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0 pointspizzafeelsright2y ago0 comments

I can't say I see it the same way.

We're born in a year we didn't choose to parents we didn't pick with talent we didn't earn with intelligence we don't deserve with environmental influences we can't control.

The game is Texas Hold em. Play your cards. Bluff if you must. Press if you can. Go all in when you can leverage.

I recently got to know a gentleman quite like myself. His parents and upbringing are quite the same. His father took risks. Mine did not. He's got a million dollar business that he took over. With respect, I don't think he would be any better than me without his father's risk and resources.

I was briefly jealous. Then I realized I was exactly in his father's position. I'm taking risks and building something for my kids. He's one generation ahead of me.

You can get upset about the game or play it.

I took a risk a week ago. Turned $500 into $11,000 with a little effort. My skills let me analyze stuff quickly. I discovered a pump and dump bot network. It turns out I correctly matched the entry and exit signals to the bots chatter.

If i can validate this next week, I will pay off my house in a few weeks.

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amelius2y ago· 1 in thread

> You can get upset about the game or play it.

You've got to think outside the box.

Do we want a society that rewards gambling behavior, or do we want to reward honest hard working? Apparently we cannot have both, because we are now observing that increasingly money (and bricks) makes more money than honest work. You can keep playing the game until there are only survivors and losers but ultimately we need people who do real work.

Unless of course you want to turn those hardworking people into the slaves of the surviving gamblers.

pizzafeelsrightOP2y ago

Generally, the game is Hard Work will equal Positive Outcome. I was speaking more about the hand we are dealt. We can whine or we can find a way to play - or work - and win.

I "slave" away 50% of my life so that my family can thrive. This sacrifice brings me much happiness.

...there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot....

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