r/facepalm Sep 03 '24

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u/ghostisic23 Sep 03 '24

So, weā€™re just going to ignore the fact that billionaires often rely on networks, capital, and systemic advantages that donā€™t magically teleport with them? You could drop them with $5 into a third world country, but without the connections, infrastructure, and social safety nets that helped them in the first place, they might find out that ā€˜bootstrappingā€™ isnā€™t as easy as their success story would have you believe.

Also, local context matters - a lot. Wealth creation isnā€™t just about personal traits; itā€™s about the environment youā€™re in, and in some cases, luck plays a much bigger role than people like to admit.

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u/Valendr0s Sep 03 '24

Nobody becomes rich in a vacuum.

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u/oscarx-ray Sep 04 '24

Apart from James Dyson šŸ˜‰

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u/AntifaMiddleMgmt 29d ago

I mean, to be brutally frank, he didnā€™t do it ā€œinsideā€ his vacuum.

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u/oscarx-ray 29d ago

That's what you think.

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u/candyflipqed 29d ago

That's an excellent addition.

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u/sckrahl 29d ago

I mean itā€™s literally not up to youā€¦ All ā€œself madeā€ people are supported by the vast network of humans that cover all the things they canā€™t do. Even with all the knowledge in the world at your fingertips (that you didnā€™t get yourself) you still canā€™t provide yourself with literally everything

The idea that any one individual is actually ā€œindependentlyā€ responsible for their success is absurd

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein Sep 04 '24

In all cases luck plays an enormous role.

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u/MachHunter Sep 03 '24

Didn't some rich guy try to prove that he could be a millionaire again and it ended up flopping?

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Yep! And in the end he learned NOTHING! He claimed that IF everything had gone according to plan it would have worked and declared himself a winner... Even though he quit his own challenge because of a medical emergency he couldn't account for, or pay for if he didn't slink back to his money!

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u/bozo-dub Sep 03 '24

So like, completely ignoring the point weā€™ve been trying to get into these millionaireā€™s thick heads:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/most-americans-are-one-medical-emergency-away-from-financial-disaster-2017-01-12

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Abso-fucking-lutely! Also, the entire reason he was able to even get off the ground is due to the generosity of a random stranger letting him stay and use Wi-Fi for free for a week.

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u/EvilChefReturns Sep 03 '24

Probably not even a ā€œrandom strangerā€

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

'Supposedly' through Craig's list or something.

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u/F0lks_ Sep 03 '24

A real entrepreneur would sell his ass if thatā€™s the only commodity he had on hand, thoughā€¦ šŸ‘€

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

If he did he could make some money on the side from OnlyFans. XD

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u/SellQuick Sep 03 '24

You need a stranger to let you use their wi-fi though. The library won't let you film your only fans there.

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Speaking from experience? :P

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u/AF_Nights_Watch Sep 03 '24

Hot Entrepreneurs in your area

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u/asault2 Sep 03 '24

What are doing step entrepreneur?

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u/HanselSoHotRightNow Sep 03 '24

Well, I mean I think the movie Se7en proves you can find a pound of meat to cut off of yourself. If this guy's ass was thick enough he could probably make a quick stack in the human meat market. Unless... you mean... oh.

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u/Suzuki_Foster Sep 03 '24

...that he likely promised he'd pay handsomely once he could access his money again.

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u/moleratical Sep 03 '24

So an American prince stuck in Nigeria then?

That's a plot twist I was not expecting.

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u/A-Dolahans-hat Sep 03 '24

I have 12 Million USD stuck in the bank, if you can send me 200 Nigerian Naira and a gift card to Amazon Prime, Iā€™ll repay you with $2 million once itā€™s freed from the bank

Edit just looked at the rate exchange. Thatā€™s like $0.13

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u/moleratical Sep 03 '24

At that rate I'd take that risk, and I wouldn't be that mad if I didn't get my 2 million

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Speculation... But probably close to the truth.

