - Same with Milk. My views are not based on Television news shows, some of the info I have came from live streams... or people I know in the area, but hey - Isnt that where a lot of your views are coming from as well? Were you at the capital, or are you going by what youve seen on TV / your friends?
But alas, thats not the point. My politics or your politics shouldn't make a difference. If you don't care what I have to say about politics..ignore it. It's not that hard, this is the internet. You should learn to be more open minded, or at least respect others views. I have a buddy thats a JW - I don't call him a crack head, or say I'm catholic so stop spouting your nonsense, If he wants to weight in his opinion, thats fine - If I change my mind or not is on me - Why be a dick and tell him to shut up? I may be in Canada... but even up here, It's a free Country and people can speak their mind.
I'm a digital printer - not an Artist. If someone wanted me to print a 20 Ft by 20 FT Type IX Reflective aluminum sign with a 10 year warranty, I'd pass him the CC Terminal and ask when he needed it by, and give him a nicely printed piece of crap that lasted 12+ years. I'm not trying to be an artist, I don't sign my initials on everything I do... nor do I care if it looks good or not - so long as the customer is happy with the product I supply them, which is exactly what I do...supply a product. Whether it's stickers, Vehicle wraps, highway signage, or a 24 x 24 graduation coro sign. Some guy just gave me a Blue / grey sign with yellow text and asked me to change the text color to grey - I warned him it'd be hard to see, showed him a sample and ultimately he went with changing it back - Sure, if I see something look off, weird kerning, or something I just feel would look wrong, I advise the client - Do you have a better eye at that than me? Probably... but again, it's not what I specialize in, or my job. If I were to tell someone I would design a sign for them from scratch, and gave them a piece of shit - then you have a point. The company I work for has 3 graphic designers - My "side business" now has one hired full time as well. I don't need to learn design, it's not what I excel at... and to be honest, I have zero interest in it at all. I know enough to advise people and point them in the right direction - which is to a real designer, and thats all I need.
No nerves hit - Thats one thing me and you have in Common, You're some random guy on the internet, In the context of how you think of me or my work, I could care less if you were a hobo sitting at starbucks typing on your phone, or a billionaire on a yacht with 500 sign companies thinking I'm a small fry. I don't know you, I probably never will know you, so your personal views on me don't matter - But it doesn't mean If I get called a hack I'll just roll over and play dead. I'm happy where I am right now, personally and professionally - someone 2000 miles away isn't going to change my opinion on that.
The 100 year old comment - It has nothing to do with your age, more so the mindset. I spend almost every lunch with our "Receptionist" who's in her 60's - I'm a few years from 40, I'm not far off. My 100 years old was about peoples mindsets - People who can't move on, learn new things. times change in a blink of an eye - 10 years ago you painted by hand and hand cut out stencils... now I'm sure you have a printer and a cutter, does that make you a hack? You started talking about "Wannabes" and "dumbshits", pretty much directly said I dont have an ounce of talent and that I was tearing apart the business and lowering standards.... all because I said I had zero Talent at doing artwork. To me, thats closeminded, thinking of the past.... When in reality, I'm a digital printer, not an artist. I've re-printed 20 FT Panels because it had a small headstrike in it on $800 roll material, I never cheap out on materials or cut corners, or do a half assed job like most companies I see around here - but I'm the hack because I can't design, something I freely admit, and don't want to do
And as for the butting in - Again, the forum is a general Forum, welcome to everyone - not a USA one. IF you were to post a thread asking for opinions about Trump, and asked for USA only opinions, sure - But if people are generally talking, whats the problem? If you don't like it, don't listen - unless you're afraid my opinion will turn a trumper to bidens circle, shouldn't be an issue!
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