Money or fame?

[Adron]

Falcon, read: Money or fame?

If you have one, then you also have the other.

That's not true. Lots of people have fame but not money. Not sure of a good example right now.. Perhaps Mike Tyson? Or Ted Bundy?

If you have money, you can probably get fame if you like, but having fame there's no guarantee that you can get money for it.

[muert0]

Mike Tyson doesn't have money?

Heh, nevermind I found this while looking to see if he was broke. I don't really watch the news though. It's kinda sad that he made an average of $10 million dollars a fight and he's broke now...

That is only slightly better than the average purse Tyson has drawn in Nevada. According to athletic commission records, Tyson has earned $169.55 million in 16 fights in the state since 1986. That's an average of $10.6 million per fight.

http://www.happinessonline.org/MoralCode/RoleModel/p6.htm

[j0k3r]

If you have money, you can probably get fame if you like, but having fame there's no guarantee that you can get money for it.

People like to see Famous People, so companys will pay famous people to star in their commercials or be spokespeople for them.

[Adron]

If you have money, you can probably get fame if you like, but having fame there's no guarantee that you can get money for it.

People like to see Famous People, so companys will pay famous people to star in their commercials or be spokespeople for them.

There's absolutely no guarantee for that. Look at the examples I mentioned, as far as I know, not wealthy people.

[Yoni]

A huge penis - 12-15 inches

Money or fame?
True.

You both rock <3

[UserLoser.]

Money.  And I'd use it to get fame!

[j0k3r]

There's absolutely no guarantee for that. Look at the examples I mentioned, as far as I know, not wealthy people.

I see no examples. If you're talking about money = fame that's not necessarily true either, depending on your definition of money and fame. You have to be among the top 50 richest people to get recognized just for being rich.

[Adron]

There's absolutely no guarantee for that. Look at the examples I mentioned, as far as I know, not wealthy people.

I see no examples. If you're talking about money = fame that's not necessarily true either, depending on your definition of money and fame. You have to be among the top 50 richest people to get recognized just for being rich.

I'm talking about "Mike Tyson" and "Ted Bundy", whom I mentioned as examples of famous (or infamous) people lacking "lots of money".

[iago]

I didn't invent that joke:

[14:31:44] Ron: Is there a good public Biginteger, or did you guys write your own?
[14:32:30] Yoni @ ALSA!: yes, there is a good public biginteger, or us guys wrote our own

[j0k3r]

Ah, well you're picking on the few individuals who mess it up for themselves. There are always exceptions, just because you have money doens't mean you can get fame. I can't give any examples, because then my examples would be wrong

[Adron]

Ah, well you're picking on the few individuals who mess it up for themselves. There are always exceptions, just because you have money doens't mean you can get fame. I can't give any examples, because then my examples would be wrong

Haha, well, you're not convincing me

I think anyone that has money can buy fame, but fame doesn't always sell. Particularly, a lot of our female athletes are pretty well known, yet don't get loads of money for their trouble.

[iago]

Ah, well you're picking on the few individuals who mess it up for themselves. There are always exceptions, just because you have money doens't mean you can get fame. I can't give any examples, because then my examples would be wrong

Haha, well, you're not convincing me

I think anyone that has money can buy fame, but fame doesn't always sell. Particularly, a lot of our female athletes are pretty well known, yet don't get loads of money for their trouble.

And the ones that do are called "sell outs"

To use the "Board Game of Life" ratings, there are 3 things: fame, fortune, and happiness.  Personally, I prefer happiness over the others.  Right now I don't have enough money (enough to live off of and buy neat stuff), I'm not that famous (just within my group of friends, on and offline), and I'm very happy (life is good).  So I think that's the most important thing.

[hismajesty]

Money. I'd use it to get stuff, and fame.

[Grok]

Who the hell wants fame?  Not even famous people want it.  They want the money, and despise the publicity.

[Newby]

Who the hell wants fame?

Exactly my words. I was thinking "Who the hell would waste money for publicity? They'll fake stories about you, invade your privacy, all so they can get promoted at their jobs.". :/