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Why would a math genius be broke after 42 years?

posted 3 years ago by Bubbathegut (18242)
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Seems like Jerry and Marge spend too much and went to large to much.

[–] legnadibrom (6520) 3 years ago

yeah, seemed a little weird that they barely had any life savings once he retired

[–] JoWilli (21648) 3 years ago

yeah, that was weird.

he lived in small town, had low taxes. I assume he lived in the same house all those years and paid it off. did he not calculate how to save money? sometimes I have found that even smart people can be dumb. we just have a saying for this guy I worked with.

"he was the smartest dumb person ever"

[–] DeathbySnuSnu (1013) 3 years ago

Why would a chemistry genius have to teach geography/cook meth? Life sucks.

[–] JoWilli (21648) 3 years ago

he didnt, he just accepted teaching as his fate. he didnt put in any effort into getting a new job as well. Walt cooked meth just to make a lot of money in a short amount time because he thought he had months to live.

[–] bistritapcv (1971) 2 years ago

Who was doing meth? The kid?

[–] leader (2105) 3 years ago

He had to pay to put 2 kids through college. That is expensive.

[–] BeaSouth (3563) a year ago

The writers tried to sell the premise by having the accountant mention that while they weren’t broke, Jerry and Marge were too conservative with their nest egg investment. I recall the accountant saying they were only getting a 2% return because they were not invested in the stock market. That explains why they were worried about money. But the contrivance just gets back to your question. Why wouldn’t a genius with numbers and probability formulas not have played the market better over 42 years of reliable Kellogg’s income?