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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 09-Aug-2026 08:44:55 JST Paul Cantrell

   Amateurs are the lifeblood of every artistic discipline. And by “amateur” I mean not “someone who doesn’t get paid” or “someone of limited skill,” but rather the original sense: some who does it for the love of doing it.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Aug-2026 23:09:13 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @Yendolosch

     That word also has a similar etymology and semantic drift. It now means “dabbler.”

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     Yendolosch (yendolosch@23.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Aug-2026 23:09:14 JST Yendolosch

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     @inthehands

     > the original sense: someone who does it for the love of doing it

     Don't we call those "dilettantes"?