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Nazi goon, a lot of the atrocities Heydrich committed weren't in order to get power but once he already had it. So it wasn't ruthlessness, it was just psychopathic sadism and hatred. Way to go! No wonder you need a role model or someone to aspire you when you even gently caress up choosing who to aspire to.
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May 1, 2017 10:25
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I can't believe inheritance goon isn't going to travel the world or do anything fun or interesting with the money. Just keep going to your job, you only have one life to live after all, might as well spend it doing TPS reports for decades because I can't think of any other way to live. Like, gently caress, man, just give it to someone else if all it's going to do is sit in your bank account and be a comforting thought in the back of your mind. What a boring loving response to suddenly being able to do anything you want, is what I'm saying.
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May 1, 2017 10:55
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WampaLord posted:I can't believe inheritance goon isn't going to travel the world or do anything fun or interesting with the money. Just keep going to your job, you only have one life to live after all, might as well spend it doing TPS reports for decades because I can't think of any other way to live. Yeah I mean nobody is saying buy your own private jet and fly it around the world while bathing in dom perignon, just take say 100k out and take a year off of work and use it however you please. With that kind of budget you could probably see as much of the world as you pleased. e: also i dont really get why we have multiple nazi confessors. Why would they come here? The SJW stuff is kind of overblown but nonetheless none of our subforums are particularly friendly to that kind of person. Is this just an "edgier" version of the people who post that they think they are sociopaths when in reality they are just a boring teenager? yeah I eat ass fucked around with this message at 12:33 on May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 11:55
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I mean if I had $26 million I'd just immediately sever all contact with my family/friends and move away from everyone who ever knew me, and live a carefree life laughing at them from afar.
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May 1, 2017 11:58
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Elsa posted:500k is 2% interest of 26 mil so I hope you didn't mean you'd keep the money under a mattress and spend it slowly Ya, more or less. The entire reason having a disgusting amount of money is attractive is because it means I can do whatever the gently caress I want, whenever the gently caress I want, however the gently caress I want. Things I want to do: -get high -play video games -travel -gently caress Things I don't want to do: -worry about money -participate in the disgusting bullshit of Wall Street -worry about wether my subhuman lizard person of a financial advisor is embezzling or loving me over Literally no reason to worry about investing it other than blinding greed. Since I'm not a degenerate brokebrains, IDGAF about earning more if I'm sitting on millions.
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May 1, 2017 11:59
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Yeah I mean nobody is saying buy your own private jet and fly it around the world while bathing in dom perignon, just take say 100k out and take a year off of work and use it however you please. With that kind of budget you could probably see as much of the world as you pleased. Exactly, it's baffling to me that this goon doesn't even seem to consider wanting to do something like this. You could have a lifetime of adventures with that money with plenty left over to give to your kids or the charity of your choice.
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May 1, 2017 11:59
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maskenfreiheit posted:... maybe give professional poker a shot - a relatively small small bankroll of like 50k would probably be enough to find out if you had the stuff if you stuck to low limit tables and actually focused on learning rather than just throwing money around.... And another sucker loses their entire fortune to gambling addiction. "Hey it's my money... I can stop any time I want." etc etc.
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May 1, 2017 12:47
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WampaLord posted:Exactly, it's baffling to me that this goon doesn't even seem to consider wanting to do something like this. I think hat would get boring pretty fast. People need meaning for long term satisfaction. Some get it from work. Poster could also get it from charity work etc. Just living an idle life sounds good but probably wouldn't actually lead to happiness.
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May 1, 2017 13:32
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therattle posted:I think hat would get boring pretty fast. People need meaning for long term satisfaction. Some get it from work. Poster could also get it from charity work etc. Just living an idle life sounds good but probably wouldn't actually lead to happiness. I feel like this is a comforting lie we all tell each other to avoid the truth that work sucks.
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May 1, 2017 13:34
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Some people have more meaningful jobs than others.