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u/LycanBaal Sep 03 '24

Really, craig's list in a 3rd world country... It's like saying that Yelp reviews are meaningful

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u/Jazzeki Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

oh i can belive it was a "random stranger"... considering he was vlogging every week and had a massive youtube audience wanting him to succed.

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u/Living_Job_8127 Sep 03 '24

Plus all the money he made during this time were from his connections.

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u/SingularityCentral Sep 03 '24

He also used pre-existing contacts to attempt to build a new company at one point, though that failed.

He also seemed to use a breach of his lease agreement to get rent out of roommates who he deceived about the true rental amount.

So cheating on his own rules and scummy, predatory behaviors.

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u/Reasonable_Humor_738 Sep 03 '24

The other thing is he had training and college, which costs money. If he started from nothing, then doesn't that mean he'd have no use for wifi?

he should restart the project, but with his own kid. Send them to a low income school, have them live in a low income house, barely buy them the basic essentials. I'm sure his study would be more accurate then

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u/SaliciousB_Crumb Sep 03 '24

Lol he also stayed in his friend's camper for free.

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u/BigBaboonas Sep 03 '24

No, really? That would invalidate everything else.

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u/SuckNFuckJunction Sep 03 '24

The dude cheated at "pretending to be homeless" right away and still couldn't make it happen. These people are delusional and do not realize how much help they received along the way, what privileges they were born into, and how much luck plays into becoming that successful and wealthy.

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u/sl0play Sep 04 '24

Because he didn't believe in himself for one second. He knew he was going to fail, he knew he was full of shit, he knew he had no real character, skills, or work ethic. So he made all the plans ahead of time to cheat his way through because to someone like him, who also lacks any sense of shame, winning, even if everyone knows he cheated, means more than anything else.

Reminds me of some other guy who plays a lot of golf...

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u/TeamShonuff Sep 03 '24

And someone giving him a "consultant" job.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '24

This doesnā€™t even take into account that he was operating with the knowledge that if he did have a medical emergency then he could always end the challenge!!! Real people canā€™t take the risk because no insurance means risking you and your familyā€™s health

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u/thewrongairport Sep 03 '24

Even if he were to give all of his money away before starting, he could never erase his previous life. He went to college and had years of experience running companies that gave him better network and financial literacy than most actual homeless people have.

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u/flactulantmonkey Sep 03 '24

And it still didnā€™t help hahaha

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u/Klokinator Sep 03 '24

Let's not forget his valuable connections. Just call up his buddy Dave Ramsey and ask for $100k to own the libs. Oh wow, look guys he made it to a million with his own 'hard work' ahyuk.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Sep 03 '24

Regardless, the idea that $5 can be turned into a million without getting lucky with the lottery is ridiculous. Winning the lottery doesn't require any kind of special knowledge or skill.

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u/Bearfan001 Sep 03 '24

I think he was able to secure some "consulting" work with a old colleague of his. You know the sort of thing anyone could do.

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u/UnluckyAssist9416 Sep 03 '24

Or that the majority of the money he did earn at the end was from skills he had previously acquired that someone who was poor couldn't learn or put on their resume.

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u/XxRocky88xX Sep 03 '24

Literally every ā€œhomeless experimentā€ goes this way. Some ā€œforsakesā€ their money and home and they live on the street a few days, then they say ā€œthis sucks,ā€ re-embraces their money and their home, then says ā€œoh that was easy, everyone can do thisā€ while completely ignoring the fact actual homeless people donā€™t have a home to fall back on.

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u/FlufferTheGreat Sep 04 '24

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

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u/iLeefull Sep 03 '24

Reminds me of DJ Khaled quitting hot ones on the first or second wing. But because he was choosing to not continue that wasnā€™t quitting. The host said thatā€™s what quitting is.

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u/SuckNFuckJunction Sep 03 '24

Bro quit on the cholula round, which is borderline ketchup. I have zero respect for him especially after the "I'm not quitting" bullshit logic he came up with.

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u/eduadinho Sep 04 '24

Had zero respect for him when he said he doesn't go down on women because he's the "king" or some bullshit.

