THE VIDEO SHELF · financial independence
The Position of Fuck You (John Goodman in The Gambler)
A one-minute scene from The Gambler in which John Goodman's loan shark explains the 'position of f you': having enough money to walk away from any employer or deal.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN links it whenever the discussion turns to layoffs, saving, and having enough financial independence to say no.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Omid Malekan
- Topic
- financial independence
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 14
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2023
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
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
It's also known as "fuck you money", and there's a really good scene with John Goodman in The Gambler about it - [VIDEO] So many people, especially in tech, work jobs that pay really, really, really well compared to most people and piss it away …
kdamken on Hacker News · 2016-09
In The Programmer’s Guide to a Sane WorkweekThis clip from the Gambler summed it up pretty well: [VIDEO] (NSFW language) It's more about personal independence than anything and being able to take risks.
tenpies on Hacker News · 2017-02
In A fuck-you money attitude
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
