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[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

Want to know a little secret about obtaining wealth? Start becoming friends with rich people instead of despising them. 

So why don't you do that? You must be lazy if you're not as rich as those guys.

[Taylor]

11 minutes ago, cals said:

When I see Taylor and TG fight it makes me understand what you guys see when KC and I fight.

You think TG and I are alts of each other?

[Taylor]

50 minutes ago, Tank said:

i don't understand criticizing people who are successful. they are the ones who create jobs and opportunities for others. yet, their critics always sound like they expect them to stand on a street corner handing out $100 bills to everyone who passes by, as if that's the only way to share their success.

i applaud those who decided to move forward, to explore, to create, to build. 

Just because someone is successful doesn't mean they're worthy of your praise. Do you think it's possible to amass billions of dollars of wealth and do it in an ethical way?

Hard work and success are worthy goals, but we should never assume that someone's level (or lack) of success is equal to their level of awesomeness as a human being. 

[Taylor]

In other words ... for someone to become a billionaire, a bunch of other people have to lose out. Wealth doesn't exist in a vacuum where any of us could make as much money as we wanted to without it affecting other people.

Look at the personal lives of these billionaires. Elon has six kids with like four different women. Even Bill Gates (the "good" billionaire) turned out to be a womanizer. Poor people have these same issues, but they're not put on pedestals like these ultrarich folks are.

[Crampknees]

19 minutes ago, cals said:

When I see Taylor and TG fight it makes me understand what you guys see when KC and I fight.

It's true.  Their fights start off so fun then escalate. 

[T.G.]

31 minutes ago, cals said:

When I see Taylor and TG fight it makes me understand what you guys see when KC and I fight.

We aren't fighting.  I'm schooling Taylor and providing him life lessons.

[Kotchman]

11 minutes ago, cals said:

I know who all the alts here are.  You’d be surprised to know this place is really just Adam testing out comedy bits on me.  Most everyone here is one of our alts.

Who’s idea was it to create the old senile bastard account 

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Kotchman said:

Who’s idea was it to create the old senile bastard account 

Ouch. Even I'm not that mean to Jay. 

[Lhalo]

24 minutes ago, Taylor said:

So why don't you do that? You must be lazy if you're not as rich as those guys.

Maybe I have done something similar? I don't rip people who do well for themselves, I ask them for advice. 

That type of attitude has done me well. You should try it instead of sounding like a crying 12 year old girl. Your life is what you make of it. Don't expect the government to solve your problems because it never will. Meet successful people and thrive off them. Every successful person I've ever met wants me to join in on their success. Quit acting like rich people are evil. You sound like a government drone when you express those thoughts.

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Lhalo said:

Maybe I have done something similar? I don't rip people who do well for themselves, I ask them for advice. 

That type of attitude has done me well. You should try it instead of sounding like a crying 12 year old girl. Your life is what you make of it. Don't expect the government to solve your problems because it never will. Meet successful people and thrive off them. Every successful person I've ever met wants me to join in on their success. Quit acting like rich people are evil. You sound like a government drone when you express those thoughts.

I don't think "rich people" are evil. I think the richest of the rich got there through many unethical means, and that they could do more to give back to the world instead of going on joy rides to Earth's orbit.

Some of you guys think I'm this poor dude who lives off food stamps or something. The success I've been able to find is a combination of my natural abilities (which I didn't earn for myself), the opportunities I've been given (which came from the generosity of others), and the hard work I've put in (what I have control over). We're all a combination of these things. Some of the hardest-working people I've met aren't super wealthy, nor do they hope to be. I know plenty of lazy trust-fund type kids who have a lot of wealth but didn't have to work hard to earn it.

Have enough humility to admit that if it weren't for this person, or this circumstance, or this thing that you didn't orchestrate for yourself, you wouldn't be in the place you are today. None of us are self-made men.

[Crampknees]

9 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Maybe I have done something similar? I don't rip people who do well for themselves, I ask them for advice. 

That type of attitude has done me well. You should try it instead of sounding like a crying 12 year old girl. Your life is what you make of it. Don't expect the government to solve your problems because it never will. Meet successful people and thrive off them. Every successful person I've ever met wants me to join in on their success. Quit acting like rich people are evil. You sound like a government drone when you express those thoughts.

[Kotchman]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I don't think "rich people" are evil. I think the richest of the rich got there through many unethical means, and that they could do more to give back to the world instead of going on joy rides to Earth's orbit.

Some of you guys think I'm this poor dude who lives off food stamps or something. The success I've been able to find is a combination of my natural abilities (which I didn't earn for myself), the opportunities I've been given (which came from the generosity of others), and the hard work I've put in (what I have control over). We're all a combination of these things. Some of the hardest-working people I've met aren't super wealthy, nor do they hope to be. I know plenty of lazy trust-fund type kids who have a lot of wealth but didn't have to work hard to earn it.

