Spyke
sh.itjust.works

I don't have to chop, stew, dismember, or sell a $5 bill. False equivalency argument.

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I know right? Picking up a lost $5 doesnt carry any of those rewarding tasks.

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sh.itjust.works

Yes, I can read. And see where it's posted.

Doesn't mean I can't debunk a theoretical argument.

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spujbreply
lemmy.cafe

only the top 1% of IQs can debunk internet satire

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It's fine. He never said it. He has said he thinks its ridiculous that he gets so much money for doing nothing compared to school teachers while paying less taxes.

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Son_of_dadreply
lemmy.world

Every single billionaire got there by exploiting and taking money from the people below him, who did most of the actual work. Nobody can earn a billion dollars, you can only do it by stealing. Buffet and Gates are the worst cause they try so hard to play the good guy billionaire image

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I assume your downvotes are from billionaires. If not, that’s just sad. If you’re defending billionaires and aren’t one yourself, I regret to inform you that you’re a mark.

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programming.dev

Average net worth for 35-44 year olds $135 thousand his net worth $119.2 billion. $5 equivalent for him is ~$4,414,814.81

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Dagrothusreply
reddthat.com

If you skinned and sold squirrels at a rate of 7.56 squirrels per second, you'd reach his wealth in just 100 years! All it takes is a little hard work!

They'd also go extinct after 1 year. Maybe switch to rats.

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Even if you don't end up rich, eradicating squirrels is a pretty good consolation prize.

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He can buy a super car with less impact on his net worth than you standing there wondering what to get out of the vending machine

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Anticorpreply
lemmy.world

Where did you find that average net worth for 35-44 year olds? That seems much higher than I expected. What's the median?

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Anticorpreply
lemmy.world

Oh, you actually shared the median. The average is $1.06 million. I guess I know some broke-ass people, and am one myself. Almost everyone I know is well below those numbers.

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Then they dare to go buy some fucking avocado toast and a mokke lattchiato or whatever the hell, on their fucking bikes with THEIR FUCKING HELMET ON!

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sh.itjust.works

I don't get all the love for avacado. It tastes like mild plant butter to me. I save a lot of money by never buying it haha.

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programming.dev

You have to throw some salt and pepper on it. Otherwise it's very bland. Kinda like an egg.

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Godricreply
lemmy.world

Dude literally just find more dead squirrels for avocado toast money, it's that simple

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No, you don't understand the problem with avocado toast. You see, bread is a great source of carbs, and combined with the rind of the avocado, the scraps are a super food that leaves squirrels full of energy and with a thick coat that makes them neigh immortal

When's the last time you saw a dead squirrel ripe for the picking? It was free money

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lemmy.world

As someone that's shot a few squirrels for tying flies with, I'd just buy the damn tails. Squirrels are filthy little beasts and have a pile of parasites that crawl off them when they're dead.

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ikiddreply
lemmy.world

They can be destructive fuckers. And, little known fact, red squirrels are the largest predator of juvenile rabbits.

Tasty, tasty rabbits.

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lemmy.world

A squirrel tore up one of our lawn chair cushions to make its nest. Little piece of shit. Then bits of lawn chair stuffing blew all over the neighborhood that winter.

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I was wondering why I wasn't getting telemetry from my watering bowls and started tracking down the issue. I had leaned a pole with a LoRa antenna up against a tree, and one of the little bastards chewed the line through in about a dozen spots. If they get in the soffet of a house they'll tear all the insulation out, then store thousands of spruce cones in there, making a lovely fire hazard.

Hate them almost as much as mice.

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