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u/Zandrick Sep 03 '24

Itā€™s like that flat earther guy who accidentally proved the earth is round.

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u/sandysanBAR Sep 03 '24

More like the flat earther who made his own rocket that ultimately doubled as a casket.

(In case anyone thinks this is not specific enough, the person in question was mike hughes)

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u/GoodThingsDoHappen Sep 03 '24

I didn't enjoy seeing it but I did get a perverse sense of satisfaction knowing the average intelligence worldwide just went up a fraction.

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u/Bulky-Community75 Sep 03 '24

Wasn't he just using flat-earth story to get funding for his rocket?

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u/uglyspacepig Sep 03 '24

Yes. And in the end karma turned him into the world's first splat earther.

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u/Ciennas Sep 03 '24

ten out of ten wordplay, but we have to deduct an eighth of a point because you know that he was not the first splat earther.

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u/420ferris Sep 03 '24

Ok that was an interesting read. I did enjoy this quote though:

"Stakes (his friend ) says Hughes wasnā€™t dumb, and while he did believe the Earth is flat, he was using that story for the added attention it brought him."

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u/iwonteverreplytoyou Sep 03 '24

Oh man I loved that.

ā€œMusta been the instruments. Gotta recalibrate until I get the results I want!ā€

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u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 Sep 03 '24

How can you live in a country which tolerates this? Genuinely. And then you have people who claim that socialised healthcare is some kind of commie plot. It's šŸ¤Æ

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u/Icantjudge Sep 03 '24

Was that the one where the millionaire's first instinct to make money was stealing excess supplies from a construction site and selling them?

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u/Supply-Slut Sep 03 '24

He also crashed at a friends house for a whileā€¦ like bro you are leaning on your support systemā€¦ using connections you already built up as a millionaireā€¦. pretty sure he also flipped some merchandise but doesnā€™t explain where he got the money to buy the inventory - and in the end he made like $60k or something.

Fucking rich people are dumb, Iā€™m convinced too much money takes the folds out of your brain like an iron on an over starched shirt.

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u/Taker_Sins Sep 03 '24

I'm pretty sure his company posted $60k in sales, but he was still in debt to the tune of a few hundred grand, and the business stalled as he called it quits.

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Admittedly, I don't recall all the specifics, so I can't confirm either way.

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u/NonGNonM Sep 03 '24

Idk if it's the same guy but the one I read about had him reaching out to people he knew for business connections.

Like all Americans.

Iirc it was some white label coffee dropshipping business, obviously not something most people can arrange easily. He started it on a substantial bit of credit, which again, most Americans probably couldn't arrange for any significant gains.

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u/SeniorBeing Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

Third worlder here.

Ironically he would had a better chance in a Third World country, where the State has less resources but has a firm belief in the importance of public health for the nation's development.

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

That's a good point actually! Thank you for bringing this up!

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u/perseidot Sep 03 '24

Not to mention, in many parts of the world, kinder people who pull together to aid their communities, and have a historical culture that values hospitality.

Iā€™m not trying to romanticize- I know that those ideals donā€™t apply to the whole third world, and that there are criminals everywhere.

However, hospitality and community support are both increasingly hard to find in the US.

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u/gordito_delgado Sep 03 '24

To be fair this is exactly what wealthy people do.

Fail and then claim victory, a classic.

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Don't make it any less pathetic though.

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u/gordito_delgado Sep 03 '24

Very, vey pathetic, and yet many idiots somehow still listen to them.

We will watch this exact scenario happen soon on the national level this November.

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u/severinks Sep 03 '24

And that was in America, imagine if you dropped the fucker into Sierra Leone.

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

I mean... It'd make for fun television. ^_^

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u/MarinLlwyd Sep 03 '24

He got cancer, and his father died. Which are understandable reasons to stop. But instead of realizing that these life altering things happen every day to people and that he just couldn't handle them without access to his regular finances, he just claimed he totally would have won the challenge.

