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May 18, 2009

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Rachel Keslensky - Last Res0rt

15 years ago

… Yup. That’s about right.

Brad Heintz

15 years ago

If you made a print of this, I’d buy.

Chris Rakowski

15 years ago

Brilliant

Ian D Smith

15 years ago

You do use such unemotional words – luv it!
I was thinking “tarts” then it would look like a cherry on top.

Ben Atlas

15 years ago

Where are the whores? In the tip of the pyramid?

gary kopervas

15 years ago

Great insight, Hugh. Can we expand the description of rocks stars at the top of the pyramid to include American Idols and Idol Wannabe’s? For every Paul Potts or Susan Boyle is a karaoke whore in waiting.

Deanna McNeil

15 years ago

Really? If you are not a rockstar you are just a wannabe and a whore? I support rock stars and have no shame in that.

Jonathan

15 years ago

My appreciation for the concept is tempered only by that errant apostrophe.

Xeb

15 years ago

True dat…

carrie

15 years ago

this one makes me contemplate removing your widget from my blog. i used to think you had a sense of humor, now i think you just want to insult people.

Bruce Lynn

15 years ago

Great illustration of Malcolm Gladwell’s concept of ‘tournament’ economic motivation outlined so effectively in his Freakanomics chapter ‘Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms’.

Elijah Few

15 years ago

I think it`s time to draw a line in the sand dude, between the sort of low-brow, unintellectual, cheap, rock star BULLSHIT peddled by the likes of mass media WHORE-mongers to the genuine god given gifts of visionaries, performers and those who have a message and a wish to change the world – whether there be recrimination, rewards, RESURRECTION, fire, persecution, loneliness-death in obscurity or a bullet in the back …
There is a big difference between those who seek only to divulge their weak interests for self indulgence and those who seek only to communicate with HONESTY and TRUTH.
…the American Dream is a fist full of shining stars crushed… the burning corpse of government wrapped in dirty flags and battle banners lost somewhere upon a bloody beach strewn with the wrecks and martyrs of history…

Rob

15 years ago

“Great insight”? “Brilliant”?
Genuinely? I like some of Hugh’s cartoons, but come on. You don’t have to climb *all* the way up his ass.
And the rogue apostrophe doesn’t help.

pax north

15 years ago

Good lord, I liked Hugh`s shit better when all he did was `insult` people…Hugh, we love the rah rah diy live the dream rock rock on, but please don`t ever lose the snide.

gary kopervas

15 years ago

Rob called me out, and he’s right. I was a little
too quick with the “great insight” in my earlier post. It was a “clever” insight with a smartass payoff. Guess I’m a sucker for pyramid diagrams and smartass payoffs. Still not a fan of floating apostrophes.

15 years ago

This is a pyramid of whores. Nowhere is “everyone” indicated. Rather: most whores don’t get out of selling themselves quite what they were expecting.

TCC

15 years ago

Unreal haha… I love it!

Thomas

15 years ago

Hugh
That Apostrophe must go.

Editor

hugh macleod

15 years ago

Hey Thomas,
Yeah, I took care of the apostrophe. Killed it! Ha!

Christina Tierney

15 years ago

Gosh…I’m swimming as fast as I can to get to the top of the pyramid…I sure don’t want to tread water with the wannabes 😉

Berry

15 years ago

So first I spend half an hour looking for the apostrophe.
Then I see JM has it right.
It’s about those whores who have become rock stars and those who have not…

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