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Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by fock »

mattmanser wrote: post #84
dannyw wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have a few millions in an index fund and are discrete about it, no one is going to take it. There are many rich people who live ordinary lives.

Because stock market crashes never happen?

I don't think the people who are non-obvious rich put their money solely in an index fund. They'll generally have about 50-500 apartment units in some big city, which (if properly insured) guarantees you can weather anything except for wars and asteroids. Maybe they put their earnings into an index fund though ...

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by balfirevic »

econcon wrote: post #74
keiferski wrote: post #35

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The majority of the most "desirable" men in the world have lean, muscular physiques, not bodybuilder physiques. Think Brad Pitt in Fight Club. So, if your main reason for using steroids is to attract women - seriously reconsider, as your premises are wrong.

I never said I am after bodybuilder physique, I mentioned I am after "fight club" look only but little more defined I'd say. (think Henry Cavil in superman) I've done enough research to know women find huge body a turn off. I trained 6 years in a local gym without ever achieving that fight club look and within 3 months after steroid use, I reached there and surpassed my expectations. When I started - I had patchy bea…

> When I started - I had patchy beard and face with no well defined jaw. After steroid use - I've now full beard and square jaw

Do the steroids you take include HGH (human growth hormone)?

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by rfrey »

smitty1e wrote: post #72
smitty1e wrote: post #26

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I got my follows close to 50k, but Twitter seems to squelch my posts a lot. Doubtless due to the flavor of views expressed. Or maybe because I've never paid to boost anything. And then I realized, as with TFA, that attaining the notoriety of the BigNames wasn't worth the hassle, and for this reason not cited in the article: As we lurch toward a "social credit" system, 20 years of stupid gags from Slashdot to Twitter…

Q.E.D.

Yes, but Q.E.D. your parent's point, not yours.

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by kd5bjo »

mattmanser wrote: post #84
dannyw wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have a few millions in an index fund and are discrete about it, no one is going to take it. There are many rich people who live ordinary lives.

Because stock market crashes never happen?

If memory serves, The largest single-day drop was around 25% and the biggest total was around 90%. That leaves 10% to live off of: if you have 10x what’s necessary for the rest of your life invested you can absorb those losses.

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by marktangotango »

PudgePacket wrote: post #42
molteanu wrote: post #4

I honestly thought this is bad writing. It jumps from one idea to the next without bringing any of them to the conclusion. One quote too many, maybe? And too many paragraphs that are meant to catch and arounse the reader's interest? I guess this is the style of writing needed to catch the attention of millions of followers. Am I mistaken? I've stopped reading this after 5 minutes. I've reallly tried, though. Edit: Do…

You're probably getting voted down because you're not really adding anything valuable to the discussion. If you think the submitted article is bad just vote it down and move on.

Huh? Are you able to downvote articles at your current level of karma? I cannot and I have than you (ie immediate parent to this comment).

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by molteanu »

marktangotango wrote: post #95
PudgePacket wrote: post #42

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You're probably getting voted down because you're not really adding anything valuable to the discussion. If you think the submitted article is bad just vote it down and move on.

Huh? Are you able to downvote articles at your current level of karma? I cannot and I have than you (ie immediate parent to this comment).

Nope, I cannot.

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by econcon »

balfirevic wrote: post #92
econcon wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never said I am after bodybuilder physique, I mentioned I am after "fight club" look only but little more defined I'd say. (think Henry Cavil in superman) I've done enough research to know women find huge body a turn off. I trained 6 years in a local gym without ever achieving that fight club look and within 3 months after steroid use, I reached there and surpassed my expectations. When I started - I had patchy bea…

> When I started - I had patchy beard and face with no well defined jaw. After steroid use - I've now full beard and square jaw Do the steroids you take include HGH (human growth hormone)?

>Do the steroids you take include HGH (human growth hormone)?

I take Testosterone Enthante 600mg and primobolone 250mg per week, injections and I cycle them on and off.

HGH doesn't work some guys told me but I never tested it.

Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by [deleted] »

pritovido wrote: post #75
Jare wrote: post #19

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> Why trying to become rich? Once you have enough money to have a great quality of life without stress Generally speaking, to me being rich (disclaimer: I'm not) means having that kind of money today and the confidence that, no matter what happens (barring large scale events like wars or asteroids) I will still have it for the rest of my life.

This does not exist. The moment you have money there is people out there that want to take it. It has always been, there is this part on the Bible that says that when you have money, there will be robbers making holes in your walls to take it. That was thousands of years ago. It is human nature. For me, being really rich is that you know the way to make wealth(not money) when you need it. This knowledge is more usefu…

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Re: Reasons not to become famous

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Post by christiansakai »

keiferski wrote: post #83
christiansakai wrote: post #81

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I read Kevin Hart’s autobiography and one takeaway from the book was that famous comedians or famous people don’t use pseudo/nicknames but just use his/her own name. Kevin Hart was known as Lil’ Kev the Bastard until one of his early mentor told him to drop that nickname.

> Kevin Hart was known as Lil’ Kev the Bastard until one of his early mentor told him to drop that nickname. This is also just a monumentally bad name. In comedy alone, there are plenty of people with nicknames or not-their-actual name: - Louis C.K. (Louis Székely) - Jon Stewart (Jon Leibowitz) - Larry the Cable Guy (Daniel Lawrence Whitney) - Mel Brooks (Melvyn Kaminsky) - Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman) - Tim Allen…

I see. I didn’t know that. Thanks for clarifying
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