Have enough humility to admit that if it weren't for this person, or this circumstance, or this thing that you didn't orchestrate for yourself, you wouldn't be in the place you are today. None of us are self-made men.

I’m thankful the Lord above has put me in multiple situations for success. My family taught me about work ethic and set the example but their isn’t one damn person that has a course altering effect on my success other than me. Now my wife and son made things easier because they were always understood when I had to do some shitty jobs away from home. Truthfully the only person that held me back was me and when I learned to stop complaining about the rules and learn to win the game, life got a lot easier. 

[Kotchman]

15 minutes ago, St1ck said:

Ouch. Even I'm not that mean to Jay. 

You just made Blarg’s day. 

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

i don't understand criticizing people who are successful. they are the ones who create jobs and opportunities for others. yet, their critics always sound like they expect them to stand on a street corner handing out $100 bills to everyone who passes by, as if that's the only way to share their success.

i applaud those who decided to move forward, to explore, to create, to build. 

This is because you aren’t a lib 

[Jason]

16 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I don't think "rich people" are evil. I think the richest of the rich got there through many unethical means, and that they could do more to give back to the world instead of going on joy rides to Earth's orbit.

Some of you guys think I'm this poor dude who lives off food stamps or something. The success I've been able to find is a combination of my natural abilities (which I didn't earn for myself), the opportunities I've been given (which came from the generosity of others), and the hard work I've put in (what I have control over). We're all a combination of these things. Some of the hardest-working people I've met aren't super wealthy, nor do they hope to be. I know plenty of lazy trust-fund type kids who have a lot of wealth but didn't have to work hard to earn it.

Have enough humility to admit that if it weren't for this person, or this circumstance, or this thing that you didn't orchestrate for yourself, you wouldn't be in the place you are today. None of us are self-made men.

https://apnews.com/article/amazoncom-inc-race-and-ethnicity-jeff-bezos-philanthropy-coronavirus-pandemic-56154051ca19fdd80c2fc003004702b0
you don’t think the ultra rich give back to the world?

[Lhalo]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I don't think "rich people" are evil. I think the richest of the rich got there through many unethical means

So what? Does that mean you should tax everyone more and steal their money? I'm well off but I'm not the richest of the rich. Quit trying to ruin my life and steal my money because you can't figure out how to be more successful. 

I'm telling you right now, if the left keeps pushing this tax the rich bullshit the pendulum will swing and it's going to suck hard for people asking for it.

[Taylor]

15 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

So what? Does that mean you should tax everyone more and steal their money? I'm well off but I'm not the richest of the rich. Quit trying to ruin my life and steal my money because you can't figure out how to be more successful. 

I'm telling you right now, if the left keeps pushing this tax the rich bullshit the pendulum will swing and it's going to suck hard for people asking for it.

Thanks for ignoring the rest of my post and just zeroing in on that one statement.

I don't want taxes to increase for you unless you're in the very highest income bracket. So don't worry.

[Redondo]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

The left is just full of haters when it comes to wealth 

Unless it's a celeb

[Taylor]

16 minutes ago, Jason said:

https://apnews.com/article/amazoncom-inc-race-and-ethnicity-jeff-bezos-philanthropy-coronavirus-pandemic-56154051ca19fdd80c2fc003004702b0
you don’t think the ultra rich give back to the world?

They definitely do. Doesn't mean they didn't obtain their wealth through unethical means.

[Taylor]

Just now, Redondo said:

Unless it's a celeb

Mike Trout (and soon, Shohei Ohtani) are the only two people who I'm like, "Yep, give them all the money they want."

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

Mike Trout (and soon, Shohei Ohtani) are the only two people who I'm like, "Yep, give them all the money they want."

Trout not playing and making a ton of money is basically stealing 

[Redondo]

New York Gov. Hochul orders immediate release of 191 Rikers Island inmates, citing 'technical' violations

Lol, she just got in office and this is one of the first things she does

[Jason]

Just now, Redondo said:

New York Gov. Hochul orders immediate release of 191 Rikers Island inmates, citing 'technical' violations

Lol, she just got in office and this is one of the first things she does

Sounds like something Newsom would do 

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

Thanks for ignoring the rest of my post and just zeroing in on that one statement.

I don't want taxes to increase for you unless you're in the very highest income bracket. So don't worry.

Maybe I am? Either way it's bullshit. People shouldn't be taxed harder because they are successful. 

You are exactly who I thought you were. A person who's jealousy expands into theft. You can't make something for yourself so you take it from others.

[Crampknees]