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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I know a guy who isn't that far removed from being another Gould. He likes to play the big-shot, drive a fancy car, live in a big house, own all the toys, etc. He's now declared bankruptcy twice and can't keep a steady job. After stiffing his creditors he has moved his family to Mexico where his wife still travels back to Canada to work for weeks at a time in order to feed their family, while he sits at home working on his new career of being a website developer, despite having no experience or education in the field.
Gould is an extreme example of an attitude that is almost pervasive in North America: what people think you are is more important that who you are. The huge amount of consumer debt in Canada, and especially Alberta, is tangible evidence of too many people living beyond their means. One day the bubble will burst for these folks and they'll take the rest of us down with them.
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Yeah the world is full of these types. I know they dupe a lot of people but I have always seen them from a mile away...and its obvious most of the time, but people still fall for stuff like this.
Its really sad actually.