I hate this guy

L31mr0d · 2006-07-06 00:32:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4 So annoying. Nothing makes your life seem more worthless than videos like that, they should be banned. :mad:

06-07-2006 12:32AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

So annoying. Nothing makes your life seem more worthless than videos like that, they should be banned. :mad:

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#2 06-07-2006 12:34AM

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I wish I had as much money (and time) as him to travel around the world though.

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#3 06-07-2006 12:35AM

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He's got a website, you should contact him and tell him what a bastard he is.

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#4 06-07-2006 12:41AM

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from the looks of it a number of people have already. Whats the worst thing about it is he says things like "its really not that hard" or "anyone can do it, its not that expensive". I think he made 2 videos, the first was from a trip he paid for, when it became amazingly popular, a travel agency then paid for him to go to some of the most obscure places on the planet... plonker, I hate him almost as much as Micheal Palin, although his shows are quite entertaining. Whereas this guy spends thousands to dance like an ass all over the planet.

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#5 06-07-2006 12:41AM

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L31mr0d wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

So annoying. Nothing makes your life seem more worthless than videos like that, they should be banned. :mad:

eh... what's wrong with it? He doesn't have to work, he just travels to wherever he likes, does a funny dance, and has it all paid for. Sounds like a good living to me. Is it better to work at a desk job doing boring work 9-5?

Ruu wrote:

I wish I had as much money (and time) as him to travel around the world though.

He gets feckin financed by some chewing gum company to do this!!! :eek:

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#6 06-07-2006 12:44AM

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eh... what's wrong with it? He doesn't have to work, he just travels to wherever he likes, does a funny dance, and has it all paid for. Sounds like a good living to me. Is it better to work at a desk job doing boring work 9-5?

uh.. yeah, that was the OP's point.

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#7 06-07-2006 12:45AM

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Oh right *goes and gets his reading glasses*

Cheers boss!

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#8 06-07-2006 12:46AM

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ye gods.. when you actually point **** out civilly and make an effort not to be an arrogant sarcastic bastard when replying.. people respond better and tend not to curse at you.

that is ****ing groundbreaking

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#9 06-07-2006 12:53AM

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Good clip but I didn't really care for the music that accompanied it.

I think I would have used this instead

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#10 06-07-2006 01:02AM

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Swimming with the jelly fish was kinda dumb, tho, in all fairness. Aside from that, fair balls to him for getting that type of contract.

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#11 06-07-2006 01:18AM

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That's a cool video. I really like that guy.

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#12 06-07-2006 03:09AM

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Yeah, leave him be tbh.

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#13 06-07-2006 07:21AM

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L31mr0d wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

So annoying. Nothing makes your life seem more worthless than videos like that, they should be banned. :mad:

wow he has travelled...lucky bas...

I'm envious

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#14 06-07-2006 07:52AM

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hes travelled the world, looked like he had fun everywhere he went but hey.....what has he done with his life?

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#15 06-07-2006 08:44AM

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That guy is cool, fair play to him! I met an Aussie in portugal last week doing the same thing, he mentioned me in his blog as "the big friendly Irish blokes responsible for my hangover".

I'm so jelous though. Someday....

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#16 06-07-2006 08:51AM

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gucci wrote:

hes travelled the world, looked like he had fun everywhere he went but hey.....what has he done with his life?

i think last year while on vacation from the vacation...
he went into Iraqi and saved 20,000 starving children from certain death

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#17 06-07-2006 08:53AM

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gucci wrote:

hes travelled the world, looked like he had fun everywhere he went but hey.....what has he done with his life?

Enjoyed it?

...Or did I miss the irony of that post too? God I'm not on form lately...!

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#18 06-07-2006 08:58AM

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Oh come on folks, the guy had a nice job that he quite and spent 6 months traveling to 39 countries on his own savings.

Get over it guys, he had the balls to do what he wanted to do....so NOW he has some kind of deal with a travel agency, then good for him man. He took the first major step and it paid off.

Give the guy a little credit for doing something fuc*ing cool with his life.

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#19 06-07-2006 08:59AM

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This guys a software programmer, he saved up abit and then just quit his job to go traveling.

Fair play

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#20 06-07-2006 08:59AM

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I vote for the video anyway - I think it is great.

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#21 06-07-2006 09:05AM

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I love the videos. I think there's a bit of jealousy in this thread...

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#22 06-07-2006 09:07AM

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http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/

Interest enough site.

How do you afford all this travel?
I saved up at my job for a few years and then quit. That’s the simple answer.

It also doesn’t cost as much as a lot of folks think. Aside from the flights, I spend less on any given day than I would sitting at home paying utilities, car insurance, parking tickets (I get a lot of parking tickets)...

If you visit regions like Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, South America, and most of Africa -- and you’re willing to rough it a little -- you can get by on dollars a day.

More recently, with the crazy and unexpected response to the first dancing video, I’ve been lucky enough to find help getting to those hard-to-reach places. So no, I didn't fund the whirlwind, seven-continent escapade with the money I tucked away designing videogames.

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#23 06-07-2006 09:08AM

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Nice video, fair play to him.... cant dance for shít tho. j/k

CC

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#24 06-07-2006 09:47AM

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sinecurea wrote:

I love the videos. I think there's a bit of jealousy in this thread...

Thats the point??? We can all get in the position to travel like that guy, but most of us don't. Not for want, just for situation. I don't hate him because he did it, I hate him because I can't.

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#25 06-07-2006 09:51AM

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L31mr0d wrote:

Not for want, just for situation. I don't hate him because he did it, I hate him because I can't.

So shouldn't you hate yourself, or your own situation? I imagine with enough time and saving and a bit of sacrifce you could do it if you wanted dude, unless you have a wife or kid or something.

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#26 06-07-2006 09:54AM

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i love him

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054951036

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#27 06-07-2006 10:01AM

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L31mr0d wrote:

Thats the point??? We can all get in the position to travel like that guy, but most of us don't. Not for want, just for situation. I don't hate him because he did it, I hate him because I can't.

its not because you can't but more you don't want to.

If you actually wanted to go somewhere in the world it is very easy to plan it, and if you plan it correctly it can be very cheap.

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#28 06-07-2006 10:08AM

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L31mr0d wrote:

Thats the point??? We can all get in the position to travel like that guy, but most of us don't. Not for want, just for situation. I don't hate him because he did it, I hate him because I can't.

ah but the difference between you and him is

he had the balls to change the situation
and that's why you hate him.

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#29 06-07-2006 10:11AM

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I'm one up on him.....I've been to area 51.

Infact I came from Area 51....beat that Mr Matt.

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#30 06-07-2006 10:28AM

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There are some Sour Grapes on here.

He is one jammy git. I would give my left bollock to get to go to the places he has. Yeah, maybe the dance is a bit naff. But he's got a sense of humour anyway.

In the world we live in it baffles me that anyone could really hate someone as innocuous as this guy.

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#31 06-07-2006 10:29AM

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L31mr0d wrote:

We can all get in the position to travel like that guy...I hate him because I can't.

Pardon?

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