<![CDATA[I remember when fame was a byproduct of talent.]]>I remember when fame was a byproduct of talent.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/689d8f67-cdb9-46f0-bd8b-74e990e2c5a4/i-remember-when-fame-was-a-byproduct-of-talent.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:44:55 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 07:20:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I remember when fame was a byproduct of talent. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:59:36 GMT]]>@bibliolater They apparently do make the rocking world go round.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/js/statuses/116543558548843041https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/js/statuses/116543558548843041Sat, 09 May 2026 07:59:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I remember when fame was a byproduct of talent. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:41:16 GMT]]>@ar1 @kibcol1049 Nostalgia is a treasonous sentiment. Yes, talent and hard work did and stll can help cut fame’s path.

But privilege, opportunity, and some of that opportunity mere chance, have also always dominated. As has selective collective memory.

Opportunity and biased history, that’s also mostly privilege. Alfred Nobel, not Alice Ball. Blackbeard, not Ching Shih. JO Waldner, not Deng Yaping. Johnny Carson, not Victor Borge. Hitler, not the faceless millions.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/js/statuses/116543486466358327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/js/statuses/116543486466358327Sat, 09 May 2026 07:41:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I remember when fame was a byproduct of talent. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:29:51 GMT]]>@ar1 @kibcol1049

If popular culture is anything to go by even fat bottoms have their supporters.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115946809535308266/statuses/116543441562755435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115946809535308266/statuses/116543441562755435Sat, 09 May 2026 07:29:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I remember when fame was a byproduct of talent. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:21:10 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 and hard work. Not a fat bottom, like the Kardashian fame.

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