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[Spine_Ripper]

whole family gettin' money

thank god for E

Real one

 

[dc89]

The Power of K

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Knowing how to cultivate a brand, and using proper marketing strategy to produce branded products that people want to buy.

I doubt it's them that knows how to do it. But whoever they pay for their marketing talent is obviously not getting paid what he/she is worth.

 

[MIMIC]

I still dont understand how they got famous with no college education and just being bad rolemodels

Celebrity worship. We just got through electing the host of the Apprentice as President of the United States.

 

[Sulik2]

Wonder when one of those will run for president :/

Kanye would probably be a more sane president then Trump. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Kozak]

I still dont understand how they got famous with no college education and just being bad rolemodels

Trumps me too.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Superficial superpowers. I don't get it but my wife and her friends watch their show. Creepy that people know more about their lives than a lot of thier own family members.

 

[Toparaman]

Kris should honestly be teaching business classes.

Everybody who thinks a Kardashian has no talent or doesn't deserve their success is ignorant. This family has mastered the business of social media marketing. They get people to buy products just by mentioning them because their social media structure makes their followers feel like they're being recommended products by a close friend, not a celebrity or executive.

They figured out a way to generate revenue by including people into their often mundane lives. They are brilliant, and people wish they had as much branding and marketing smarts in their whole career as a Karsashian has in one finger.

Keep losing, jealous peasants.

Yay, taking advantage of stupid people is so brilliant.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

I still dont understand how they got famous with no college education and just being bad rolemodels

Yeah, a college education is the answer to everything. -_-

 

[friskykillface]

even Rob gets paid? how? he's terrible
I guess the E! show that got canceled paid him that money?

the rest, let them cook and get that money $$$$$$$$$$

 

[Spiral Insanity]

even Rob gets paid? how? he's terrible
I guess the E! show that got canceled paid him that money?

the rest, let them cook and get that money $$$$$$$$$$

It is cancelled already? I thought it just started.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Even though I find them extremely annoying I can't knock the hustle.

 

[Toparaman]

Even though I find them extremely annoying I can't knock the hustle.

What hustle dude. They were rich before, now they're more rich.

 

[Rentahamster]

I doubt it's them that knows how to do it. But whoever they pay for their marketing talent is obviously not getting paid what he/she is worth.

I haven't seen any evidence so far that would suggest that they aren't at least somewhat involved in the strategy.

 

[thenameDS]

Kris pulling them strings, what a business woman.

 

[MegaManTrigger]

What hustle dude. They were rich before, now they're more rich.

This is what I don't get. People act like they worked their ass off for money when they already had money to begin with. All they did was capitalize on a very obvious opportunity that they had (social media, modelling, licensing, branding, etc). This is worse than when Drake said he "started from the bottom."

 

[jacobeid]

whole family gettin' money

thank god for E

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[Laekon]

First female president of the US.

 

[Ayumi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXTodDlYKA

 

[OraleeWey]

Best chance for first female president. ;p

Actually, probably 100% chance

 

[cw_sasuke]

This is what I don't get. People act like they worked their ass off for money when they already had money to begin with. All they did was capitalize on a very obvious opportunity that they had (social media, modelling, licensing, branding, etc). This is worse than when Drake said he "started from the bottom."

You are delusional or just jealous if you think that going from where the Kardashians started to the point where they are now " just happens" ....same with Drake - just because him or Kanye didnt grow up as gangbangers Compton doesnt mean they didnt have to work hard to achieve this type of career.

 

[Monocle]

Best chance for first female president. ;p

Oh god, I think you might be right.

 

[Androidsleeps]

Real talk, and I'm not trying to be a smartass with this.

Who is watching their show(s) and buying their products?

Is it teenage girls? Old men?

They've long passed their expired date (ala Paris Hilton) but yet they continue to stick around.

If you asked me about them like five years ago, I would've said they/Kim are on their last minute as people obviously had had enough of them (especially after that fake wedding)...But then social media exploded and Kim started dating Kanye, and of course that 16 year old got herself a plastic surgery package and started hanging with older married rappers, etc,... And then Katelyn. You get the picture, thanks to E channel and twitter/instagram they're constantly in the celebrity news. And even with Kim married and becoming a mother and all, her youngest sister was groomed couple years ago to become Kim 2.0 and it looks like it worked, so they're good for like 5 more years.


The main audience (fans) are of course teenagers who dream of becoming them, superstars of social media.

 

[Azzanadra]

Are y'all sure that income inequality is not a problem?

 

[Zomba13]

I still don't even know what Kardashians do and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

I still also always think of the Star Trek aliens though.

 

[Monocle]

Are y'all sure that income inequality is not a problem?

If a child is starving, they probably deserve it! It wouldn't be fair to expect Kim to take one or two of the millions that she EARNED and save ten thousand lives or whatever.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Living the dream. Can't hate on them.

 

[The Mule]

And all this started over a sex tape. Hustle game A1.

It started well before the sex tape didn't it? That's just what pushed it to the next level.

This is what's wrong with our culture.

This is a symptom of what's wrong with our culture.

 

[travisbickle]

I've heard there's more than one, Kim, but I don't know anything about the others at all. To know nothing of them and have earned that money, they're like Hollywood actor level of wealth!

Didn't even know they were married, I thought Kanye was an ex-lover who would write songs about her?

 

[HighResTomato]

Ray J created an empire with that legendary angle.

 

[Pandahammer]

Money well earned.

Really? This has to be sarcasm.

 

[Zoloft Sonic]

That's being taxed at like, 85% right? Sort of an excise tax for those who get rich by making the world stupider? Chuck Lorre would take a nice hit too.

 

[jordan0386]

Happy for them. Generational Wealth Ahoy!!

 

[Jasper]

they're like Hollywood actor level of wealth!

Actually for the last few years, Kim Kardashian alone has been making more money than Hollywood's leading actors (Ben Affleck, Johnny Depp, Jennifer Lawrence, Leo DiCaprio Angelina Jolie, Will Smith, etc).

It's probably the reason why a lot of A-list actors dislike the Kardashians...there's a bitterness that even though they are the most famous movie stars in the world, they are getting less attention and less money than Kardashian reality television stars.

 

[Esque7]

Dont understand why people think hollywood idols are a new thing. Kim is practically the modern Marilyn Monroe. If i could get paid millions to look pretty and act dumb I sure as hell would.

 

[MegaManTrigger]

You are delusional or just jealous if you think that going from where the Kardashians started to the point where they are now " just happens" ....same with Drake - just because him or Kanye didnt grow up as gangbangers Compton doesnt mean they didnt have to work hard to achieve this type of career.

Who said anything about "just happens?" and you have to nerve to assume I'm being delusional/jealous when you didn't read the comment properly. All I'm saying is that it's not "hustling" when you already have an existing base as well as a large sum of money (disrespectful to people who actually had to work their ass off from shitty situations to get to where they are today). As such, more freedom to invest in creating brands and seeing a quick and sustained return. Unless you really think that being born into a family of money is "hard work."

When I mentioned Drake, I was suggesting how he seems to think he had tough times when he was raised in an affluent neighbourhood, had a pretty decent TV career on Degrassi (he had more money than say someone in a low-class setting), and already built a name for himself through mixtapes. If you want to argue that he had to work to get to being a superstar rapper, that's one thing, but it is absolutely disingenuous to act like he was dealt a shitty hand on his way to superstardom. Not to mention, disrespectful to people who actually have shit economic/life situations.