Lol, lmao even

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      that’s impossible, since it requires some degree of expertise, which is literally inconceivable for these people. in their view, anyone positioning themselves as having a rare (or sometimes just slightly uncommon) skill is actively trying to defraud you by making you pay them to do something that would be easy for you to do yourself. i think this evolved out of a devaluing of “low skill” jobs. eventually it was used as a criticism of Pollock-style modern art, you know, the “i could paint that” thing. the fact that it has become a general criticism of any professional category is deeply funny to me.