I was going to comment on his insta photo's of wads (this morning, EU time) of cash and now there's none (evening)
forgot one > https://www.instagram.com/p/YbXbN6IMOs/
I am rich and have no idea what to do
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#872Hey Vinay, this part struck me: > with all the mounting insecurities I had stuffed down over the past several years. I didn’t feel like I could work on them with her. So I broke things off after almost 2 years of unconditional love. It was extremely painful, but it was the right call. I needed to fully face myself. You had something really special. You obviously miss her. I am not saying that anything will come from…
Yeah it’s always interesting to me when people get rid of stabilizing social forces in their life to “work on themselves”. Changing doesn’t happen in a vacuum, in fact, it’s usually DUE TO those social forces that we learn, grow, and improve. Gutting an otherwise healthy relationship to navel-gaze seems like a bad choice. Source: My wife has absolutely pushed me to address hard things in my life and I’m better for it…
That's such a thoughtful thing to say! thank you for sharing that Adam. I hope you've told her this too, it would mean a lot for her to hear you say so. I find that a good encouragement as I seek to one day be married again :)
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#873Yeah it’s a problem. Jimmy Carter had the same type of problem 45 years ago. He seemed to deal with it pretty well.
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#874Not to judge or sound condescending, but it seems like you’re lacking empathy and a community. I know exactly what I’d do in your situation: help others. I live in a small city, and it has some problems and some opportunities. Even lacking funds I still do what I can to help the community around me. Spend some time with people who aren’t all in tech or on the beach and go find some reality. People like elon preaching…
Thank you for saying what I didn't have the patience to say. Although I sincerely worry that empathizing with people like this is a trap. I hate that I have to think this way, but nothing is worse than feeling like a sucker. I only hope I'm elevated above all of this in the afterlife.
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#875I am new here, but can I ask a serious question? How does a question like this even get listed?? Or responded to? I really would like to know the system here.
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#876I retired four years ago just before hitting 50 years of age. There is no real purpose and never was. I got my degree, worked in a field I loved. I was good at it, learned and was successful. But there never was any real purpose except personal growth and being challenged in my field of expertise. I've seen CEOs come and go, engineers much smarter than me leave and poor replacements being hired. Nothing ever really c…
> There is no real purpose and never was.
Some people find this utterly depressing and nihilistic, but personally, I find it freeing.
The universe does not expect anything from you. That means you should do the most to simply enjoy life. Have fun and experience wonder. If you have the money to do whatever the hell you want, then do whatever the hell you want.
I already know what I'd do. I'd spend an entire summer on a massive road trip around the USA, visiting every major theme park. When winter hits, I'd go somewhere tropical and sip Mai Tais on the beach. Or travel to the north and drink a beer under the Northern Lights every night.
When free time becomes unlimited, I'd no longer feel like I need to min/max the usage of it.
Shit, just being able to go without an alarm clock for nearly every day of the year would bring immense happiness.
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#877Ok, I did not see nearly ending up at DOGE coming. > I should work for Elon and Vivek at DOGE and help America get off its current crash to defaulting on its own debt Thinking that DOGE will somehow accomplish something important seems very naive. DOGE's purpose is to try to cut government spending so that Billionaires can get more tax cuts.
Yeah, DOGE is going to fix the government? Um, wut...
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#878I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience. In my experience, a lot of people who get into this state start self-sabotaging hard as a way of rejecting what feels, ironically, like losing control. Sudden freedom can fe…
I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience. I’ve seen a lot of people have random outlier success they didn’t earn and it seems to have the same effect as what most people get out of their careers: crushing failure th…
> working for money is a waste of time for almost everyone
No. Chance doesn’t fall evenly. It falls more often on those who work.
Thinking that Trump is full of rage is missing the forest for the tree. It’s a forest of journalists who are full of rage that this race and gender unapologetically exists, who try to depaint Trump as full of rage. It’s a forest of selfish crowd who wants the fruit of the labor of the second half of people, who complain that Trump is selfish.
Looked at the tree. Missed the entire forest. Not surprising that you think people are struck by a lightening to become billionaire.
Chop chop chop, back to work, quit being jealous.
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#880You should try having someone fucking you in the ass for half an hour.