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02-28-2006, 01:46 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The only girls I've ever told have thought it was the coolest thing ever. [/ QUOTE ] It doesn't surprise me people get difference responses, it all just depends on your confidence/way you say it. Saying 'i play poker' makes it sound like a video game you play while you should be looking for work, while 'professional poker player' even while bad, sounds better. [/ QUOTE ] it also matters greatly who you are talking to. a dumb college girl in Vegas is much more likely to be impressed than a surgeon you meet at a dinner party. [/ QUOTE ] again, i think the biggest factor is how you say it. def. ways of doing it to impress nearly anyone. 
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#62
02-28-2006, 01:46 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
I don't tell many people because I am pretty sure most people's reaction is "you are full of [censored], I am sure you are not making any significant $$$". I think a lot of the time it just sounds lame, like you are trying to sound cool or something. Once I get to know people better then it usually comes out pretty easily, I am talking about people you don't really know yet or are just meeting.
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#63
02-28-2006, 01:51 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The only girls I've ever told have thought it was the coolest thing ever. [/ QUOTE ] It doesn't surprise me people get difference responses, it all just depends on your confidence/way you say it. Saying 'i play poker' makes it sound like a video game you play while you should be looking for work, while 'professional poker player' even while bad, sounds better. [/ QUOTE ] it also matters greatly who you are talking to. a dumb college girl in Vegas is much more likely to be impressed than a surgeon you meet at a dinner party. [/ QUOTE ] again, i think the biggest factor is how you say it. def. ways of doing it to impress nearly anyone. [/ QUOTE ] there are going to be some circles of people with whom "profesional poker player" will always carry a stigma. Now, if you are extremely successful, and build up enough of a roll to make enough 'passive' investments in RE or stocks, or bonds so that you dont need to play poker anymore, this becomes less of a problem. my old girlfriends family/friends were all from old old money/snooty Boston, and trust me, 'professional poker player' was not something anyone of these people would have been impressed with.
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#64
02-28-2006, 02:20 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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it also matters greatly who you are talking to. a dumb college girl in Vegas is much more likely to be impressed than a surgeon you meet at a dinner party. [/ QUOTE ] actually, in my experience it's kind of the opposite. Smarter people are more likely to be open-minded about it. The dumber they are, the more narrow-minded they are (as a very very very general rule...with many many exceptions).
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#65
02-28-2006, 02:22 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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[ QUOTE ] because it's so ridiculous to actually BRAG about being "short, bald, old, broke and unemployed" that they just can't help but laugh. [/ QUOTE ] In closing, these stories have not been embellished, because - they need no embellishment. They are simply, horrifyingly, the story of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted bald man. Thank you. [/ QUOTE ] well, you kind of had to be there. General approach and style has something to do with it too. But I do admit that I also have a little bit to overcome with that whole 'slow-witted' aspect.
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#66
02-28-2006, 02:40 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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again, i think the biggest factor is how you say it. def. ways of doing it to impress nearly anyone. [/ QUOTE ] The way to impress people is to not give a crap about impressing people.
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#67
02-28-2006, 03:32 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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[ QUOTE ] because it's so ridiculous to actually BRAG about being "short, bald, old, broke and unemployed" that they just can't help but laugh. [/ QUOTE ] In closing, these stories have not been embellished, because - they need no embellishment. They are simply, horrifyingly, the story of my life as a short, stocky, slow witted bald man. Thank you. [/ QUOTE ] Oh, and my fiance died licking the wedding invitations which I picked out. or something like that.
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#68
02-28-2006, 04:15 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
Your answer is found in GoodFellas.
Karen: What do you do? Henry: I'm in construction. Karen: You don't feel like you're in construction. Henry: I'm a union delegate.
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#69
02-28-2006, 06:18 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
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Your answer is found in GoodFellas. Karen: What do you do? Henry: I'm in construction. Karen: You don't feel like you're in construction. Henry: I'm a union delegate. [/ QUOTE ] Alternatively, you can say you are a retired investor living on a pension, like Hyman Roth in The Godfather.
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#70
02-28-2006, 08:21 PM
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Re: very frustrated with telling people what I do
online investment management is one line to use [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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