Post: #26

(10-25-2013 08:46 AM)MidniteSpecial Wrote:  The guy is truly rich. Worth around $100 million dollars. Do you really think he cares? Okay say you take half his money. He can just make more. He's at a different level. Once you make $50 million or more it's just different.

He should. You don't stay rich for long with that kind of short-term mentality. Ask the pro-athletes.

Quote:Why do you really care?

Because its a visible news story that strikes me as kind of pathetic? Because Kanye is now a punk by his own standards?

Quote:How can someone be an idiot when they are worth $100 more million dollars than you. Do you really think you are smarter than someone who is worth $100 million dollars?

Are you serious? This is a ridiculous argument. Intelligence is not the only way to make shitloads of money. Some make that cash via luck and circumstance (inheritance, presence nearby ancient oil deposits, marriage, etc) while others make it because of raw physical talent and/or skill (athletes, entertainers). Some just look nice (supermodels).

You don't have to have a high IQ to gain massive amounts of wealth. There are multi-millionaires out there with double digit IQs.

Quote:Even if you are he can buy people smarter than you.

That's possible, but that's a long way from merely assuming he is smarter than everyone because he has a lot of money. That's nonsense.

He is more gifted than everyone here. That is what you should be noting.

Quote:Also kanye is alpha belive it or not. She respects him and he calls all the shots. What she wears at events, what jobs she takes. Everything. He also freaks out on paparazzi getting in there space which makes her feel safe and protected. He also leaves her at stretches of a time to follow his mission and get his work done. He even said he doesn't believe in cell phones and she sometimes has no contact with him while he's overseas. He's got the right type of game to keep her straight man.

I hope so, for his sake.

Quote:He's worth $100 million and just impregnanted one of the hottest females on the planet.

Kim Kardashian is one of the most famous females on the planet. She is not necessarily one of the hottest. There are literally tens (perhaps hundreds) of millions of young women with no notoriety whatsoever who are, on a purely physical level, just as appealing if not more so.

Don't fall for the hype machine. She's a very attractive woman, but she is not a world beater.

Quote:Give me your top 5 list and I will show you 5 horrendous pictures of them. That means nothing.

1. Melanie Iglesias
2. Ashley Sky
3. Candace Swanepoel
4. Miracle Watts
5. Victoria Justice

Go.

Quote:Did you see her sex tape? She looked ugly in that too right?

You do understand that that video was created in 2003, right? That was a decade ago.

That's the difference between a woman in her physical prime (23) and a woman just beyond it (33). 23 year old Kim =/= 33 year old Kim. If your opinion of her physical status is based on ten year old evidence like that (and I'm guessing that it is, at least in part), then you my friend are a victim of the hype machine.

Well played, Kim.

Quote:Some of y'all are just haters man. Make your $100 million and marry your world famous female and then by all means talk your crap.

This statement implies that we should envy two things about Kanye:

1. That he is worth $100 million.
2. That he has married a "world famous female".

With regard to the latter point, we are not women. Hypergamy does not apply here. The fact that a woman is "world famous" does not convey her extra points. I do not particularly care to marry a woman who is "world famous" and would not brag about doing so. My goal (and that of the vast majority of men here) is to get with women we find attractive, regardless of how well known she is. The notoriety of a mate is not something to brag about unless you're a female.

With regard to the former point, I do indeed envy $100 million. I do not,, however, envy the prospect of losing the bulk of that future to a 33 year old woman whose main claim to fame is a sex tape she made a decade ago.

Perhaps that idea is more appealing to you. It certainly is more appealing to Kanye.

Post: #27

Even if there are bad pictures of your top 5 I do not want to see them. That's a nice list right there.

I get it man. I'm just saying lets look at the positive here for once. This guy has reached is life goals and beyond and now is fucking a woman most dudes dream about.

When he said if you ain't no punk holla we want pre nup he's talking about regular guys man.

He's different than athletes his career is already three times as long as the avg nfl career of two years.

Also his records will sell for years. He doesn't have to put a uniform on to get a paycheck.

What more do you want?

Post: #28

(10-25-2013 09:41 AM)MidniteSpecial Wrote:  This is the hottest she ever was.

Wasn't she fifteen then? LOL.

