The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’re Good at It

Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by busyant on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:47PM (#18153038)

> very often slandered and misunderstood.

You mean the guy who wrote this? Clearly, he's a diamond in the rough /s.

'Then a letter from Mr. Shkreli came to his home, addressed to his wife.

“Your husband has stolen $1.6 million from me,” it read.

“Your pathetic excuse of a husband,” the letter added, “needs to get a real job that does not depend on fraud to succeed.”

“I hope to see you and your four children homeless,” the letter said. “I will do whatever I can to assure this. Your husband’s arrogance is infuriating, and making an enemy out of me is a mistake.”'

-NYTimes, 18 July 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/business/dealbook/former-...

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by 1000units on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:54PM (#18153063)

Yes. I've said worse to people over much less myself. And I'm a nice guy too.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by busyant on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:51AM (#18154889)

You've threatened someone's wife and children because of an alleged crime commited by their husband/father?

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by 1000units on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:33PM (#18156524)

On the advice of counsel I invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, and respectfully decline to answer your question.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by sooheon on Friday October 05, 2018 @10:53PM (#18153230)

Is this Poe's law at work?

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by 1000units on Friday October 05, 2018 @11:03PM (#18153262)

If you think that kind of reaction is out of line, please kindly let me know where you keep your 1.6 million dollars. Thanks.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by viraptor on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:59AM (#18153937)

It is out of line. It's one thing to be angry at a person, another to wish bad things on their family/children who likely had no part is the issue.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by 1000units on Saturday October 06, 2018 @03:55AM (#18154084)

Any time we find ourselves benefactors of evil, we must advocate against it and thank anyone who may have explained to us where we stand.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by viraptor on Saturday October 06, 2018 @07:40AM (#18154623)

Advocating against bad actions is different than going homeless because your parents did something wrong. You can't assume that they didn't and can't assume they deserve any punishment for what their parents do.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by 1000units on Saturday October 06, 2018 @02:28PM (#18156491)

If a man does terrible things to support his family, the inevitable destruction of his family falls on his head. Not the other people he ripped off.

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Re:The First Rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t Tell Anyone You’... by HyperTalk2 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @05:17PM (#18157323)

It's pointless to ask any of these peanut gallery NPCs where they keep their 1.6 million dollars, because their milquetoast "peace and love, maaaan" world view guarantees they will never have what it takes to earn such an amount in the first place.

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