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Thank you for the clarification... And while I sympathize, it would have been nice for him to declare a loss.

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u/Valogrid Sep 03 '24

Any sane adult would claim it as a loss with the survival of their parent being forefront.

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u/Jazzeki Sep 03 '24

small correction: his father was the one who got cancer.

he himself got health issues related to some autoimmune issues.

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u/shawner136 Sep 03 '24

Dang, its almost as if someone not in his privileged position wouldve just literally diedā€¦ that guy was such an asshat

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

He had a chance to be better... And then just SHAT ALL OVER that single chance. Nothing learned. Just wasted everyone's time.

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u/Mysterious-Wasabi103 Sep 03 '24

There is some incredible irony to the medical part.

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u/RonStopable88 Sep 03 '24

ā€œIf only i wasnt fucked over by medical bills i would be okay.ā€

So do you admit that regular americans are not getting ahead because of the for profit medical system and other systemic issues that are antagonistic to paid by the hour folks?

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u/CryozDK Sep 03 '24

"No, they are just not as smart as me"

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u/boxen Sep 03 '24

It would have worked perfectly if he hadn't run out of money!

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u/The_Returned_Lich I make dumb jokes Sep 03 '24

Skill issue.

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u/Acalyus Sep 03 '24

The best (worst) part is, that his brain dead followers won't ever connect those dots

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u/alanudi Sep 03 '24

It's almost like he doesn't get it lol

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u/zavorak_eth Sep 03 '24

Yup. He had to end the cosplay early.

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u/Outrageous_Zebra_221 Dog that learned to type Sep 03 '24

The funny part is the only money he did make was by being a over priced middle man to some of his rich buddies who quickly tired of paying 5x's what they should be for everything and dumped his ass.

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u/Numeno230n Sep 03 '24

Yeah he basically heavily relied on work he already had lined up plus all of his expensive electronics and gear. He made like $50k I think before quitting. His excuses around why he quit and didn't reach nearly $1mil all seemed like just normal life shit. He got sick, some family issues, etc. Like dude, poor people have to deal with the same shit and more.

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u/DobieLove2019 Sep 04 '24

ā€œThis was a glitch. These things werenā€™t supposed to be programmed into the simulation.ā€

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u/IIIIlllIIIIIlllII Sep 04 '24

being a over priced middle man

Working your network is exactly why its easy to stay wealthy once you've been wealthy

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u/TrollCannon377 Sep 03 '24

Indeed he tried and failed miserably and gave up cause the stress and low quality food was.affecting his health negatively

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u/BondageKitty37 Sep 03 '24

The only thing I have to say to the stress and bad food fucking him up, is the biggest "NO FUCKING SHIT, DUMBASS" that I can possibly musterĀ 

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u/CerddwrRhyddid Sep 03 '24

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u/TwitterAIBot 29d ago

After three months he secured a job as a social media managerā€¦ which Iā€™m sure his experience being a millionaire YouTuber with a team of editors had nothing to do with, and anyone with no degree or experience and just a tiny bit of motivation could have just pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to get that kind of super competitive job.

Love how he quit after 10 months due to chronic fatigue from autoimmune disorders. As someone also suffering from chronic fatigue due to an autoimmune disorder, Iā€™d like him to admit that he was fucking wrong and he only quit because life is actually kinda hard when youā€™re not a millionaire.

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u/royalhawk345 Sep 04 '24

Lol got 6% of the way there in over 80% of the time. Totally would've won!

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u/joeleidner22 Sep 03 '24

Right here in the good ol us of a too, not even a third world country. Billionaires are just people who inherited money. They have no secret inherent traits that make them better. Thatā€™s just wealth worshipping. The only trait they possess that others do not is a trust fund.

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u/_GamerErrant_ Sep 03 '24

Not entirely true - many of them are also sociopaths. Much easier to make money when you view others as assets and means-to-an-end rather than human beings.

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u/joeleidner22 Sep 03 '24

Great point, all the more reason to despise them and force them to pay their fair share, not worship them and let them keep every moldy penny.

