You Can't Eat Prestige

Overhype

from the dumb-arguments dept

Tue, Apr 12th 2011 1:39pm — Nina Paley

Mimi & Eunice summarize the latest Huffington Post drama.

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Filed Under: jonathan tasini, lawsuit, prestige
Companies: huffington post

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Greevar (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 1:50pm

Mmmm
Abstract concepts... delicious! Pass the ketchup!
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WDS (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 1:58pm

Cuts to the chase
Nina as usual, says more in 3 panels than many say in pages.
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Anonymous American, 12 Apr 2011 @ 2:16pm

Corroloary
Money can't buy happiness.

Neither can poverty.
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Skeptical Cynic (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 2:19pm

It tastes like AOL products
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ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 3:12pm

Re: Cuts to the chase
I'm constantly amazed at how she can distill a point to three sentences.
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Anonymous Coward, 12 Apr 2011 @ 4:51pm

Re: Re: Cuts to the chase
She trivialized a point in three sentences by creating a false dilemma between obscurity and prestige. In reality you can trade some quantity on that continuum for money depending on a plethora of factors too many and complex to trivialize.
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Anonymous Coward, 12 Apr 2011 @ 5:02pm

this one i don't get
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ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 5:13pm

Re: Re: Re: Cuts to the chase
How is obscurity vs. prestige a false dilemma?

Are you saying she should have included infamy? 'Cause you can't eat that either.
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xenomancer (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 7:32pm

Re: Corroloary
... but money CAN rent it!

:-)
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FUDbuster (profile), 13 Apr 2011 @ 12:51am

Re:
This might be the first one I actually do get.
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