This is Benjamin Franklin.

He's here to give you some life lessons.

You probably know him from all the hundred dollar bills you don't have.

Unlike you, Ben Franklin was a raging success in every field he entered.
Benjamin Franklin was the president of literally everything he touched.

The postal service, the philosophical society, the United States. Even your mom.
He was a writer, philosopher, diplomat, inventor, musician, and courted the wrath of Zeus.

"But Ben, lightning is dangerous."

Sorry, Ben's neck muscles are too thick for him to hear your pathetic whining.

Lightning isn't scary when you've achieved everything in the whole world
Benjamin Franklin was a negotiator.

As a diplomat he made trade deals even with such misanthropes as the French.

You can't even convince your boss to buy the nicer photocopy paper,

but Ben Franklin made the French. Sell. Him. Guns.

Read that twice.
Benjamin Franklin was a baller.

While you act rich renting shoes you can't afford,

Ben Franklin sold 10000 copies a year of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' - a book in which he pretended to be poor.

Ben Franklin played the game behind the game.

He got rich faking poor. TOTAL BALLER
Benjamin Franklin kept his notifications off, and his phone on silent.

Even when the hottest girls in 1767 came around in their carriages or whatever.

He didn't even glance.

Ben Franklin was created America and you can't even look away from instathots.
Ben Franklin lived to the age of 84 in a time when 8 year olds fought in wars,

and 14 year olds got wooden teeth.

In the 1700s, living past 35 was practically immortality.

Living to 50 was vampiric dark magic.
You're 19 and having a crisis of purpose.

You think that social media is your vocation.

"Here let me show you how to be successful and financially independent.

Yeah I had a job for six weeks but I can't work with a boss."
You literally don't stand a chance unless you learn from Ben.

The world will spit you out and leave you on the side of the road

asking random strangers if they know where you live.

Get a clue. Learn from the classics. Man up and be like Ben.
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