Yeah, but then I can point to Kevin Smith, who had to hock his comic book collection to get Clerks going. Most wealth is gone by the 3rd generation after the earner, and even the most nepotistic businesses fail if the continuation isn’t handled by competent progeny.

Agreed. Which is why I said that the people who suddenly achieve lucky success are ill equipped to handle it.

I never said most. I said it happens. This is why my first statement was that I agreed with the sentiment. People can and do achieve success with very little besides luck... If you want to define success as tangible wealth, or even fame. It’s the outlier for sure, but it still happens. And sadly too many people see…

And that’s the crux of the matter, as well as a very good point. How do we measure success? If it’s simply wealth, then a lottery winner would be, by definition, successful. If it’s contributing to society in some fundamental way, then Mother Theresa, who died penniless helping orphans and the destitute should be…

While i wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment, i have to disagree. Some people can get stupidly lucky.

Of course, those are the people least likely to hold on to any kind of success since they aren’t prepared to handle said success.

Well THAT was an expensive post! :D

Well THAT was an expensive post! :D

Blashphemer! You’re dead to me! No wonder your parents named you after the 2nd worst Stooge! (Joe being the worst) They even forgot to give you the M! :D

Blashphemer! You’re dead to me! No wonder your parents named you after the 2nd worst Stooge! (Joe being the worst)…

And how. That’s one crazy SOB.

I thought Appalachio could only be performed on a blood relative... :D

You really shouldn’t be so harsh about your mom. She can’t help your bad habits, or your toothlessness.

And you can find it used for 90 cents on Amazon. Or, if you’re in Canada, it’s in the public domain.

Listen, if you’re not following the Rev. Al Sharpton on social media, what are you doing with your life?

Well that explains Bill Nye and Neial Degrasse Tyson... :D

Start with “It’s Complicated” and go from there. :D

But that’s OK. Life is complicated.

The rules aren’t really set in stone. Each person can and will essentially decide how they want to be labeled, if they want to be labeled at all. I don’t oppose this, but get a little aggravated when a person who has decided to…

I’m usually a little more horrified than fascinated... :D

The people who draw those didn’t date much in school... And now they have a strangely conceptualized version of beauty. I trend toward the “Miss Fitness” contestant body-type rather than the Miss America or the DDDD set in my attraction. But some people want “the biggest titties!”

Go check out Second Life some time.…

Those things go in cycles. It’ll swing back eventually.

In that case, you’ve made seriously bad life choices, and should never have one. If you have a spouse who has even an outside chance of doing any of that, you need to get rid of that spouse immediately, and never look back.

Oh, and that study? The one you’re poorly referring to? It’s been so thoroughly debunked that I…

Try not to use the “C” word, dumb ass. I don’t give a shit about what you are or aren’t in favor of. You’re using blatantly misogynistic speech, and that’s shit. Grow the fuck up. You deserve to be insulted, and you need to learn that it’s not cool to call people shit like that. This has nothing to do with your stance…

Try to be a better human, shitwad. Right now you’re looking up with a telescope to see Trump.