To be fair, Opie does mention that he was a poor kid in a rich town - and that he wasn't really poor, his parents were just niggardly - forcing their kids to live austere lives.
Living in a rich area can net you wealthy friends with yachts and ski condos - even if you yourself are poor.
I think the thing is that there are people who were poor and never experienced or even had the concept of a ski trip or yachting. I never not once went somewhere on holidays and it just ment I didn't have to go to school and nothing else. So for some it's hard to understand how someone who claims to be poor can have been exposed to these activities.
Believe it or not, working your ass off for people that do have money earns you a bit more than a messily paycheck. If you're a good employee at a job -- like, say, a golf course -- the people that have money around you will come to respect you and treat you well. Through my jobs as a teenager, I gained all kinds of silver-spoon friends that looked out for me simply because I was a good friend.
But who am I trying to convince? I'm talking to a bunch of millennials here. Social networking isn't just about liking someone's selfie on Facebook, you know.
I was a poor kid, and between the ages of 17-19 I golfed at least 100 times because of connections from friends and through school..... with the $60 20 year old clubs I got at a used sportswear store
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45 Opprobriousness 2014-06-22
So dirt poor Opie has fond memories of ski trips and yachting?
22 i-dont-like-you 2014-06-22
So dirt poor that "ski trips" is on the list twice.
8 Risergy 2014-06-22
I was dirt poor growing up and have been both skiing and yachting. It's called, and get this: having friends.
7 IggysGlove 2014-06-22
Nigga please. Dirt poor dojt have yacht friends. You wasnt dirt poor, or you werent on a yacht
6 drexler57346 2014-06-22
Skiing maybe, fucking YACHTING not likely. Yachting is practically synonymous with wealth.
3 AssholeinSpanish 2014-06-22
To be fair, Opie does mention that he was a poor kid in a rich town - and that he wasn't really poor, his parents were just niggardly - forcing their kids to live austere lives.
Living in a rich area can net you wealthy friends with yachts and ski condos - even if you yourself are poor.
3 vincentgallosdick 2014-06-22
I think the thing is that there are people who were poor and never experienced or even had the concept of a ski trip or yachting. I never not once went somewhere on holidays and it just ment I didn't have to go to school and nothing else. So for some it's hard to understand how someone who claims to be poor can have been exposed to these activities.
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1 Risergy 2014-06-22
Believe it or not, working your ass off for people that do have money earns you a bit more than a messily paycheck. If you're a good employee at a job -- like, say, a golf course -- the people that have money around you will come to respect you and treat you well. Through my jobs as a teenager, I gained all kinds of silver-spoon friends that looked out for me simply because I was a good friend.
But who am I trying to convince? I'm talking to a bunch of millennials here. Social networking isn't just about liking someone's selfie on Facebook, you know.
3 rahtin 2014-06-22
To a degree.
I was a poor kid, and between the ages of 17-19 I golfed at least 100 times because of connections from friends and through school..... with the $60 20 year old clubs I got at a used sportswear store
6 Slippery_Slope_Guy 2014-06-22
My thoughts exactly.
25 BottleOfAon 2014-06-22
That there is the face of a man who put up some serious numbers.
3 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Do you think he might be lying about his numbers too?
20 opiesucks 2014-06-22
its tough to read the blur text but i was able to make out "interrupt friends with tales of falsehoods" and "claiming his loser demeanor is the bit"
0 ciggybreath 2014-06-22
You are my favorite
-1 YourOldPalHoward 2014-06-22
It's not really appropriate how much I laughed at this. I dribbled my Mackeson milk stout all over my shirt.
It's just too true.
-3 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
I didn't read past the first punchline but goddamn did I walk right into that one. I did not see that coming and that made me laugh really hard.
17 Doom_Art 2014-06-22
He could've been a model.
29 UncPa57yrzyng 2014-06-22
For planned parenthood
4 Opprobriousness 2014-06-22
This comment made my day better.
16 Eddie_Savitz_Pizza 2014-06-22
Is an "opie surprise" when someone suddenly interrupts people much funnier then themselves to tell long, unfunny, made up, horseshit stories?
1 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Oh man. You slay me.
