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lemmy.world

People in this thread expecting 2.7 billion dollars tomorrow but recieving 7 instead are in for a pleasant surprise.

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Ulireply
sopuli.xyz

Yeah, I should work on my reading comprehension. If understood it was going to be 7 billion not 2.7 billion, I definitely wouldn't have taken the $19.

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scopsreply
reddthat.com

TBF, the meme puts the dollar sign in front of $19 but spells the word out after 7 billion dollars. It's the inconsistency that could lead to misreading.

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KernelTalereply
programming.dev

I've re-read this all like 4 times. Can somebody please enlighten me?

Edit: ah, 5th time is the charm

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sh.itjust.works

Goddamm it! I would have waited if I knew it was 7!

Why do I rush through life and miss the details every damn time?

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Hey man they're definitely not offering 5.04 trillion dollars.

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This is the same thing that they always try to get you with. Lol, like I'm some sort of sucker.

It's sort of like when they ask you, which is heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of gold. Lol. Like we all don't know how heavy gold is compared to feathers.

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A lot of unused arguments though, I would be scared to call that function.

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sh.itjust.works

$19 today is a guaranteed lunch, who knows what might happen tomorrow. Easy choice

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Or the value of sandwiches could go up: seems like the wiser investment.

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lemmy.world

I'd rather get neither. It will help me focus and grind that much harder.

/S

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Handouts? NO THANKS! Nobody needs any handouts!!! I don't want my taxes to be spent on others! I'll become billionaire all through my hard work at minimum salary! This wasteful plan is all Obama's fault.

/S

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The money you earn for yourself is better than the money you are given for free… or something.

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lemmy.zip

Take the 19 and invest, compound interest is your friend, you can't make up lost time!

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You only have to double it 29 times! If you're real savvy, then you only have to square it three times!

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jaybonereply
lemmy.zip

Currency can be exchanged for goods and services.

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Nice try, person with inside info about imminent catastrophic USD inflation

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kubicareply
fedia.io

Are you going to risk receiving 2.7 billion instead of 7 billion? Number 1 is the safest choice.

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Fuck, I actually thought thought that initially. The parsing error had higher priority than the math check. And then I discarded that line of thought as irrelevant. The human brain is amazing and you are never good enough to not make "stupid" mistakes.

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lemmy.world

Nice try, but I know 2.7 billion dollars would literally crush me.

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lemmus.org

What if you received your money in the form of the same dollar value worth of feathers?

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Major corporations have this problem too. They would rather burn the entire thing to the ground and bury their reputation for that sweet, sweet quick buck.

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I've heard that "time in the market beats timing the market".
So you should obviously get that money today already and just let compound interest or whatever do the rest

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I don't like that they started an indexed list but then they either didn't add the second option or it's mean to be the bottom text and it actually reads 7 billion and not 2.7. Like what are we doing here?

Short answer: no, if I do become billionaire, I'm going to erase all the other billionaires via assassinations justice.

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If I had to maintain my current lifestyle with either 7 billion dollars or 2.7 billion dollars I don't think I would notice the difference.

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If you always have $19 at any given “now”, is that an infinite money glitch?

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