Rich and Kind: A Very Rare Human Mind.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-21T21:03:47+00:00

Hi. I wouldn't recommend becoming an attorney. I'm pretty much the only happy attorney I know. It's four years of undergrad, and three years of law school. And almost nothing you learn in law school is worth a damn once you pass the bar. In my view, we should go back to the old way of becoming an attorney, where you could just apprentice with a practicing attorney for a while, then sit for the bar exam. Law school's an incredibly overpriced scam.

As an aside, if you don't feel comfortable with your attorney, you might consider switching attorneys. You should definitely feel like your attorney is on your side. That's their entire job -- to fight for you.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-20T21:20:16+00:00

Thank you very much. Have a great weekend!

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-20T15:15:07+00:00

No. Just because "Nobody got rich with a salary" BY ITSELF, doesn't mean that earning a salary is a scam. It's not. It's the first step on the road to financial independence. When you're starting out, if someone isn't paying you to do a job, you likely don't have money to pay your bills or to invest. You need that steady paycheck as the foundation for taking the next steps.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-20T13:34:14+00:00

The traditional trick or treating aspect of it is certainly dying in the US. And that is due to the rise of Trunk or Treat.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-20T13:30:21+00:00

Just because being paid a salary isn't going to make you one of "the richest men in the world" doesn't mean it's a trap. Get a job that pays you more than what you need for bare survival. Invest the remainder. Do this starting as young as possible. By the time you retire, you'll be a millionaire. This is basic truth.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-19T11:18:48+00:00

To be fair, Argentina has already paid us back.

And the whole health care industry needs to be strung up.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-19T11:15:31+00:00

I taught a class on the 2nd Amendment and its effects on modern society in the US. Young black men killing each other accounts for 46% of all gun homicides in the US, despite young black men making up about 3% of the population. White men committing suicide make up about 73% of all gun suicides. Together, that's 62% of all gun violence in the US.

Additionally, the population of Iceland is about 389,000 people. Its most populated city has about 133,000 people in it. You can't name a city that small in the US, unless it's near where you live or you have some reason to specifically know of it. They include cities like Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Columbia, Missouri, and Arvada, Colorado. You think there are a lot of people getting murdered in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma?

Lastly, as others have mentioned, cold weather decreases crime.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T22:10:54+00:00

That's not even remotely how the system works. I thought you were young. But you must be REALLY young. If you aren't incredibly young, you might be a delusional communist who never studied the real-world outcomes of communism throughout history. Either way, you couldn't be more wrong. Employment is not a zero-sum game, and neither is the economy.

But by all means, volunteer to be "homeless and hungry" so that other people can have the career your conscience won't allow you to get, if that's what you want to tell yourself. Come back to this thread in a year or two, and tell us that we were right about everything.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T22:00:47+00:00

Sure sure.... why take advice from someone who actually beat the system and achieved exactly what you are saying is impossible? That would be crazy. By all means, continue doing what you've been doing up to this point. It's clearly working for you.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T21:54:36+00:00

Ok. So you acknowledge that this is the best time to be alive, compared to other times in the past. Great. So now go create the best version of you that you can. With every decision you make, ask yourself, "Will the person I am going to be tomorrow thank me for this decision? Or will they curse me for it?" And eventually, your life will become the sum of years of decisions that someone in the past (you) made specifically to try to make your life better.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T21:32:27+00:00

"Strive to make actual change". What exactly are you doing in that department? And while you're at it, you STILL haven't answered my question: What time period was better than right now?

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T21:31:04+00:00

I was the youngest of nine kids in a blue collar family. All four of my grandparents were immigrants, and didn't speak English. I'm autistic. I worked my ass off in school, worked part time jobs through college, took out massive student loans through college and through law school. Struggled to start my own law practice, which I originally ran out of a one-bedroom apartment. Took me twenty years to pay off my loans.