Post: #29

(10-25-2013 08:56 AM)MidniteSpecial Wrote:  He's worth $100 million and just impregnanted one of the hottest females on the planet.

Seems pretty dignified to me.

First of all, she is not one of the hottest females on the planet. Fame doesn't make a woman pretty, even though sometimes it's nice for the ego to have a famous wife.

This is the most flattering recent photo of her that I've seen; while she is certainly pretty and I wouldn't engage in a "pointy elbows, 2/10 WNB" exercise about her, she's not cream of the crop at all. For a successful middle-class man in his thirties who "dreams about her" because he's being force-fed her "sexyness" through the media, yes. For a world-famous hip-hop superstar worth $ 100 million who could have almost any woman in the world, absolutely not.



Also, she's 33. She can only go downhill from this picture onwards, and no matter how much she takes care of herself the wall is coming. I don't think she has Monica Bellucci's perfect genetics.

As a result of this stupid affair with Kim, there is a large (say, 75%) chance that in 2-3 years Kanye is going to suffer a massive amount of emotional trauma as he pines after the ex that took his child away and alienated it from him, a $ 10-20 million hit to his finances, being dragged through the gutter as "the husband that is watching his ex bang her bodyguards and film porn with them" and an image of weakness and being used (by a slut who has produced absolutely nothing of value in this world, no less) that no amount of money will ever be able to erase.

Is it worth it? I don't know. For some yes, for some no. But I refuse to accept that it is universally worth it. Doing so presupposes that money is the ultimate goal that can compensate for anything, and I don't believe that.

If you offered me 100 million dollars with a guarantee that this would happen to me (or some equivalent - maybe being gang raped by convicts in the prison shower?), I don't think I'd take it. My soul, dignity and peace of mind are worth more than any amount of marginal happiness brought by infinite money. I accept that not everyone would make that choice, but I don't think it's "hating" to acknowledge that there is not an universal answer to that question.

Post: #30

I don't know much about divorce law but how much could she really take given her fortune? If Kanye is going to marry, best to marry a woman who is also rich to minimize damage.

Hey, if they're happy, best of luck to them. I'm not about to hate on anyone for their personal lifestyle decisions. To each his own.

Post: #31

Post: #32

(10-25-2013 03:25 PM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:  

Also, she's 33. She can only go downhill from this picture onwards, and no matter how much she takes care of herself the wall is coming. I don't think she has Monica Bellucci's perfect genetics.

Also, that picture has been obviously-manipulated to remove all of her flaws. Note the uniformity of the skin tones of her face, chest and edges of her breast. It's a photoshop tool that turns her into fantasy. Any approved picture of a celebrity has undergone this process, and it's a waste of time basing any expectations of woman upon them, so I honestly have no idea what this Kim woman looks like.

Yeah, I know this sounds all dykey feminist 'mainstream beauty fantasy is evil', but this does affect men, as I'm regularly seeing this sort of photo manipulation shit in online dating profiles too. Be warned. Get savvy about it, so you don't get burnt.

Fergie:



Kim Catrell:



Mariah Carey:



Madonna:



They even do it on young women who don't need it:

Post: #33

omg that madonna one totally proves airbrushing is magic.

Post: #34

(10-25-2013 09:37 AM)Roosh Wrote:  Kanye is like the black Mark Minter.

First thing that popped into my head too. The fact Kim has her own cash definitely removes the need for a pre-nup, but still, let's be honest here.

Kanye may release another best-selling record, and now Kim is entitled to half of that. For what??? Having tits and ass?

Think of all the poor, needy people in this country, and then see millions go to some entitled skank. So sad.

Post: #35

I believe Kim Kardashian insisted on a prenup for her first marriage. He should learn from her.

Post: #36

It is unclear how much he is really going to lose from a financial perspective.

From a respect perspective however, it is obvious he is going to lose a lot.

Everyone knows that one girl that was pretty hot but ended up hitting it with multiple people in your social circle. Would you choose to marry her once it was your turn? That's what this is like. It doesn't matter whether Kanye knows Reggie Bush or Ray-J or her ex-husband, the fact is she has made the rounds of a relatively small community of celebrities and athletes and has a tape to prove it.

Putting a ring on the finger of a girl who was willing to whore herself out for fame via a sex tape is straight up begging to be laughed at later. She has already made it clear that she has no shame, why would you honor with marriage?

