Welcome to our slash-shoesing beggars, where OP costs his company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

On this next post, OP gets a message from someone who stopped associating with his friend group to quote,

"'Pursue a richer life."

Hi, sorry to message you out of the blue. How are you doing? Can I ask a favor of you?

Hey man, long time no speak. All good here. Things. How are things on your end? And sure, what's up?

Well, this is a bit random, but I'm in a little bit of debt, and I know you have some more cash at the moment.

So, I was wondering if you could give me some?

Ugh, I can lend you some money if you're able to pay me back, but I'm not rolling in at the moment, Loll.

I have to pay you back. Come on, man. I thought that we were mates. Is that a joke?

No, I thought that we were mates. Obviously not. Honestly, this post is kind of refreshing.

There's no guilt trip, no manipulation. It's just, hey, you've got money. Can I have some? I want it. I like money.

Hey man, I saw your artwork, and I gotta say I really love it.

I know you mainly work with album covers and stuff, but I was wondering if you feel like branching out a little.

I might have a very lucrative opportunity for you.

Thanks for the support, man. What do you have in mind?

No worries, man. Are you familiar with NFTs? I've got a basic understanding of them. I never really got the hype behind them, though.

Loll, that's okay. There's a lot of doubters out there.

Basically, I was wondering what you think about collabing on making one of the hottest NFT collections of 2022.

I know if you guys in some pretty big NFT Discord servers that could generate a lot of hype for this.

Obviously they've got to look good too, but a lot of people just buy them for the hype.

The main idea me and my team are running with right now is called elongated aliens.

250 custom cartoon aliens styled on Elon Musk, each with unique features.

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