This point alone is going to make this thread take a bad ass turn, w ire of Mods and everything.
Pussy in the 1970’s was a mess. Huge, hairy, stinky, goopy, full of dingle berries. I was there, man! I was in the bush with the grunts!
What on Earth was poon like in the 1870’s? I don’t even want to freaking know! I really don’t!
When the funk are we going to get out “Mr. Yuck” smilie?
Warning against what? Unless the OP happens to be Justin Timberlake. I thought JB’s response was pretty funny, myself, and he was making a point in an offbeat way.
From what I’ve heard that was pretty close to a contradiction in terms; if a black person did somehow become prosperous, the local white authorities would take it all away from them. It wasn’t allowed for them to be rich.
Elderly Morgan couldn’t afford an erection, but they only cost a few bucks today. There seems to be a dilemma.
Madame C. J. Walker, the first African-American millionaire, and the first self-made woman millionaire. In 1910, when a million was still a lot of money.
I said “pretty close” because I was sure there was an exception somewhere. That doesn’t change what happened to most black people who “got uppity”.
Gosh, Der Trihs, thanks for enlightening us, we had no idea that life sucked for black people back then! Also, if you have a cite for legal authorities throughout the US following an explicit policy of wealth confiscation, or an example of a wealthy black person’s assets being confiscated through legal channels – which is your assertion here – please do provide a cite.
A major thing that Morgan had is this: relative wealth. I read a study awhile ago in The Blank Slate talking about how your perception of your own material success isn’t based on some sort of absolute standard, but rather relative to the people around you. If you’re doing better than the people around you, you feel like you’ve got it made, whereas if you’re doing worse than them, you feel poor. Given that, Morgan would feel a lot better about his material success than most of us do.
Holy shit, that’s some wild stuff there. Hmm…
Apparently not.
Apparently I was warned for ‘derailing the discussion.’ I thought I was laser focused on the discussion, but I guess not everyone apreciates a good Timberlake/blow job joke.
Whatever.
Depends on the millionare. Vincent Astor, one of the richest men of his day, was sterile from mumps acquired as an adult. So if you’ve had the MMR shot in childhood you’re arugably better off than he was.
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While the question boils down to the quality of life of the Middle Class today vs. the Upper Class back in the day, I prefer to lust after his Book Collection. The dude had 3 Gutenberg Bibles and a bunch of Shakespeare Folios - and that barely scratches the surface of the highlights…
I’ll second this. Warning for WHAT?!?
I disagreed with the sentiment expressed, but I laughed and thought it made his point very well. What exactly is he being warned for Mr. Moderator?
He was able to get porn right in front of him; up close and personal.
::d&r::
A lot depends on what you value in life.
For example, if you’re a movie lover—if watching movies is one of your great passions and sources of enjoyment in life—then obviously in one way you’re living better than if you were in J.P. Morgan’s shoes.
Define better. He lived without central heating, AC, inflatable hemorrhoid pillows, or antibiotics–I’m not sure how many servants or yachts or pussy buffets it takes to to make up the balance when it’s January and you’re heating with fire, or August and you’re wearing a full suit, or your ass is aching, or you have an infection that may well kill you.
I have also missed how the response was germane. Justin Timberlake is a contemporary. How is he relevant to 1901?
I think Jack’s interpretation of the OP did not account for the temporal separation between the OP and JP Morgan. Rather, he focused on the question, “Do rich people live better than I do?” instead of “Did rich people in the near past live better than I do?”
If taken in that context, his response was relevant, albeit somewhat low brow. Didn’t necessarily deserve a warning imho but I’m not the moderator.
I think Jack’s response was a joke. I’ll wear the warning around my collar – no big deal.
Lighten up, people.