WELP

[kleenexwoman]

Car's dead.

God, I want to whine about being broke, but I should really stop doing that; last time, a few people were nice enough to send me some money for groceries, but it's not something I should expect.

Talked to Daniel about the possibility of doing Tarot online for serious. His wife does it for parties for $200, but her religious principles prevent her from profiting--she gives most of it to charity after deducting transportation costs. (Why do it at all then, I ask?)
He said if you set up a website and get your own chat server, it only costs a few hundred bucks. A few hundred bucks. I figure I could just use YIM for free or something, or set up a PayPal button on my LJ profile or something, charge five or ten bucks a reading and make grocery money until the loan money comes in or I get a meager fast-food paycheck. I don't know, would anyone be up for that for serious?

Comments

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Oh YUCK!!! Do you seriously want to join the ranks of creepy scumbags who exploit people's stupidity, gullibility and vulnerability? I mean, you are actually ripping people off if you pretend to believe in this crap in order to persuade them to give you money to help them cope with their lives. It would be different if you had a big banner up on your website saying "I don't believe any of this, it's just a bit of fun, don't make any life decisions based on what I tell you," but in that case I don't think you'd make much money.

[drworm.livejournal.com]

She's catering more to the college hipster crowd, not the shut-in cat lady crowd.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

I don't see how you can tell that from a website, though.

[drworm.livejournal.com]

You don't think advertising on the web targets certain groups the same as it does in other media?

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Sure. And just as TV shows end up with fans that weren't in the targeted demographic, websites get customers that don't fit the profile the makers expected.

[drworm.livejournal.com]

But that's because there are only so many ways one can control consumers, and that's true of all media, so why expend undue energy worrying about it?

In fact, I'm less concerned about how gullible people might hypothetically choose to spend their money than I am about kleenexwoman's safety, seeing as she has a history of attracting wackos.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Whereas I, since I know nothing about her history, am more concerned with the state of her soul (or whatever it is that distinguishes a good person from a reprehensible one).

GOIN 2 HELL BRB

[drworm.livejournal.com]

Re: GOIN 2 HELL BRB

[azdak.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! Who is that?

Re: GOIN 2 HELL BRB

[drworm.livejournal.com]

That would be Stephen Colbert. :D From the show Strangers with Candy, which I really need to get at some point.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Good lord, no, I don't really believe in it, and I wouldn't pretend I do. I do think it has some use as a psychological tool just because the meanings of the cards are so vague; it's kind of like horoscopes in that respect, where there's no real occult force behind it, just the occasional piece of good advice.
There are a lot of tarot places down by my house that have "For Entertainment Purposes Only" signs up; they do that because there are ordinances against scamming people with occult excuses. I'd probably put up something like that. If I start doing it in Mt. Pleasant, I'm mostly going to get college-age hipsters who want a temporary diversion anyway.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

For Entertainment Purposes Only" signs up [...]I'd probably put up something like that.

That definitely makes a difference :-)