• JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    To the surprise of nobody.

    I don’t get the following these guys get and never have. Remember Tucker Max, the I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell guy? I worked with some guys who were all about him. I borrowed his book from one of them and didn’t get it at all. There were a couple of funny bits, but that was it and he got a fucking movie deal off of it. After the movie he kinda disappeared and I figured that was the end of this kind of douchebag. Boy, was I wrong.

    The only thing I ever learned from that idiot is that confidence goes a long way, but as far as I know that dude never got married and is likely miserable these days.

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      8 days ago

      Wow that’s a name I haven’t heard in like 15 years. And I was remembering him as a comedic persona, but no it turns out he was real the whole time. It wasn’t just an act like Maddox.

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      8 days ago

      I thought the point of his story was don’t be a piece of shit or you’ll risk shitting yourself in a hotel lobby

      It has been at least a decade since I saw the movie, though. If people think that’s something to aspire to, I’d guess Walter White is another role model. Blatant red flag

    • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      I haven’t seen the movie but I’ve read the book. I thought it was pretty clear that most of it was fictional or at least grossly exaggerated.