Can we put this to bed now?

p90fool

Just a minor point, but one which crops up in thread after thread where a public figure comes in for any kind of criticism, ie, some of us are NOT morbidly avaricious, bizarre as this may seem to some of the "career" types on here. 

I know some you don't and will never get it, but a few of us actually like our lives, we have family, good friends, live in a relaxed place on very little money and it's GOOD.

If we think Joe Bonamassa is a lovely guy but a bit over-exposed, or that Jacob Rees-Mogg is a prick it's NOT because we are jealous.

I genuinely and wholeheartedly would not swap my life theirs, so less it with the "chip on the shoulder" bollocks.

Thank you, that is all. 

tony99

+1 on the rees mogg

Kittyfrisk

p90fool said:

Just a minor point, but one which crops up in thread after thread where a public figure comes in for any kind of criticism, ie, some of us are NOT morbidly avaricious, bizarre as this may seem to some of the "career" types on here. 

I know some you you don't and will never get it, but a few of us actually like our lives, we have family, good friends, live in a relaxed place on very little money and it's GOOD.

If we think Joe Bonamassa is a lovely guy but a bit over-exposed, or that Jacob Rees-Mogg is a prick it's NOT because we are jealous.

I genuinely and wholeheartedly would not swap my life theirs, so less it with the "chip on the shoulder bollocks".

Thank you, that is all. 

Agreed.

munckee

Why else would you think Jacob Rees-Mogg is a pr1ck?

brooom

boooooom... have a wisdom!

Roland

p90fool said:

Just a minor point, 

Actually it’s a major point for the moderation team. We don’t allow personal abuse of forum members. We also don’t allow personal abuse of public figures, and of the general public, who have no capability to reply.

Before anyone decides to imply bias in this matter let me say that I have been on both sides of this particular “avaricious career” fence.

VimFuego

imagine if joe and rees mogg had a love child, it'd be an over exposed prick.


which reminds me, must call my lawyer. 

p90fool

@Roland I totally get that, I really do, but the incessant implication that if we're not keen on an artist's new album we must be jealous, or if we disagree with a politician's priorities we have a "chip on the shoulder" because we weren't born millionaires gets really tedious. 

I like my life, have straddled the incessant touring/too many guitars fence and after weighing my life down with pointless crap in the past have literally no desire to live in a mansion, have "nanny issues" or wear a monocle. 

Not caring about or wanting those things does not make me bitter, unsuccessful or automatically some kind of loser. 

joeyowen

Duuhh Op Is ClEaRlY jUsT jEaLoUs

Sassafras

Christ!
I've never heard of anyone more jealous of Bonamassa and Rees Mogg in my whole life.

Sassafras

I'm waiting for the Bonamassa Monocle to pop up on his online shop and the Rees Mogg Ray Bans on his.

ToneControl

ah, I see. So calling someone an "overprivileged, frankly sinister cunt" does not, after all imply any jealousy

p90fool

ToneControl said:

ah, I see. So calling someone an "overprivileged, frankly sinister cunt" does not, after all imply any jealousy

That right, it doesn't, it implies I think he's out of touch with ordinary peoples lives, not that I want HIS life. 

That's exactly what I mean about projecting your own avarice onto others, you simply cannot grasp that I don't share it and don't aspire to it. 

stickyfiddle

ToneControl said:

ah, I see. So calling someone an "overprivileged, frankly sinister cunt" does not, after all imply any jealousy

No, because “overprivileged” doesnt mean someone who is “better” than someone else, it means someone blindly lauds their own abilities/skills/opinions (usually opinions) over others without any consideration of whether that is appropriate. 

stickyfiddle

FWIW I am currently undergoing a bit of “corporate career” thing and fully agree with the OP.

mgaw

ToneControl said:

ah, I see. So calling someone an "overprivileged, frankly sinister cunt" does not, after all imply any jealousy

totally with @p90fool on this

mgaw

its a convenient way to get people to minimise criticism

darthed1981

ToneControl said:

"overprivileged, frankly sinister cunt"

If we can't call Rees-Mogg that, what's the point in being alive?

p90fool

@stickyfiddle I'm in no way criticising that, I spent many years on the managerial ladder myself, and if it weren't for unrelated personal circumstances which effectively diverted me from it I'd still be there.

I did however, feel more and more hollow the more "things" I owned, and have never been particularly acquisitional since circumstances broke the habit for me. 

The sheer release of having fewer and simpler things is the reason for the OP, and the mild rant about jealousy is because it honestly couldn't be further from the truth. 

Sassafras

ToneControl said:

ah, I see. So calling someone an "overprivileged, frankly sinister cunt" does not, after all imply any jealousy

This sentence says more about your jealousy.

I know one thing, I'm not jealous of odious, self serving greedy, detached, dispassionate people like Rees Mogg no matter how rich, posh or "intelligent" you find him. There are far better people in the world that I respect. It doesn't all come down to money with everyone.
And I wouldn't wanna look like him, that's for sure.

Danny1969

I don't actually know who the Ree's Mogg guy is .... I know I could google it but I can't be bothered.

I know who Jo Bo is, seen him live but don't remember much about it. 

@p90fool ;

I'm very much a man in your camp. I wouldn't trade my life with anyone else's ... it's one of the reasons I don't do the lottery