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Elon Musk Says He Survived On $1 Per Day Before Becoming The Richest Man In the World – 'In America It's Pretty Easy To Keep Yourself Alive' (finance.yahoo.com)

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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 154 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I too lived on a dollar or less a day before becoming the lower middle class person I am today. It's easy when your parents buy everything for you and you don't have expenses.

[–] haunte@leminal.space 71 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Didn't he come over for college? So he lived in a dorm (paid for by dad), had a full meal plan (paid for by dad), all his school, clothing, and insurance were taken care of... that just leaves the pack of chewing gum he bought every morning on his way to class. Pretty easy!

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

Came here to say this. It's also remarkably easy to mooch off extended family, friends, even strangers. People usually feed their couch-surfer guests as well, who knew?