[sukuriant]

Related: http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking

The people's responses to the comment are telling. The Kickstarter said he'd make a potato salad. He probably has. He asked, and people gave, why do people rage about this? It just so happened that lots of people thought it was funny / wanted to give money / whatever. Who cares? The proverbial you could have thought of it too.

I don't understand the stink people have over this :/

[14113]

> The proverbial you could have thought of it too. It's here (imho) that the problem lies. People get jealous around money, especially when (from their perspective) it's unearned, and this often leads to irrational anger, which is the bread and butter of internet comments.

[zaccus]

By what measure is it unearned? The guy said he would make potato salad, the market decided that was worth $70k. Assuming he follows through and makes the salad, he's earned his money.

[vidar]

You nailed it with "The proverbial you could have thought of it too", people are just envious.

[prawn]

Similar to that line about contemporary art being a combination of "I could've done that" and "Yeah, but you didn't".

[tormeh]

Contemporary art has nowhere close to any objective criteria, by any lax use of the word. Which means it's a popularity contest. Network, a nice name, a pretty face and last but not least a good personal story will make you go far. I'm talking about art-exhibition contemporary art and not the stuff people hang on their walls.

Reference: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21586580-fakes-say-som...