14 niggerfaggotrapejoke 2014-06-22
look at this pussy slayer.
what bitch could resist the opster's "nice piece"?
13 feignsc2 2014-06-22
Fucking phoney piece of garbage.
3 rumpumpumpum 2014-06-22
Someone sounds deeply wounded.
4 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Every time I see your flair I snortlaugh.
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3 rottengymshorts 2014-06-22
Look under where it has the number of subscribers.
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10 [deleted] 2014-06-22
Already then he was suffering from a horrific condition what is called 'smallmouth'
-3 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Fuck man, can't stop laughing like a bumpkin in this thread, holy fuck that got me
9 janedoe2893 2014-06-22
Sounds like the yearbook posting of a rich kid.
-3 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
How do you heeuh sounds troo da intanet cocksucka? Tsss
9 rumpumpumpum 2014-06-22
Does that say "ants" under Dislikes?
5 Wsallgood 2014-06-22
Yes. Yes it does.
4 Eddie_Savitz_Pizza 2014-06-22
yep.
-1 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Pfff. What the fuck could that mean?
-2 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Dear God, you don't think he meant his 'aunts' do you? If he hated his mom he probably hates her sisters too.
9 Ignatius_Oh_Reilly 2014-06-22
Ski trips, yachting. So besides the goofy face he is the preppy asshole out of a John Hughes picture
0 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
All us poor kids enjoy yachting man, get with the times.
9 mynu 2014-06-22
I thought he loved math?
3 vincentgallosdick 2014-06-22
you don't have to love something to be a wiz at it.
-3 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
He's changed over the years fucker.
9 wifflebb 2014-06-22
Dislikes: Math
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
1 [deleted] 2014-06-22
It shoulda said "Dislikes: Math, amirite?!"
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3 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
And math, SATs and other delights found their way to the dislike bin, as expected.
4 FUCaseyK 2014-06-22
80¢ movies? Child of the 80's huh? The ¢ sign doesn't even exist anymore.
3 BeerCanThick 2014-06-22
Now there's a handsome devil who put up numbers and drank a lot of "juice," if you know what I mean.
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6 cooper367 2014-06-22
Just a taste.
1 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Just a taste? Check the empties, man!
3 YourOldPalHoward 2014-06-22
What kind of BOOOOUUUST do you think he had with his juice?
3 Opprobriousness 2014-06-22
Naw, nigga. Sippin ROAD SODAS.
0 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
The subreddit approved spelling for this joke is 'BEWST.' Don't make Lady Trucker drop a hammer on you.
2 YourOldPalHoward 2014-06-22
Sorry mate, I'm a descriptivist.
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2 Phrunkis2 2014-06-22
Ha ha, great find, I wonder if someone could dig up other show staff's yearbook photos.
4 regis69 2014-06-22
http://www.jesterjournal.com/JimNortonDespicable.jpg
2 Xeromot0 2014-06-22
Sidebar-worthy pic.
2 freeponyrides 2014-06-22
He looks like Edgar in a Beiber wig.
1 freeponyrides 2014-06-22
Also like Tom Petty and Gilbert Gottfried had a kid.
6 Ozil11__ 2014-06-22
Also like a faggot
1 LizardKingRumsfeld 2014-06-22
Oh shit, this is so funny. Someone HAS to call Opie out on this shit!
1 bigchair 2014-06-22
Clearly this was taken in the mid 80s
1 IggysGlove 2014-06-22
I bet he was less of an annoying little jerk back then.
4 Ozil11__ 2014-06-22
I wouldn't put money on that..
1 barrruuuch 2014-06-22
He's said that he may not have been as poor as he thought. I wish I could find the clip. Something about his parents just being cheap.
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1 I_love_darkkobold 2014-06-22
He would regret weight training. I bet his scrawny ass got thrown in a pile of jockstraps
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1 jokinghazard 2014-06-22
Do one of his dislikes say "ants"?
5 Wsallgood 2014-06-22
Yes. Yes it does.
4 Eddie_Savitz_Pizza 2014-06-22
yep.
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2 YourOldPalHoward 2014-06-22
Sorry mate, I'm a descriptivist.
3 rottengymshorts 2014-06-22
Look under where it has the number of subscribers.