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May 1, 2017 13:38
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Find meaning in surfing
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May 1, 2017 13:39
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WampaLord posted:I feel like this is a comforting lie we all tell each other to avoid the truth that work sucks. I like my work but that's why I said meaning could be obtained from charity work or similar. Otherwise I think a life of ennui would result.
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May 1, 2017 13:49
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Or he could live like Johnny Depp for 8 months then die with nothing!
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May 1, 2017 14:51
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I love (read: do not love) the supposition that "my role model is an unscrupulous, opportunistic vulture, willing to compromise anything for power" is a positive thing, and that the problem is when it becomes "my role model is an unscrupulous, opportunistic NAZI vulture, willing to compromise anything for power"
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May 1, 2017 14:52
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How did Heydrich goon Nazi that coming?
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May 1, 2017 15:21
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therattle posted:I think hat would get boring pretty fast. People need meaning for long term satisfaction. Some get it from work. Poster could also get it from charity work etc. Just living an idle life sounds good but probably wouldn't actually lead to happiness. As someone who lives that kind of life I have to say you're right. Sitting at home smoking weed and playing video games is fun for a few years, but eventually you'll get bored and need something else. I know it sounds like bullshit but it's the truth.
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May 1, 2017 16:03
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limp_cheese posted:As someone who lives that kind of life I have to say you're right. Sitting at home smoking weed and playing video games is fun for a few years, but eventually you'll get bored and need something else. Well, here's a wild thought: do the fun things in moderation. It doesn't have to be all out forever or nothing forever.
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May 1, 2017 16:06
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limp_cheese posted:As someone who lives that kind of life I have to say you're right. Sitting at home smoking weed and playing video games is fun for a few years, but eventually you'll get bored and need something else. I would like a few years to test this theory.
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May 1, 2017 16:10
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Well, here's a wild thought: do the fun things in moderation. It doesn't have to be all out forever or nothing forever. That's true in everything. I just wanted to address the usual train of thought of "If I have money I would sit at home and smoke weed and play video games forever" isn't viable. Even though I have first hand experience that it gets old I still want to say that's bullshit and always fun. Hell, it might be different if I was rich instead of living a comfortable middle class life style. Having no money worries might be what makes that life nirvana.
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May 1, 2017 16:16
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I remember I had two weeks off work and I played a ton of video games, wore pants as little as possible, and generally did as little as possible. I was going loving crazy by the end of it. I work a crap job in a gas station, and I was happy to go back to work. Then again, maybe I'm just weird.
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May 1, 2017 16:24
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then i went back to work and played a ton of video games and wore pants as little as possible and generally did as little as possible?
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May 1, 2017 16:29
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I bring this up basically every opportunity I get: I once got a job as a test automation engineer, and a month later the company's head of engineering left and his replacement decided he didn't want to do test automation, but my boss's department was under budget so I didn't get laid off, and as a result I had a job where I wasn't allowed to actually do anything of consequence, and I had dumb busywork but if I just didn't do it nobody noticed. I got paid plenty of money and shitposted on GBS all day. I kept this job for two years, and after one I was incredibly depressed. As an added bonus it turns out that 99% of companies don't take test engineering seriously as an engineering discipline, so this specialty I was assigned arbitrarily after college had most hiring managers convinced that I wasn't a "real" software engineer (I have a Master's in computer science). And given the kind of job I had, I kind of believed them. Took me another year to claw my way into a job title that wasn't resume poison, and then another year to parlay that into a job where I could actually be given real responsibilities and taken seriously by myself and others. Feeling like you don't have a purpose in life can be a dangerous thing, even if you like chilling and not working hard.
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May 1, 2017 16:35
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When I graduated and got a "real" job I told myself that I would keep bartending on the side. It didn't last long because 1) my willingness to suffer bullshit plummeted and 2) my employer could smell my non-desperation.
