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    Dannyboy's Vlogs

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    I like your accent. I've watched only the first one but have planned to watch the rest. I think it takes a lot of practise to learn how to do these well. While you want to just be natural and talk to the camera naturally for however long -- I suggest you edit. Edit it down to 4 mins or less unless you feel it *needs* more time. That's what I think.

     

    Knowing 2 Danish people -- I find their accent is pretty charming / sexy. I've no idea why native Danes don't like it!

     

    Thanks! :) Editing really would "shape up" the vlogs, but I fear the added effort would make me tire of vlogging far too quickly. It still remains a small side venue for me to express myself a bit without requiring too much effort. If it takes off and I become more invested in it, I might do more with the concept, but for now I think it'll stay as it is.

     

    I have toyed with the idea of getting an actual camera to bring along for special N-Europe Meet vlogging, though. :)

     

    Also, I'm curious to know if we're talking about the same Danish accent, because I have trouble fathoming the idea that it could be sexy! :p I have read the same in an article about Denmark as seen by tourists, but it didn't specify if it was the natural Danish accent or our English skills in general (most Danes speak Danish rather well).

     

    And now for today's short and disjointed vlog:

     

    bad stuff thread.

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    The only solution is to shave your beard into the shape of her name.

     

    EDIT: Hmmm, this post would have made sense on page 174. For some reason I didn't end up on the latest page when I clicked. CONTEXT!

     

    The advice is appreciated none the less. :p

    Six things rich people say

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    Is it too much to ask that the entire article first be read before judgement is made? Cracked is a humour site, first and foremost, and their writing will reflect that, but the points he makes are very clearly non-generalising. This brings my mind back to the debate about humour, about how it's important to focus on the actual opinion behind it and not the joke/humourous wrapping itself. It's content vs form again.

    Six things rich people say

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    What I hate are generalisations. Lumping all rich people together like that is not on at all.

     

    These sorts of generalisations are what ruin lives

     

    Again, please note that he does not lump all rich people together. At all. One of the six points specifically explains why it isn't about jealousy of the rich and how it's not an attack on rich people in general - but I quite frankly think that's obvious from the entire article, so I'm a bit mystified when people claim that's what he's doing.

    good stuff thread.

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    I finally finished an assignment due today that I've been working on all night because I was a lazy bastard who didn't get started in proper time. The quality of the finished product made me consider putting this in the bad stuff thread, but it's not graded, and I'm just so darn glad to be done with it, so in here it went. :heh:

    Six things rich people say

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    I fail to see why you believe in the article's story so much then.

     

    As much as it makes me feel sick to say this, I agree with Charlie, mostly.

     

    The Cracked article? Why wouldn't I? It highlights exactly why this isn't just about jealousy and why the arguments often heard from rich arseholes are flawed.

    Six things rich people say

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    Lack of skills, lack of finances, lack of a market where a small business has a chance in hell of ever being successful unless it gets very lucky. Everyone can become successful in theory, but realistically very few even get the chance, yet people berate the unsuccessful and claim it's their own fault.

    Six things rich people say

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    Far from everyone is capable of setting up their own businesses. True, some are just complaining and not trying to do anything about it, but the point here is that the idea that everyone could become successful if they wanted is bullshit.

     

    Besides, this isn't about complaining about rich people being too rich (at least not for me). There are numerous elements to this, but jealousy is not one of them, nor is thirst for persecution.

    Six things rich people say

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    Really? Where?

     

    Right here:

     

    What I think is that all entrepreneurs have something in common; a willingness to undertake risk. Yes, there's obviously a degree of luck but I think the major factor is a willingness to try.

     

    Obviously risk-taking is part of it, but I think you're overestimating the skill and perseverance involved and hugely underestimating the luck.

     

    Here's the article by George Monbiot from which the earlier quote is taken. He cites some interesting finds, which, while they do seem a bit extreme, reflect what I have long suspected to be true: that financial success today is mostly about luck and coincidence.

     

    And not only that; you can't put everything down to luck. Would you say that Alan Sugar 'lucked out' because he managed to find someone to sell his products to on his first ever day selling on the street? He worked bloody hard to sell his products. If you start calling things like that luck then there's no stopping it.

     

    The concept of 'luck' is something that a lot of people fall back on when things aren't going their way. Is a player hitting the crossbar and the ball flying out of play in football unlucky? No - he didn't strike it correctly and it didn't hit the target. No luck involved. If he hit a better shot then it would've gone in.

     

    I'm not putting everything down to luck, obviously. I'm not saying you don't need skills and perseverance, I'm saying you need a lot of luck in addition to those things to be successful. Which is why I can't stand it when success and wealth becomes the gauge on which your worth is measured, and when people look down on poor people and claim it's their own fault for not trying hard enough.

    Six things rich people say

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    Putting every rich person in the same category? Did you even read the article? He's clearly not hating on rich people, only the arrogant arseholes.

     

    You're expressing the same "you're your own luck's smith" mentality that I really can't stand. To some degree you're right, obviously, but it's extremely arrogant to assume that there's not a fuckton of luck involved in financial success - if nowhere else, then in the simple fact that you were born in a part of the world where it's even possible. George Monbiot said it best: "If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire."

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