I don't know. I brushed shoulders with millionaires for years, and none of it rubbed off. No one married me, no one bought me more than dinner (admittedly lovely dinner), I didn't reap anything other than the occasional nice vacation, being able to drive lovely cars every now and again, and a fair amount of disdain or inconvenience because I wasn't able to even remotely pay my own way.

So I must disagree.

Were you trying to get "in" ita?

My share of ita's bank account, if I am a creator, is reduced by a sum equal to Netflix's overhead. Direct digital (PPV) has a lower overhead. I win.

My overhead doesn't affect the price I pay for something. It affects the price I can pay for something. There's no reason for me to pay more for something than a person is willing to charge just because I can afford it better.

The higher the barrier to access, the smaller the likely distribution, one would think as well....

I should just be happy that no one at work is bothering me, right? shrift, I am holding you up as my "there but for the grace of god" work example.

Ha! Well, it could be worse. I could be salaried, or working on a chain gang.

wrt to the money/class thing - pretty clear that there are not absolutes. trends - sure and higher percentages that x will happen - sure.

Were you trying to get "in" ita?

Did I want to have money like they had money? Sure. Enough to whore myself out? No. But that was about the only angle open to me to take advantage of the connections.

i.e. -- nothing fell into my lap, but it might have if I wasn't wearing panties at the time.

I need to rent the movie Metropolitan again. Or maybe I should just buy it.

Good lord. Are you all still really arguing over which is better, Netflix or PPV?

Gus, you know not to argue with ita, especially when she is right or thinks she is. She'll just hound you incessantly until you either agree or disappear.

Also, does it matter HOW people watch. So Gus likes to buy DVDs or pirate them from PPV. BFD. So ita and a whole bunch of other folks use netflix or rent from Blockbuster? Maybe they are supporting The Man, but does it matter?

sigh.

I don't know. I brushed shoulders with millionaires for years, and none of it rubbed off. No one married me, no one bought me more than dinner (admittedly lovely dinner), I didn't reap anything other than the occasional nice vacation, being able to drive lovely cars every now and again, and a fair amount of disdain or inconvenience because I wasn't able to even remotely pay my own way.

But you weren't looking to establish a foothold in that part of society. Those that long for the this lifestyle would not not feel disdain nor be inconvenienced because they couldn't pay their own way. They position themselves to make sure the money falls their way. What I'm getting is that you didn't care to compromise yourself to marry Midas.

So I must disagree with your disagreement. I think we now agree...

edit: A lovely little x-post with Ms Trudy.

Tom scores with the meta.