Post: #1

Guy has been entertaining the twitter world for 3 years and has finally been revealed.

Doesn't matter though, he already had a book deal in the works.

Article here: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook...-elevator/

Post: #2

Some of the tweets are hilarious. Others are pleasantly red pill.

Quote:I could watch fat people getting out of cars all day long.

On Valentine's Day, I send my wife flowers with a card that says 'Congratulations'.

The fact that there are ugly hookers tells you all you need to know about free markets... and men.

America's obese have spent 20 years preparing for this winter.

My 1st wife was vehemently pro-life until my girlfriend got pregnant.

No one has a lower credit score than the guy posting pictures of himself flashing $100 bills.

Most girls cannot pull off their attitude. They need to either get hotter, or be nicer.

My 7 is your 9, bro.

'Just be yourself' is good advice to probably 5% of people.

If she thinks fellatio is a Shakespearean protagonist, I don't know if I should cut my losses or go all-in.

If you have a good metabolism, a full head of hair, and a good job, don't marry young. Wait 10 years, then take your pick.

Feminists are just ugly underachievers who need an excuse for their failures.

Being single at 40 is perfect. Divorcées chase me. Sweet spot for 30-somethings. Rich enough to get girls in their 20s.

In Sicily, gangsters kill the kids and grandkids of their enemies. In America, we have Reverse Mortgages.

Homosexuality is a win-win for dudes. It usually takes two good looking guys and two ugly girls off the market.

I’m sick of 21yr olds thinking they’re special for being hot. At 21, you’re supposed to be hot. Call me when you’re 40 and hot.

I've met quite a few 6s who become 9s b/c of a great personality, but even more 10s who become 4s due to a shitty one.

Why would I marry? It's betting some chick half my net worth that I will love her forever.

If her profile pic's an 8, she's a 4. Move on.

I spent my twenties in the office. So dating a 20-year old is how I re-live what i missed… on a much larger budget.

Post: #3

Good taste from whomever put together that NYT piece, they included my all-time favorite @GSElevator tweet:



I'm impressed if all the jokes over the 3+ years came from just one guy. That would be one funny motherfucker.

Post: #4

None of his tweets were created by himself, he leveraged the GS name and made a bunch of money. Great biz model, make sheep watch your move, have people tweet and email cool phrases, choose the best ones and tweet them out. No real effort. I stated on this forum over a year ago "anyone who thinks all the tweets are made by one guy or a guy in GS is an idiot" and basically right on the money lol.

That's awesome for him.

One scary thing this does bring up is how he was able to fuck with GS's brand (at least a tad). Get ready to shut down those twitter accounts if need be haha

Post: #5

He's a genius. Brilliant. My favorite person on twitter. Not surprised he doesn't actually work for GS. Wise man for 34 years young.

Post: #6

yeah I dont know anyone at GS half that cool

Post: #7

^ ha you'd be surprised at some of the dual lives.

The problem is the funny guys are usually on the desk so it's not surprising at all that he was a bond trader

The bigger question is why did he even bother with the twitter he must have been bored as fuck making too much money. At least that makes his comment about it being a joke credible

This is a bad day for twitter and a good day for him.

More importantly can anyone explain how he got outed?

Post: #8

(02-25-2014 09:03 AM)WestCoast Wrote:  ^ ha you'd be surprised at some of the dual lives.

The problem is the funny guys are usually on the desk so it's not surprising at all that he was a bond trader

The bigger question is why did he even bother with the twitter he must have been bored as fuck making too much money. At least that makes his comment about it being a joke credible

This is a bad day for twitter and a good day for him.

yeah I guess I would be, from what I have seen the high flying Jordan Belfort bachelor trader is something of a myth, most of the guys I know are married older dudes that live on LI and NJ. The younger guys I've met seem pretty tame outside of the typical client ent. stuff, upholding a corporate persona. Prove me wrong bro!

Post: #9

^ sure. "Jeff Gundlach TCW". Google that bi polar mother fucker. He is a great example. Look at how he was fired... Lol. Dude is a genius though.

Post: #10

Quote: Late last month, the writer sold a book about Wall Street culture based on the tweets for a six-figure sum.

Boom. Killed it.

Post: #11

This sums up my life in a nutshell:
"I spent my twenties in the office (and horribly blue-pill). So dating a 20-year old is how I re-live what i missed… on a much larger budget."

Post: #12

Post: #13

(02-25-2014 06:42 AM)American Rampage Wrote:  Some of the tweets are hilarious. Others are pleasantly red pill.

Quote:I could watch fat people getting out of cars all day long.

On Valentine's Day, I send my wife flowers with a card that says 'Congratulations'.

The fact that there are ugly hookers tells you all you need to know about free markets... and men.

America's obese have spent 20 years preparing for this winter.

My 1st wife was vehemently pro-life until my girlfriend got pregnant.

No one has a lower credit score than the guy posting pictures of himself flashing $100 bills.

Most girls cannot pull off their attitude. They need to either get hotter, or be nicer.