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u/Comprehensive-Art300 Sep 03 '24

Saw a story on reddit where the millionaire made it. Afteŕ some hardship he set his goals straight, made it and became a millionaire again. This was right after he got an inheritance over a million from his aunt.

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u/higginsian24 Sep 03 '24

He started with a phone, also. He gave up in a few months because it was too hard on his mental health

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u/samanime Sep 03 '24

Yeah. Being rich is like 80% pure luck.

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u/Alarmed_Attitude_316 Sep 03 '24

AND he had to quit trying to make it because he got sick! That was the chefs kiss.

Like, ohā€¦so youā€™re saying being poor and not having access to healthcare isā€¦bad?

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u/Diligent-Ability-447 Sep 03 '24

Wealthy people forget that without a clean well lit home (place) and healthcare, not much can be done.

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick Sep 03 '24

He also used all of his connections he already had to help him gain his wealth back lol

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u/CrunkestTuna Sep 03 '24

This is like that episode of twilight zone

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u/cantonlautaro Sep 03 '24

"When i started this company i had just two things in my posession: a dream....and Ā£6,000,000." --Demholm Reynholm, CEO & founder of Reynholm Industries

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u/ThePacifistOrc Sep 03 '24

"Today I have a business empire the like of which the world has never seen the like of which."

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u/CordlessJet Sep 03 '24

ā€œI am the greatest man IN THE WORLDā€

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u/mvanvrancken Sep 03 '24

Gentlemenā€¦. To the future!

Oh, you donā€™t have any glasses. Just pretend.

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u/CordlessJet Sep 03 '24

ā€œTwo policemen are here to talk about irregularities in the pension fund.ā€

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u/LelandLikesTheBigOne Sep 03 '24

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u/Hungry_Ad_7627 Sep 03 '24

faAAaaTHAAAAHHHH!

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u/mvanvrancken Sep 03 '24

Unhand me, priest!

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u/Anarch-ish 29d ago

This entire thread is the greatest hijack of all time

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u/Few-Commercial8906 29d ago

fine, i will watch the series one more time

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u/phreaky76 29d ago

fine, i will watch the series one more time

Only one more time?

I don't believe you...

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u/mvanvrancken Sep 03 '24

Youā€™ve got to be brilliant to make suicide as funny as it is in this scene

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u/Rhobaz Sep 03 '24

FATHEEEERRRRRR!

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u/sabdotzed Sep 03 '24

Get your hands off me priest

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u/kl0wn420 Sep 03 '24

Yes, but why does Jen have the internet?

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u/TheFeralFauxMk2 Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

ā€œAre you stressed? Are you? Are you stressed? Are you stressed? Are you? Are you stressed?ā€

Edit: fixed.

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u/supinoq Sep 03 '24

"Nice screensaver!"

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u/Tischlampe Sep 03 '24

ā€œAre you scared? Are you? Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you? Are you scared?ā€

It's stressed.

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u/EvanMBurgess Sep 03 '24

Reminds me of a nonfiction businessman who started his business "with a small loan of a million dollars"

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u/CharmingTemporary338 Sep 03 '24

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

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u/elizabethwolf Sep 03 '24

The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.

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u/GaySaysHey Sep 03 '24

The fact I knew exactly who said this before I read the name even though I havenā€™t seen the show since middle school

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u/Extreme_Discount8623 Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

I'd love to see how Elon Musk fares in Somalia, or Congo, without a helping start from daddy's money

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u/cartman-unplugged Sep 03 '24

Even South Africa, where he came from. Thatā€™s not the same place anymore and no apartheid there either.

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u/Katsurazeroone Sep 03 '24

Even in South Africa during this time. Take Daddys Diamond Mine away from him and just throw him in with all the other People that have nothing and i doubt he will make it.

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u/SvenSvenkill3 Sep 03 '24

Not just that, he went to private schools and so received an education the vast majority of South Africans don't get. But sure, he thinks he a "self-made man".

