Popularity, earned or stolen?

The question is simple: Do you think we earn our popularity, or do we simply drain it from others?

That sir is a pretty hard question. My post lacked intelligence so I have to say earned.

Depends on one thing. Are we having the word popularity interchangeable with respectable? Usually if you're popular, it's cause you've done something to earn it from others. (I'll ignore stuff like high school. That was all a bunch of bullshit anyway.) I'll go with earned.

Popularity as in being well known. As for what you can be well known for it does include respect, but it's kind of a broad term. I guess it just depends on what your respected for. For example, one could be respected for their wealth, but another could be respected for their "good" actions. In this case the latter respect would be earned, but wealth in my eyes would be stolen.

I think it is earned by your actions and more specifically your actions that have a wide effect on people. It doesn't have to be a huge effect on people and they don't have to REALLY notice what you did, they just have to be aware of you.

Hm...well I almost thought this was internet popularity cause then my answer would be earned because of how i normally post :lol:

In rl my high school pop was i guess earned because of the weird things i did and ppl respected me only to a degree(and that degree being that I'm normal when i
m by myself :lol:) but now since im in college i basically leech it off of other ppl since i hate college :lol: but at least outside i earn it anyway.

earned.much fullfiling

I believe there is no such thing as popularity there is only money. If you have it people like you dispite how stupid and disgusting you might be, and if you dont then you better be hot.

What about those funny people who aren't good looking or rich? And their are the artsy creative types too. They are both popular.

their not popular their clowns, and nobody really likes clowns.

I'm terrified of clowns. Also, not all artsy types are clowns. If they were, we'd all be worshipping those "clowns" drawing all the hentai you fap to.

well I do believe I just got served. I think...

Ghandi had no money and he was pretty popular. Plus, I don't think I can name more then like five 2 people off the top of my head who I know of strictly because of their money.

Well thats just my view of the world it dosent mean that Im right.

Wait, what the hell are you talkin about? What about famous manga artists (for example). You earn your popularity and respect based on your skill and your work. Not based on how much money you have.

of course , it is earned by ourselves ^_^

Yup. I earned mine from building a Virgin's Club and posting poems in the Writing and Lemons section.