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Comment by sirsinsalot | Hacker News Reader

I'm not sure I'd take advice from someone who has time and again shown themselves to be an utterly toxic human being.

Anonymous commenters throwing shade are much more toxic as you are never held accountable for your actions.

Amanda Palmer is easily seen through her own actions as a selfish, out of touch and pretentious to the point of deserving banishment to a deserted island a la Napoleon, but she has Neil Gaiman’s ring and bank account so they both get to live in their own reality / cesspool.

I'm not sure what you're talking about, but the advice itself seems useful, regardless of the messenger. There's nothing inherently toxic about it.

I met her a few years ago and she seemed like a friendly, kind person. And, that didn't make me agree with the content of the video more.

How so?

I got curious (no idea who she is) but this article has some details: https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/22/amanda-palmer-...

Basically seems like a kind of annoying attention seeker. I wouldn't say toxic though.

> https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/22/amanda-palmer-...

So, she seems quite alright then. A bit egotistical, perhaps not the wisest with the 1.2M USD, a bit 'arty', but nothing toxic indeed.

A rich person offering to pay you in hugs for your artistic performance skills is disgusting on a base level. It just is, and that’s her best claim to fame.

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