| Snake Doctor |
06-13-2009 10:36 AM |
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Originally Posted by NoComments
(Post 15956132)
quick question:
guys, why are you picking on 12clicks?
Is this due to his political views or the way he does business?
Just curious.....
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I don't have any problem with his political views or the way he does business.
I don't agree with either one, but that's different than me having a problem with them.
The problem I have is that I'll be having a discussion about politics or business, and he'll stick his nose in and tell all of us that don't agree with him that we're idiots, rabble, uneducated, whatever.
Years ago, when I first started around here, I tried being nice to him. I tried to disagree agreeably. That doesn't work with him. If you don't agree with him he insults you, calls you names, and boasts continually about his supposed wealth and business expertise, and insults what he assumes must be your lack of both.
Rarely do I invoke his name, because I don't really care, and I can already tell you what he's going to say before he says it (hence the banner in my sig) so he doesn't need to be here.
This thread is one of the few exceptions, and it was because I thought the video that someone sent me the link to a couple of days ago was hilarious.
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Originally Posted by Relentless
(Post 15956379)
Ron,
The wealthy and successful people are not the ones who are in business for 11 years. They are the ones who retired long ago and have no need to work. Here is a quick checklist:
- If you are working during "normal business hours" you are not wealthy.
- If you are trying to hustle x-sales at porn conferences you are not wealthy.
- If you have an office you are not wealthy.
- If you have more than $100 dollars in your wallet in cash you are not wealthy.
- If you need to tell people you are wealthy, you are not wealthy.
You may be rich... you may be well off, you may have had some success... so have many other people. However wealth is something you have never achieved and likely never even seen. Stop telling everyone what a success you think you are because you have a box of cigars and a bottle of wine. Stop claiming to have invented internet porn or digital marketing. Accept the fact that when you speak of 'respecting successful people' everyone already agrees with you.... and if sitting in a room with Michael Bloomberg or Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or Steve Jobs, every single person (even on GFY) would STFU and listen respectfully.... you just aren't in that class - at least not yet ;)
Everyone Else,
12clicks is no different than a 'heel' in professional wrestling. He would rather play the part of of the arrogant buffoon than the hero. I'm not sure that's wise in a business setting but if that's his choice so be it. Making fun of him comes with the territory and to his credit he relishes that fact - he has proven time and again he can 'take it' far better than he can 'dish it out.' So give the man his due. He may not have invented internet porn or become wealthy as he often claims, but he has supplied all of us with countless hours of online hilarity.
How about a big round of applause for 12clicks :2 cents:
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Originally Posted by Relentless
(Post 15956447)
It's not strange at all. Wealthy people have absolutely zero pressure on them... which is a very difficult thing for a 'normal person' to even imagine.
Think about what it would be like to wake up tomorrow morning at whatever time you like, with pretty much whoever you want to be with, at any location you prefer to be in and have an entire day preplanned for you and arranged for you by other people to be exactly what you would enjoy most. Now imagine during that day you are golfing on the Hawaiian isle of Lanai and your caddy shows up holding your bag of clubs. Why in the world wouldn't you be completely at ease and absolutely nice to him? Why not treat him like a peer? You already have everything you could ever want and he is no threat to any of that. His success has no bearing on your own, and all he wants to do is help you enjoy your day for a meaningless amount of money - something you have so much of that you can not possibly spend it during your lifetime or the lifetimes of your heirs. The level of accomplishment far exceeds the level of ambition.
On the other hand, "barely rich people" feel the world owes them respect. They need to try to demonstrate some kind of superiority because deep down they know how fragile their own position really is - and they know that it can all be gone in a puff of smoke with a single incident like a divorce, or a night of driving home from a party after having too much to drink, or a tax audit. The level of ambition far exceeds the level of accomplishment.
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Well said.
Nail, head. |
