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KT2000

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5. I changed it to morbidly

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:49 PM

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because I was picking up on Tom Hartmann's phrase from a few days ago. Just as a morbidly obese person is slowly killing themselves, the morbidly wealthy are killing their prey and ultimately devouring what made them wealthy in the first place.

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How to become morbidly wealthy in America [View all] KT2000 Wednesday OP

Well, I got 50% of that. Not too bad, huh?🤔 rsdsharp Wednesday #1

What do you mean? KT2000 Wednesday #2

Well, I'm not wealthy, so it must be obese(ly). rsdsharp Wednesday #4

Obscenely? ColoringFool Wednesday #3

I changed it to morbidly KT2000 Wednesday #5

Step 1: don't become a college professor Redleg Wednesday #6

3. Get a yuge contract with guaranteed money and then suck so hard the school's benefactors scream for your head. Xavier Breath Wednesday #7

I think I could do that- the problem is getting in the door, not having a couple of losing seasons Redleg Wednesday #10

Dupe. Xavier Breath Wednesday #8

Also, you can win the birth lottery. harumph Wednesday #9

Corporate leaders should study Aesop's Fables. Start with The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs. Midnight Writer Wednesday #11

I call it the FYIGM mentality (read below for what FYIGM means) Redleg Yesterday #13

And they did all while they were simultaneously unfairly taxed!!! AStern Wednesday #12