ā€œThis is so important for you to understand. I didnā€™t make it that far on my own. I mean, to accept that credit or that mantle would discount every single person that has helped me to get here today ā€” that gave me advice, that made an effort, that gave me time, that lifted me when I fell. It gives the wrong impression that we can do it alone. None of us can. The whole concept of self-made man, or woman, is a myth.ā€ Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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u/zumbr Sep 03 '24

Love that he said that.

And with this I can understand from outside (I'm from Brazil) why he got elected in California even though he was a republican.

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u/JoeMax93 Sep 03 '24

Californian here.

Governor Schwarzenegger turned out surprisingly centrist, and downright liberal on environmentalism and climate change. Of course, he's considered a RINO now by the MAGA heads. He recorded several PSA ads denouncing TFG.

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u/1heart1totaleclipse Sep 03 '24

Too many acronyms. What do RINO and TFG stand for?

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u/Zenfudo Sep 03 '24

Rino : republican in name only

The other one i donā€™t know

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u/Zakabdi12 Sep 03 '24

TFG stands for ā€œThe Former Guyā€, aka Trump as the former prez

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u/jgpitre Sep 03 '24

Or That Fucking Guy

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u/South-Ad-9635 Sep 03 '24

Emerald Mine, but yeah...

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u/TheRealOttomanCat Balkan Sex Defender Sep 03 '24

Better idea: Throw him into the mine

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u/DontHitTurtles Sep 03 '24

Without his head start in life Elon would be lucky to hold down a minimum wage job. I can see him getting fired from that too though.

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u/Almacca Sep 03 '24

Everyone knows that one employee that thinks they know better than the managers, and they're tired of his 'great ideas'. He'd be trying to get them to cook the burger after they give it to the customer. .

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u/SuperFLEB Sep 03 '24

"...so that's when I told the customers to go fuck themselves. Whatever. We'll get more customers."

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u/Ordinary-Score-9871 Sep 03 '24

Or Brazil šŸ‘€šŸ‘€šŸ‘€

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u/ManufacturedOlympus Sep 03 '24

Heā€™d back out faster than when he backed out of fighting mark zuckerberg.Ā 

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u/johntheflamer Sep 03 '24

ā€œIā€™m African, just like you!ā€ - Elon, probably

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u/Beanruz Sep 03 '24

Why do people idolise rich people? Like happy, don't be happy for them. But come on... regardless as to whether they are born into money or make it. They got lucky. Either at birth or in business.

People like this are just weird.

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u/Milla4Prez66 Sep 03 '24

Many buy into the temporarily disadvantaged millionaire mindsent and will idolize/defend the rich because they foolishly believe they will join them soon enough. Also many people lie to themselves and refuse to accept that life isnā€™t fair and that the wealthy didnā€™t earn their extreme wealth. People really want to believe that hard work leads to wealth. Even though thatā€™s every bit of a fantasy as a Disney princess story.

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u/TartMiserable 29d ago

People refuse to believe that luck is the primary factor of success. The only major control they have over their lives is their work, and to relinquish that to chance would put their entire lives into question.

Also another factor is people just donā€™t understand the economy and the banking system. They think that money works the same way for Elon as it does for them. So any time a billionaireā€™s wealth is criticized they think thatā€™s ā€œunfairā€ because they wouldnā€™t want it happening to them with their paltry paychecks. It is an entirely different ball game for the rich.

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u/Asteroth555 Sep 04 '24

Because many Americans (in particular) are brainwashed to think that wealth = morality. That if you became rich you earned it.

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u/Alysianah Sep 03 '24

Didnt a millionare already tap out a week into a similar adventure in an industrially mature country?? Wasnā€™t it this year that it happened??

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u/Satyrofthegreen Sep 03 '24

I believe he lasted 10 months, and only made $68,000. He had to quit due to physical and mental health concerns. That and a close family member passed away.

It just goes to show that these people never consider the external negative factors.

You just made $1000? Oops, you caught an infection. Hospital bill is $600

You just made another $1000? Your car just took a dump and it's $1800 to fix.

