Something you do that's outside the norm of coworkers / finance crowd. Ex: buy inexpensive underwear, listen to heavy metal, stay-cations, eat Popeye's regularly, tattoos

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My MD is a cowboy. Like literally. Dude owns horses, a ranch, property out west, and does cattle rodeos.

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Not heavy drinker, not into life of luxury, no golf, value intelligence/personality over trophy wife

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Olympic Lifting. No CrossFit.

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Did not know that heavy metal and Finance did not get along. Why don't we first list those things which are not for the Finance types?

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I listen to heavy metal and a bunch of other stuff; I do not feel guilty about my sweet tooth;
I have a backpack (vs a satchel) ...
now that I think about it... no wonder I feel like an outsider.. :/

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I am an NRA instructor, and make my own black powder for use in historical reenactments. I regularly teach black powder rifle safety and use to boy scouts.

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Let me rephrase. I didn't mean to imply it's abnormal. Rather, just some things/activities that seem to be uncommon in a finance crowd context.

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I bike to work in my suit, love 7-eleven hot dogs and gangster rap gets me through models

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I train wing chun as part of fitness, don't like to drink beer or nightclubs, prefer mmorpg games and so on :p gamers can still rule

I am super into flashing. Tan trench coat, sunglasses, and then just socks (no other clothes). The whole 9 yards. The bus is a good spot but really enjoy doing it on the ferry bcuz the whole sea legs/motion thing.

my coworker rubs one out in the handycap stall daily and brags anout it! sick fuck

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