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“I won 100M in a lottery. I tell people I'm a janitor.”

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Just say you’re insurance salesman. People will never ever ask you about your job again.

Well, you don’t need a 100M to know people will judge you even on silly things.

Well the guy doesn't need to prove anything. Majority of people are judgy. But why limit your romantic chances. Why not something meaningless, e.g. Entrepreneur, I deal in classic cars.

'e.g. Entrepreneur, I deal in classic cars.'

Because both suggest a level of financial independence?

I've been on dates that have turned into wealth interviews after the initial breaking the ice chit chat. It's more common than you might think, especially when you get past middle-age.

> I've been on dates that have turned into wealth interviews after the initial breaking the ice chit chat.

I'd rather figure out if they're that type of person sooner than later. Easy pass on the second date!

That just filters out the blatent obvious gold diggers. The smarter, less obvious ones, who have googled your net worth are going to go undetected for way too long, and by then you're emotionally invested, and potentially married, possibly with kids. So pretending to be poor when you're happy with what you have, is not the worst strategy.

Dating "strategy" sounds so distasteful, to put it nicely. Just be honest and try to connect with the other human.

All of life is a competition.

The sooner you internalize this, the wiser you will be. Notice that I didn't say "happy".

No it isn't, and it's sad that you think that

Some games are positive sum, but they're still games.

Not all games involve competition.

Can you provide an example of such a game? To me, a game involves competition by definition.

Mysterium, The Crew, Hanabi, etc.

I would argue those games all very much involve competition. They all still involve winning/losing and skill testing, even if it just against yourself.

hello,

i would state it a bit different / from a slightly different ... viewpoint:

"all in life is some kind of selection (!)"

on every level, in every moment ...

cheers, v

When we first started dating (in our 30s), my now-wife thought I was broke as I was driving a 20 year-old, 100K+ mile Alfa Romeo. I loved the car; she just saw it as old and a little ratty.

I think I'm a cynic. I always read things like this as, "Here's the problems you'd have if you won a bunch of money and this is how I would deal with them."

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