• @swlabr
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    8 months ago

    Please explain (I am not well steeped in the SBF lore/tea)

    • @Soyweiser
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      78 months ago

      iirc he said something like ‘I have no time for books I dont read them only idiots write and read books nowadays’ (actual quote here) and he wrote a book, or at least had somebody write a book for him explaining himself re the lawsuit, Id assume while his lawyers were outside screaming at him to stop.

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        58 months ago

        Oh lol I googled it and Michael Lewis, the guy who wrote moneyball and the big short (book ver.), wrote “going infinite”, which required following SBF for “the better part of a year.” Apparently people think it is too sympathetic to SBF. Shame if so, I liked moneyball and the big short (movie ver.)

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          8 months ago

          Well it is the season for previously reliable writers to write fluffbooks (see also Musk) so I would not be surprised if they cash out on their reputation by writing bad books, after all you can’t give good reputation to your kids and grandkids, money otoh.

            • @swlabr
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              38 months ago

              Ugh, I’m seeing that book (and face) everywhere, especially at the two bookstores I like the most (that is, the ones closest to me).

              Nobody needs a book on how the author spent a year huffing his current billionaire crush’s farts.

            • @carlitoscohones
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              38 months ago

              literary fellatio

              this is new to me and I like it.