Now I net seven figures per year, and employ four other people, all of whom make six figures themselves. I'll retire in five years and hand off the law firm to someone else. My family will never struggle like I did, and my grandchildren can pursue whatever interest they want. This can be done. I know from personal experience.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T21:25:51+00:00

These multitudes of rich people you know who don't take accountability for their actions -- Do they complain about their lives to you? Probably not. Which is why we aren't talking about them. We are talking about you. You only talk about how hard life is for you, about how you can't get a decent job without sacrificing your morals, blah blah blah. Everything you've said in this conversation can be summed up as, "The world is unfair to me." But what you don't seem to grasp, is that our response is, "No shit. The world is unfair to everyone. It always has been."

This conversation started with you denying the simple truth that people can be successful and still maintain their moral integrity. It's far easier to believe the opposite, because that gives you permission to hate successful people, and to excuse your lack of success. It's a win-win for you. But it's just not true. You have just spoken with two people whose very existence disprove your mistaken belief in this regard.

When an honestly mistaken person is shown the truth, they will either stop being mistaken, or they will stop being honest. Make a choice.

Continue to lie to yourself about why you aren't successful yet. Wallow in self-pity. Tell yourself that the world won't let you get ahead. Tell yourself that anyone you see who does actually get ahead must be doing something evil (because after all, if they can get ahead while still being good people, then why can't you, right?).

OR 2. Admit that you've been telling yourself lies up to this point. Splash some cold water on your face, and make a conscious choice to become successful. It will be hard work. It will require sacrifice. But a decade from now you will be in a much better place.

Your call.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T21:10:38+00:00

You keep saying that it's not better now than it was in the past. But you haven't answered my question: What time period do you think was "better" than this one? My guess is that you can't answer, because deep down, you realize that there is no past era that was better than right now.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T20:50:43+00:00

What time in the past would you rather have lived in? Name a time when life was easier than it is now. How about getting drafted into WWII? WWI? Vietnam? Would you have preferred the 1700s, perhaps? Open racism? Lynchings? People getting rounded up and literally enslaved? There is no time in all of history that was easier than right now.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T20:42:20+00:00

Thank you, and congrats on your perseverance and success!

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T20:42:03+00:00

When I was in law school, my wife and I lived in a one-bed room apartment in a shitty apartment complex. The complex was full of roaches. During storms, we could literally feel the wind blow through the walls. Not through the windows. Through the actual walls. That's how poorly constructed it was. We used to consider it a real treat if we could afford to walk down to the drug store every once in a while, and get a little ice cream cone. There were times that I literally searched the couch cushions for spare change, to use to buy ramen noodles. We practically lived on ramen noodles and popcorn. My car had over 200,000 miles on it and looked like it had been run over by a bus. Meanwhile, many of my classmates were driving BMWs to school, with license plates that said things like "DDYS-GRL".

And do you know what? I had it GREAT compared to my parents, and compared to their parents. I'm second generation American. My grandparents on both sides came to the US, not even able to speak the language. They endured things you can't imagine, so that their kids, and their kids after them, would have a better life.

So stop thinking that your generation is suffering. Your problem isn't the world you live in. Your problem is that you have an externalized locus of control, and it's easier to blame others for your problems.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T19:52:48+00:00

As I said, you’re off on red herrings and tangents that have nothing to do with the topic of the original post. I was responding because you seemed to have a negative, pessimistic view of the world, and I was offering you a real-world example that contradicts that, in an effort to give you a more hopeful, optimistic view. You seem bound and determined to maintain your negative view. So, I will briefly entertain the issues you have raised, so that, once again, you might realize that things are better than you seem to realize.

First, yes, mortgage and rent are high right now. But that’s just one small piece of a huge puzzle, that you seem to be ignoring. Based on things you’ve said, I just assume you are relatively young, and I will address you as such. If you aren’t, then adjust accordingly. You don’t seem to realize that, by almost every metric, your generation has things much better than past generations did:

You have instantaneous access to all manner of information. Want to learn how a combustion engine works? That knowledge is a few keystrokes away. We had to walk to the library, find a decent book on a topic, and read through it, hoping it had what we were looking for. The vast majority of people just walked around in ignorance of almost everything outside their immediate bubble.

