Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Vinylshadow]

Now to hammer out a plotline:

"If you were from where I was from, you'd understand why I'm black and white"



Aye, people that actually WORK for their wealth instead of having it handed to them *coughcelebritiesatheletes* are usually better people overall...

[Scyto Harmony]

Now to hammer out a plotline:

"If you were from where I was from, you'd understand why I'm black and white"



Aye, people that actually WORK for their wealth instead of having it handed to them *coughcelebritiesatheletes* are usually better people overall...

How do Celebrities and Athlete's not work for their wealth?

[Guest]

How do Celebrities and Athlete's not work for their wealth?

Celebrity is a pretty broad term, I wouldn't consider the way some celebrities have gotten their wealth and fame hard work. Mostly because I don't consider sex tapes hard work.

[Harmony Ltd.]

well, it's "hard" work of some sort

[OneMoreDaySK]

Slightly confused.  Celebrity is a job?  Thought it was just a consequence of being well known and popular with a subset of people.

[Frost]

Aaaaand they've spotted a 'suspicious' 5-ton truck around the El Paso area, one possibly used in other attempts to gain access to DoD facilities, driven by a long-bearded man in black clothing. 

MP's and civilian LE personnel are now in ballistic armor and using long arms and squad-size elements.

[Guest]

Shit, be safe frost.

[Scyto Harmony]

How do Celebrities and Athlete's not work for their wealth?

Celebrity is a pretty broad term, I wouldn't consider the way some celebrities have gotten their wealth and fame hard work. Mostly because I don't consider sex tapes hard work.

Point taken, I was thinking he meant Actors.

[OneMoreDaySK]

...
Stay... Frosty.
*quickly runs away*

But seriously, stay safe.

[Scyto Harmony]

And yeah, be careful Frost.

[Tytan]

Be safe Frost.

Remember that warning shots can easily be wounding shots!

And don't forget to drink the blood of your enemies!

[JadedPony]

We are functioning in what is less than politely referred to as a "Whale Economy." So few people have money to spend that everyone is competing for that money and to win the game you have to do crazier and crazier things to get attention so people will throw money at you.

See: Both American political Parties.  

The whale economy also applies to celebrity and fame. People have to be more and more scandalous to get the attention of major news and media. That's why movie studios started making new movies with relatively unknown actors. They can pay them less. The "Big name" actors demand so much from the whales they are only worth using in very low risk properties that are practically guaranteed to make money like TMNT, Transformers, and Batman Vs Spandex Man. 

The same whale economy holds true for everything, housing, cars, your children's education, it's all shifting towards those few individuals with more and more money and leaving most people behind.   

This video was done a couple years ago, it shows just how bad the wealth inequality is, and it's only gotten worse since then. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

[Vinylshadow]

Stay chill, bra

or whatever cool kids are saying nowadays

Edit: Cool kids

haha...haa...ha...

*drinks cyanide*

[Guest]

Yup, stay safe out there.

[Vinylshadow]

Fanfiction:

Hm...that looks interesting, first two chapters amused me; should've combined them though

[O. Hinds]

Aaaaand they've spotted a 'suspicious' 5-ton truck around the El Paso area, one possibly used in other attempts to gain access to DoD facilities, driven by a long-bearded man in black clothing. 

MP's and civilian LE personnel are now in ballistic armor and using long arms and squad-size elements.

Oh my. Good luck.

[Guest]

Slightly confused.  Celebrity is a job?  Thought it was just a consequence of being well known and popular with a subset of people.

Becoming a celebrity can be the result of a job, or if you become a celebrity you can get a job through your fame. I don't know, it kinda depends.

In some cases I'd say yes. What would you call some of the people that get youtube money through terrible music or other viral videos on the site? In that enviroment fame (views) can be directly converted to wealth. I don't mean critics or let's players they're critics and what I'd call internet personalities, I mean someone who did something one time and got a good deal of money out of it. Like enough to live off of for a while.

Just as an example let's say some guy jumped onto the end of a rake and the video got millions of views and he activated ads at the right time so he makes enough money to live off of for let's say a year. For that year that he's living off of that money what would you say his job is?

[Vinylshadow]

Being a second-rate comedian?

[Caoimhe]

Hey, dorks! Are pony askblogs still a popular thing? I just read through all of Firestarter Spitfire the other day because CaptainHoers is awesome. I loved the emotion and personality of the character (even though the story was a little disjointed) and was wondering if there's any other pony blogs/comics that hold that level of depth. Not really into the grimdark levels of LMR or anything though, but what sold me on FirestarterSpitfire was the spastic bipolarnessness, almost like BJ. More stuff like that would be coooool.

[Scienza]

Stay safe, Frost. We need you to help us keep up our snark quotient or the overseer'll have our asses.

@JobsandCelebs
We live in a magical world of new science-fiction jobs with spiffy Orwellian names like "Community Imagination Editor". Personally, I'm crossing my fingers for "Theoretical Futurist".

[Katarn]

Yup, there are plenty of ask blogs for different tastes and they still popular.

[Guest]

I wanna recommend scissortwi so bad, but I know it doesn't meet any of those requirements.

[Frost]

Jesus shithumping Buttchrist.

I would rather be struck by actual lightning than sit through another 'lightning safety brief'. 

If I am in an organization where puppets in little cars are actually required to get the (redundant and obvious) point across, I might as well just save everyone time and get shot now.

[Frost]

No, Fat Civilian #7, your joke is not funny. Yes, there are vehicle accidents and animal incidents. Comes in the course of 'actual work'. You wouldn't understand, as you spend our 30-45-day training exercise on your ass. Hearing you drone on about the dangers of being mauled by a herd of Oryx on the range only wants me to ride the damn things.

[Frost]

In other news, I need this

[Stringtheory]

In other news, I need this

Oh right, the Airforce, Marines, and the Army don't get along do they?

[Ironmonger]

I won't be around much tomorrow or Saturday, because I'll be going to Kentucky to hang out with one of my older brothers. We'll be shooting off a bunch of guns, like the Nagant and the Dragunov, and it'll be the first time I've used a firearm in 4-5 years. Do the other gun-guys have some shooting tips for me? My brother tends to yell when people show ignorance, and I'd rather that not happen.

[Frost]

It's a sign of respect to point your weapon directly at who you're talking to

[Frost]

Seriously, though This is designed for people who've never touched a weapon before.

[Zolaheuzis]

Hey, dorks! Are pony askblogs still a popular thing? I just read through all of Firestarter Spitfire the other day because CaptainHoers is awesome. I loved the emotion and personality of the character (even though the story was a little disjointed) and was wondering if there's any other pony blogs/comics that hold that level of depth. Not really into the grimdark levels of LMR or anything though, but what sold me on FirestarterSpitfire was the spastic bipolarnessness, almost like BJ. More stuff like that would be coooool.

Well I follow http://lovestruck-derpy.tumblr.com/ and http://askdiscordwhooves.tumblr.com/ check them out if you want.

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