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But you had a slim chance of being noticed and a slimmer chance of becoming a rock star. If you only worked harder AND had that piece of kit...
so went the sales pitch that was made to my generation in the 90s. You known who got famous and obscenely rich? Maroon 5. The Strokes. You know why? It wasn't their originality or their work ethic as musicians or their technical proficiency or the brilliance of their lyrics, nor their immense line of credit at Guitar Center. It was their parents paying girls from modeling agencies to go to their shows.
What's depressing about being a founder is just watching less interesting, less competent people who are psychotically good at marketing take your ideas and get rich doing crappier versions of them.
Thanks, now I feel better and don't need the site.
Kidding aside, yep that fucking sucks. People say life is fair, hell no it isn't, a lot of other people get a better headstart haha. But hey just call it beauty of life I guess, it's the random shuffling of cards we are dealt with and I better make something good with it, I better try instead of whine.
I have never heard anyone say that in my entire life. Closest might be "put in the work and with a bit of luck you will succeed" I guess.
They hire escorts
Julian is a very palatable talented singer, their riffs are unique, and they put in the work with 6 albums, shows, and music videos.
Source? Or your opinion? I don't necessarily disagree with you but those are some bold (opinion) claims.
No matter how good your idea and flawless your execution are, there's always an American venture capitalist ready to throw $100 million at some local copycat that will hire 20x mediocre staff and will soon bury you by simply moving faster and making splashes. Meanwhile, you are trying to pitch the idea to local cash-strapped investors, and they will expect 51% stake for a 200k investment - I kid you not.
It's the way of the world, capitals compound and scale makes it easier to grow. It's has always been like that, regardless if what you call capital is family wealth and connections, access to selective educational opportunities, access to the largest national market in the world, girls from modeling agencies etc.
This without doubt influenced the decisions of venue owners to book them. Even if they were in on the ruse, who can afford to reject the well known "multiplier effect" 20-30 models would have for your venue?
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrokes/comments/j0v5gy/stumbled...
I was wrong.
Is This It? is one of the great soulful and original rock albums and you are denying yourself a great experience - as was I - with your suspicion and cynicism.
Comparing to r/depression, their subreddit rules are so strict about replies, that the only ones you see are "I feel you." Not allowed to analyze, try to help, etc. Likely for the better.
So in practice, I think this site does with hearts what r/depression does despite replies.
I wonder if it can have the virality without interaction, though. Or will it simply end up with posts being replies with quotes. I don't know the history of r/depression, if it grew before the rules, or with the strict rules.
Is there a way to reply to threads? Without replies I think you’ll see much less traction.
I think this forum would be more useful and forum-like if users who have experienced similar situations can give each other advice through a reply feature.
Though as others stated the tone of this all really is the key I think.
The site looks like a clean implementation of a simple idea, allowing someone to acknowledge a negative event, and by expressing in words and externalising, let it go
On the below post, I wonder what your thoughts are on this kind of interpretation of depression? Does it fit with your understanding and the above method? https://fragments.themanual.io/zonal-ban/
Romantic rejection is one of the most personal and emotional things most people will experience, and having a support network is important for moving on. But something goes haywire for some people given an infinite source of "support" online - unlike with real social connections, online strangers won't tire of you discussing your breakup, so you can do it probably forever, constantly freshening the pain, and peering into everyone elses story for insight on your own...and never move on.
they’re from a modeling agency. that’s what they do.
[edit] I wasn't saying I feel specifically bad for the models in this scenario, just for society at large, average kids who are set up to believe that fake humans and fake influencers are living the lives they want so desperately.
Of course we all tell ourselves that we're different/better/smarter based on the rate difference without noticing it is the exact same game and that the people on the paymaster side are the same as well.
Hello, this is called "work". If you think that looking impeccably good and appropriate takes no effort or no intellect, look at a mirror, and try that.
And then, aside from those who create and those who make things sits the marketing apparatus. The rent seekers and extractors and MBAs. You might consider them the paymaster side, but I just view them as unnecessary parasites. We don't all work for them... and when we do, some of us come to unique arrangements that maintain our creative control and our dignity.
Let's not pretend it isn't 99% genes when talking about models.