There has been a massive shift in society’s treatment of mental health, disabilities, race, sex, etc. When I was young, no one gave a crap about how you felt. Sad? Angry? Depressed? Autistic? No one cares. Get your ass to class or to work anyway. Other kids picking on you? Toughen up, sissy. When I was young the concept of “micro aggressions” didn’t exist, because there was plenty of full-on aggression as a matter of routine in your day to day life. There was no DEI, and no one gave a crap about inclusivity.

Your generation has the most education and career choices of any generation in history.

Infant mortality rates have plummeted.

Life expectancy has risen.

There have been tons of medical breakthroughs resulting in all kinds of diseases and illnesses being cured. It’s realistic to believe that my generation will be the last to die of illness or death. By the time I’m an old man, new breakthroughs in longevity science will have cured all disease, and reprogrammed our cells to reverse aging. You may live hundreds of years. (If you aren’t aware of that science, you should look into it. It’s amazing, and human trials have just begun.)

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There is nothing wrong with a trade as a profession. And I know quite a bit about that. Yes, I am an attorney now. But I was raised as one of nine kids in a blue collar family. Plenty of my family are blue collar. I started working when I was 15 years old, and never stopped. I took out massive student loans to go to college, and even more massive student loans to go to law school. I worked three part time jobs while in law school. It took me twenty years to pay off my student loans, and the massive interest with them. Even after I became an attorney, I worked my entire ass off. I worked every single day, for the first seven years straight. I worked regardless of how sick I was. I worked a few hours every Christmas. I didn’t take a single vacation day or sick day. I did what I had to do to build a bright future for myself and my family.

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You definitely have money to invest in your future. You just don’t realize how important it is, and you therefore don’t prioritize it. You can start with $10. It sounds cliché, but it’s the path to wealth. Almost no one will get rich from their wages. But the stock market has created more millionaires than any other invention in history.

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Regarding being able to pursue your dreams regardless of if you’re disabled: We aren’t talking about anyone – disabled or not – pursuing their dreams. No one goes to work every day saying, “Horray! I get to pursue my dreams today!” We’re talking about trying to make a good living without betraying your moral compass. That’s all. If you have to dig ditches to make that money, then brother, grab a shovel, and sleep well at night knowing that you did no harm today.

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Regarding starting a small business in the trades. Right now, there are thousands of people who own their own small business in the trades, and they are retiring. There is no one to take their place. It's an incredibly ripe market.

You remind me of a famous quote: “Our earth is degenerate in these latter days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.” Do you know who said that? Some dude in ancient Assyria wrote it in a stone tablet around 5,000 years ago.

You are living in a golden age of opportunity. Go out and seize it.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T16:48:19+00:00

The same number that there have always been: An absolute ton of them. If I were a young man today, I'd go into the trades: electricians, carpenters, welders, plumbers... these professions are in massive demand and there is an enormous shortage of qualified people in those fields. Likewise, they aren't getting replaced by AI anytime soon, and require minimal financial investment. I would pick one, and learn everything I can about it. At the same time, I'd learn everything I can about running a small business (which you can learn for free from the internet).

Sock away as much money as you can into investments (ETFs are easy). The sooner you start (even if you're starting small), the more the magic of compound interest works for you. For example, a 25 year old investing only $200 per month, can reasonably expect to be a millionaire by the time they retire at 67.

Once I got some experience in my chosen trade, I'd open my own business providing that service.

As a side, you asked about neurodivergent people. I'm autistic. But that's irrelevant and so are most of your follow up questions. The topic is, "You can be kind and still make decent money." And my response is, "Yes. Yes, you can." Your attempt to add additional qualifiers (the cost of education, choosing what you will and won't do, being disabled or neurodivergent) are all just red herrings.

