>>7732887
>/pro/ needs to be called something else.
If a plumber came to your house to fix a simple leak, but was unable to do so, would you describe such a man as a 'professional'?
Yes, his profession is a plumber, he is a professional plumber, but it wouldn't be the appropriate adjective to use when describing his abilities.
Essentially, 'professional' as a word is polysemous, but those meanings are a little hard to parse because they're similar but different;
1- The job; the profession
2- The Skill; a skill so good they're akin to someone who should have that profession, or even greater than that as they're held up as the standard for what those in the profession should be.
It should also be noted that people actually in a profession don't shorten the word profession to 'pro' when talking about such,
likewise, good skill is rarely described as professional (these days) and the slang word 'pro' is used far more often.
Anyway, what this autistic post on semantics is saying is...
/pro/ is fine, it's just these professional artists aren't pros.
