Warner Bros. used to be a pillar of the animation industry, but after Discovery's scorched-earth cartoon massacre, all that's left standing are burnt bridges.

I still remember when Discovery Channel was that place where there were underwater photography documentaries and other nature shows on all day every day. :chomsky-yes-honey:

    • EndMilkInCrisps [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Right but that is still nothing to the completely inhumane conditions a lot of workers are forced to work in around the world. I don't disagree that it is labour intensive but it is still nowhere near the level of the most brutal and thankless jobs in the world.

      • JuneFall [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        While it is right to highlight the working conditions in mines, the 12-16 hour shifts of hand drawn cartoons on up to 6 days per week (plus sometimes crunch times) in the outsourced animation industry are body breaking. Luckily the situations do shift for most locations to slightly better conditions.
        However we don't have to leave South Korea, Singapore or Japan to see a differentiation in working conditions which might be labeled "better"; but that "better" is working on your bed with tools for digital drawing which cost multiple hundred dollars which still fuck up your wrist and body and also leave you cut off from workers in similar conditions. Someone I know went from SK to Germany to escape the 70+ hour weeks in a small shared apartment room doing that to wait tables and maybe have her wrist regenerate enough that she might be able to draw again (for fun this time).