Things like this add up, and make it so that even if you make thousands of dollars, your actual profit is half of that at best

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u/joshpelletier01 29d ago edited 29d ago

I was moved for work and given a moving bonus. I had about $2000 left over. My best friend died a week later and the flights back to attend the funeral? $2000. The unexpected is expensive and can change everything if you arenā€™t wealthy

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u/lawagstaff 29d ago

now imagine not being able to quit

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u/Figjam_ZA Sep 03 '24

I say we test this ā€¦ start with Elon ā€¦ if he survives a year I will be impressed.. if he makes a million dollars I will eat my own words

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u/ONCIAPATONCIA Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

If I remember correctly there was a millionaire guy that tried this saying he would make a million dollars in a year, he started with a few bucks and his 2000dollars laptop and guess what, he wasn't a millionaire by the end of the year, not really how this guy puts it but if it wasn't easy if not possible in Western country would love to see this in an underdeveloped country.

Edit: only found this shitty article about it but yeah, he ended up making a profit of 64k dollars, to be devils advocate he did this during the pandemic but i don't think the result would habe been much better anyway

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u/Andre11x Sep 04 '24

Not even, 64k in revenue not much at all

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u/Team503 29d ago

And he was living for free - had his bills prepaid for a full year.

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u/Typical_Explanation Sep 03 '24

Fuck that, start with Rockefellers, Kochs, Al Sauds, DuPonts.

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u/ktwhite42 Sep 03 '24

Huh, I came here to say "Elon" because he's just insane at the moment, and it would be fun - but, yes, the old money dynasties and literal royals would be even better, Someone in the 4th generation of that wealth who has no idea what the rest of us deal with.

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u/kat_Folland Sep 03 '24

I disagree. I say start with the loudest mouths.

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u/flactulantmonkey Sep 03 '24

Hey hey we donā€™t need to fight here! Letā€™s just put them all in a third world country with no money, a brand new identity, and no way of communicating with people from their old lives.

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u/catskilkid Sep 03 '24

Name one.

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u/weakbuttrying Sep 03 '24

Oh, we can nominate almost any of them. As long as the altitude for the drop is sufficient, it doesnā€™t even need to be a third world country.

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u/noscreamsnoshouts Sep 03 '24

I mean, nowhere in this specific tweet does it say they are going to earn an additional million Strictly speaking, it's saying that the billionaire goes from being a billionaire to a millionaire within a few years. I could see that happen...

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u/PurpleDragonCorn Sep 03 '24

One tried, a medical emergency literally bankrupt him.

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u/redicular Sep 03 '24

Even more telling - the one that tried was "dropped" in the US, still had internet connectivity(he was streaming the process), and the only progress he made was due to his millionaire friends giving him handouts.

AND HE STILL ABANDONED THE CHALLENGE!

As soon as he started to run in to the issues normal people face daily, he couldn't cut it.

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u/Longjumping_Army9485 Sep 03 '24

He got a very good job because of his friends, slept in someone elseā€™s place and finally bought a house with a loan.

Basically 3 things that canā€™t be done without being an ex-ceo and current millionaire.

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u/DickySchmidt33 Sep 03 '24

"Drop Elon Musk into the middle of Port-Au-Prince with $5 in his pocket and watch him turn Haiti into a prosperous, booming economic machine!"

-- The fevered imaginations of aspiring grind culture bros

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u/HandsomeBoggart Sep 03 '24

Reality: Musk lies dead in an alleyway in Port-au-Prince after being mugged for his $5. Or a local ganglord holds him hostage for big $$$. The end.

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u/AltruisticBob Sep 03 '24

I'm interested in running that "Trading Places" scenario. Just as long as they start with the $5 and can't just make a phone call to access their billions.

While you're running that experiment take a few 3rd worlders and let them inherit a few hundred million each and see how they do.

