Businesses exist to make money, period. I can deal with the misogynist piece, but stop being so dense. Say what you want about Kim Kardashian but there is a sexist undertone to the criticism of her business savvy. I don’t need to defend Kim, but I do feel the need to defend women in business from people like you, who…

It’s not. This person just doesn’t know what they’re talking about. :/ Most of the regulations enforced by the CFPB are around disclosures that must be made upon time of purchase. The cards themselves are not illegal.

Well many B2C businesses are predatory one way or another - prepaid cards, phone insurance, etc. It just seems unnecessarily misogynistic that Kim is getting so much hate when she should really be celebrated for beating silicon valley at their own game. I guess since she’s attractive and already rich this one don’t…

I’m telling you, that’s not entirely true. Yes, they were one of the worst, but the prepaid space used to be the wild wild west. This is why the CFPB had to come out swinging over the last 18 months to clean up the remnants of that business model. They also didn’t get shut down, the Kardashians withdrew their…

Tru.

I don’t understand all the confluence of ethics with good business acumen in this thread. Whether or not her products are predatory, they are successful. She and her team appear to be adept at understanding the market for her products. That would make them savvy. I think people dislike Kim so much that they’re…

I doubt you’re actually looking for a real conversation here given all the insults - but how does that mean she’s not savvy? I’ll admit, I believe her success is a mixture of luck and being in the right place at the right time, but who are we to say she and her team are not adept at understanding what Americans want…

Well, hold the phone. GreenDot and all the other prepaids did the same thing! Before the CFPB clamped down, that was standard operating practice. Don’t conflate ethics with business acumen. The Kardashian Kard was just late to the party and were thus made an example of.

What is an unnecessarily dangerous gun? All guns are made for the intended purpose of killing living things. It’s not like other consumer products that are intended for one purpose and have an unintended harmful defect.

Yeah, I’m not particularly attached to either woman but still don’t follow you. No one is shaming anyone for “being naked.” Bette is calling Kim out for photographing herself naked, adding a coy description, and posting it publicly for attention. Whether you love or hate Kim, the thirst is real with this one.

Embarrassed about my level of Kardashian knowledge but I’ve never heard that. I thought they donate money to Kris’s weird church to funnel tax deductions back into their own pockets.

You really took that as bullying? While not the funniest thing The Divine Miss M has ever said, I took it more as a read for Kim’s thirstiness. Kim’s original post was along the lines of “oh em gee, nothing to wear so I’m naked guyssss!!”

You’d be surprised. I’m married now (not that that stops men from aggressively hitting on me) but I’ve had guys invite me to their house or to get in their car and go to another location with them. And I was always labeled uptight or a huge bitch for turning them down. Men fear rejection, but women fear being…

This is good! Just talk to women, treat them as you would any other human you have an interest in getting to know. If after awhile, you sense a mutual connection, ask to see her again in a non-threatening way (coffee, move to another bar nearby, etc.). If she says no, be classy about it. If it stings and you want to…

Because men respect another man’s property, but not womens’ independence, apparently.

She thinks she raps with an American accent? Oh.

Yes! She seems like she is simultaneously giving it her all as a performer yet is in on the joke. I think my favorite part was, after lunch with her husband, she ate a damn cake all by herself on camera. None of those stuffy bitches would do something like that! I also get a really nice, down to earth vibe from her.

I love Erica Jayne/Girardi too! I’m new to this series but I can’t get why all the other housewives are such bitches to her.

Aww, you’re so cute! Look at you, you think you made a smart on the internet!

Hill’s “back up guy” is the Governor of Minnesota.