Poll: Fame or Fortune?

[Bricky]

so basically what I want to know is what would you rather be, rich but not famous or famous but not very rich?

Personally I would rather be rich because I think the media would be very annoying.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Fortune, i can buy everything i want, and who cares about media attention anyway.

 

[Arcticflame]

Fortune, being famous would suck.

Although, being famous because I am a respected would be alright, but being a famous socialite, or pop singer would be downright horrible.

 

[Timotei]

The two are somewhat connected to each other. Famous people tend to become rich at some point an people with vast amounts of money are sometimes considered famous.

 

[Trivun]

Famous, but only for the things I enjoy doing and am good at. I'm not too fussed about being rich. I just want enough money to pay off all my student loans and bills, enable me to get a good flat (preferably a swanky Docklands apartment or something) and enough to let me live comfortably and buy a few luxuries without needing to worry about my svings going dry or whatever. If I have that, that's all I need. So yeah, I'd rather be famous if it's for something I'm good at and enjoy doing, like acting or writing...

 

[PuppetMaster]

fortune. the most powerful people in the world today do all their work out of the limelight

 

[latenightapplepie]

Fortune. Not because I love money, but because when I see fame, I see all the negatives - the lack of privacy, the stalkers, the paparazzi.

Not for me. No thanks.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Money, I could live life care-free and in comfort, but with fame I would have to contend with the bullshit of the media as well. With just fortune I could be as much of a bastard or a slob as I wanted and nobody would care.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

I thought with fame comes fortune, hence the term rich and famous. Then again, wealth can be quantified with a bank balance, but how do you measure fame?.

 

[orangebandguy]

Perhaps fortune rather than fame. I'd prefer that I think.

 

[FROGGEman2]

Doesn't fame breed fortune?

Anyway, riches.

Everything would be mine...

 

[Georgeman]

I would hate being famous. That's why I chose fortune, if only because there are just 2 options on the poll.

 

[Kollega]

Good question for me, actually. Being rich and unknown would be just plain awesome, but if i was world-famous, i could spread my agenda with ease. I'm not sure who i'd like to become - rich guy or famous guy.

 

[Alphavillain]

I don't get why people want to be famous. Every time I think of fame I think of someone like Robbie Williams, who's blatantly insecure. Being famous for fame's sake ain't cool.

 

[Keepitclean]

Fortune, fame looks so shit. it makes me think that the famous are generally rich as a consolation for having so many annoying people hang off of them.

 

[ThreeWords]

Fortune. Not because I love money, but because when I see fame, I see all the negatives - the lack of privacy, the stalkers, the paparazzi.

Not for me. No thanks.

This, pretty much

Being rich doesn't attract unwanted attention

 

[LongAndShort]

Fortune. I'd rather be the behind the scenes string-puller than the face that gets blamed for everything.

 

[Vierran]

I would have to say Rich, i have no interest in being overly popular to the rest of the world.