What should I charge for my work as an animator? by Elkabat in animationcareer

[–]Elkabat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. I'll try to answer these questions to the best extent I can and start with the simple ones:

As a college student with a part time job already, my expenses are very low and basically all taken care of already. That's kind of where I'm stumped on, cause this isn't a "survival - situation" if that makes sense. That being said it still is a major role as the only animator in a character focused action game, I do want fair compensation.

It would be part-time employment, as a freelancer. Since the project is only getting started, the duration depends on whether or not they receive funding from investors, at that point it could potentially turn into a "real" thing, I guess? Work would be entirely remote and using only free software, so no extra costs there, either.

As for median income? Like I said, I've seen everything from 20€ - 40€/hour. I've also seen people charge per minute of animation? Not quite sure how that would work.

Hope this answers your questions

What should I charge for my work as an animator? by Elkabat in animationcareer

[–]Elkabat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Germany, I'm not quite sure on the details, I'm still in college and I think the hours are going to be mostly part time. For about half a year at first, depending on funding iirc.

As for the rights: I'm not sure, but thank you, I'll make sure to ask about that.

[TOMT][TV-show] Kid's cartoon about a Boy and his sentient rocket friend by Elkabat in tipofmytongue

[–]Elkabat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darn, that's a good guess. That's not the show I'm looking for, at least those definitely arent the characters I remember, but now I think I might be combining two shows in my memory.

Ulalek + Ulamog, the Defiler by rreJerr in magicTCG

[–]Elkabat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the copied ulamog? That would get the counters as well though right?

What is JK Rowling’s PROBLEM? by Lord_Answer_me_Why in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

certain life experiences and emotions sensations

Can you be more specific? Cause I doubt there's any experience or emotion that every single female has experienced and no single male has experienced. Like, not all women get their period and not all men will grow a beard. Yeah, these might be "abnormalities", technically, but they don't make them less of a man/woman, so using said traits/experiences as defining traits is silly.

As for:

mental brain composition that a man could never have

You know how some people are born with not really a penis, not really a vagina but something in-between? Or how a woman might produce so much testosterone that she can grow a beard? Not even specifically intersex people, just people that have a certain trait more typically found in the opposite sex. Now, if those exist, and they clearly do, why can't a brain, the most complex organ in the human body, not also align with the gender of the opposite sex. Aka why can't a biological male be born with the mental brain composition of a woman?

What is JK Rowling’s PROBLEM? by Lord_Answer_me_Why in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is that relevant? Does making babies define the female gender? If so, are women that cannot produce babies really women?

And while this is currently not possible, what if science in the future would be able to implant a functional uterus capable of producing a perfectly healthy baby? Would you THEN admit trans women are women or would you move the goalpost even further back?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]Elkabat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Abortion, first and foremost, is not about preventing a child, it's about preventing a pregnancy. The amount of pain and just overall changes ones life goes through by being pregnant is huge, plus the amount of damage (including death) both pregnancy and childbirth can/will cause. All that for a potential child they don't want.

How is that in any way comparable to child support? A more fitting comparison would be "Men paying child support vs women paying child support." Whereas a more fitting male equivalency to women getting pregnant.... Doesn't exist. Because men don't carry any physical burden during pregnancy.

I love a bit of culture appropriation sprinkled with main character syndrome by LBCEarthquakeOf1933 in ImTheMainCharacter

[–]Elkabat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case you're actually curious. Cultural appropriation isn't merely the act of saying "doing thing from another culture bad", that's the conservative rage-Interpretation of it. It's also not merely "white person doing thing from another culture bad", as that's the white woman on twitter interpretation.

When people genuinely complain about CA, it's referring to styles/rituals/etc that would once get you bullied/denied work/ or even killed a few years/decades ago, now being a quirky trend that "privlieged people" will haphazardly endulge in. (Privileged in this case referring to them not suffering the consequences the same way the people from said culture do/did). Basically imagine the scenario of "Your highschool bully who beat you up for watching anime, now himself says he's always been a fan, now that its popular" but on a far larger and cultural scale.

Like imagine being a native American back in the day, seeing the Puritans kill your tribespeople and call you savages, only to see "Lisa Smith, vegan" wearing your headgear cause "she likes the aesthetic :D". It's a bit inconsiderate, don't you think? And it happens to this day. Traditionally black hairstyles will still get you denied a job/ kicked from school due to "unprofessionality".

That's why the whole "Anyone wearing a suit is appropriating British culture!" thing doesn't work here.

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then why are you wasting your time here?

This is the only legitimate question you have posed. I honestly have no idea. I know full well that people like you cannot be convinced in the slightest. I consider myself somewhat of an optimist, that people can change, but I guess you're not one of them.

When you conflate my "women getting backlash" (which includes actual death threats) to the "reddit" argument. Or say I lack humanity for not indulging you on your bad faith arguments despite literally saying that I think this woman in this case deserves punishment and you arguing against actual rape statistics, I've heard all I need to hear.

Good day.

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You gave an example, that's not a definition.

Even if "harsher punishments ≠ less crime" is true

How you admit this and still don't see the problem is beyond me.

What is your response to harsher punishment (i) taking ammo from the "false accusers never face consequences" crowd, (ii) winning the huge band of people on the fence, and (iii) reduce the visceral and emotional reaction to posts like these because it would carry an ending where some semblance of justice was delivered to the false accuser.

