this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
430 points (91.2% liked)

memes

10310 readers
2259 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 104 points 9 months ago (5 children)

they key to success is to gamble with other people's money and make sure you can weasel yourself out of any losses

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

really, the key to success is already being able to afford to gamble with other people's money

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

I call it gambling with loaded market pressure dice and marked insider information cards.

[–] Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A rich family or background also helps! Either through investment, free time, education/training and the ability to take risks with the knowledge of being supported regardless of outcome.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 9 months ago

Just means their ancestors did it

[–] philz@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

That's why the "successful" guy starts his stack on the working guys side.