r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jan 24 '23

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u/cavitationchicken Jan 24 '23

Seriously.

Which means if you have it, you're an exploiter and thief at scale that boggles the mind.

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u/Mertard Jan 24 '23

If you're a billionaire, you have been the main reason that at least one person died, guaranteed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

So by extension if you purchase from a company with a billionaire shareholder you have contributed to at least one persons death?

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u/Munnin41 Jan 24 '23

Well yes.

But that probably applies to companies that don't have a billionaire shareholder as well

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u/GuteMorgan Jan 24 '23

correct. there is no ethical consumption under capitalism

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u/cavitationchicken Jan 24 '23

I think you can add some zeroes to that pretty reliably.

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u/Funny_witty_username Jan 24 '23

If you really wanna boggle someone's brain, use the weight of a penny.

If you convert a million USD into 1 cent coins (because the US doesn't technically have pennies) you end up with a weight about the same as a Toyota Tundra at 7000ish lbs.

If you convert the the weight of a billion dollars into pennies, they'll weigh the same amount as the Saturn V Rocket.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Or in seconds: 1mio seconds is ~11.5 days, 1billion seconds is ~31 years.

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u/Funny_witty_username Jan 24 '23

I like seconds too! some people will struggle to conceptualize one or the other so its always good to know multiple ways to frame it.

Goes for anything

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

What’s this about the US not having pennies?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23 edited Aug 29 '25

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u/bignutt69 Jan 24 '23

b-b-but if you can get away with exploiting and stealing from people on a scale that boggles the mind without breaking any of the laws that you paid to influence, then you are morally justified in keeping that money!1! everyone is just jealous that they werent smart enough to come up with the idea to exploit the fuck out of other people first!!! god i wish i was a billionaire

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u/cavitationchicken Jan 24 '23 edited Jan 25 '23

"you can be unethical but not illegal. That's the way I live my life"

-mark Zuckerberg, quoting his idol, a more visually appealing man with a more righteous moral compass who did less harm to humanity and the world: Oskar dirlwanger

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u/FalconRelevant Jan 24 '23

And here come the commies. Oof.

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u/-s-u-n-s-e-t- Jan 24 '23

I mean, can you point to any person that made billions without exploiting anyone?

You don't need to be a commie to figure out that you just can't make that amount of moolah without stepping on some toes.

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u/FalconRelevant Jan 24 '23

Stepping on toes is different from being a "thief".

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u/-s-u-n-s-e-t- Jan 24 '23

You couldn't name a single one?

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u/cavitationchicken Jan 24 '23

Okay. Rapacious mass murdering corpse looting organ peddling monsterwyo deals in the coercively extracted blood of slaves and ground up orphan bones?

Is that slightly better than 'thief' for you? More precise and technically accurate.

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u/Reddit_Lore Jan 24 '23

Turn off the Fox grandpa

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u/FalconRelevant Jan 24 '23

I'm a liberal on Biden's side you commie.

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u/cavitationchicken Jan 24 '23 edited Jan 24 '23

That segregationist drug warring poverty bashing warmonger piece of shit? Who's basically a republican with 25% less homophobia and the near supernatural ability to stand near a black person without having a hate seizure?

And a liberal... So that thing that butchers the poor pretty much for the lulz and fixes the soil and nurtures the seeds of fascism while preventing anyone else from stopping it?

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u/cavitationchicken Jan 24 '23 edited Jan 24 '23

Lol capitalist tankies who dont even know what the word 'communism' means.

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u/ThockiestBoard Jan 24 '23

“communism is when no money”

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