Poll: Are you famous OFF of the Escapist?
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I can confidently claim that over 4000 people know me and my name even if I don't have no idea who they are.
^ That. Though when searching "From Australia" I can claim number one on page one. But if you knew the story you'd know that's nothing to brag about :/implodingMan said:
Don't think that makes me famous though, just think that makes me stupid enough to get onto the internet with some notoriety.
I'm well known in my community.
And so I see an indirect proportion going on
Famous here=not famous elsewhere
Not famous here(me)= well known elsewhere.
Although there are some new guys here that are socially inept.
And so I see an indirect proportion going on
Famous here=not famous elsewhere
Not famous here(me)= well known elsewhere.
Although there are some new guys here that are socially inept.
Well, I have actually met a couple people who when I told them I wrote for +1 Comics, they recognized it right off the bat. It's always weird to meet strangers who know your work.
Famous? Nah, not me.
Famous? Nah, not me.
I'm just an average Teenager off the Escapist, my entire school knows who I am, but that's about the extent of it.
O, many a panting, noble heart
Cherishes in its deep recess
Th' hope to win renown o'er earth
From Glory's priz'd caress.
And some will reach that envied goal,
And have their fame known far and wide;
And some will sink unnoted down
In dark Oblivion's tide.
But I, who many a pleasant scheme
Do sometimes cull from Fancy's store,
With dreams, such as the youthful dream,
Of grandeur, love, and power-
Shall I build up a lofty name,
And seek to have the nations known
What conscious might dwells in the brain
That throbs aneath this brow?
And have thick countless ranks of men
Fix upon me their reverent gaze,
And listen to the deafening shouts
To me that thousands raise?
Thou foolish soul! the very place
That pride has made for folly's rest;
What thoughts with vanity all rife,
Fill up this heaving breast!
Fame, O what happiness is lost
In hot pursuit of that false glare!
Thou, whose drunk votaries die to gain
A puff of viewless air.
So, never let me more repine,
Though I live on obscure, unknown,
Though after death unsought may be
My markless resting stone.
For mighty one and lowly wretch,
Dull, idiot mind, or teeming sense
Must sleep on the same earthy couch,
A hundred seasons hence.
FAME'S VANITY BY W. WHITMAN.
Cherishes in its deep recess
Th' hope to win renown o'er earth
From Glory's priz'd caress.
And some will reach that envied goal,
And have their fame known far and wide;
And some will sink unnoted down
In dark Oblivion's tide.
But I, who many a pleasant scheme
Do sometimes cull from Fancy's store,
With dreams, such as the youthful dream,
Of grandeur, love, and power-
Shall I build up a lofty name,
And seek to have the nations known
What conscious might dwells in the brain
That throbs aneath this brow?
And have thick countless ranks of men
Fix upon me their reverent gaze,
And listen to the deafening shouts
To me that thousands raise?
Thou foolish soul! the very place
That pride has made for folly's rest;
What thoughts with vanity all rife,
Fill up this heaving breast!
Fame, O what happiness is lost
In hot pursuit of that false glare!
Thou, whose drunk votaries die to gain
A puff of viewless air.
So, never let me more repine,
Though I live on obscure, unknown,
Though after death unsought may be
My markless resting stone.
For mighty one and lowly wretch,
Dull, idiot mind, or teeming sense
Must sleep on the same earthy couch,
A hundred seasons hence.
FAME'S VANITY BY W. WHITMAN.
I have some mildly famous people in my family history, that is all really.
My Great Grandfather
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garfield_Gardiner
The Family Scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Giant:_The_Tommy_Douglas_Story
My Uncle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe
My Great Grandfather
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garfield_Gardiner
The Family Scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Giant:_The_Tommy_Douglas_Story
My Uncle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe