tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post8394511649595739619..comments2024-03-22T00:35:19.082-07:00Comments on Casual Kitchen: "The Piles of Cash Were Fake"Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-5614773868316820652016-04-11T21:57:29.754-07:002016-04-11T21:57:29.754-07:00Sadly, there's a lot more money to be made by ...Sadly, there's a lot more money to be made by *separating* people from their money than from teaching people how to hang onto it.<br /><br />DK Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-74049979631475020602016-04-11T19:18:38.381-07:002016-04-11T19:18:38.381-07:00Well I can't help but suspect that the court w...Well I can't help but suspect that the court was predisposed against Mr. 50. He is not the type of person that our court system treats as "innocent until proven guilty."<br /><br />Honestly, you would think by now that there would be a better body of law, and a better big-picture approach to same, concerning poorly-advised artists and athletes. The financial messes are legendary. Some intelligent law firm out there could clean up by developing a special practice for celebrity finance.chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-13952085404466112202016-04-10T16:06:11.074-07:002016-04-10T16:06:11.074-07:00This is a great comment Chacha, thank you. And tha...This is a great comment Chacha, thank you. And thanks for pointing out the irony of the *bankruptcy court* falling for the same act of branding... in their own way. Well put. <br /><br />DKDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-45203117075960378322016-04-09T08:23:53.153-07:002016-04-09T08:23:53.153-07:00I had not heard of this particular "controver...I had not heard of this particular "controversy" but it seems to be rooted in the same fallacy that most internet "controversies" are: that what we see should be taken at face value. There are people who throw a fit at the idea that photos in design magazines like Apartment Therapy are staged, or at the idea that photos of models in Sports Illustrated are retouched.<br /><br />I don't think the Internet has necessarily made people dumber, but I do think it has opened a divide between people who respond best to verbal stimuli and people who respond best to visual stimuli. That is, between people who read, and comprehend what they are reading, on one side and people who don't. People who read tend to be better at grasping subtext and context.<br /><br />Pop music of all genres is, and has been for at least fifty years, a predominantly image-driven medium. Any successful pop musician succeeds at least in part on the character s/he creates, and the consistency with which the character is presented through the music and through the associated images. Artists who change their "character" often lose their audience.<br /><br />It's a little disappointing that a bankruptcy court should have been quite so quick to jump on the "it's in a picture so it must be true" bandwagon.<br /><br />I don't think I am guilty of much "status" consumption. :-) And I think I have only posted about five personal photos on FB. Sufficiently few, anyway, that when I changed my hair nobody knew until they saw me in person.chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.com