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[Crushed Hope]

Life is life for everyone, hardships are hardships for everyone.

Wether or not a person is suffering the loss of a pet, their second failed marriage, a friend betraying their darkest secret, living paycheck to paycheck meeting the bare minimum of living, trying to feed yourself while living on the streets, or dealing with the local village plague ...

Hardships are hardships. The level of them does not excuse that everyone goes through them and that they are hard for everyone to get through them.

Everyone thusly has the right to "complain" about them.

[Brian The Pink Shark]

does The Road by Tenacious D count as a song lamenting being a rock star?

[theundeadhero]

Having a lot of money makes an easy fix for a lot of things though.

Really.

Actor A is from Kansas. She's would really like to visit home, but she's been in Brazil filming a new movie for the past month. They'll be there another month. How does money fix that?

Rockstar A is sad because all the girls just want his money instead of a real relationship. How does money fix that?

Actor B just wants somebody close to them to have a good conversation with. He doesn't know anybody very well and is stuck going without. How does money fix that?

Rockstar B is being forced by her record company to use the mixes of her songs they like best, even though she prefers others. They have a set album name in mind that she isn't too crazy about. They own creative control so she doesn't have a choice and is frustrated about it. How does money fix that?


This isn't about famous people whining to the media about what's wrong. It's about famous people having things wrong in general and regular people blowing it off. Noones asking them to do anything about it in the first place.

[Martyr]

Originally Posted by theundeadhero ^

Having a lot of money makes an easy fix for a lot of things though.

Really.

Actor A is from Kansas. She's would really like to visit home, but she's been in Brazil filming a new movie for the past month. They'll be there another month. How does money fix that?

Rockstar A is sad because all the girls just want his money instead of a real relationship. How does money fix that?

Actor B just wants somebody close to them to have a good conversation with. He doesn't know anybody very well and is stuck going without. How does money fix that?

Rockstar B is being forced by her record company to use the mixes of her songs they like best, even though she prefers others. They have a set album name in mind that she isn't too crazy about. They own creative control so she doesn't have a choice and is frustrated about it. How does money fix that?


This isn't about famous people whining to the media about what's wrong. It's about famous people having things wrong in general and regular people blowing it off. Noones asking them to do anything about it in the first place.

I said money solves a lot of problems.
Not all problems. Obviously.

All the problems you present are problems that ANYBODY can get. And anybody who isn't rich will most likely have money problems on top of other problems.
Therefore: Rich people got it better than us.

And if they feel the need to whine about their problems, they may.

But nobody's ever done ANYTHING but blow off my problems unless, lo and behold, I can provide cash.

And when cash doesn't solve my problems, I have no choice but to be blown off. Until those actors can do something for me other than charge me money for their services, I can't do anything for them but pay them. I don't know what the heck else they want or why they deserve it or whatever.

[Resha]

Yeah, I reckon they do. Just you look at people like Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe. I mean...not sure if you were meaning contemporary celebrities or not. But there's some things that are never easy, and imagine having to live a life in the spotlight, with so much pressure on you and expectations of you. No matter if you have wealth -- that's not going to save your sanity.

[Noctiluca]

Even though they have many benefits to their job, I can see where they're coming from. I don't think famous people bring it upon themselves necessarily... I mean, just because someone can act or write music doesn't mean they deserve to be bombarded by photographs and mobs everywhere they go. The public acts like celebrities are gods and it's ridiculous.

So I would probably be upset too. I don't care how much money you have, living with the frustrations that would accompany fame are gonna build up in anybody. People are kinda whiny no matter what, really...I mean no matter how good your life is, your day to day frustrations make you complain...And I don't think humans are built to handle that amount of attention all the time. That's what I think anyway.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Unless your born into it, it can be assumed that a celebrity will have led a "normal" life with all it's up and downs. Let's also not forget that just because you are famous doesn't mean that you're not still human and as vulnerable to anxiety, fear and stress.

[God]

If money and fame are a problem, you can give the money away and stop acting and/or singing. No one is forcing anyone else to be a celebrity (for the most part).

I would say I have no sympathy, but that would require me to care enough to actually decide one way or another whether to feel sympathy. Celebrities are normal in that their problems mean nothing more to me than anyone else's problems. Unless the celebrity is my dad or my girlfriend or someone else in my life, why should it matter to me? Or to anyone?