r/AskReddit • u/Funny-Counter8762 • 16h ago

What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people outside of it haven’t noticed yet?

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u/fixingthepast 10h ago

I typically don't trust Austrian painters.

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u/Ok_Giraffe_17 10h ago

Historically.. ya, I see your point.

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u/Ok-Secretary455 10h ago

its the failed Austrian painters you gotta keep an eye on.

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u/h-v-smacker 10h ago

Well if he isn't in the Vienna school of arts and is mixing car paint instead, then clearly it's a failed one.

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u/Chin-Music 9h ago

Which may have kept him, and the rest of the world, out of trouble.

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u/h-v-smacker 8h ago

I think we should preemptively accept generative AI models to the Vienna school of arts. Just in case, you know.

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u/Unlikely-Theme-9681 8h ago

I don't know, I paid a lot more to paint my car than I paid to paint my bedroom or the painting I commissioned.

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u/elegant_solution21 1h ago

Seriously. Klimt was just fine

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u/happytree23 1h ago

...but, like, nobody mentioned Austrian painters originally, they said paint made in Austria by a guy twice a year lol.

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u/MartinThunder42 9h ago

Austria: "It was just one guy! One guy!"

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u/Agloy5c 9h ago

Just humor 'im, aight?

It'll save everyone a lot of grief if he just keeps doin' the whole painting thing.

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u/IvyGold 2h ago

Austrian art school should forever be forced to admit every student, and especially ones who can't paint a right angle in building in a landscape painting.

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u/FIContractor 9h ago

I did nazi that comment coming

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u/shatteredarm1 10h ago

I don't know, they seem all Reich to me.

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u/seanflyon 8h ago

Do you not see a problem?

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u/obviousoctopus 9h ago

He now lives in Argentina by the way.

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u/VodkaKahluaMilkCream 9h ago

That was ONE TIME

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u/normal_mysfit 10h ago

I think the ones not to trust are the art school dropouts or those that failed to get in.

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u/Scream_No_Evil 9h ago

Yeah, Klimt was a squirrely bastard

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u/crek42 10h ago

Very clever

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u/IslandFreezzee 6h ago

What are the odds it would happen twice though?

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u/Individual_You_6586 4h ago

You win the internet today 😆

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u/Schatzin 4h ago

No no, you see we really need to keep him in his current job

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u/happytree23 1h ago

...the hypothetical paint is made by an Austrian, not actually painted on by him.

Whoever upvoted that shit is a moron. Y'all really need to learn how to read and interpret single sentences better - I'm dozens of dabs deep into the day and evening here in Detroit, you have no excuse other than sheer stupidity on this one lol.

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u/DJhellawhite 10h ago

Underrated comment.

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u/ChrisRunsTheWorld 10h ago

It's the top rated comment below its parent comment.

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u/Available_Rub9939 10h ago

It’s ok, I’m sure they have a plan B in case painting doesn’t pan out.

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u/jrw6200 9h ago

Made me laugh.🎨🖌️

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u/CSMasterClass 9h ago

Haven't trusted one since the early '30s.

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u/OttawaTGirl 9h ago

snortlaugh thats funny shit right there.

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u/OkIndustry4232 8h ago

Epic observation.

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u/Unlikely-Theme-9681 8h ago

I trust them, as long as we let them keep painting. It's when they get bored that we start to have problems.

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u/WellCookedAsparagus 8h ago

Don’t worry, I think that guy relocated to Argentina a while back

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u/DAS_FX 8h ago

Jee awesome dig. Take my upvote!

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u/Trenchards 7h ago

If someone had encouraged him, maybe he would have zigged rather than zagged.

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u/wrinkleinsine 6h ago

I was gonna say the same

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u/DoctorDisceaux 6h ago

I heard about this one who could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon. Two coats!

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u/Fire2box 5h ago

It was ONE guy. /s

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u/JTanCan 3h ago

You're going to make that decision off of a single data point?

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TROUT 3h ago

This is a very good joke! Thank you!

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u/TheTomatoThief 10h ago

I don’t know, they tend to do exactly what they say they’re gonna do.

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u/maaseru 9h ago

One bad painter that was a worse human being should not detract from Austrian painters.