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  1. giveemhell giveemhell is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:48am)

    a) captain of industry
    b) rockstar
    c) pro athlete

    assuming all else is equal, or if you have a vision of what they should live like,

    which would you choose right now, and why?
    Edited By: giveemhell Sep 7th, 2010 at 06:49 AM
  2. Lameass_ Lameass_ is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:49am) in reply to giveemhell

    a. i would HATE being famous sooooooooooooooooo bad.
  3. marinersheep marinersheep is offline This is stupid.

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:50am) in reply to Lameass_

    rock star baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarely over pro athlete
     
  4. LiLWebbie LiLWebbie is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:51am) in reply to marinersheep

    Really tough choice and you could make a case for all 3 but every boy growing up wanted to win a superbowl or world series so im gonna go with C. Still allows you to make a ton of money and fuck tons of bitches.
  5. Steve Murkle Steve Murkle is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:51am) in reply to marinersheep

    100% pro athlete.... but they always get caught
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  6. giveemhell giveemhell is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:51am) in reply to Steve Murkle

    you can be at the top of your game, but still be relatively out of the spotlight if you tried. just dont flame out like TO or get caught up like Tiger. I'm interested in hearing how you would live that role
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  7. SyphonSoul SyphonSoul is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:52am) in reply to giveemhell

    depends on the athlete. nba baller, ill take that all day.
     
  8. giveemhell giveemhell is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:53am) in reply to SyphonSoul

    i would go with captain of industry. business and government people rule. they sponsor your concerts and championship games. they own skyboxes and can have any singer at their daughter's wedding.
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  9. warden warden is online now

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:54am) in reply to giveemhell

    A
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  10. Niceguy Niceguy is offline I will find you.

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:56am) in reply to warden

    A and it's not close.

    If you love sports that much, buy a team.
  11. LiLWebbie LiLWebbie is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:59am) in reply to Niceguy

    Owning a team would be awesome but theres something about being on the field i think and actually playing hearing everyone chant your name or MVP ect. they dont do that shit for the owner
  12. jcpeace jcpeace is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:00am) in reply to giveemhell

     
    Originally Posted by giveemhell View Post

    a) captain of industry

    Only because you can maintain a certain level of anonymity from the general public OBV unlike the other two options. Also, I think over the long run, they produce greater wealth (hourly rate), as aggregate, than the typical rockstar/athlete (obv not including the David Bowies or Rolling Stones of the world).
  13. acp acp is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:00am) in reply to jcpeace

    D) Chuck Norris

    Because Chuck Norris is already all 3 and you get to be Chuck fkn Norris!
  14. Admiral Admiral is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:00am) in reply to acp

    Captain of Industry>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rockstar (producer/DJ in my case)>Pro athlete
  15. marinersheep marinersheep is offline This is stupid.

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:00am) in reply to SyphonSoul

     
    Originally Posted by SyphonSoul View Post

    depends on the athlete. nba baller, ill take that all day.

    Wouldn't want to be an NBA baller because your career will span < 20 years, plus you're not guaranteed glory. The term rock "star" implies glory, and you will have longevity and the ability to do what you love for much greater than 20 years. I love competition and sports, but I know how it feels to be talented and competitive. I don't know what it feels like to be a talented musician, playing for thousands of fans, doing what you love. To be able to express your feeling and soul into song would be pretty fucking sweet. That said, it might be really cool to be a PGA Tour golfer, so IDK. A lot of pros and cons for each. I've thought about this question before, and rock star just edges out athlete by the thinnest of margins.
     
  16. zander zander is offline anomaly in his crotch

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:39am) in reply to marinersheep

    A tends to make the most money of the three, avoid being constantly hounded by the papanazis, not OD on coke, and not go bankrupt before the money takes care of entire generations of the family. Captain of industry and I don't think it's really all that close. Buy a team, send yourself up into outer space, etc, and do it without people constantly following you around and demanding every second of your time whilst constantly looking for an indiscretion they can put on YouTube.
  17. FenwayKing FenwayKing is offline The Well: FenwayKing

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:42am) in reply to zander

    A>C>B

    but I would want to be hella famous too
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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:47am) in reply to FenwayKing

    see Im the same, Ideally I would be Sir Richard Branson but I would probably give anything to play my music in front of 15,000-100,000 people every night.
  19. CamelFan.420 CamelFan.420 is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:56am) in reply to Admiral

    C) Centerfielder or right winger/defenseman. Next best thing to flying imo, and Ive always wanted to fly like superman.
  20. gutbirdxx gutbirdxx is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 3:00pm) in reply to CamelFan.420

    I love sports but it's Rock Star for me
  21. Unforseen Unforseen is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 3:18pm) in reply to gutbirdxx

    a and its not even close
  22. giveemhell giveemhell is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 3:52pm) in reply to Unforseen

    agrii with zander
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  23. eliterummy eliterummy is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 3:57pm) in reply to giveemhell

    rockstar = unlimited vjj
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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 3:58pm) in reply to zander

     
    Originally Posted by zander View Post

    A tends to make the most money of the three, avoid being constantly hounded by the papanazis, not OD on coke, and not go bankrupt before the money takes care of entire generations of the family. Captain of industry and I don't think it's really all that close. Buy a team, send yourself up into outer space, etc, and do it without people constantly following you around and demanding every second of your time whilst constantly looking for an indiscretion they can put on YouTube.


    Easily this for me.

    I mean hell you could buy a team and put yourself in whatever position you wanted if you wanted to live out some childhood dream.
  25. FouTight FouTight is offline international super spy

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 4:04pm) in reply to JackimusPrime

    Athlete, RockStar, Captain.
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  26. joeykukzMSU joeykukzMSU is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 4:18pm) in reply to eliterummy

     
    Originally Posted by eliterummy View Post

    captain of industy = unlimited PREMIUM vjj

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 6:40pm) in reply to FenwayKing

     
    Originally Posted by FenwayKing View Post

    A>C>B

    but I would want to be hella famous too

    exactly this
  28. MFT77 MFT77 is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:06pm) in reply to AbnormalQ

    pro hockey player for sure.

    love hockey since i was a kid, and to make $$ playing the sport would be awesome.

    btw, just finished playing in a slopitch tourney and ex pro-hockey player Richard Matvichuk was playing on the team. had some pretty cool stories.
  29. Superleggera Superleggera is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:09pm) in reply to MFT77

    A for reasons others have posted
  30. Z-Fresh Z-Fresh is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2010 (9/7/2010 7:09pm) in reply to MFT77

    Rock Star. If you fuck up regarding drugs or infidelity as the other 2 a shit storm follows. It's expected when you're a rock star.
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