00:03 Some might say I'm a vulgar man. Perhaps that's true. But just like civility, there's a time for vulgarity, a time to be righteously pissed. So if f-bombs and angry language isn't your fragile cup of tea, then move on. There's tons of childlike, corporatized, unopenated, and emasculated material on YouTube that won't offend your porcelain sensibilities.

00:31 I subscribe to the words of Jimmyi Hendris. I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die. So, let me live my life the way I want to. From my previous survival episode number two, I received quite a bit of email, which led to this episode. One thing I have noticed, however, and this is a mystery to me, is you ask your questions via email instead of in the comment section.

01:03 So, if anyone out there would be willing to fill me in on that mystery, please feel free to do so. Hello, I'm Ernest. Welcome. In this episode, we're going to dive into somewhat uncomfortable territory. Mainly because I talk a bit about sex. And for those of you 25 going on 12, that's going to make you feel a bit uncomfortable.

01:32 But for those of you interested in feeling aroused, let's thrust right into this. One of the things that is and has really been a mystery to me for quite some time are the huge contradictions between what people claim they believe and their commitment to the best advice that could ever be given to them.

01:57 I'm going to tell you an actual true life story of mine. And please do listen very carefully all the way to the end because if you're listening carefully, you'll learn a hell of a lot from this story. Okay. Okay. About 12 years ago, I had an associate named Tom. Our common interest was Sapion Defense Metrics.

02:21 Tom was even deeper into it than I was at the time, but it was a shared interest, and I learned a thing or three from him. Unfortunately for him, the reverse did not end up being the case. Tom eventually wanted my professional advice because he was about to do two very important life moves at once. Get married and buying a house, which was fine.

02:49 I thought him seeking my advice was a very smart move on his end. And especially, before I forget, his future potential wife was incredibly attractive. This is actually very relevant to the story. But just like anyone else I had worked with in the past, I made it extremely clear to him that I would do my very best to analyze his situation and give him my best advice.

03:19 But if he ignored or otherwise went exactly against that advice, not only would I not want him as a client in the future, but I would have to sever my ties with him completely. A bit more on that later. I ended up telling him that he absolutely should not marry that woman. And in addition to that, the potential properties he was interested in would be an extremely poor decision that he would end up regretting for years to come.

03:52 Now, bear in mind, I had spent quite a bit of time researching all of this. Of course, I had been paid to do so. That's what I do. I believe in giving 110%. And if I'm not willing or able to do that, I simply don't take the job. At any rate, when the time finally came to deliver my assessment to him over dinner, he listened very attentively, asked many intelligent questions, basically agreed with everything that I had pointed out, that my assessment of the situation was objective and spot-on, and that I had

04:29 his best interest in mind. He was extremely pleased and after dinner and drinks reassured me that he was going to absolutely follow my advice and sincerely thanked me again. I didn't hear from Tom for almost 4 months after that and I didn't call him because as far as I was concerned our business was concluded. Then I got a call from him.

04:59 He said he had some great news and he would love to tell me about it over lunch. That sounded fine with me. So, we met at a Mexican restaurant with very good food and drink. He explained to me very tactfully and apologetically that he meant no disrespect, but he explained that in both cases, he decided to not follow my advice and ended up marrying the woman and bought the property.

05:32 Both of which I told him not to do. Now, needless to say, I was extremely disappointed by this, but because I've been through this kind of thing many times in the past, I wasn't completely surprised. We bantered back and forth for about an hour and a half before we parted ways. And it was then that I realized something.

05:56 He didn't have this meeting with me so much to say he was sorry for disappointing me. He was emotionally patting himself on the back, stroking his own ego by telling me that I was wrong. Unfortunately for Tom, he would eventually discover just how wrong he was. It was about a year and a half later I got a call from Tom.

06:22 This time he was singing an entirely different tune. He explained to me he was so upset he almost sounded as though he was in tears that the marriage had went belly up and that the property he ended up getting was a costly maintenance nightmare. And in addition to everything else, he couldn't make the necessary and contractually agreed upon repairs and had other financial issues as well directly as a consequence of the divorce.

07:00 So, as a consequence of all this, he began to apologize profusely over the phone and almost to the point of begging, wanted me to get involved again to help him undo the train wreck that his life had become and that I had completely warned him would. And if I would, please help him. Long story short, I explained to him and reminded him exactly what I would do if he went against my advice and the program.

07:34 I said all of this to him as pleasantly as possible. Also explaining that I wanted to end my association with him. So if you don't recognize this, I'll tell you what it is in simple terms. In the end, this is a case of mistaken identity. I had taken Tom to be a serious man when in reality he was really quite foolish. And because of Tom's foolish perceptions, he apparently mistook me for a fool.

08:07 So what is to be learned from this, you may rightfully ask? The direct answer is that a large percentage of the time, no matter how hard you may work to give people good, sound, rational, and reasonable advice, no matter what they may even say to you when you're presenting your arguments and evidence to help them, it can and often does go flying right out the window when love or passions are involved.

08:41 And in the case of this particular woman, love and passion were easily her middle names. Or to put it mildly, as I'm known for doing, she was personified. She was a great credit to her gender. That would definitely have given Betty Paige a run for her money. Now, unfortunately, I'm afraid I need to pull out because I've kept this up much longer and harder than many of you could handle.

09:17 So, I'm going to give this one last thrust. Sorry, couldn't help myself. In the case of survival, logic and reason should dictate that any actions taken to protect yourself in a survival situation and buying a home is actually a survival tactic should be of primary importance. Now I realize that on the surface most of you as any other intelligent person out there would actually agree with me.

09:53 But the problem is quite often humans often don't act rationally. One of the many ways they don't act rationally is that they will go out of their way. And this is not an exaggeration, threatening their own life and well-being and even the well-being of others for the insatiable impulse to do well the horizontal bop.

10:21 And for those of you who don't know what the horizontal bop is, well, look it up. There are quite a few other terms for it. Here's a hint. It has to do with your mother and typically how each and every one of us comes into the world as a consequence of that activity. And if you still don't follow what the hell I'm saying, you might call into question the very validity of your own existence.

10:54 Because maybe your mother didn't have health insurance that covered birth control. And one last quick thing, I will give a huge personal shout out to anyone that can tell me without consulting the internet why I'm using old steam locomotives as background video. And speaking of existence, I ask you to help to continue this show's existence by subscribing and clicking the notification bell because it helps the channel grow.

11:28 And I really do appreciate that. Until next Monday or Friday, this is Earnest and I usually always am.