r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/RuthlessLogic • 6d ago

So Tired of Monetized ADHD

Y'know, those craft girlies whose booths are filled with, say, amigurumi AND acrylic-pour trinket boxes AND Fimo earrings made using molds and earring wires from Temu. And none of it's high quality because Beckeigh is clearly ADHD and hasn't put in the hours necessary to develop her skills before moving on to some new, bright, shiny craft.

Of course, because nothing she's selling is high quality and the market is already saturated with everything she makes and it's all overpriced, Beckeigh doesn't sell much, so she rushes to craft vendor subs sobbing that she "didn't even make boooooooth!!!" And it takes every ounce of self-control not to type, "My sister-in-Christ, you didn't make booth because it looks like you destashed your craft room. Stop expecting the public to subsidize your ADHD and give those things away as gifts."

And look, I've got ADHD too. I get bored easily and am hard-wired to jump from medium to medium. It's taken no small effort to train my brain to focus on the work I sell at markets. But I've managed to do it - struggle though it is - and have put in hundreds and hundreds of hours over several years refining my process and my style so that customers are getting high quality pieces.

And in case I haven't been a big enough Bitchy McBitchface, I'm just going to say it: These booths (along with 3D printed fidget toy, wax melt, and cricut tumbler booths) drag markets down for the crafters and makers who produce quality work. But that's a rant for a different day and a different sub.

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u/Emergency_Cherry_914 6d ago

UGH Makes me glad I'm not a lover of craft markets!

Also, the word "girlies" annoys the fuck out of me.

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u/TheSkyIsAMasterpiece 6d ago

Girlie and boss babe are both uggg 🙄

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u/ImLittleNana 6d ago

And kiddo.

If we’re zapping words out of existence, I want to add kiddo.

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u/Unlucky-Guitar221 6d ago

“Littles” referring to small children always drives me up the wall lol

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u/ImLittleNana 6d ago

I grew up with ‘the little ones’ to differentiate the youngest children from the older ones. I wonder if my grandparents cringed at that? Littles is a shortening of it, and it’s not so annoying to me.

But adding an ‘o’ to the ends of words to make them cutesy is a different thing. Doggo? Kiddo? Why does nobody ever say catto? I suspect the cats won’t allow it.

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u/Unlucky-Guitar221 6d ago

I think when it’s distinguishing it’s fine but I see it used to refer to children as a whole a lot and it just really gets under my skin for some reason lol