To be fair, it does take a least a few weeks to save up for that BMW. The house might take a few whole months!!!
Perhaps I shouldnāt have included āshort whileā in my post 
Takes about 10-15 years of work experience to get to that stage as far as I noticed.
Unfortunately my brain is wired differently so Iāll need to find another method of getting a pool to drown myself in!
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Yes, that too. 
Though your comment did make me think of something: last week, Chris and I visited a software engineer friend at her office. In her office campus was a bakery, open every day from 11am to 4pm. All the elegant, beautiful pastries were free to the employees. The following thought burst into my brain: we live in a world where, if you work hard enough at something very specific and get kind of lucky, you might eventually be able to eat all the free sweets you want. Iām still not sure what to do with this insight. Maybe share it back in time with my 8-year-old self?
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That just reminded me of the movie āThe Internshipā 
Well if weāre gonna be literal, then I wouldnāt mind working next to a game shop
But it is true, most people who work hard eventually get to success. With some luck, that success amplifies and then you have enough money to buy a random house if you feel like it.
No, not that companyāthe other oneā¦
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Ah, our very own @system - all hail the giver of life!
Once again, I really have no idea how Owen didnāt win any sort of award for his portrayal of you. Absolutely perfect.
Iām pursuing the wrong dream.
weeps silently
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thankfully, for those of us who never matured beyond 8, we can skip the whole time travel/paradox thing, and just be envious ā¦ as we pay for each and every evil (and yet so delicious) pastry ā¦
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I wanted to make a funny comment, so I did a quick google, hoping that the games you helped ācreateā (in such a small way I donāt even know why you were there) were complete failures to serve as the base for this joke; unfortunately it appears they were both rather well received.
Edit: Our digital footprints are scary. Itās quite terrifying to think that everything we do online is potentially housed somewhere ā¦ [size=4] NSA, GCHQ [/size]
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ooooh, you mean ahem Morrowind? or was it, perhaps ā¦ Oblivion?
resumes polishing his imaginary awards that he bestowed upon himself for doing absolutely nothing extraordinary
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So, whatās baking my brain right now is that Iām reading what I wrote in Owen Wilsonās voice, and it works.
One day I shall wake up, and wonder: am I Owen Wilson dreaming Iām Chris, or am I Chris, portraying Owen Wilson in dream sequence in a Wes Andersen movie?
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portraying Wes Anderson, channeling the spirit of Owen Wilson, in a movie directed by Tarantinoā¦
So you were the leak.
Shame on you, Tim Roth will be round shortly to enact vengeance.
This thread has horribly derailed hasnāt it?
problem solvedā¦ but youāve been warned @not_owen_wilsonā¦
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This. This is the reason I have a shrine dedicated to you in my bedroom.
Now, whereās Jennifer Aniston these days?
Edit: @SteveAdamo you missed this comment when you merged, now itās out of place and quite frankly Iām not even sure I can look at you anymore.
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apologiesā¦ blame Jobs, as Iām managing this from my āate paint chips as a childā phone ā¦
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Jeez, you all act like you were sitting around a table in a bakery which serves free pastries, chatting a bit about life in general and mocking each other.
This is a friendly reminder that you are not able to enjoy free pastries right now.
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There is never a time where free pastries are not there to be enjoyed.
That, is your friendly reminder.
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TANSTAFP. I rest my case!
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Exactly!
I just pulled a pie out of the oven. Who wantās pie? 
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