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[JDSN]

Eerrr... I doubt this is accurate.

Its funny, the US only got interest in the WC because this is the first one after the facebook/twitter explosion, but some of you still live in the bubble. The same thing happened when people in the US were flabbergasted about Facebook buying Whatsapp for that insane amount. News flash: There are things with little popularity in the US that are huge outside of it, and soccer certainly fits that bill.

P.S. I know you are trolling, don't bother replying

Is Rihanna american?

 

[iamblades]

it's been washed.

Plus silver is naturally anti microbial and self sanitizes. The whole reason people starting making eating utensils and dishes out of silver is that even back before germs were discovered or before those things were able to be properly cleaned, people realized that you were much less likely to get sick eating out of a silver dish.

 

[mantidor]

Is Rihanna american?

Nope but most of Pop-Gaf is .

 

[DMeisterJ]

So much yikes....

Yikes... DMeisterJ ran out of fucks to give

 

[Saint Gregory]

She was Tempted to Touch

We really need to get our West Indian representation up on this board. How else could this get mostly ignored LOL

She'll continue to not make their VVIP list!

Wyclef but no Ri?

SMH

 

[Touchdown]

I should take your opinion over that of the grammy committee?

The people in this thread are sad. She's been called a whore, having aids, a coke head, and all because of what? She's a girl that no one in this thread will ever get? She's a girl that even on your best day you could never pull? You all say this while hugging your anime pillows and reading hentai to fill the empty space in your heart cause you're gonna die alone? Fuck outta here, get into grammy award winning album Unapologetic.

Yes! Drag 'em.

 

[Brazil]

Blatter is neither. Yet he can't keep his dirty fingers off it.

Blatter is like king of the world, man.

 

[Stet]

Telling someone they can't touch an award statue is so laughable.

 

[-COOLIO-]

Telling people they can't touch the trophy is such a blatent example of manufactured hype. It's like the ultimate admission that the trophy doesn't matter and you have to add some stupid rules to try and make it matter.

Also Rihanna obviously makes a lot more money and has more fame than every football player except for maybe 2 or 3 of them. I'm surprised that's even being debated.

 

[Gamerloid]

I don't know much about FIFA to know how valuable the trophy is, but is it really that hard to keep your grubby hands off it? Celebrities are no better than the average person no matter how society views them and gives them passes we wish we could get. If some guy named Bob can't touch it, she shouldn't be able to either.

 

[kamorra]

Also Rihanna obviously makes a lot more money and has more fame that every football player except for maybe 2 or 3 of them. I'm surprised that's even being debated.

ehh... nope?

First, thats not true and second I don't get what it has to with anything.

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And the trophy doesn't matter? Oh wow, I really don't care who touches the trophy but that's a weird thing to say.

 

[mantidor]

Telling people they can't touch the trophy is such a blatent example of manufactured hype. It's like the ultimate admission that the trophy doesn't matter and you have to add some stupid rules to try and make it matter.

It's arguably the most important trophy of the world.

The rules are dumb but trying to argue the cup "doesn't matter" it's laughable.

 

[Mau ®]

The QUEEN OF POP Rihanna making people mad!!

 

[-COOLIO-]

ehh... nope?

First, thats not true and second I don't get what it has to with anything.

edit
And the trophy doesn't matter? Oh wow, I really don't care who touches the trophy but that's a weird thing to say.

I guess we need some fame and income stats ASAP.

And I don't know what it has to do with anything either but I'm just entering the debate anyway.

It's arguably the most important trophy of the world.

The rules are dumb but trying to argue the cup "doesn't matter" it's laughable.

I'm not saying the trophy doesn't matter. And winning the world cup is a great honor but rules like this absolutely diminish the grandeur of the trophy.

 

[Kyzer]

lol is this law?

 

[Frodo]

Hey, FIFA! If Riri decides she wants to touch things she will touch things! That is just how she Riri is.




Seriously now: what will FIFA do now? lol

 

[kamorra]

I guess we need some fame and income stats ASAP.

You were the one talking about how she obviously makes a lot more money and has more fame that every football player except for maybe 2 or 3. Tell us about it.

 

[Tesseract]

i'd smear poop on it if i could, who gives a monkey turd

 

[-COOLIO-]

You were the one talking about how she obviously makes a lot more money and has more fame that every football player except for maybe 2 or 3. Tell us about it.

You're the one saying she doesn't. Tell me about it.

 

[la_briola]

You're the one saying she doesn't. Tell me about it.

That is not how arguments work.

 

[gutter_trash]

FIFA STFU, you wouldn't have complained if an oil rich uninvited Qatari would have touched it

 

[krYlon]

FIFA STFU, you wouldn't have complained if an oil rich uninvited Qatari would have touched it

I'll say it again. FIFA hasn't said anything.

But go ahead all you keyboard warriors, defend your pop princess from something that hasn't happened. It's hilarious.

 

[-COOLIO-]

That is not how arguments work.

lmao, whoever wants to bother looking up the stats can, but the onus isnt on me. in fact, i only insinuated that the idea that rihanna makes more and is more famous was "obvious" while the other dude claimed that was factually incorrect. so really, the onus is on him.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

You were the one talking about how she obviously makes a lot more money and has more fame that every football player except for maybe 2 or 3. Tell us about it.

If Forbes's figures are correct, only CR7 and Messi make more than Rihanna. Not that it matters.

