I have friends who have made some okay money, but blow it all away on stupid shit because they got comfortable.

作者的一些朋友在赚到一点钱后，却把钱用在了很愚蠢的东西上，因为他们开始过得安逸起来。

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But the fun guy, as he was in real life, is Dean Martin's character - he wears a cowboy hat and, like Dean, doesn't give a shit about anything.

不过电影中那个有趣的家伙是迪恩·马丁的角色，他在真实生活中也是如此——他戴着一顶牛仔帽，如迪恩一样，对任何事都不屑一顾。

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People change, things go wrong, shit happens, but life goes on.

人们在改变，事情弄糟了，但是生活得继续。

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This model (paying creatives shit and expect great work) can work at select agencies, for a limited amount of time, but very few can sustain these business practices in the long term.

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