Timothy Dexter: The Dumbest Rags-to-Riches Story
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Published 2019-12-31
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Sources:
priceonomics.com/the-strange-life-of-lord-timothy-…
www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/timothy-dexter…
historicipswich.org/2015/01/08/lord-timothy-dexter…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter
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Intro and outro song:
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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All Comments (21)
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"The fool didn't know it was impossible, so he did it."
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Strength: 1 Perception: 1 Endurance: 1 Charisma: 1 Intelligence: 1 Agility: 1 Luck: 11 Perks: Idiot Savant
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"And this Informer of Deer realized that, for the first time, there were a lot of bucks in Malden." This is pure poetry. What a banger of a line. Sam exists on an intellectual plane beyond our understanding
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Imagine if the guy giving advice, eventually thought the ludicrous tips he gave Dexter were good, tried a few of em out, and ended up losing his fortunes.
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The vibe I’m getting from this video: Man literally too dumb to be poor
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So this is where the phrase “dumb luck” came from
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So Dexter was definitely lucky, but a lot of what made him rich was sending things to places that had never seen any. No one else would think to send stray cats to anyone, but when they’re sent somewhere with no cats, they become the only source of a new commodity.
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Not gonna lie the part where he made an entire page of punctuation at the end of his “book” and told people to just stick them in wherever is absolutely amazing
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"What do you wanna be when you grow up?" "Informer of deer"
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My favorite quote in the book: "I meane No hurt to A flie only when he bits me then I kils the flye"
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I looked up a digital copy of "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones". It is absolutely incomprehensible. The guy spelled most words wrong, used zero punctuation, and the stuff I could make out still made little sense. His writing skills peaked when he dropped out of 2nd grade and they never got better. Absolutely incredible.
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Timothy Dexter didn't simply have good RNG on birth, the man was clearly RNG encapsulated in a bipedal shell of madness and flesh.
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“For those of you born after 1850” Thanks for giving us thought, Sam. We are too overlooked.
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"He sold fish and porn" such a wonderful lifestyle
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I grew up in this guy's hometown, about a mile from his old mansion (now mostly demolished and replaced with a public library). I always thought he deserved way more attention - even wrote a play about him in high school (which was truly dreadful). Good to see him getting the attention he deserves.
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he so delusional he gained plot armor 💀
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This dude is the very impersonation of: Error: Success
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“wait a minute... share... skill” "Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Yoda death noise"
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Im related to this man, and my grandma has an original copy of the book. His foundation contacted me at one point trying to set up a database of relatives or something. anyway, he was wild lol
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"Dexter made sure to surround himself with the requisite number of weirdos to maintain this level of delusion." This sentence explains the entourages you see surrounding celebrities and trust fund babies perfectly.
