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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Strength: 1 Perception: 1 Endurance: 1 Charisma: 1 Intelligence: 1 Agility: 1 Luck: 11 Perks: Idiot Savant
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The vibe I’m getting from this video: Man literally too dumb to be poor
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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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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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"The fool didn't know it was impossible, so he did it."
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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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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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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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"He sold fish and porn" such a wonderful lifestyle
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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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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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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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So this is where the phrase “dumb luck” came from
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"Not invading Russia in winter" If Dexter had tried it we'd be talking about Tsar Timothy I right now
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he so delusional he gained plot armor 💀
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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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Strength: 0 Perception: 0 Endurance: 0 Charisma: 0 Intelligence: 0 Agility: 0 Luck: 10
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Imagine being the “informer of deer”, then finding out that there are no deer in Massachusets.
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Now that he's back, it's time to binge every single video again
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Timothy Dexter was universe's way of correcting the impact of Diogenes.
