Prs to be making me less broke? Financial Follies

[nath]

OK, speaking for myself:

At first I posted because I can relate to Anacardo's predicament, his state of mind, and his place in life. It's not all that different from my experience and places I have been, and I wanted to offer some advice from that because, yes, sometimes I help people simply to help them.

When it became clear that he was just rejecting people's advice, good advice, okay, I got a little more snarky and tried to pop holes in his ego. But maybe even that had its point; maybe even that was my way of showing 'Cardo that, yeah, you might have a one-liner for every occasion, but some of us are just as sharp and can shoot them down, and we've made it in the world. Maybe you should listen to us.

I can't help it if he feels a personal affront to every suggestion that isn't to his liking. But my very best friends are the ones who are not only supportive of me when I need it, but also willing to tell me when I'm [censored] up, honestly. And I value them for it.

And yes, my reaction to him here is probably compounded by my memories of and reactions to his thread in EDF. Because it sounds essentially the same, except "make me happy" has been changed to "make me money"-- and he continues to dismiss most people's advice that would actually work, because it doesn't fit into his worldview. And he really shouldn't.