The billionaire's response was: A long time ago, I had absolutely nothing but a penny. So I took that penny and bought a pencil from the corner store and then sold it to my classmate for two cents.

Then again, I bought two pencils, sold them for four cents. Two became four, four became eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two... until I had $20.48.

That's when my father had a massive heart attack, and I inherited $47 billion.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i feel sorry for the people who believe that fuck-em-all money is achievable whenever i hear/read their testimonials of their future plans and i wish i could point them to something like this in the hopes of splashing them w reality.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of people really do have a gambler mindset where they think that they just need to get lucky and then they'll be fine. And they just base everything on the assumption that they're going to be one of the tiny percentage of people who make it.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

if only these people would talk to each other because they're a huge majority of the people out there.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I suspect a lot of it comes down to capitalist realism. People know the system is rigged, that their life sucks, and that voting is just theatre. Thinking that you're going to win the lottery becomes a coping mechanism.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I assume it ended with "that's when my dad had a massive heart attack and i inherited all my wealth"

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Lemmy.ml outright is having image display issues right now.

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's correct, the transcription has been provided. Incidentally, the image itself is working for me.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I think Hexbear has it logged, while Lemmy.ml's own version does not, or is having display issues.