Post: #37

Now I know I don't know how make sentence.

Post: #38

(10-25-2013 10:10 AM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  

(10-25-2013 08:46 AM)MidniteSpecial Wrote:  The guy is truly rich. Worth around $100 million dollars. Do you really think he cares? Okay say you take half his money. He can just make more. He's at a different level. Once you make $50 million or more it's just different.

He should. You don't stay rich for long with that kind of short-term mentality. Ask the pro-athletes.

Quote:Why do you really care?

He is more gifted than everyone here. That is what you should be noting.

This is where you might be wrong.

Do really think Kanye is all that?

Post: #39

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Post: #40

Does anyone believe Kanye is worth 100M. Id give him 60M at most. I honestly believe Kim may be worth more. Either way looks wise he could go to DR and see 20 badder bishes in 20 minutes. Maybe Kim has a great personality.

Post: #41

^^^Good personality. hahahaha

Thats a new one!

Post: #42

(10-25-2013 09:23 AM)j r Wrote:  I'd like to hear from someone who knows more about divorce law in California or whatever state these two are in, but from everything I know the child support is, by far, the biggest liability.

Being married for a couple of years entitles her to half of everything they make while together and potentially alimony. Since she is already rich, I don't even know that she would be awarded alimony. And isn't ten years when the court starts to treat everything (including what you had before) as community property? When they break up, it's going to be the child support that costs the most. Of course, this dude is so crazy that he'll probably be blowing that kind of money on the kid anyway, having her dressed in one of those gold shirts like that Indian dude and driving a Maybach golf cart at eight years old.

Post: #43

Kim K is a master of girl game.

These girls know what they are doing. They study this shit too.

Her mom was married to a rich lawyer and then a world class athlete. This stuff is in her blood.

Gold Diggin is a sport to these hoes. Watch out!

I bet she took advantage of his moms death. I'm not hating on her. I respect her hustle.

Post: #44

Post: #45

(10-26-2013 03:09 AM)soup Wrote:  This is where you might be wrong.

Do really think Kanye is all that?

No, I'm certainly not wrong. If I'm being objective, then there is no other conclusion to come to.

Here is what Kanye doesn't have going for him:

1. He's not really much of an intellect.
2. He's not terribly tactful.
3. He comes across as a bit of a braggadocios, cocky douche who talks a bit more than he ought to.
4. He often seems a little unscrewed mentally.
5. Does a lot of bitchmade shit (dressing like a girl, a bit overly metrosexual)
6. As evidenced by this story, can be a bit of a hypocritical simp.

I've been critical of Kanye both here and on ROK, but I have to be honest about the one thing Kanye really has going for him: music.

Kanye is an extremely talented producer and artist. He has a natural ear for beats and tunes that appeal to large swathes of the planet's population and are therefore prone to becoming big hits. He also has a knack for creating such music himself and writing quality lyrics to go with it.

He has won more Grammys than all but 8 musicians in history (5 if we're just talking about men). Several of his albums have been widely praised by respected musical critics (ex: Rolling Stone) as among the best ever made. All five of his solo studio albums have gone platinum. The list of top singles he has produced for other artists is amazing (Dreams, Find Your Love, Young Forever, Izzo, and more) and he's had 5 straight albums go to No. 1.

The guy is, quite honestly, one of the most gifted musical talents alive right now. That is a fact and I think the chances of any of the members of this forum possessing a level of giftedness on the scale of Kanye's is pretty low. That's not an insult, its just me telling it like it is.

Again, Kanye ain't an intellectual, he's kind of a simp/hypocrite and he dresses and kind of acts like a bitch. Frankly, there's a lot I don't like about the man and I don't know if I would even get along with him on a personal level.

Despite all of that, I still find myself drawn by a lot of his music and respectful of his general ability. He is good at what he does. There's no way around that fact-it is the reason why we're even here discussing his relationships and finances in the first place.

Post: #46

Money earned before the marriage is separate property. She can't touch his current fortune.

Isn't it funny that the younger Kardashian sister won't marry that Scott guy. He's still her boyfriend and relegated to baby daddy status. She's got more game than Kayne.

I am ashamed that I know such intimate details about these people. "Unplugging from the Matrix," indeed.

