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[-] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 94 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

(in response to him selling the family home)

"My family took it well," the 53-year-old told the New York Post. "My wife's super supportive. My kids are probably better for it, if we're keeping it real."

Just another demonstration of how the Hedonic Treadmill effect means becoming a billionaire won't meaningfully improve your life compared to the negative impact you inflict upon all of society by taking millions of dollars of worker's and consumer's value from them!

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 44 points 2 weeks ago

When "keeping it real" goes wrong.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 54 points 2 weeks ago

His family's darkest hour is my family's wildest, most impossible dream.

Actually I don't know many people who actually dream of that kind of wealth - just enough stability and security to be able to live modestly from a life of labour and in to retirement.

[-] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

For real. My dream is just to know I'm not a car accident, broken bone, random sickness, or mild rolled ankle from complete and utter financial ruin. I can't even imagine that kind of security.

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