The Gambler - Fuck You

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Overview

A short clip from the film The Gambler in which John Goodman's character gives a monologue about the 'position of fuck you': building enough financial security that you owe nobody anything. The scene is a compact statement of financial independence as freedom.

On Hacker News

HN points to it as the source and best distillation of 'fuck you money', in threads about FIRE, windfalls, layoffs and financial literacy.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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mindcrime · 2023-04 · Recommendation
Anyone have tips to avoid this? Avoid? No. It probably can't be avoided in the long-run. But you can mitigate the effects. A great take on this can be mined from this little rant by John Goodman's character in The Gambler : [VIDEO]
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mindcrime · 2023-01 · Recommendation
You might accuse me of being glib in saying this, but this scene from the movie The Gambler[1] contains a lot of wisdom. The movie as a whole is moderately OK, but this scene really distills a lot of good stuff into a few minutes. [VIDEO] [1]: [LINK]
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dharmab · 2021-12 · Recommendation
Lots of great answers in this thread about finding meaning after your base needs are taken care of. I'd like also include this clip about setting up a Position of Fuck You (a stable base from which you can launch riskier endeavours) [VIDEO]
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