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Re: Could this happen? From Jeff on 12 Dec '00 replying to Re: Could this happen? posted by Rocky >A couple of things immediately come to mind... > >First, never listen to an average joe that tells you that you should do X for a living. Average people, when they see something that looks to them like an expression of real talent, tend to tell the person that they are truly gifted and should make a life-long career out of X. When you hear that, don't give it more weight than it deserves. > >Second, SPEAKING OF WEIGHT, if you want to appeal to a vast number of people, throw away the term "SLENDER Goddess". It immediately alienates more than half the web-shopping world. One problem is that Slender Goddess sounds vaguely pornographic, although a lot of pretty ordinary things can be pornographic on the web.

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>>A couple of things immediately come to mind... >> >>First, never listen to an average joe that tells you that you should do X for a living. Average people, when they see something that looks to them like an expression of real talent, tend to tell the person that they are truly gifted and should make a life-long career out of X. When you hear that, don't give it more weight than it deserves. >> >>Second, SPEAKING OF WEIGHT, if you want to appeal to a vast number of people, throw away the term "SLENDER Goddess". It immediately alienates more than half the web-shopping world. > >One problem is that Slender Goddess sounds vaguely pornographic, although a lot of pretty >ordinary things can be pornographic on the web.