MoreThanSmooth
Master Don Juan
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So you're telling me that if I walked into a party as a rich businessman, and then I walked into a party as simply as myself and didn't mention wealth, I would have an equal number of people trying to leech off me and exploit me? Because that makes no sense.More straw, projecting realities that have no bearing on wealth or status exhibition
Why do celebs have such a hard time making genuine friends? It's because they have wealth and power. If they were average Joes, they wouldn't have people trying to set them up with heroin or sell them out to the media.
How am I making a strawman argument by simply pointing out the obvious? If anything you're doing that back to what I said mate, because I never said I'd walk into a party and say "I'm poor".
In any social dealing in which you don't want to be exploited, keeping your cards close to your chest is important. This includes not telling everyone about your wealth or lack thereof. That was the point I was making.
This makes the assumption I got nothing back from these people in return for my time and attention.Lost nothing, really? How about your two most valuable assets, time and attention.
I walk into a place with neutral clothing, neutral accessories and no air of wealth.More straw. It could be said that not flashing riches can attract leeches and false friends and clouds your ability to filter out scumbags if you're not careful. Your argument has no logical basis.
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I walk into a place with a rich suit, gold bling all up my arm and a Lamborghini outside.
Which of those two scenarios is more likely to attract people that want to defraud me, or steal my money? Which of these two people would a mugger (a more crude form of exploiter) be more interested in, for example? There's my logical basis. I'm not sure what you're arguing with me about to be honest.
I respect your advice and experience with women on here @guru1000, I'm not insinuating I know anywhere near as much when it comes to that. But I disagree with you here.
I don't fully understand your point about "genuinity". You are saying that people are, by their nature, never genuine?
I agree with you here. Perhaps I phrased my post poorly, because I wasn't attempting to equate some kind of inevitability to showing off wealth and getting exploited.You obfuscate wealth/status exhibition with one getting burned for material assets. The two terms are entirely disparate and not contingent upon one other in any form.
You can show off wealth and status without getting f*cked. Totally agree. There is nothing wrong with doing so, either.
However, I think you need to up your savvy when doing it, because the risk of people trying to f*ck you over specifically for your money becomes greater.
Sharks are attracted to blood. Con artists and sleazy types are attracted to wealth.
That was the only point I was trying to make. If you're going to show wealth, be careful who you're showing it to.
Hahaha, gold.No, you are NOT capable of doing what I do.
You don't know the first thing about it. Don't delude yourself, little boy.
You know how to make people laugh Richard, you should do this comedy act on the girls at the strip clubs.
If you teamed up with people like me instead of mindlessly antagonising them, you'd have a much easier time rather than getting the metaphorical pool cue up the ass constantly.
You have the choice between listening to and befriending people as allies to your cause, or alienating yourself by angering them, and you always choose the latter. It's quite fascinating.
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