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Hawaii- Done

hammies

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youcantbeserious said:
I went out for a little lunch break surf at small Sunset point today and there was some kid I have never seen before who paddled right past me. They got told to wait their turn (not by me) and after a couple sets he looked at me all bummed and asked when his turn was. I told him "you're last I think." When a set come I went, he rode behind me, fell, shot his board at me (not on purpose). When I paddled back out he was like "what did I do wrong?" and I told him nothing, I was in the wrong, you're not supposed to do what I just did to you but since I've never seen you before and I got a 45 minute break for lunch that's how it's gonna be! Nothing personal have a great day :)
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That's how it ought to be everywhere.
 
oneula

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seeing this clip from architectural digest makes me wonder if hawaii is indeed done
don't know who this flower is but apparently he's a campbell grad now with his own MTV show.
just up the valley from sandy's I believe
wow.. speechless

 
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hammies

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You didn't watch all 18 minutes of that, did you? I could only stomach about 30 seconds.
 
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bluemarlin04

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oneula said:
seeing this clip from architectural digest makes me wonder if hawaii is indeed done
don't know who this flower is but apparently he's a campbell grad now with his own MTV show.
just up the valley from sandy's I believe
wow.. speechless

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He got like 10 million ig followers
 
racer1

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He's kinda a big deal with makeup brands. He started vlogging from his closet, putting on makeup.
Makes Millions. Created from nothing. The content is over the top for me and none of my interests but still impressive.
He also put all his family on and got them their own revenue streams.
 
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SurfFuerteventura

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oneula said:
seeing this clip from architectural digest makes me wonder if hawaii is indeed done
don't know who this flower is but apparently he's a campbell grad now with his own MTV show.
just up the valley from sandy's I believe
wow.. speechless

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Shoots!

I'd kill all my neighbors to have "this flower" as my neighbor.

Matter of fact, I'll trade you my cat killer, my dog breeder AND the guy who 'grows' plastic plants in his garden and then waters them to "clean off the dust" with every sirrocco wind coming from Africa... Englishmen all of them, for just one Bretman Rock.

Kid loves his family, his animals, his home, his island and seems to keep to himself for the most part.

Plus, I'd rather party with him than ANY of my coke head alcoholic brit retiree neighbors any day/night of the week.

:dancing::shaka::waving::bowdown:
 
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I'm envisioning a future Hawaii here where there's thousands and thousands of residents like this guy taking up the land in obscene double digit million dollar mansions living here with something like this as their only occupation/contribution to society (youtube/online influencer).
What will we be become?
Feels like some SciFi movie.

Or maybe this is just what's become of Maui, Lanikai and parts of Kauai and the Big Island.
I'm glad I live in a ghetto
 
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PRCD

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oneula said:
I'm envisioning a future Hawaii here where there's thousands and thousands of residents like this guy taking up the land in obscene double digit million dollar mansions living here with something like this as their only occupation/contribution to society (youtube/online influencer).
What will we be become?
Feels like some SciFi movie.

Or maybe this is just what's become of Maui, Lanikai and parts of Kauai and the Big Island.
I'm glad I live in a ghetto
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I think YouTube influencers are a bubble. YouTube is, at best, barely profitable. Its "profits" are probably a corporate shell-game/bundling with more-profitable Google enterprises:
www.cnn.com

How much money does YouTube make? We just learned for the first time | CNN Business

Alphabet for the first time disclosed the size of various business units within Google, including YouTube advertising, which in 2019 brought in $15 billion in ad revenue.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

YouTube has been waging a pofitability jihad against its content creators in the form of de-monetization over the past 5 years. They're paying content creators less and making rules that are impossible to follow, even for the most milquetoast creators. Consequently, I think the platform is looking more and more like a turd to creators and, at best, one option among many for sales/marketing people.
 
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youcantbeserious said:
I told him nothing, I was in the wrong, you're not supposed to do what I just did to you but since I've never seen you before and I got a 45 minute break for lunch that's how it's gonna be! Nothing personal have a great day :)
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Hope he appreciated the honesty.:roflmao:
 
estreet

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oneula said:
seeing this clip from architectural digest makes me wonder if hawaii is indeed done
don't know who this flower is but apparently he's a campbell grad now with his own MTV show.
just up the valley from sandy's I believe
wow.. speechless

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What, you no like da mahu millioneahs. :LOL:
 
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oneula

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I love his Scary Pockets and Pomplamoose projects, but according to Jack Conte yesterday, Patreon supports over 200K creators paying them over $1 Billion from 7 million patrons. A pretty remarkable accomplishment similar to the other Jack.
I give him credit for creating the idea and platform that started as a way to fund his music interests. Funny because I'm a patron to a couple of youtubers but have been canceling out as it didn't make sense to fund a non-business, business.

But if everyone starts leaving the workforce to create a world that only exists online and not with what needed to survive day to day like farming, building things or working in those hard to fill service industry jobs. What's going to happen to the "real" part of the economy. I see this with folks who's only occupation is to open boxes or review things given to them free (or demanded to get for free). Is this is where all those missing service workers went to during the pandemic like them Fans Only/Influencer web channels?

I wonder if any economist or futurist has studied the potential impact to society and the mental health of a society living "artificially" by feeding off the adoration of the "crowd"(trump?). Kind of feels like what happens to all the old pro surfers when they age out on a global basis. Any recommended reads from you MENSA studs?
 
PRCD

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oneula said:
I wonder if any economist or futurist has studied the potential impact to society and the mental health of a society living "artificially" by feeding off the adoration of the "crowd"(trump?). Kind of feels like what happens to all the old pro surfers when they age out on a global basis. Any recommended reads from you MENSA studs?
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Not MENSA but there are always people making predictions:

What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster: Last, Jonathan V.: 9781594037313: Amazon.com: Books

What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster [Last, Jonathan V.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster
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joelkotkin.com

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism - Joel Kotkin

Our society is being rapidly reduced to a feudal state, a process now being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we reverse the trend toward concentrated wealth?
joelkotkin.com joelkotkin.com

Dystopian fiction:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World (hopeless ending, they're working on incubators)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Hideous_Strength (hopeful ending)

The older men will have to teach the younger men why they should get up, go to work, and start families.
 
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