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A really funny, real story...

by goindeep
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Hi all

This is a very short story that relates to Internet Marketing and to our friends or the general populous of "know it all's".

Basically I have been thinking about starting a new 'funny' type of website. So as you do, I tested my idea out on some friends on facebook.

One of those friends is un-employed and loves it. Think of "The Dude" from big lebowski.

You know, he's one of those mates that everyone has, his main concerns in life are if his mum (yes he still lives at home and yes he is 30) is going to cook his favorite serve of meat and potatoes or if he has to buy a pizza for dinner, you love to hate him because of his lifestyle.

So anyway, obviously he is not the first to comment on my tests as he was probably asleep and then woke up with so much of nothing to do. In fact almost all of my test subjects responded before he did, and he only did so because I prompted him with a PM.

I was expecting the usual "Cool" or "lol", something to that effect.

Instead he sends me this long tail of how he has been thinking of getting into the online marketing thing again (that's a whole other story of how he got banned from adsense because he thought he could just continuously click his own ads) and how he can team up with me seeing as he has so many great ideas like how I should structure my site and how often I should post etc...

This my friends is someone who is living in a completely delusional trance. For all I know, he think's he is a time traveling samurai.

As much as he is my buddy and I love him, he is the type of guy that buys a web based course or book and then asks for a refund when he doesn't get off his fat ass and makes it work.

Whats the moral of this story?

Some people are just f***ing lazy.

And apparently willfully unemployed people know a lot about everything.
#funny #real #story
  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    The sad fact is that we are the average of the ten closest friends we have. I just wonder how much better you could be doing if you quit hanging with this person?

    Not that I am suggesting you dump him, as he is your friend and that is your choice. But he is dragging you down.

    Just a thought. My $0.02, so to say.
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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      Originally Posted by timpears View Post

      The sad fact is that we are the average of the ten closest friends we have. I just wonder how much better you could be doing if you quit hanging with this person?

      Not that I am suggesting you dump him, as he is your friend and that is your choice. But he is dragging you down.

      Just a thought. My $0.02, so to say.
      I doubt he is dragging me down. I rarely hang out with him to be honest, he is a drinking and goofing around buddy for my Friday nights when I wouldn't be working anyway.

      I have another friend that earns upwards of 300K per year.
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      • Profile picture of the author talfighel
        Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu View Post


        I have another friend that earns upwards of 300K per year.
        I would spend all of my time with them.

        I wish I had a "friend" like that.

        You become like your friends.
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      • Profile picture of the author timpears
        Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu View Post

        I doubt he is dragging me down. I rarely hang out with him to be honest, he is a drinking and goofing around buddy for my Friday nights when I wouldn't be working anyway.

        I have another friend that earns upwards of 300K per year.
        Good for you. Those are the kind of friends you should hang with. I need to find some friends like that myself. I live in an assisted living facility and don't get out too often as I have to go in a wheel chair. It is electric, but even so. Everyone here (cept me) has less than $100 a month after they pay their rent. I am the wealthy one here, and I am just over broke. I need to hang with some successful people for a change.
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      • Profile picture of the author Loumonchu
        Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu View Post

        I doubt he is dragging me down. I rarely hang out with him to be honest, he is a drinking and goofing around buddy for my Friday nights when I wouldn't be working anyway.

        I have another friend that earns upwards of 300K per year.
        I totally agree. I have friends on both sides of the fence too and I certainly don't feel my "Dude" like friend is dragging me down. Do I take business advice or even talk business with him? Never. Do I talk biz with my friends that are successful in their businesses? Absofreakinlutely!
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        • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
          Yeah, usually I just squeeze everything you just said into the word "friend".

          Your funny
          Yeah, careful with that one! He is the sort that would help you with Adwords, etc and get your site banned, because he pushed the rule book, (very easy to do).

          I have heard a lot of stories like that on other forums! Best to help him, with an independent business, he can do, and just ask for advise now and then.

          But starting up a JV, or business partner type deal, with this person, will probably end in disaster!


          One of those friends is un-employed and loves it. Think of "The Dude" from big lebowski.
          Loves, it, he must be nuts!!!! My female neighbor wants to make a career out of the dole, g*** knows how?

          I overheard them talking, (hard not to, he tends to talk loudly on his mobile out front) and she was talking to him about other opportunities, since he was unemployed at that point in time, seems to be running a car servicing business at the moment?

          And he did go online to make money and found that it isn't as easy as some BS gurus make out it is, so said, it doesn't work. l had to laugh when l heard that, l thought, of course it wont work!


          It's a bit like saying, l will give becoming a golf pro, a week, duh!!!


          Yep, if you want to make it online, and you have been at it for several years, expect to lose most of your friends. Or have your nearest family members chew you out, on a regular bases!

          The thing about know it all's, is they are usually not in control of their lives, or have thrown their goals out. So more often than not, they will chew you out if you say too much about your online plans!


          Any chance you would let us know where you met your 300k internet friend?

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          • Profile picture of the author goindeep
            Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

            Yeah, careful with that one! He is the sort that would help you with Adwords, etc and get your site banned, because he pushed the rule book, (very easy to do).

            I have heard a lot of stories like that on other forums! Best to help him, with an independent business, he can do, and just ask for advise now and then.

            But starting up a JV, or business partner type deal, with this person, will probably end in disaster!


            Loves, it, he must be nuts!!!! My female neighbor wants to make a career out of the dole, g*** knows how?

            I overheard them talking, (hard not to, he tends to talk loudly on his mobile out front) and she was talking to him about other opportunities, since he was unemployed at that point in time, seems to be running a car servicing business at the moment?

