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raverbashing

Yeah pretty much

So much that playing videogames during a VC meeting can swing them the "right way" if you fit the structure enough

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In case anyone doesn't know this reference:

https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-league...

“I LOVE THIS FOUNDER,” “I am a 10 out of 10,”

He was even featured on the Forbes under 30!

You can say a lot of shit about this person. But this is so inspiring. Like, this is a good example for young people out there. You don't have to change your ways for boomers even though they have a lot of money you need.

The lesson I got here is just be you. Let others change for you.

And do not fuck with the IRS in any circumstances.

SBF was able to fit the image of the boy genius that the partners at the VCs (who mostly were probably not boomers) were looking for, while still coming off as "one of them."

They thought that the crazy hair and the video game stuff was an act meant to project an image to the world, and the real SBF was Stanford and Jane Street.

The real SBF was Stanford and Jane Street

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