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Sell your really cool art project to rich fucking morons.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1...79.html
Fucking seriously?
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1...79.html
Fucking seriously?
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 7, 2009 - 10:47 PMHm but how does it handle; I'm having safety and efficiency concerns while doubting the versatility of this vehicle -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 7, 2009 - 11:42 PMIt does answer the question of how Interstate Baking Corp. went bankrupt. They made the Hostess cupcakes too big and motorized. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 1:45 AMare you saying people shouldn't sell their art?
yeah, the thought of an "undeserving person" riding around in one of these isn't exactly pleasant ('rich fucking morons').....i think if i could sell a giant motorized cupcake i'd made, for 25,000 $, i think i would.......
i do love those things.....it's quaint to think about them being our own private playa thang -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 8:31 AMOf course, you can always make your own money on a printing press and instead of calling it counterfeiting, call it art. This is what JSG Boggs does. He duplicates U.S. currency and exchanges his own face for that of the President, then instead of saying 'this is legal tender', he states 'this is legal art.'
reason.com/archives/200...t-of-the-deal
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 10:42 AMNobody will buy a cupcake nowadays unless it has:
- GPS
- tiltcruiseair
- Front/side airbags
- SYNC
Look for the hybrid next year and the fuel cell version in 2012. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 11:17 AMAndy, the base vehicle (wheelchair) is already electrified. I can't see them putting in any sort of gas motor--heat and exaust issues.
And everyone, when you figure out the cost on a chair that goes 7 mph and think of what Marcus's cut probably is, they aren't making all that much money, really. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 12:08 PMFish, you sure about that? In the photo, it looks as if they have three small wheels, two in back and one in front. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 12:59 PMI've always been told that there were wheelchairs.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Tue, October 13, 2009 - 1:41 PMthere are "power chairs" and "scooters". i have a scooter. it has 2 wheels in back and 1 in front for steering. the power chairs actually have 6 wheels. 2 large ones for power, 2 small one in back and 2 small ones in front. (heh. i have one of those also) it totally depends on which they choose to use as a base as to how many wheels you will see.
also IMO, if you have 25 grand to give up, go for it. they are cool to see scooting around on the playa. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Tue, October 13, 2009 - 10:10 PMHow much do those scooters go for? I'm assuming they are cheaper than the electric wheel chairs. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:05 AMI'm not certain about the price of the scooters, but because the way some law was written by congress, they are fully paid for by the insurance companies. Does that mean that because more are sold (if they are, this is a supposition on my part) they achieve economy of scale and are cheaper? Or does it mean that they are more expensive because there's no direct cost control pressure from the user? And what does that mean to someone who's buying without a perscription? Because, I'm guessing that's how they have to pay.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 8:44 AMI posted this on Twitter, saying that I couldn't decide whether it was hilarious or horrifying, and someone said, rightly: "Anything that increases the number of these things being driven around in the world is a net Win."
S'true.
Also: how many of those things will really be purchased? Maybe one, two? That catalog is nice to think about, but very few of those things are actually purchased. It's almost more an advertisement for the items in there, and the people who make them.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 12:11 PMAwww, come on.
Don't we all secretly fantasize about some ridiculously rich asshole seeing our artwork and sweeping in to purchase it for an ungodly amount of money, which would set us up financially so we could create to our heart's content without having to worry about fundage? I know I do. It doesn't change what I create, or how I do it, but in the back of my mind there's the fervent hope that one day this will happen to me too.
Maybe I'm narcissistic, but I believe that what I create to my own taste is "good stuff". Why shouldn't someone with money want to acquire it, and why should I turn my nose up at their largesse? -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Thu, October 8, 2009 - 6:27 PMI agree, Blysse. Burners have made an art piece for fun and found a way to market it outside of the Community (drink!). I hope they sell dozens...
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 6:43 AM>>Don't we all secretly fantasize about some ridiculously rich asshole seeing our artwork and sweeping in to purchase it for an ungodly amount of money..?<<
You know, strangely enough, I just don't; never have - I should; it's ot a moral or ethical thing, it's just... shrug, I dunno - I just don't. I fantasize about being able to create to my heart's content without having to worry about fundage, definitely, but ... I suppose my desired audience has never been necessarily rich, per se. Interesting divisor, there.
I'd prefer - I fantasize about - there not being an object for the word "rich" that doesn't have to do with food or emotional poignancy.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Fri, October 9, 2009 - 8:10 AMWell, I've thought about this some. I don't fault her for making money off her art. It was just kind of jarring to see that as the teaser for something like the NM catalog. Those cars really made an impression on me my first year. Just sort of diminishes their coolness in my eyes. -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Fri, October 9, 2009 - 10:59 AMWell, maybe if she made some money, she could afford to make something that would make an impression on you next year.
I think that would be really cool.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Fri, October 9, 2009 - 11:34 AMOh come on. Their coolness was already diminished by their being in the "How Berkeley Can You Be?" parade.
*thinks*
I think a lot of us learn things through the burn that we then go out and put on our resume. And it's certainly not as brazen and Lexus and the Waffle.
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cupcake cars for everyone!
Fri, October 9, 2009 - 9:46 PM
i think it's awesome!
go go cupcake cars!
I hope they sell some! It wouldn't be a baad thing :)
I'm happy for the creators and hope they use the exposure to create more impressionable art. -
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Re: cupcake cars for everyone!
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 11:06 AM(I)<...hope they use the exposure to create more impressionable art. >
I dunno. Isn't impressionable art more easily led astray?
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Fri, October 9, 2009 - 10:41 PM
cupcake car mentioned on Jimmy Fallon tonight!!
LOL!
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Sun, October 11, 2009 - 5:56 PMwould a penguin ride in a nest car, or an igloo car? -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Mon, October 12, 2009 - 12:56 PMIt would ride on a Galapabus! -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Tue, October 13, 2009 - 6:53 AM<<It would ride on a Galapabus! >>
As in the Galapabus islands? -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Tue, October 13, 2009 - 8:31 AMExactement! -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Tue, October 13, 2009 - 1:08 PMPerhaps that's for the best.
Those giant tall heads on wheels that are used to make the Easter Island cars are kind of skerry.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 12:13 PM
penguin would ride in a solar powered igloo by day, and a luminescent rock nest by night
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 12:12 AMArtists sell art, not out. Once we've seen it on the playa the masses can chew on it . . . but please keep bringing your best to BRC for a first look, OK? -
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 11:03 AMIf they let me into the country, then I will.
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Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 12:13 PMFastest way to make money everyday: Be like life and suck hard! ;D
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My question is?....Re: Fast Way To Make Money Everyday.
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 11:59 PM.........Since Neimun Marcus is in the spirit of giving, let's give one to a solidary burner who always wanted something to get behind on the playa. I mean, you get a lit and give a little back to where your inspiration started? What say you?
