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love the booger picker!!
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Perrone... did you stay up until 2 AM again?
Back From The Dead Thread!!
love the booger picker!!
hahahaha
Perrone... did you stay up until 2 AM again?
BFTDT
Back From The Dead Thread!!
love the booger picker!!
hahahaha
Perrone... did you stay up until 2 AM again?
Too many people to reply to so I'll just give a general reply
No I don't want to be famous. It doesn't matter if I spent the next 10 years in acting school, some us of just don't have the talent. Who's to say these people should get paid so much for their particular talent when the best teachers in America take home 30k a year? I don't want to be like these people and be in the spotlight all of the time I'm just pointing out the fact that it's screwed up that it works out this way.
I understand that it is America but some of you are wrong. EVERYONE does not have the chance to make millions in life. If we did then wouldn't we all take advantage of that chance and be out there making millions? You all know that if someone came to you and offered you a job paying a million dollars a year you'd take it, but whether this is America or not that just doesn't happen does it? You can sit here all day long an say "It's not all about money" but you know it kinda is. People who make $200,000 a year are most likely more happy than people who make $30,000 a year. Why? Because they have the stuff they want. I don't know, maybe I'm just looking at it all the wrong way.
That's a fantastic avatar. Haha. I just started watching Dexter not long ago. Watched the first two seasons on Netflix on the xbox. Now I've gotta start getting them mailed..
Teachers, and low wage jobs in general, are low wage because the public generally doesn't value those jobs as much. People complain about taxes (which pay the teachers, police, etc), but then pay exorbitant amounts of money to go to concerts, sports, or the movies.
Is it ridiculous? yes. Is it unfair? No. Do I want the .gov meddling with it? Absofreakinlutely not!
I'm happy at my income (closer to $30k than $200k), because money don't buy happiness. But it could lower my stress level when unexpected expenses come up.
And then I think... if I was making $10mil a year, I'd end up in jail for shooting some paparazzi person with a camera for trying to catch me and my wife in bed on film.
And as much as another $10-20k /yr would make life easier on my blood pressure, I'm sure those actors are thinking, "Man, another $10-20mil would be great, so I could pay off this house."
But on the whole, I agree with you. I don't get the entertainment craze. I've never been to a pro sporting event, period. Only non-free concert I've ever been to was Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and I very infrequently go to the movies.
I think if you do what you love the money will eventually follow, I hated my job for 14 years until one morning I woke up and decided I was going to go back to school. Now I can make in one day what it used to take me a week in my old job and I'm a happy sumbich. I honestly dont think I'll work another day for the rest of my life it's like my hobby pays me.
Money can't buy hapiness, but it can put you in a better bargaining position.
Teachers, and low wage jobs in general, are low wage because the public generally doesn't value those jobs as much.
+1 - truer words have never been spoken. A teach has a very important job, but celebrities generally are paid that much due to the amount of money they bring in for their businesses. TV celebs make money through the advertising sold during their programs. Pro Athletes bring in revenue for the team and league through advertising, licensing agreements, etc. College Athletes get their scholarships based on the revenue the school brings in via advertising, licensing agreements, etc.. (in fact they bring in far more money for non-athletic programs than they spend in general, non-athletic funds - the big sports are way beyond self-supporting).
I don't fault anyone who tries to chase some cheddar by these means.
IN other words, don't hate the player, hate the game
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