Comments by "Thump Er the Sweaty Fat Guy" (@SweatyFatGuy) on "" video.

  1.  @BaconNBeer  I got out of the USAF back in 1992, the drawdown left me without a job so I didn't get to reenlist. I went to school and asked about grants and whatnot. I was asked "Are you disabled? Are you a minority? Are you female?" I answered no, and they told me I was not eligible for anything other than student loans. I made $14k that year and they said it was too much to get aid. GI Bill was behind the curve, the cost was more than my entitlement until 1997. I worked a full time job, putting in 50 to 70 hours per week, and went to school full time too. Even back then if you're a WM everyone else got gimmiedats that were not allowed to you.
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  2.  @SpartanTrigger  my family came from Germany, I am always getting called bad names because of it. I laugh at them, because they can't fix their own vehicle or do much of anything else.
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  3.  @WhyteHorse2023  yeah man, there is something to that. We seem to be the last hands on generation for a while. The everyone gets a trophy thing is insidious, it teaches you that merit doesn't matter, competence is irrelevant, and you deserve things without earning them. Its supposed to hurt when you lose, because it drives you to do better next time. Thats lost on people under 45. Joker is doing the things I did ten years ago. I had no choice, I needed somewhere to live that I could work on my cars.
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  4.  @rapidroadsode8789  I've had two advantages in my life. 1. Its super easy for me to pack on muscle, probably due to genetics and a messed up diet my parents had me on from 4 to 14. 2. I am willing to do almost anything, any amount of work, learn any new skill, and I have the perseverance to make things happen that I want to happen. Neither of those have anything to do with how resistant I am to UV light. None. I have been trying to think of something I was given without working for it, and usually working a hell of a lot more than most people, to get it. There might be something, but I can't think of it. The closest thing is the car my dad left me when he died, but I worked my ass off on the farm growing up, and he wanted me to take care of it and fix whats wrong with it, because I am the only one of the six of us who can. When I see homeless people, I have some compassion for them, because I slept in my car on active duty. Child support left me with $100 a month to live on, no matter how much I earned. My home state assumed the USAF would give me housing and food for free, and they did in the form of cash, which my home state took from me. So I know that some of them are there due to things beyond their control. However the way I see it is, if they want to improve their life, they can. I see people in their 30s and 40s working basic jobs, like stocking shelves and checking groceries, and I want to shake them and scream at them to GET A BETTER JOB. Some people aren't smart enough, others are risk averse, some just want to do the minimum and don't care if they never get anywhere in life. Then some people want a hand out rather than to earn what they want. I had no choice but to do it the hard way my entire life, there were no handouts, no hand ups, and most of the time someone was trying to drag me down. Like my home state and my family. I realize that isn't in most people, they won't get up and keep fighting to get what they want, they will lay down, obey, and take the beatings... or expect someone else to save them. The only time I ever got something for simply existing was when I was a kid and got money for my birthday. Then mom would say, we will hold on to that for you and they took it from me. Then I would say I want some of my money to get something, and mom would say "What money? You don't have any." That happened with everything I earned while I was stuck on the farm. In 1982 I made over $2500 selling sweet corn I planted and grew. I got to use $450 of it to buy my first car. Since I was 13 I had to wait 3 years to drive it legally. Dad had a job in town selling farm equipment, and my brother and I did all the farm work. Dad drove my car to work, and by the time I got it, everything was worn out. I got to drive it for less than 3 months total. The last time I drove it was 1987, I worked on it almost all night so I could make it to a wrestling tournament, because my parent's didn't want to take me to the school. You can see why I left the farm at 17... well along with all the beatings of course. I still have that car, and I want to get it running, but other projects keep taking the time I need to do it. When I do get to it, I will feel like I am 16 again.. Honestly it would only take about $1000 and a weeks worth of work to make it drivable, just gotta get to it.
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  5.  @LynnJynh9315  yep, I was being passed over for promotion and women/minorities were getting free stuff not allowed to me before you were born. Your entire life has had this carp going on.
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  6.  @nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife  Have to agree with that. The thing learned the most from was failing and losing. I tend to overcompensate a bit when I lose though. Like back in the 90s when I was racing these guys in town, and I had really bad tires. Even when I had a lot more power than they did, I always got beat. Once I got sticky tires and had the power I figured out how to make, my car was suddenly 3 seconds faster than they were. It hurts a lot to lose, but you learn how to win if you learn from losing. I figured that out in high school wrestling, by my senior year I was a monster that kids dreaded going on the mat against.
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  7.  @goldman77700  the ones who are more easily manipulated are the ones who get free stuff. Good luck manipulating an Asian kid from a traditional Asian family. During my time in the military it was the Asian guys who made sure they were the absolute best at everything they did, I admire their work ethic, and we were good friends once they realized I am nothing like the redneck I appear to be on first glance.
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  8. We needed to defeat one more, the ones we beat needed it too.
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