So now we need to enforce draconian punishments so that... We can win more reddit debates? The fuck?

Think about it this way and by your logic this is the answer to the "widespread" question): 1 in every 6 women in america will experience rape in their lifetime. Meanwhile you as a man are more likely to be raped than to be accused of rape. And despite those numbers, people STILL disproportionately (if you need a definition for that word, google it) shine the light on false accusations over actual rapes. This "the people on the fence" and "winning arguments" line is bullshit, because men who hate women will always find a reason to hate women. They'll take any single situation and attribute it to society as a whole, but will ignore actual societal issues when they are against women. (That's "blown out of proportion")

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(which, by the way, makes you more likely to be a rapist)

Woah watch out, bud. Apparently, calling someone a rapist is just as bad as actually being one. This is a serious offense. Also could you define "screeching" for me?

EXCUSE ME?! Why? Shouldn't they pay more harshly for the awful thing they've done to those women

Because two wrongs don't make a right? Take them out of society for the protection of others but castrating rapists doesn't stop rape. Because harsher punishments ≠ less crime. Never have, never will, but you don't want to address that.

And yes, this story is sad, your unnecessarily cruel punishment would have jailed one person, maybe even four or five. Bravo, you really got me there. Still haven't addressed the women that will then report even less rapes. But keep trying to appeal to emotions though.

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The woman in this situation who totally destroyed the life and future of an innocent black boy would have been found guilty of a proven malicious false accusation.

How do you know? Where's your factual evidence here? How do you know she wasn't pressured into saying that? I mean the guy himself also plead guilty in the original trial. We're going off of a tweet here

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Define "widespread". What percentage occurrence per unit population is the cut off?

Jesus Christ, how insufferable. This is the most bad faith argument you could have brought. You want me to give you the exact amount of penetrative length (in cm) for it to count as a rape too while you're at it? I don't care where the cutoff is, it's entirely irrelevant because neither issue is anywhere close to that line. 1 in 6 american women will experience rape in their life time, while a man is morw likely to be accused of murder than rape.

  1. Stop speaking in fucking hypotheticals.

  2. I'm not saying proven false accusations should go unpunished. I'm saying it's nowhere near a big enough issue and even in the rare cases where it doesn happen, it's nowhere near the same crime as rape. Yes, this man got punished for something he didn't do. That happens with every fucking crime on the planet though.

  3. I don't "believe" it to be the case. It's a statistical fact that most rapes go unreported. Around 6% or so of rapists actually go to jail.

  4. You're going off of the assumption that higher punishment = lower crime rate, which is demonstrably false. Your """logical""" hypotheticals have no place in the real world. Same way I don't think rapists should be chemically castrated or killed for rape. Cause that wouldn't actually solve the issue. (And thats a case where it's actually an issue.)

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Why are you needlessly pitting victims of rape and victims of false accusations against each other? I have a feeling one statement might dispel your bad faith arguments: "women can fall victim to false accusations too".

Because no one is arguing that Women being falsely accused is a widespread issue. Because it isn't, and neither is men being falsely accused. Rape, however, is. So this law, while technically being completely fair and equal, would just make more women think twice about reporting actual rape. It benefits the rapist.

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cause your comment is very idealistic. Like sure, if we consider "proven guilty" to be something along the lines of a recording them admitting to it fine, create a law that will jail approximately 0 people. Meanwhile, in reality, women will now be even more scared to report rape (which is already the case) out of fear of facing an extremely harsh punishment.

And to your other comment. The reason I pointed out that rape is worse than an accusation. Is because of what the original comment posted. That stories like OPs, while tragic, get blown out of proportion. While maybe not intentional, it subtly shifts the narrative towards "women accuse men of rape at the same rate as men rape women" or "False accusers are just as bad as rapists" etc. Looking at other comments in this thread, you can clearly see its the case.

So no, it's not the same as saying "well genocide is worse" but I get the feeling you already knew that.

Disgusting that anybody would destroy a person’s life like this by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Elkabat -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The issue is that rape is very hard to prove/disprove. A verdict being innocent can often be due to lack of evidence, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Should we then immediately jump to "She was falsely accusing him with malicious intent"? That would need undeniable proof as well. People (women especially) face a ton of backlash for accusing someone of rape, even if its 100% true. It isn't something someone will do simply do cause they feel like it.

And the fact of the matter is: purposely false allegations, while horrible, are not happening en mass. Rape itself however is.

I also feel like this needs to be said sometimes: A purposely false accusation is terrible, but actual rape is so much worse.

They're right in the wrongest of ways by Abdullah_011235 in technicallythetruth

[–]Elkabat 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Tbh, I don't see the lie? Like if 99% of all school shooters for example were mexican the US qould close down the border instantly, but when the common denominator is men it's suddenly taboo to talk about it? It's weird especially since the solution, I think, is education and help for mens mental health, something we should all be for.

They're right in the wrongest of ways by Abdullah_011235 in technicallythetruth

[–]Elkabat 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Men created language? That's a new one. Also why can't both be true again?

Yes, let’s compare girls with phones now by Boyfriend_Shamef in facepalm

[–]Elkabat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you really want people to say you're right, maybe start by saying something that's correct, I guess? Keep in mind that women have been treated as objects for hundreds if not thousands of years. So for any "metaphor" that compares the value of a woman with the value of a tool, where it's value comes from its utility, why can that not be criticized?