There is an old saying the easiest way to generate a small fortune is to start with a large fortune. If Trump simply put his $400million inheritance into the stock market he would be a real billionaire today with zero effort instead of a debtor to Russian oligarchs constantly grifting the poorest among us.

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u/hughdint1 Sep 03 '24

This reminds me of the time Trump was whining to Ivanka when she was a kid that the homeless guy on the corner was richer than he was because he was millions in debt (and the homeless guy had nothing). This was during one of his many bankruptcies and the US government still gave him a $50,000 a month stipend so that he could "maintain his lifestyle". They did this so that the Trump name would retain value now that they owned many of his assets and did not want them to drop further. So even at his lowest he was given a lot.

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u/mayeam912 Sep 03 '24

Iā€™m just glad Iā€™m not the only one who thought about Trading Places while reading this.

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u/epicbackground Sep 03 '24

I agree! And just to prove this point, I think we should definitely pick 10 American Billionaires to prove this point! Just so that they can show their true superiority.

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u/TheCommonS3Nse Sep 03 '24

Almost like a reverse Hunger Games. I would definitely buy the PPV for that one!

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u/Wise-Juggernaut-8285 Sep 03 '24

This is a sickness

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u/snaps17 Sep 03 '24

Letā€™s do it. Make it a game show. I would watch

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u/Odd_Zookeepergame_69 Sep 03 '24

Skills like exploitation, scamming, lying, cheating, stealing, and a complete disregard for how their decisions impact others. Not having a moral compass and being willing to step on anyone and everyone is technically a skill.... just not one that I ever want to have.

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u/Not-a-2d-terrarian Sep 03 '24

Donā€™t forget about publicly breaking laws once youā€™re rich enough to pay your way out of them (or not pay at all since youā€™re ā€œsuch a geniusā€)

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u/ravenclawmystic Sep 04 '24

Those skills being using the $5 to call daddy and ask him to wire him one million dollars. Then heā€™ll go on a coke binge, get a stupid idea for a new company, establish said company in said third world country where he will greatly exploit the locals, then run the company into the ground because he didnā€™t think of the logistics of the company through before asking daddy to buy him a flight home.

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u/findhumorinlife Sep 04 '24

This is such bullshit.

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u/rrpdude Sep 03 '24

"My dad become a real estate multi millionaire in the 90's using just his 3 million dollar inheritence. I inherited just 30 million and grew it to 40 million in just 10 years. If I can do it, anybody can."-type shit.

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u/GloomyFondant526 29d ago edited 29d ago

Why don't we drop all the billionaires into the middle of the Sahara with the equivalent of five dollars and a pint of water each?

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u/UsedDragon Sep 03 '24

Drop a billionaire in my backyard with five bucks on him and nothing else and I will eat that motherfucker and his five bucks.

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u/Do_not_get_attached Sep 03 '24

The one recurring trait most of these titans of capitalism share is... checks notes wealthy parents!

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u/Ormsfang Sep 03 '24

Funny because most billionaires were born with millions in their pocket.

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u/Bairrfhionn69 Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

You drop someone in a 3rd world country with 5 bucks and within a few minutes they won't have anything, not even clothes :)). I live in Romania and during the late '80s and the '90s this was a 3rd world country. By the time you left the airport half of your stuff would already be gone :)). Had a wallet in public transportation? Well, you had it :)). There was garbage everywhere, the whole country was a shit hole. But, with time, we got out of that shit hole and we are one of the safest countries in Europe if not the world. We cleaned everything, rebuilt everything that communism destroyed, and we're in the EU now which helped us to become civilized again.LE: Come visit anytime! If you like medieval castles and nature, come visit!

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u/Immer_Susse Sep 03 '24

This is a myth theyā€™d like to keep going.

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u/Wolfman01a Sep 03 '24

Can we airdrop them from 10,000 feet? No parachute of course.

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u/D-Train0000 29d ago

A rich guy with $5 in a third world country will use the $5 to call someone to pick him up and take him back home.

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u/sleep_deficit 29d ago

Spoiler: The traits, skills and characteristics are other rich people.