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Actually, I felt very similar to you. That 280k he gave to charity should go towards funding his next venture, or funding another comic's venture.

tfb 15y ago
<blatantSarcasm>Yeah let's just forget about all the poor suffering people! Survival of the fittest, right?!</blatantSarcasm> But in all seriousness, I'm curious as to how/why you and the grandparent think that funding his or another comic's next venture would be more beneficial to the world as whole than donating it to charity. To have an opportunity to improve the lives of thousands, possibly millions, but ignore it and focus on yourself is extremely selfish; and I hope there aren't many people out there who would do such a thing. You might argue that his investments in future ventures might return more money to donate than he originally would have, but that would be assuming that Louis CK doesn't already have the finances for that; and I assure you, he either does or he can obtain it with minimal effort.
alecperkins 15y ago
The 250k going to pay for the special is more accurately "replenishing" his company, as Louis CK stated during his interview with Jimmy Fallon. That money will certainly be used for his next project. Plus, the remainder that he's taking for himself will allow him to devote more personal (and probably unpaid) time to whatever the next project is. Since he's the one doing it, I'm confident his judgement as to what amounts are necessary is sound.
tsotha 15y ago
I don't think he's hurting for cash, particularly. That's one of those industries where the unknowns make almost nothing, but once you become a household name you make quite a lot of money. And beyond that he could always borrow money for a venture that's likely to be profitable, or he could just go with Comedy Central the next time around.

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Actually, I felt very similar to you. That 280k he gave to charity should go towards funding his next venture, or funding another comic's venture.

by masmullin 15y ago

tfb 15y ago
<blatantSarcasm>Yeah let's just forget about all the poor suffering people! Survival of the fittest, right?!</blatantSarcasm> But in all seriousness, I'm curious as to how/why you and the grandparent think that funding his or another comic's next venture would be more beneficial to the world as whole than donating it to charity. To have an opportunity to improve the lives of thousands, possibly millions, but ignore it and focus on yourself is extremely selfish; and I hope there aren't many people out there who would do such a thing. You might argue that his investments in future ventures might return more money to donate than he originally would have, but that would be assuming that Louis CK doesn't already have the finances for that; and I assure you, he either does or he can obtain it with minimal effort.
alecperkins 15y ago
The 250k going to pay for the special is more accurately "replenishing" his company, as Louis CK stated during his interview with Jimmy Fallon. That money will certainly be used for his next project. Plus, the remainder that he's taking for himself will allow him to devote more personal (and probably unpaid) time to whatever the next project is. Since he's the one doing it, I'm confident his judgement as to what amounts are necessary is sound.
tsotha 15y ago
I don't think he's hurting for cash, particularly. That's one of those industries where the unknowns make almost nothing, but once you become a household name you make quite a lot of money. And beyond that he could always borrow money for a venture that's likely to be profitable, or he could just go with Comedy Central the next time around.