            And he did go online to make money and found that it isn't as easy as some BS gurus make out it is, so said, it doesn't work. l had to laugh when l heard that, l thought, of course it wont work!


            It's a bit like saying, l will give becoming a golf pro, a week, duh!!!


            Yep, if you want to make it online, and you have been at it for several years, expect to lose most of your friends. Or have your nearest family members chew you out, on a regular bases!

            The thing about know it all's, is they are usually not in control of their lives, or have thrown their goals out. So more often than not, they will chew you out if you say too much about your online plans!


            Any chance you would let us know where you met your 300k internet friend?

            Shane
            Literal, lol.

            Nah look mate its really not that serious. It was just a funny story about people and Internet marketing.

            p.s. I met my friend in High School. I hear you can go to sugardaddy's.com to find someone like him.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I don't think that there is such thing as "friends". They are just people that you know and you both have an interest at the end of the day and that is to associate yourself with them and go out just so you don't feel lonely and have some sort of a life.

    I personally don't think that you should dump your "friend". It is OK to spend less time with them and don't talk to them about our industry of internet marketing.

    You can find people in your community who do this business and are successful and associate with them. That is even better.

    Last thing..........Most people fail online because they are too lazy to do anything. Once they find out that it takes work, they ask for a refund and then say that this internet stuff to make money is all one big B.S.
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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

      I don't think that there is such thing as "friends". They are just people that you know and you both have an interest at the end of the day and that is to associate yourself with them and go out just so you don't feel lonely and have some sort of a life.
      Yeah, usually I just squeeze everything you just said into the word "friend".

      Your funny
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    Originally Posted by Andrei Rotariu View Post

    Hi all

    This is a very short story that relates to Internet Marketing and to our friends or the general populous of "know it all's".

    Basically I have been thinking about starting a new 'funny' type of website. So as you do, I tested my idea out on some friends on facebook.

    One of those friends is un-employed and loves it. Think of "The Dude" from big lebowski.

    You know, he's one of those mates that everyone has, his main concerns in life are if his mum (yes he still lives at home and yes he is 30) is going to cook his favorite serve of meat and potatoes or if he has to buy a pizza for dinner, you love to hate him because of his lifestyle.

    So anyway, obviously he is not the first to comment on my tests as he was probably asleep and then woke up with so much of nothing to do. In fact almost all of my test subjects responded before he did, and he only did so because I prompted him with a PM.

    I was expecting the usual "Cool" or "lol", something to that effect.

    Instead he sends me this long tail of how he has been thinking of getting into the online marketing thing again (that's a whole other story of how he got banned from adsense because he thought he could just continuously click his own ads) and how he can team up with me seeing as he has so many great ideas like how I should structure my site and how often I should post etc...

    This my friends is someone who is living in a completely delusional trance. For all I know, he think's he is a time traveling samurai.

    As much as he is my buddy and I love him, he is the type of guy that buys a web based course or book and then asks for a refund when he doesn't get off his fat ass and makes it work.

    Whats the moral of this story?

    Some people are just f***ing lazy.

    And apparently willfully unemployed people know a lot about everything.
    So how can I like this post?
    Because its a story... that hits to the heart... and bangs on my funny bones
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  • Profile picture of the author challanger
    hahaha... most of the people have this type of friend in life. :-)
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    The Dude Abides.
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    The root of laziness is fear. Fear of leaving one's comfort zone. What people don't understand is that our comfort zones don't stay in place. If we don't push our comfort zone's boundaries out, it starts closing in. Eventually, it becomes suffocating. Comfort zones need to be pushed out DAILY or else they turn into.... prisons.
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    • Profile picture of the author ChrisMoon
      Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

      The root of laziness is fear. Fear of leaving one's comfort zone. What people don't understand is that our comfort zones don't stay in place. If we don't push our comfort zone's boundaries out, it starts closing in. Eventually, it becomes suffocating. Comfort zones need to be pushed out DAILY or else they turn into.... prisons.
      This rings a bell. Was once unemployed for a period (not willfully) and as the rejections piled it was easy to slip into a complacency rut. Needed a kick in the **s to move forward.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    Yes I guess I can relate to someone I know like that. They thought they would be making millions if they created a product - only thing they never thought about a list. Wonder why it wasn't working for them.
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  • Profile picture of the author ozzie2012
    Your friend sounds like he has a good heart, but needs a little bit of direction and motivation in his life
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  • Profile picture of the author winagain
    I just started getting rid of friends like that. Maybe for the last year or so, and it has worked wonders for me! less negative energy and more productivity.
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      I just started getting rid of friends like that. Maybe for the last year or so, and it has worked wonders for me! less negative energy and more productivity.
      Yeah, l could have gotten a friend like that a while ago, but since you couldn't stand any closer than a meter away from him, (didn't use underarm, and rode a bike, enough said) and at his friends Wedding, he basically ate anything that was left over from what his family, etc had eaten, l though probably not!

      He was unemployed, at the time, (no excuse, of course).

      The thing about these sorts of friends is they may be the nicest people around, but when you get a girlfriend, then you stand a good chance of it being a short romance!!!


      Literal, lol.

      Nah look mate its really not that serious. It was just a funny story about people and Internet marketing.

      p.s. I met my friend in High School. I hear you can go to sugardaddy's.com to find someone like him.
      Thanks, Sugardaddy,?????? :confused:, hmmm, ok, l will take a look, sounds a bit iffy, but l will take a look?

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