 

[-COOLIO-]

If Forbes's figures are correct, only CR7 and Messi make more than Rihanna. Not that it matters.

it doesn't but it's nice to be right.

 

[CoolOff]

When it comes to fame globally, I'm fairly sure there are 3-4 current footballers and a shitload of previous that trump her.

 

[psylah]

If Forbes's figures are correct, only CR7 and Messi make more than Rihanna. Not that it matters.

If we're talking money made yearly, I don't know about that. checking Billboard's highest paid musicians for 2013, she doesn't chart:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1549704/musics-top-40-money-makers-2013

The best I could do was finding her on the 2012 chart at 7 million:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/502623/musics-top-40-money-makers-2012

As for footballers:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2014/05/07/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-3/
http://www.ibtimes.com/top-10-highest-paid-footballers-world-ahead-world-cup-2014-1585451

Salaries (Plus bonuses):

Christiano Ronaldo: $73m
David Beckham (Retired): $50m
Messi: $65m
Neymar: $28m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: $34m

Does Forbes report total net worth or yearly earnings on http://www.forbes.com/profile/rihanna/ ? It just says "earnings".

 

[krYlon]

Good title change

 

[psylah]

Whoops double post.

 

[-COOLIO-]

Good title change

indeed.

 

[Mau ®]

When it comes to fame globally, I'm fairly sure there are 3-4 current footballers and a shitload of previous that trump her.

A quick Google Trends analysis should tell you Rihanna on average trends 3-4 times higher than Messi and Crisitiano Ronaldo. This has been going for years.

Rihanna is the Queen, breh. Don't question her reign.

 

[Courage]

Fuck FIFA. Have Rihanna take over, and soccer will be relevant in the US.

 

[krYlon]

A quick Google Trends analysis should tell you Rihanna on average trends 3-4 times higher than Messi and Crisitiano Ronaldo. This has been going for years.



Rihanna is the Queen, breh. Don't question her reign.

Yeah because google is the only way to judge fame

 

[kamorra]

lmao, whoever wants to bother looking up the stats can, but the onus isnt on me. in fact, i only insinuated that the idea that rihanna makes more and is more famous was "obvious" while the other dude claimed that was factually incorrect. so really, the onus is on him.

I'm not sure why you so aggressive. You made a weird claim, I called you out on it, now you're not interested in any further discussion.

 

[Courage]

Yeah because google is the only way to judge fame

It's a decent barometer. How about you tell us other quick ways to gauge fame?

 

[-COOLIO-]

I'm not sure why you so aggressive. You made a weird claim, I called you out on it, now you're not interested in any further discussion.

is 'lmao' really that aggressive?

my sincere apologies.

also

You were the one talking about how she obviously makes a lot more money and has more fame that every football player except for maybe 2 or 3. Tell us about it.

has suuuch an accusatory tone to it, i mean, come on.

 

[krYlon]

It's a decent barometer. How about you tell us other quick ways to gauge fame?

Arguing who is more famous is pointless. Google especially is not a good way at all to gauge it. How many football fans do you think google their favourite players? It's something kids would do maybe, but fans over the age of 30? Why would they google messi or ronaldo?

How about all the fans from third world countries? How would they google?

 

[CoolOff]

It's a decent barometer. How about you tell us other quick ways to gauge fame?

There aren't any, all we can do is guess. My guess is that across the worlds 7 billion population, Pele, Maradona, CR, and Messi are all quite a bit more famous than Rihanna.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

What a strange rumble going on here lol.

 

[Courage]

Arguing who is more famous is pointless. Google especially is not a good way at all to gauge it. How many football fans do you think google their favourite players? It's something kids would do maybe, but fans over the age of 30? Why would they google messi or ronaldo?

How about all the fans from third world countries? How would they google?

It's far from perfect, but it's the best thing we got if we have to go ahead and compare.

 

[CoolOff]

What a strange rumble going on here lol.

It's the first time I'm experiencing pop-GAF. I'm intrigued.

 

[kamorra]

is 'lmao' really that aggressive?

my sincere apologies.

also



has suuuch an accusatory tone to it, i mean, come on.

Yeah, it's ok. We could have a discussion about this but this shit is apparently much better. I apologize with the same seriousness and back the fuck out of here. Pop music is some serious shit.

 

[krYlon]

It's far from perfect, but it's the best thing we got if we have to go ahead and compare.

It's not the best thing at all because it's misleading and biased towards certain demographics. There is no way of knowing unless you surveyed the whole world.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

A quick Google Trends analysis should tell you Rihanna on average trends 3-4 times higher than Messi and Crisitiano Ronaldo. This has been going for years.



Rihanna is the Queen, breh. Don't question her reign.

Well, damn.

LMAO at the thread title change.

 

[FStop7]

They could, should, and probably will fine Germany.

I'd say there's a 1 in 7 chance of this happening.

 

[mantidor]

It's a decent barometer. How about you tell us other quick ways to gauge fame?

Twitter is an odd measurement.

The finals of world cups are seen by 1 billion people more or less. The only way Rihanna could get that audience would be... performing at the world cup

 

[PeskyToaster]

I've seen a lot more Messi jerseys than Rihanna ones.

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

GAF cliques are the fucking worst.

 

[WetPotatoBread]

This thread

 

[Supermanisdead]

We got people calling Rihanna a whore and that she has fucking AIDS in this thread and Pop fans are the crazy ones?