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| Cynic:
--- Quote from: $trinick on May 11, 2014, 12:59:51 AM ---Sure, they helped with my initial investments. I never claimed that I materialized money out of nothing and started my life from the ground up. And yes, it probably didn't hurt that my dad is an executive of a public company in the field the venture capitalism firm I'm part of invests in. What I was saying is that I make my own money now, not that I always have. --- End quote --- You missed the point of my statement. I was simply saying that by you saying that you could afford the car yourself, you still at a base level rely and relied on your parents to get anything that you have. If everyone had 'investors' behind them, 90% of the population would be the current 1%. You're lucky, not skilled. I guess that's what I'm trying to say. ninja; in essence you're closer to a monarch than your are to dictator, if you understand the point im trying to convey. also no grudges or anything meant, im just trying to get my point across |
| Night Fox:
--- Quote from: Cynic on May 11, 2014, 07:35:39 PM ---You missed the point of my statement. I was simply saying that by you saying that you could afford the car yourself, you still at a base level rely and relied on your parents to get anything that you have. --- End quote --- so if that's how you think, I'm guessing you didn't do anything in your life yourself, since your parents were the ones who conceived you? |
| $trinick:
Saying I'm lucky, not skilled is an absurd point. If I put five hundred dollars in your hands and asked you to turn it into fourty thousand inside of six months would you be able to? If I put in a good word for you at a venture capitalism fund, would you be able to convince the team there that despite being a highschooler with no actual work experience that you are a valuable enough asset to be a full partner in a multi-million dollar company? I am not and never have denied being lucky, but that luck is not the entire picture. I'm only able to do what I can do because I'm good at it. --- Quote from: Cynic on May 11, 2014, 07:35:39 PM ---If everyone had 'investors' behind them, 90% of the population would be the current 1%. You're lucky, not skilled. --- End quote --- I missed this gem. Do you seriously think that? I can't even begin to understand how you think that could POSSIBLY be true. Firstly, it's mathematically impossible for 90% of people to fit into 1% of people. If all the money contained in the top 1% was distributed to the top 90%, nobody would be as well off as the current 1%. That aside, believe it or not investing is an incredibly difficult and stressful job. Once my phone dying resulted in me losing twelve thousand dollars over the course of two hours during school. If predicting markets was as easy as you think it seems to be, nobody would ever lose money in the market. While other kids are studying for math tests I'm reading foreign news articles and discussing the possible effects on that country and it's trade partners' economies. While you're playing video games I'm participating in long term and short term trend brown townysis of the worldwide economy. I'm incredibly irritated you think that what I do is easy. |
| Headshot:
My sister just got a 2014 Ford Focus, super nice car. Pretty fast too. |
| HellHound:
Quick question: Do modern cars rust out like older ones? |
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