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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by joeberon on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:18AM (#23321332)
If that makes you happy then fine, but it's wrong to assume that it's the ultimate goal for everyone to be mega rich. Honestly it's a very common mistake for people to be totally sure that everyone in the world desires to be rich and famous
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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by RaceWon on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:12AM (#23321675)
>>that everyone in the world desires to be rich and famous

Keep the fame, I just want the freedom that money buys. I was never famous; but I have been asked for autographs and been stared at by total strangers with hero worship in their eyes--it is bizarre, and it made me feel extremely uncomfortable. I can't imagine anyone wanting that.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by kyuudou on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:54PM (#23332894)
I think it was Naval Ravikant who said recently that the ideal is to be rich or financially independent enough to not worry too much, + anonymous. Rich AND famous is a never-ending nightmare and poor + famous is pretty much the worst outcome because you have such reduced freedom and privacy and don't know who your real friends are.

I don't care about being kicked out of the 9-zero club or whatever, I just want to lay about all day or if I want to take a week trip to Kenya or Moscow... and NO BOSS

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