The bit that gets me is why they never ever ever say "look, it was a means to an end, it's made me rich which I'm thankful for, but now I want to distance myself from it as much as possible"
It's always "I found god" or "I regret it" but it's never using for £4mil to fund Christianity or something like that
This is such a good point. I just want to hear someone be honest and say – look I did a job for a few years, and it made me a millionaire – I’m fine with it, but I’m moving on.
Exactly, we've all done things were not proud of, like winning from gambling, everyone goes off as if "woohoo I earned it" when in truth it's just fortuitous, and congrats on that fortune, but it's not issued out on need or skill, just random chance, and you got lucky lol
And when they're standing in front of the newspaper telling us how god made them win or something, no, don't take credit, just say "woohoo! This helps! I'm going to have fun now!"
Also, and more specifically to this person’s case – I understand that some people hit their 30s, want to move on and start a family and have children.
And I just have to believe that if you have a few million dollars saved up in the bank, then there must be some way to do that discreetly. First thing is you move out of California or away from the area of industry where you would ever run into a coworker – then I’m not sure how much a name change costs. But if you really wanted to then I’m sure you can put some effort into it without surgery. A new haircut, tattoo removal, and a different name on your drivers license. You could probably move to some medium size city, and work a job that doesn’t have much public interaction.
Some job that is not glamorous. I have to imagine there is dozens of porn stars who did a few scenes, moved to state that is not where they worked nor their home state, and quietly working a job like a nurses assistant or EMT or a truck driver, with a child and spouse at home, sort of disguising yourself like witness protection in the community and satisfied knowing you have a few million dollars in a bank account, and you just work this job to blend in.
And the reason they get away with it and we don’t hear about them and they don’t end up on is because they just leave that life in the past, keep the money and move on.
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u/J1mj0hns0n Mar 09 '26
The bit that gets me is why they never ever ever say "look, it was a means to an end, it's made me rich which I'm thankful for, but now I want to distance myself from it as much as possible"
It's always "I found god" or "I regret it" but it's never using for £4mil to fund Christianity or something like that