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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:16:31
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So you have a technically unlimited source of money, in realistic terms.

Charlie Sheen was/ is an insane baseball fan.  He once bought all the seats in right field at Angels Stadium in the hopes of he (or the 15 or so friends he brought along) could lay claim to a landmark homerun of Cecil Fielder.  He owns the contract that sent the Babe from the Red Sox to the Yankees.  He slowed down his collecting when one mornign he opened his bedside table and found a road-jersey that belonged to Ted WIlliams that he did nto remember buying.

All of that was before he was making Two and a Half Men money.

Now he makes somehting like $22 million a show, and spends the money in a similarly self-serving way -- bricks of coke, hookers and pushing expensive cars into ravines.  Keep in mind, he's not irresponsible, he still turns up for shoots, says his lines, does his job.  Sure there was the locking a hooker in a closet, and a racist rant in a restaurant, but coke can probably do that to a man.

Then you have Bill Gates.  He has more money than most of us on this site -- more power too.  He's married, has kids.  Spends most of his time these days convincing other rich people to give their money to his cause to cure malaria and polio in third world countries.  It sounds pretty honorable, but not like a lot of fun.  And if it is fun, there is probably a psychological disorder in there waiting to be diagnosed.

I got to say, I'm not sure which road I'd take, or even if one is better than the other.

Is this an example of Id versus Ego?  Nouvea riche?  Gates grew up with money, so it's probably not novel -- but then Charlie was the son of Martin Sheen.

Any and all thoughts on behaviors of those unencumbered by restricted finances welcomed.

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:10:49
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There is so little that I actually need to spend money on, that $50k/year would seem like a seemingly unlimited amount of income.  Right now if I had money to spare, the only thing that would change would be that I'd be willing to buy more expensive and varied foods.

However, I wouldn't even know where to begin to do any of the things that Gates is doing, from saving the world to having a family.  I'd expect things to be very different, even if the intentions were similar.

So I guess, I'd be me.

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Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:31:30
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"He has more money than most of us on this site -- more power too."

Who here has more money and power on this site than Bill Gates? LOL

I'd like to be myself too, and if failing that I'd like to be Yoda. Even if I didn't have enough money to live as I'm doing now I wouldn't be bothered by it at all. I mean I've amassed a whole pile of crap over time, as have other people in the house. The pile keeps growing, but if it were to stop would there be much difference? No. Actually, there wouldn't be a great deal of difference if the pile was gone either.

Unless you don't have enough money to eat or for medical expenses then you aren't really encumbered by a lack of money IMO. At least I wouldn't be. Which is easy for one to say without being in that situation; but one can come to that conclusion through other avenues!

Now let's be serious for a moment.

http://www.fifa-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Paul-Scholes.jpg

I'd rather be him. Yes, even though he has red hair!

Or at the other end of the spectrum:

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     '80s businessman coked up to the eyeballs with porsches and prostitutes, and by night a gay porn star.
Actually you should have used him instead of your Charlie Sheen example. Disappoint Aspro, disappoint. (Ones again your sexual insecurities coming to the forefront I dare say.)
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Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:15:50
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Foolz said:

"He has more money than most of us on this site -- more power too."

Who here has more money and power on this site than Bill Gates? LOL

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:59:11
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That totally is Pachter.  Are we going to do any more research on this?  Leo, was there a credit roll on that movie?  Who was he listed as, we have to be able to solve this.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:29:13
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There were no credits. Really... What more proof do we need?

I made a post at Gay Gamer and most of the people there didn't even know who Pachter was! I don't know porn actors well enough to even know where to start looking.

The quality of the video was pretty poor. It didn't look like a very professional thing. It may not even be an actual porn movie; possibly just a homemade clip.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:30:54
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You need to post this on GameTrailers on his video series!

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:33:30
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Umm... if that is what I think it is, then you should remove/ modify that image igven the no porn rule.  And if that is what I think it is... um, it that like 20+ inches long?  It comes up to his nipples?

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:34:24
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Can we compare his glasses frames?  That should be some pretty good proof.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:36:59
Too fuzzy to compare the frames.  Can't tell the shape of the lenses clearly enough.

Normally you can just look at the nose to differentiate between similar-looking people, but...I can't confirm any difference.
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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:38:20
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Umm... if that is what I think it is, then you should remove/ modify that image igven the no porn rule.  And if that is what I think it is... um, it that like 20+ inches long?  It comes up to his nipples?



Nothing is explicitly shown. I'll remove it though if it is too offensive.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:38:23
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Hey, maybe we can find Pachter wearing that shirt!

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:38:41
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Nothing is explicitly shown. I'll remove it though if it is too offensive.

You're fine.  We need to break this story!

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:39:47

Aspro, why are you seeing dicks where there aren't any?

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:40:45

Maybe that's not what I thought it was.

Those frames look pretty close, from what you can tell.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:41:59
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Aspro, why are you seeing dicks where there aren't any?



I'm no miner, but that looks like a shaft to me.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:44:09
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In that frame he is wearing a blue shirt with a yellow/ gold tie.

holy shit. it is him

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:49:26
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Time to turn on the Gaydar.  I've never heard him speak, so I'll fish out some videos and make the final determination.

*watches youtube video*

Yeah, he's gay.

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