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This is by far the dumbest thing I've ever seen here. I don't think I believe any of this, other than that he wants to make money off of the internet because e

This is by far the dumbest thing I've ever seen here. I don't think I believe any of this, other than that he wants to make money off of the internet because everyone wants to make money off of the internet. For one, he claims to be writing a book, despite having an apparent 5th grade reading level. I hope he spent about $100k of that $2.5 million on a ghost writer before he lost it. Also I'd bet he's telling the truth about being a high school dropout. For another, he claims to be running bemodel.com, but that site does nothing but display stock photos. I also find it hard to believe that anyone who would point out "The Secret" (and not the book version either, but the movie based on it) as their inspiration could ever scale a website to enough traffic to make $100k+/mo. I'm skeptical he could even spell PHP let alone use it. I have to say, it's VERY tempting for me to buy his ebook about making women chase me. That has to be a non-stop laugh riot.

m0nastic 16y ago
My experience with "The Secret" involves attending a New Year's Party with my brother several years ago where we stayed up all night playing drums with a group of people. When the morning came, and we all got up to go home one guy said to us "I have this movie that you have to watch" and proceeded to lift up his shirt and remove from his pants a DVD. We realized that he had to have been keeping this in his pants all night, and as my brother and I made our way to the car I told him "you realize that we have to see what that is the moment we get home". Upon arrival back at my brother's apartment, we proceeded to watch the movie, and were mystified that someone had tried to compile an hour and half video around the idea of "positive thinking"; much less that someone had thought enough of it to carry it around in their pants to impart to strangers at a party.
- Qz 16y ago
  Don't underestimate the ability the promise of simple answers to life's problems has over people desperate for said answers. I know people who buy the Law of Attraction nonsense hook line and sinker. Of course, these people also believe in that personal sovereignty nonsense, and that every country in the world except Switzerland is run by the Rothschild family, who are also apparently multi-trillionaires...
  - m0nastic 16y ago
    I once got into an argument with someone about whether The Law of Attraction abided by the Law of Conservation of Mass; because if it did, than it didn't seem any different than stealing.
    - Qz 16y ago
      It's just hokey nonsense. All you have to do is nod your head and pretend you don't think they're totally bonkers.
sp4rki 16y ago
I also find all that hard to believe. To me it sounds like a dude trying to make money on the internet by going viral. Hell I bet he just finished reading Crush It (not in a a negative way... I thoroughly enjoyed Crush It, Gary did a good job there)
hugh3 16y ago
It's incredibly dumb, and fascinating. Worthwhile not as a good lesson on how to make money, but as a lesson on the lack of self-awareness among some of those who luck into money. Page two, where he goes on to describe how he spent all his money on frivolous crap, is the icing on the cake. It combines just the right proportions of cautionary example and ridiculous schadenfreude to make a good story.

m0nastic 16y ago

My experience with "The Secret" involves attending a New Year's Party with my brother several years ago where we stayed up all night playing drums with a group of people. When the morning came, and we all got up to go home one guy said to us "I have this movie that you have to watch" and proceeded to lift up his shirt and remove from his pants a DVD. We realized that he had to have been keeping this in his pants all night, and as my brother and I made our way to the car I told him "you realize that we have to see what that is the moment we get home". Upon arrival back at my brother's apartment, we proceeded to watch the movie, and were mystified that someone had tried to compile an hour and half video around the idea of "positive thinking"; much less that someone had thought enough of it to carry it around in their pants to impart to strangers at a party.

Qz 16y ago
Don't underestimate the ability the promise of simple answers to life's problems has over people desperate for said answers. I know people who buy the Law of Attraction nonsense hook line and sinker. Of course, these people also believe in that personal sovereignty nonsense, and that every country in the world except Switzerland is run by the Rothschild family, who are also apparently multi-trillionaires...
- m0nastic 16y ago
  I once got into an argument with someone about whether The Law of Attraction abided by the Law of Conservation of Mass; because if it did, than it didn't seem any different than stealing.
  - Qz 16y ago
    It's just hokey nonsense. All you have to do is nod your head and pretend you don't think they're totally bonkers.

sp4rki 16y ago

I also find all that hard to believe. To me it sounds like a dude trying to make money on the internet by going viral. Hell I bet he just finished reading Crush It (not in a a negative way... I thoroughly enjoyed Crush It, Gary did a good job there)

hugh3 16y ago

It's incredibly dumb, and fascinating. Worthwhile not as a good lesson on how to make money, but as a lesson on the lack of self-awareness among some of those who luck into money. Page two, where he goes on to describe how he spent all his money on frivolous crap, is the icing on the cake. It combines just the right proportions of cautionary example and ridiculous schadenfreude to make a good story.