Post: #47

(10-26-2013 04:37 PM)MikeCF Wrote:  I am ashamed that I know such intimate details about these people. "Unplugging from the Matrix," indeed.

the media shoves it down our throats. you hear about it at work, from friends, from forums. you cant escape

Post: #48

(10-26-2013 04:37 PM)MikeCF Wrote:  Money earned before the marriage is separate property. She can't touch his current fortune.

Isn't it funny that the younger Kardashian sister won't marry that Scott guy. He's still her boyfriend and relegated to baby daddy status. She's got more game than Kayne.

I am ashamed that I know such intimate details about these people. "Unplugging from the Matrix," indeed.

Yeah the saturation of celebrity/fame in our culture is getting ridiculous.

Take pop music for example.

I know lyrics of songs I can't stand, simply because of unintended exposure.

I never choose to play certain music, but at the same time, you get it from:

- Shopping at the mall
- Hold music
- In the club
- Lyrics being quoted in newspapers for puns, or posts on social media
- Ads before online videos
- Getting groceries
- The latest movies

And that's all without even having cable on TV or turning on the radio.

Post: #49

MikeCF Wrote:Money earned before the marriage is separate property. She can't touch his current fortune.

Yes, but sooner or later you might need to dip into your money earned before marriage to pay the exorbitant child support.

At least that's how men usually lose all their worldly possessions and end up in jail/forced labor in my country.

Post: #50

(10-26-2013 04:29 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  1. He's not really much of an intellect.

How are you measuring this?

Understanding music requires intellectualism. His intellect in terms of music seems to be off the charts right?

There are different forms of intellectualism.

He is intellectual enough to make 100 million dollars.

(10-26-2013 04:29 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  2. He's not terribly tactful.

We are common men. He is a superstar.

He doesn't have to be as tactful as us. He can actually generate attention, positive and negative by not being tactful. (example: speaking out against george bush may have actually boosted his career)

Superstars live a different reality with different rules

Wasn't it Nietzsche who said that the common men and the elite live by two completely different set of rules, morals, norms, values, attitudes, perceptions..?

He said that the common man shouldn't apply his rules to the elite man who make their own rules.

Kanye doesn't have to be as tactful as us. His wealth and power put him beyond the common notion of tact.

(10-26-2013 04:29 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  3. He comes across as a bit of a braggadocios, cocky douche who talks a bit more than he ought to.

Was wrong with being braggadocious and cocky?

If you can back it up. And, you are a superstar rapper?

I have no problem with cocky if it can be backed up.

I think most men should be cockier. Most of us don't think highly enough of themselves. Better to see yourself as superior rather than inferior.

His self-belief could be part of the reason why he became a superstar. Because he always believed that he was a star.

(10-26-2013 04:29 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  4. He often seems a little unscrewed mentally.

How are you measuring this?

Just your personal sense?

(10-26-2013 04:29 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  5. Does a lot of bitchmade shit (dressing like a girl, a bit overly metrosexual)

He also does some excessive masculine shit like bang some of the hottest women on the planet in mass numbers and dominate the social landscape. As well as being one of the top artists on the planet.

You might think that his fashion sense is "bitchmade" but you also have to acknowledge his masculine achievements.

When I weigh his masculine actions vs his "bitchmade" actions, I think the masculine action wins out.

He has made tens of millions of dollars and bangs as many models as he wants. If he was truly and authentically a "bitchmade" type of dude, he never would have accomplished these things.

(10-26-2013 04:29 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:  6. As evidenced by this story, can be a bit of a hypocritical simp.

I don't see any hypocrisy.

The song "Gold Digger" is not necessarily a reflection of Kanyes personal values. It a song. Its not a personal statement that we should view as truth. Rappers are "artists", they are fictitious characters.

Drake raps about "starting from the bottom" but he actually came from the upper middle class. Does this make him a hypocrite? No. He is a fictitious character.

Rappers make songs about killing people when in real life they would run away. Hypocritical? No. It's art. Dark art sometimes but still art.

Don't believe everything you here in rap songs.

Finally, I don't like Kanye. I don't care for his music except for a few songs. I'm not defending him on a personal level. Im defending rational thought as I felt your criticisms were not intellectually valid.

You know I just enjoy a good debate sometimes.