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    How do you guys deal...

    with the constant pay increases, promotions and general fawning over you that happens at work? What about the random trim that behaves as though your drunken ramblings are somehow delightfully clever every time you go out to a bar with buddies? I feel like charlie sheen at this point; all the challenge is gone.

    I defeated apolyton like 3 years ago, and I'm pretty sure I beat life some time last year. Do I just do chad johnson style touchdown dances until I die?
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    Now you start believing your own hype, and think nothing can touch you. You start having affairs, doing hard drugs, perhaps some questionable business activities. You ride high for a bit as you get away with it, but then in a few years you get caught and have a spectacular implosion.
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    You haven't even become mayor yet. You still have plenty of life left to beat.

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    You could try jerking off while looking in the mirror or, if a mirror is not available, a glossy photo of yourself you carry around.
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    You'll always be a Quebecker, KH. Nothing can save you from that, despite how much you try.

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    Wait, wait. Pardon my pop-cultural illiteracy, but isn't a comparison to Charlie Sheen a bad thing? I thought he was the one who inherited the public substance-fueled meltdown crown from Mel Gibson and whatsisface, Tom Sizemore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Asher View Post
    You'll always be a Quebecker, KH. Nothing can save you from that, despite how much you try.
    Good point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Asher View Post
    You'll always be a Quebecker, KH. Nothing can save you from that, despite how much you try.
    Dude, I'm like the 20000th smartest person to ever live. I transcend that **** province.
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    William Shatner transcends Quebec. You're a nobody compared to him.

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    I'm not even sure you've beaten Corey Hart at life yet.

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    suicide is the only answer
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    Diety or GTFO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tupac Shakur View Post
    You haven't even become mayor yet. You still have plenty of life left to beat.
    That's a good point. Being moderately rich isn't all that special.
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    He's like Moriarty without the criminal mind or the charm.
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    A moderate amount of money is not that hard, man, and, yes, sluts (I stress sluts instead of women in general) do love to gold dig. The key is to remember money is just a tool and the sluts just love your money. Ditch the ego and you'll go further.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KrazyHorse View Post
    Dude, I'm like the 20000th smartest person to ever live. I transcend that **** province.
    Pretty sure you would have done a lot more with your life by this time if that were the case.

    Maybe everyone just needs to wait a bit longer?

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    Realistically, there's probably tens of millions of people alive right now that are smarter than him. There are 70 million people who are 99th percentile IQ, after all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
    Realistically, there's probably tens of millions of people alive right now that are smarter than him. There are 70 million people who are 99th percentile IQ, after all.
    Realistically, you don't have the capacity to accurately estimate his IQ.
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    At some point IQ isn't the measure of intelligence, rather demonstrated genius is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gribbler View Post
    Realistically, you don't have the capacity to accurately estimate his IQ.
    Realistically, you don't have the capacity to not be an ass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
    Realistically, you don't have the capacity to not be an ass.
    Realistically, you don't have the capacity to be a marine.
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    Once you feel self confident enough that you don't feel the need to come back here to gloat, you are probably having some success.
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    There is more money in investment banking but costs are also higher since you normally have to live in a city like NYC but one path to doing well in America is getting a 4 year degree in geology and then working your butt off for a few years.

    http://jobview.monster.com/Senior-Ge...109226005.aspx

    That's just a four year degree with 8 years experience and you get $220,000 salary and a 30% bonus per year. That's ~$286,000 per year with 8 years experience. Not bad. Live on $50,000 per year after you pay off your house and bank the rest. You'll easily have $1 million in principle in 5 years not counting compound interest on your investments. I doubt you'll get universal acclaim at work as some people claim nor will you automatically be getting girls throwing themselves at you constantly (at least not the type of girls you want in your life long term) but you will do well.
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    Rock chicks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KrazyHorse View Post
    with the constant pay increases, promotions and general fawning over you that happens at work? What about the random trim that behaves as though your drunken ramblings are somehow delightfully clever every time you go out to a bar with buddies? I feel like charlie sheen at this point; all the challenge is gone.

    I defeated apolyton like 3 years ago, and I'm pretty sure I beat life some time last year. Do I just do chad johnson style touchdown dances until I die?
    If you beat poly you wouldn't still be posting here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeH View Post
    Once you feel self confident enough that you don't feel the need to come back here to gloat, you are probably having some success.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeH View Post
    Rock chicks?
    I'm afraid it isn't a chick magnet like being an investment banker and I don't work out as much as KH so even just the young and fit thing no longer works for me and that just leaves the general gold diggers who aren't much fun. Luckily, I already have a steady girlfriend so I don't have to worry about that problem though.
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    Geologist... rock chick... never mind.

    Gold digger would have also worked.
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