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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
I think I hit it spot on.
He was referring to celebrities who go bankrupt, and then get a $30M movie deal, and BAM they're back.....and how that's meaningless to the average Joe who loses his job.
I put out a list of people, most of whom were average Joes at one time, most of whom built something from nothing and became successful. How can the average Joe not relate to that?
There were a couple of average Joes who were cartoonists for Disney. They got fired. At the time Disney was the only company in the country really that employed cartoonists.
Their names were Hanna and Barbera.
I'm pretty sure you can figure out the rest of that story.
I'm just saying that average joe or celebrity, anyone can start over. That's what America is all about.  |
Again, that misses Fletch's point entirely.
He's talking about average joes who never became financially successful and probably never will because they're average. It's different for them losing everything than it is for somebody with average means but above average skill who becomes successful, loses money, and is able to recoup. Apples and oranges.