Whatever looks too good to be true, or seems too good to be true, or feels too good to be true…..IS too good to be true, you guileless numskull! Always!!! Every fuckin’ time!!!!! There are no exceptions to this cardinal rule and there never will be either, despite the googol of meager attempts at rationalization we inevitably struggle to make to justify our naturally avaricious impulses and to partially sate our raging earthly desires. Nothing is given free in life; you have to go out and earn everything; your birthright comes with a price tag. To think otherwise—to think shortcuts and faux miracles will unfailingly be available to lessen our work burden and assist us in securing benefits and largesse that we have offered no personal sacrifices to deserve—is a fool’s errand and a fool’s mentality. Intelligent persons learn this transcendent lesson at an early stage in life, while some cretins never do even if they live to be ninety years of age. In fact, it might rightfully be said that understanding the basic equation of life outlined above IS the very definition of intelligence.
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