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You obviously didn't read the article. Bourdain did not reach the magical 'no-debt' world of wonder until after he got famous. If anything it's a fake-cautiona
by vinceguidry 10y ago
You obviously didn't read the article. Bourdain did not reach the magical 'no-debt' world of wonder until after he got famous.
If anything it's a fake-cautionary tale. "Don't do what I did kids, even though I'm rich and did more blow and had way more fun than you'll ever have in your whole life!"
Ugh.
- dang 10y agoPlease don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13882117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13882117 and marked it off-topic.
- ethbro 10y agoI didn't read anywhere in there where he says don't do what he did. He lived his life the way he wanted to, there were some rough times. Now he has a family, different priorities and resources, so is taking those into account but still generally living the same way. My tl;dr would be "I was always in debt when I was young. Now I have a bit of money and prioritize those I care about, but after that's funded I'd rather have great experiences than a larger bank account."
- varelse 10y agoAs a long-time fan of his, his early life IMO (I've read and loved Kitchen Confidential) was shortsighted hedonism that came to a crashing halt when he became famous. He has since settled for dating/marrying beautiful women, noticing that chain smoking would probably kill him and started doing Krav Maga instead, and becoming smart about money. His dayjob's not so bad either.