My 7 is your 9, bro.

'Just be yourself' is good advice to probably 5% of people.

If she thinks fellatio is a Shakespearean protagonist, I don't know if I should cut my losses or go all-in.

If you have a good metabolism, a full head of hair, and a good job, don't marry young. Wait 10 years, then take your pick.

Feminists are just ugly underachievers who need an excuse for their failures.

Being single at 40 is perfect. Divorcées chase me. Sweet spot for 30-somethings. Rich enough to get girls in their 20s.

In Sicily, gangsters kill the kids and grandkids of their enemies. In America, we have Reverse Mortgages.

Homosexuality is a win-win for dudes. It usually takes two good looking guys and two ugly girls off the market.

I’m sick of 21yr olds thinking they’re special for being hot. At 21, you’re supposed to be hot. Call me when you’re 40 and hot.

I've met quite a few 6s who become 9s b/c of a great personality, but even more 10s who become 4s due to a shitty one.

Why would I marry? It's betting some chick half my net worth that I will love her forever.

If her profile pic's an 8, she's a 4. Move on.

I spent my twenties in the office. So dating a 20-year old is how I re-live what i missed… on a much larger budget.

Damn. Now I'm pissed that I didn't find this guy sooner.

Post: #14

“We are pleased to report that the official ban on talking in elevators will be lifted effective immediately.”

Never let it be said Goldman doesn't have a sense of humor.

Post: #15

This almost makes me regret not having a twitter account

Post: #16

Couple more gems haha:
“Poor people eat so much fast food you'd think their time was valuable.”
“Build 1,000 bridges, and no one calls you a bridge builder. But, suck one cock....”

How did I not know about his twitter account before?? With the amount of time I spend online I thought I had the whole internet on lockdown haha

Post: #17

I've followed his tweets for a little while now. They are good. For some reason, I always liked this one: "If I wanted just one drink, I'd take communion."

Some of his posts are reminiscent of GManifesto, or vice versa. Interesting.

Post: #18

I, too, am surprised that I never heard of his Twitter feed. I would consider joining Twitter just to follow him. But he hasn't tweeted in the past 11 days.

Are there any similar Twitter feeds or similar sites we should know about?

Post: #19

In regards to finance, Wu-Tang Financial is pretty funny.

Post: #20

"Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it." He's right you know.

Post: #21

#1: Starbucks needs a separate line for people who have their shit together.

#1: In sensitivity training, they say we should avoid sports analogies bc they're sexist... Which seems even more sexist.

#1: Not only did I forget her name in the morning, I forgot what I told her my name was too.

Krugman orders a pizza. Guy asks if he wants it cut into 6 or 8 slices. Krugman says, '8 please. I'm very hungry today.'

#1: If there really was a glass ceiling, we'd let all the women work above us.

#1: Poems are just gay sentences.

Post: #22

NYTimes DealBook: The Author Behind @GSElevator Has Lost His Book Deal.

Quote:John Lefevre, the man behind the @GSElevator Twitter account, who purported to post dialogue overheard in the elevators of Goldman Sachs but never actually worked there, has lost his book deal after his true identity came to light.

Mr. Lefevre had gained a measure of Internet fame with his Twitter account, parlaying that success into a book deal — all while remaining anonymous.

Now, the publisher, Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, which said earlier that it stood by Mr. Lefevre when his identity was revealed, announced on Thursday that it would cancel the agreement to publish the book, “Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance and Excess in the World of Investment Banking.”

“In light of information that has recently come to our attention since acquiring John Lefevre’s ‘Straight to Hell,’ Touchstone has decided to cancel its publication of this work,” the publisher said in a brief statement.

Though it once appeared that the person behind the Twitter account had a connection to Goldman, Mr. Lefevre does not work at the Wall Street bank and never did, DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin reported last month. He worked for Citigroup for seven years and in 2010 was offered a job as head of debt syndicate in Asia at Goldman’s Hong Kong office, but the offer was later revoked.

At the time, the publisher said it had not been misled. “He’s been pretty straight with us the entire time, so this is not a surprise,” the book’s editor, Matthew Benjamin, said then. Touchstone said that it planned to proceed with publication.

Still, Mr. Lefevre did nothing to dispel the false impression that he was an employee of the firm. In 2011, around the time he started tweeting, he apparently told DealBook via email that he was a Goldman employee.

Business Insider reported earlier on Thursday that his book deal was no more.

Goldman did have a sense of humor about the whole episode:

Guess elevators go up and down, http://t.co/xkDPZgaCI8

— Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) 6 Mar 14

Post: #23

It seems more and more that he made up these (very funny) quotes.

Also - I doubt there is that much comedic wit to be found in all the elevators in the world - nevermind just the elevators in one building.

Post: #24

Whatever happened to Gmanifesto? His material was entertaining.

Post: #25

(03-07-2014 05:19 AM)la_mode Wrote:  Whatever happened to Gmanifesto? His material was entertaining.

After a long absence I noticed he was online on chat when I was on Facebook yesterday... So he might be making another come back soon.