Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make?

Re:Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? by charlesdm on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:00PM (#17340258)

So what? Some people are smarter than others, some are better looking, some have a bit of both. Some grow up in wealthy families and others in poor families.

You get dealt a hand, and you play with it. You can be good looking and do horrible in life. You can be not good looking and become immensely wealthy. It doesn't matter.

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Re:Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? by doubledad222 on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:38PM (#17340571)

> It doesn't matter.

It doesn't pre-determine your outcome.

It does matter, in that it helps to start out wealthy or smarter or better looking than your competition.

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Re:Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? by collyw on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:00PM (#17341211)

I think what he means is you shouldn't dwell on it. Make the best of what you do have and don't play the victim.

Have you even met anyone successful who whined about how disadvantaged they were? Or do they tell you what they did to overcome the odds onstead?

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Re:Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? by rosser on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:06PM (#17341697)

Survivorship bias.

Just because people can beat stacked decks doesn't make stacked decks okay.

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Re:Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? by charlesdm on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:29AM (#17355710)

Yes, genetics are a stacked deck. Aside from somehow modifying genes or picking a partner with wanted traits (intelligence, good looks, etc), there isn't really much you can do about it for now is there?

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Re:Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? by matz1 on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:43PM (#17341543)

And there bound to be some people who are worse in everything. Suck to be these people.

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