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Whoopi Goldberg calling herself 'a working person' garners criticism from 'The View' fans (www.usatoday.com)
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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Look, technically she is right. She still has a boss, she still has to turn up somewhere at a certain time and do a certain thing in order to get paid. But lets not pretend that she still NEEDS to be a "working person".

Once you have enough money for working for the rest of your life to be optional (even if you had to take a significant reduction in lifestyle) you are now a different class of "worker" and that is a HUGE difference in stress and demand on your life.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Agreed. She has no frame of reference for what the overwhelming majority of the population calls work.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

You completely lost me at "from the view fans"

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Celebrities are out of touch. No matter if they were nepo babies or genuinely started off like the rest of us. After a few years in that world, they are convinced that the work they do merits millions of dollars. There is no way for that money to not warp the brain.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Spend most of your waking hours acting as a different person for insane amounts of money and the adoration of millions of people you've never met. -Yeah, I'm sure that never causes problems.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 26 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

She's forgotten her roots. Back in the 90s she had to hold down all kinds of jobs to get by like psychic, showgirl-nun, and dinosaur cop.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 11 points 3 hours ago

Don't forget futuristic space bartender.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Her work with the St. Katherines Sisters Choir was very impressive. Doing God's work.

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 56 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Her and Oprah man. I liked it when we were ignorant and just thought they were neat people.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 34 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen the Oprah and Ellen talking about cosplaying as poor people by going to the bank?

https://youtu.be/HbwARJNjI3M

[–] Bearbi3@lemm.ee 18 points 6 hours ago

That was truly nauseating to watch.

[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 28 points 6 hours ago

Ah yes, because we all know someone worth at least 30 million is a "working person."

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Technically she does still work, although she certainly doesn’t need to survive. Her needs are well and truly met a million times over.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Exactly technically she is right. She still has a boss, she still has to turn up somewhere at a certain time and do a certain thing in order to get paid. But lets not pretend that she still NEEDS to be a "working person".

Once you have enough money for working for the rest of your life to be optional (even if you had to take a significant reduction in lifestyle) you are now a different class of "worker" and that is a HUGE difference in stress and demand on your life.