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May 1, 2017 17:04
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BigBadSteve posted:And another sucker loses their entire fortune to gambling addiction. "Hey it's my money... I can stop any time I want." etc I mean, I currently play poker occasionally and haven't run into any issues. I set a budget, and when that's gone I stop. Why is spending 200 bucks on poker bad, but spending 200 bucks on a concert OK?
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May 1, 2017 18:32
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That stuff IS kind of arbitrary I guess like, 5 bucks is cheap for a beer, but ridiculous highway robbery for an app
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May 1, 2017 18:37
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maskenfreiheit posted:I mean, I currently play poker occasionally and haven't run into any issues. You should be sneaking into concerts to both save money and improve your subterfuge skills.
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May 1, 2017 19:15
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maskenfreiheit posted:Why is spending 200 bucks on poker bad, but spending 200 bucks on a concert OK? GIS Concert Attendee:  GIS Poker Player: 
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May 1, 2017 19:56
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maskenfreiheit posted:I mean, I currently play poker occasionally and haven't run into any issues. *in a borat voice* brutal self a own very niiice
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May 1, 2017 21:07
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Spending money on a concert is expected, you get an experience you can remember and share with others. If you "spend" money on gambling you are obviously losing, or you'd be making money, and what memories are you getting out of it? Some unwashed guy in Orange tinted shades apparently, with a poo poo eating grin as he takes your money. At least spend the 200 bucks on weed christ
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May 1, 2017 21:39
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ITT nerds can't comprehend someone getting a thrill out of a calculated risk
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May 1, 2017 22:09
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So now people are pretending they cannot understand why gambling is fun?
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May 1, 2017 22:12
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The first time I ever went gambling I got on a huge winning streak and it was fun as hell and like being high. I totally get how chasing that feeling is addictive. I went in wit $10 and walked out with about $250, slowly accumulated throughout the night on stupid lovely slots. I vowed to never gamble again after that since the law of averages would take away all I won. Go in, win once, hold onto that high.
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May 1, 2017 22:21
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Learn to play craps, go to a casino in Vegas, and spend enough time getting free drinks at a craps table to lose $200, and tell me it's not an experience you can share with others  (or blackjack if you're less hardcore) It's definitely a "sometimes" thing, and like anything else there are good and bad ways to go about it, but it's fun every once in a while.
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May 1, 2017 22:23
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My mom had been grinding rupees for a while to afford the blue ring in Zelda on the nes. She asked me to take over for a little while she made dinner. I tried to save time by going to the gambling cave and I lost it all to an old man with three treasure chests
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May 1, 2017 22:23
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loquacius posted:Learn to play craps, go to a casino in Vegas, and spend enough time getting free drinks at a craps table to lose $200, and tell me it's not an experience you can share with others I need to learn how to play craps. I have no excuse, I even worked for a goddamned slot machine company (don't play slots, you'll never win, fyi).
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May 1, 2017 22:31
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My boyfriend worked for 6 months in a French online poker help call centre to practice his French, and spent the whole time talking to sad old pensioners overseas who lost all their money and who would cry down the phone line and talk about how gambling was all they had because their family ignored them
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May 1, 2017 22:37
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keep posting about gambling guys this is hilarious
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May 1, 2017 22:45
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I need to learn how to play craps. I have no excuse, I even worked for a goddamned slot machine company (don't play slots, you'll never win, fyi). Craps is insanely fun and like most gambling games very easy once you learn about it. Best way to learn is just walk up to a table and bet the "come" line with everyone else and ask a bunch of questions. It doesn't help that me and two of my friends all walked away with several thousand dollars the first time we played it in Vegas.
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May 1, 2017 22:46
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loquacius posted:Learn to play craps, go to a casino in Vegas, and spend enough time getting free drinks at a craps table to lose $200, and tell me it's not an experience you can share with others 5$ min bet craps playing pass-line and maybe odds, 6/8 is the only game to play in vegas that is fun and will give you a chance to walk away with some extra money.
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