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The Gambler - Fuck You

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.

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Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Youtube Videos
Topic
financial independence
Format
other
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
9
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • First of all, congrats. You are in a great situation, now you just have to manage it to allow you to live your life the way you want from here on out. The very first thing I'd do is watch this video (it's a famous …

    mindcrime on Hacker News · 2018-12
    In Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?

  • 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]

    dharmab on Hacker News · 2021-12
    In Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

  • 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. …

    mindcrime on Hacker News · 2023-01
    In Ask HN: Good resources to become financially literate

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