No stories or pics from the time you worked for Animal from The Muppets?
Dammit, tell me what youāre asking.
I did work for a billionaire real estate developer who had to pay off a pedophilia charge for one of his family members, if thatās what you angling for.
I just thought the article might interest you. I donāt generally gossip. But I was interested in knowing what type of cocktails Animal enjoyed.
Ahh. Itās behind a paywall for me.
I quoted a fair percentage of the article anyway.
Coincidence! I donāt think so.Iāve worked for four UHNW families, and they were all fucking weird. Too much money really throws a personās perspective off. Since this is the psychology thread, the biggest lesson Iāve learned is that if you treat someone who thinks theyāre better than you as an equal, they get offended.
If anyone is bored and curious about the kind of jobs offered, this is a good place to poke around.
Hereās one in the Hamptons for $170-190k.
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I did yard work for a guy who started a really big nationwide moving company. He had forgotten long ago how much he/his company was worth. Super nice guy. Heād just hang out and talk sometimes. He built the company by hand with his brother, and just really liked grounded working people. He dropped a few gems that stick with me today, like āIf people donāt complain, you arenāt charging enough.ā.
The article began:
My celebrity client wants a $2,000 pizza,ā Brooke Baevsky, a private chef, tells the camera. How do you prepare such a pie? Add lashings of caviar, figs and manuka honey, then dust everything with 24-carat gold flakes, which are tasteless in both senses of the word.
The pizza was the appetiser for a posh dinner party in Los Angeles. Ms Baevskyāwho says she cooks for royalty, sports stars and actorsāmade sure to record herself serving the pizza, lest anyone think it was satire. Known online as Chef Bae, she is part of a batch of private chefs offering their followers a chance to ogle opulence.
Iām still convinced half of your responses are ChatGPT generated.
No. But given the poor quality of my posts it is a logical conclusion.
I had a beer with my youngest son yesterday, the only one of my four who didnāt do college. Heās just bought, put some work into, and rented out his first house, with the plan being more real estate if it goes well. Heās also part owner of a butcher shop in a place heavy with second homes (NYC and Boston country places). So anyway, I told him about The Millionaire Next Door, which fascinated me when my kids were little and their dad was manufacturing rebuilt auto a/c compressors. Basically it describes the average self-made millionaire (at the time I think they were considering $3m or $7m āmillionairesā) in America as your trucking magnate - people with ādull averageā jobs that scale up without getting caught up in wealth displays, though their children unfortunately do because of differences in schooling, etc.
Super interesting. Iām going to pass it on to youngest.
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Some people have that great intuitive sense of value. I lack that in spades. Everything Iāve done has been for the glory, which isnāt actually worth much. 
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Iām probably outearned by waitresses at Texas Roadhouse despite my graduate degree and required 12 hours/year continuing education because I have a savior complex.
Itās not easy being an idiot!
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āA new study published in Psychology & Marketing casts doubt on the long-standing marketing slogan that āsex sellsāāat least when it comes to social media fitness influencers. Across several experiments, researchers found that highly attractive fitness influencers, or āfitfluencers,ā tended to receive less engagement from audiences than their moderately attractive counterparts. The reason appears to center on relatability.ā
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So THATs why my log doesnt get as much trafficā¦
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On a serious note, I believe this same phenomenon happens if oneās lifestyle is too good to relate to.
Which is what I was getting at in @Dani_Shugartās log yesterday
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The term āinfluencerā makes me throw up in my mouth a little.
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What? I assumed it does!
You know what though? The competition prep lifestyle is so tough and regimented that it probably makes everyone (or a lot of us) feel lazy. Itās somewhat unrelatable. So that definitely means youāre the hot chick.
Same. But I hope that at this point it has that effect for most people.
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What?! Youāre the one killing it in life! Youāre an awesome dad, a strong/fit hubby, successful at work, and now getting ready for the stage. Thatās insanely impressive.
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