• JCreazy@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    Anything that is made as a “collectors” item is just landfill fodder. It’s junk that isn’t worth anything. Just look at Funko Pops.

    • Steve@communick.news
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      7 months ago

      That depends on what you mean by “worth”.
      Paintings and sculptures aren’t really “worth anything” in pretty much the same way.
      What’s a movie “worth” for that matter?

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        7 months ago

        Paintings and sculptures are individual artistic creations. You might be able to say such things about mass produced replicas, but not art itself.

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          7 months ago

          Art itself could be considered the idea. The individual physical creation would be merely an expression of that idea. Does mass production dilute that idea or it’s “worth”?

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            7 months ago

            It disseminates the idea and dilutes the worth, because worth is tied to scarcity.

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              7 months ago

              And I think that’s our primary point of disagreement. I don’t care how scarce something is.

              In fact not quite 30min ago, I flushed something unique down the toilet because it was worthless to me. While the toilet I flush it with, is worth quite a lot to me, even though it’s very common and and found everywhere in my country. In fact if it was scarce, even unique, it might be entirely worthless.

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                7 months ago

                You can disagree all you want but value is absolutely and always associated with (at least perceived) scarcity.

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                  7 months ago

                  Only sometimes. Not always. The value of many things comes with commonality. Social media for example would be worthless for only one person.

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                  7 months ago

                  I think this is a matter of terminology.

                  You’re talking monetary value/worth only. They’re talking about value and worth in a broader sense.

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                    7 months ago

                    Even there, something gets MORE worth when it’s used again, even to sit on a shelf and look pretty.

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      7 months ago

      Just let people be happy and collect their little things. Why are you people so boring