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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A CLOSETED MILLIONAIRE ON REDDIT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS (reddit.com)

Source Webpage of reddit.com: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ktfn6/iama_young_under_35_closeted_millionaire_ama/



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Like the title says, I sold a successful online business in the very early 2000's. I really hate bragging about this, but I don't need to work for anything or want for anything ever again, neither will my future kids, partner, etc.
The year after I made all of the money I lived how you would expect a jackass 20 something with lots of money to. I bought cars, boats, traveled, partied non-stop, developed a pretty bad coke habit, and really just lived the rockstar life. It was great for a little while but I also learned just how fake people can really be.
I needed a fresh start after I turned 30 so I moved across the country and decided to live a bit lower key. Now I live in a nice, but modest place in a major metropolitan city, I traded in my collection of cars for a bicycle and a 10 year old BMW that I park on a city street, and I tried to live the life that I think I would have without the influx of money at a young age. I work a regular 9 to 5 job, and my friends all think that I do pretty well for myself, no one would have any clue or reason to believe I have 8 figures socked away for a rainy day.
This is not without difficulty, I have gotten drunk and on more than one occasion talked about my previous life with friends. I think most think I'm just a drunken bullshitter, but I don't really want that reputation either. In addition I've met a woman who I love and want to be with for the rest of my life. She has no clue, other than some vacations that may have been a bit extravagant I've been good about hiding it. I'm terrified that when I finally have to tell her, which is coming up really soon, my little white lie is going to destroy us.
TL:DR - I made a lot of money at an early age. I hide this from my friends and even my girlfriend of the last few years.
UPDATE It's 10pm.. I'm going to eat my Pho delivery, smoke some trees and watch Tosh. I'll be back around 11 to answer more questions!
UPDATE 2 Thanks for the good time, this really has helped me clear my head, especially with the girlfriend situation. I think I'm going to be having a talk with her about this soon. I'll post an update if and when I do. For now I'm tired and I need to be up early, so I'm off. I'll be back around tomorrow to check in and answer more questions.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

[ Sensitive Topics ] What if you are born out of wedlock?

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kesfb/i_am_a_21yearold_whose_mother_had_an_affair_with/

Reddit works by you or anyone posting in different /r/ - reddit rooms. Here is a girl who was born out of wedlock and the Reddit is answering her questions.

With that said as far the topic of the post goes, I must appreciate internet for allowing anyone and everyone to post anything and get a genuine reply from a popular + intelligent community like Reddit.

Bravo! real life questions right in the face.

[questions from users]polysyllabist 2 points
What do you think of your father's decision? Do you approve? Do you think it was warranted ... what was/in the nature of your mom/dad's relationship. Just a sort of 'fling' or was/is there something more there?
[the one who posted] skullxkid[S] 6 points
It was a mutual loving relationship. As far as approving/thinking it was warranted, that's a real mindfuck of a question from my vantage point. It's a bit hard to explain. I'm grateful to be who I am now. I've never been like, "Oh no, I am the product of something awful!" because it has always been made clear to me by my mom (and also my dad, the only time I saw him after I was old enough to understand the situation) that I was born from a caring relationship.

Topic: Comic-Con tickets sale

Jordan_Boone[S] 3 points
I don't know if I emphasized "moment" enough. This year's tickets sold out online within 8 hours. You need to be in firing position at the exact instant that sales begin.

Source:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kevjq/iama_comic_book_collector_who_has_bought_andor/

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Reddit.com is just amazing... Look at this post

Source: Reddit, what was the stupidest way you almost died? I'll start; I dropped a McDonald's double-quarter pounder that was still wrapped on the floor of my car once and it wedged itself under the brake pedal. 

I'd been picking corn with my great-grandmother on her friend's farm. (I'm from Indiana) She saw a little silk-worm dangling by a thread from the driver-side window sill. She totally ran off the road into a ditch, back onto and across the road, almost hitting an oncoming car, then smashed through a mailbox on the other side and stopped in some farmer's yard. It was like some shit out of a movie. She was even screaming, "Ooh! A Woooorm!!!!" ala Chris Farley and bees. It was one of the things we laughed and laughed about on my last visit back to see her while she was in hospice.
edit to add: This is the same woman who I watched coolly pick up a stick and beat a copperhead to death once while we were out picking wild blackberries. And a damn silkworm almost did us in.
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P.S.Read reddit.com enjoy reddit and believe in reddit (that'll reddit will surely entertain you, educate you and make your life bearable )
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I hadn't finished reading this web page of reddit. So, I need to post 1 more that is under the same heading.


Almost didn't post this, really embarrassing.
So I decided to take apart one of those disposable cameras. I had a screw driver in one hand and needle-nose pliers in the other. Now I don't know what size capacitor they use to power the flash, but I took the whole charge across my chest. All I remember is working to get further into the case with tools, and then black. I woke up dazed, still grasping the tools with the camera in my lap. I can only imagine how my wife would react to find me dead on the couch and trying to explain to family and friends at my funeral how it happened.