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Deadlock Clock: May 23rd 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: May 4th 2017 at 4:41:47 AM

These two suggestions were posted for this trope in the Image Suggestion thread.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sam_smith_im_not_the_only_one_8_2_2014_feature_1024x576.jpg
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_4_74.jpg

Quoting from the poster:

I've got two suggestions for The Rich Have White Stuff. One is from the Sam Smith music video "I'm Not the Only One", where it's very clear that everything is white, but there isn't that much stuff in the image (there is in the video, but the shots aren't that wide) and the wealth isn't that clear. The other is from Supergirl (2015), where the wealth is very evident and there is an awful lot of white stuff in the image, but there is a shadow across a bit of the shot, so it can look more grey.

So, thoughts?

edited 4th May '17 4:43:08 AM by Morgenthaler

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#2: May 4th 2017 at 4:01:30 PM

Pending other ideas, either works for me...leaning very slightly toward the first.

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#3: May 4th 2017 at 4:16:05 PM

Is this a comparison trope? The description is a bit heavy on the "poorer people wear this and richer people wear that" side... is why I ask.

edited 4th May '17 4:16:22 PM by WaterBlap

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#4: May 4th 2017 at 11:19:37 PM

1.2 lightened a little:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_4_74_6.png

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#5: May 5th 2017 at 3:35:00 AM

^ The non-white dresses weaken the message.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#6: May 5th 2017 at 12:41:17 PM

I prefer 1.1.

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#7: May 5th 2017 at 2:16:12 PM

1.1

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#8: May 5th 2017 at 2:43:18 PM

Yeh, the other thread saw support for the second image, with the caption "Actually that dress is ecru". So I'm leaning for the second one, but lightened.

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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#10: May 7th 2017 at 4:35:04 AM

1.2/4 for me.

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#11: May 7th 2017 at 11:02:31 AM

Would a real-life house count for this one? Here's Akon's mansion, for one.

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#12: May 7th 2017 at 12:23:27 PM

[up] Oh, yeah, I like that better.

(Neither of the original suggestions really shouts "rich" to me.)

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#13: May 7th 2017 at 4:36:58 PM

[up][up] That's a good contender.

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#14: May 8th 2017 at 8:58:02 AM

I like that one.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#15: May 8th 2017 at 12:21:36 PM

11 > 1.1. Because it's more concise.

edited 8th May '17 12:22:47 PM by AnotherDuck

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#17: May 8th 2017 at 7:52:24 PM

[up]That works better since there's more contrast and not so much white it blends together.

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#19: May 9th 2017 at 8:33:53 AM

16 is indeed better.

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#20: May 9th 2017 at 9:20:07 AM

[tup] 16

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#22: May 20th 2017 at 8:37:47 AM

Clock is set. Any more votes for 11 or 16?

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#23: May 24th 2017 at 3:20:51 PM

Clock expired; closing.

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