<i>The hallmark of bad gamblers is that, if ever they get ahead, they look desperately around for a way to lose so they can get back to their comfortable status quo: Grifting, in poverty.</i><p>You appear to be using a very roundabout way to say that there is no reasonably safe way to turn tens of thousands of dollars into hundreds of thousands in 2-3 years.  If that's what you mean, just say so.  Implying that everyone already knows this by insulting the OP doesn't really have the same effect.