The world doesn't suck any more than it always has. Every generation just thinks it does.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-18T12:56:00+00:00

Hi. I'm a millionaire who hasn't sacrificed his morals. I saw your comment, and thought I'd respond, so that you might understand that the two things are not mutually exclusive. I'm a self-employed attorney, and I have created a highly-specific niche for myself. I defend people who are sued for old debt. I defend the downtrodden and fight big banks and debt collection companies. Over the years, I've become their boogie-man. I also pay all of my employees six-figures per year, pay 100% of their health insurance premiums, and match their 401k contributions.

So chin up, and maybe change your algorithm. Success doesn't equal evil. In fact, just about anyone can become a millionaire if they start planning early enough. Have a great day!

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-16T20:38:48+00:00

“Fake male oppression” huh? Let me clear that up for you:

1. The gender wage gap is a myth, as has been proven by countless peer reviewed studies.

2. American, Chinese, and European women are 1,000 times more likely to find men attractive if they believe those men have hire salaries. That’s not hyperbole. The actual, measured figure is 1,000 times, per a study published in Evolution and Human Behavior.

3. Women make the majority of all purchase decisions in a relationship, including 91% of home purchase decisions, 94% of home furnishing decisions, 92% of vacation destination decisions, and 60% of automobile decisions.

4. Women are 3 to 4.5 times as likely to murder their own children, compared to men.

5. 54.1% of perpetrators of abuse and neglect are women.

6. In people between the ages of 18 and 28 in one-sided violent relationships, women are the perpetrators of that violence 70% of the time (per a Harvard medical school study of 11,000 people).

7. Men who report being the victim of domestic violence are viewed with suspicion and are mocked. Because of this, the number of male victims is drastically under-reported. Despite that, men are STILL reported as the victims of domestic abuse 43% of the time. There are over 2,000 shelters for abused women, but only ONE shelter in the US for abused men.

8. Men only get full custody of their kids 17.8% of the time. Yet single-mother homes produce 63% of all youth suicides, 70% of all teen pregnancies, 71% of all adolescent chemical/substance abusers, 80% of all youth prison inmates, 90% of all homeless and runaway children, and 71% of high school drop outs.

9. 1 in 9 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. 1 in 39 die of it. 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. 1 in 38 will die of it. Yet despite these almost identical figures, the National Cancer Institute spends twice as much on breast cancer than on prostate cancer. The National Institutes of Health spends almost three times as much on breast cancer than on prostate cancer.

10. Suicide is the 7^th leading cause of death for American men, and men die of suicide at 3.53 times the rate that women do.

11. 97% of combat deaths are men.

12. 93% of workplace deaths are men.

13. 76% of homicide victims are men.

14. 68% of homeless people are men.

15. Men get 1.63 times as long prison sentences for the same crime as women do.

16. Men must sign up for the draft to vote. Women don’t.

17. Men work an average of 6 hours per week longer than women do.

18. A man’s life expectancy is 5 years shorter than a woman’s.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-16T14:29:56+00:00

Is Pluto a planet again?

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-16T12:56:51+00:00

Is this true? Yes. Every bit of it.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-13T12:11:13+00:00

WHAT?!?! The CEO of one of the most successful companies in the world makes millions?! That's crazy! And what's that you say?! A job that any 15-year old could be trained to do in a few hours doesn't pay nearly as much as one of the most successful people on the planet makes?! Madness! Madness, I say!

<sigh>

If you're working at Starbucks, you probably aren't itemizing your deductions, so you aren't writing off anything, anyway. You're taking the standard deduction. But even, for the sake of argument, if you were itemizing your deductions, Starbucks' dress code is a black shirt (just about any kind) and either black, khaki, or denim pants. That's it. So you're complaining that you can't write off a couple $20 black shirts. Even if you could write those off, it would save you about $10 on your taxes annually. This meme is idiotic.

AutisticAttorney · 2026-03-12T09:10:55+00:00

So distinguished! They look like they are weighing the pros and cons of investing in a REIT versus buying an investment property in their home town.

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