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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

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'

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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'

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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When you think of Elon Musk, the image of a tech titan, the world's richest man, likely comes to mind. But here's a little-known fact: Elon Musk wasn't always living in the lap of luxury. Before the SpaceX rockets, Tesla cars, and solar panels, a young man was scraping by on just $1 a day. Yes, you read that right – one dollar. Don't Miss: Are you rich? Here’s what Americans think you need to be considered wealthy. How do billionaires pay less in income tax than you? Tax deferring is their numbe
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  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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    Bitch, you came from an emerald mine, walkin’ the streets with gems in your pockets. Shut the fuck up.

    • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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      🎶 People say he’s crazy

      He’s got emeralds on the soles of his shoes 🎶

      • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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        ta na na na

    • Carl@sh.itjust.works
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      Oh no, I think Elon downvoted you.

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    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.

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      deleted by creator

    • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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      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?

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    The headline should read “Guy routinely talking out of his ass is talking out of his ass”.

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    Grade A delusional thinking.

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      Yea but this is grade A in the same way that school lunch ketchup is grade A.

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    I completely believe that he was making 1$ a day at some point, he’s just neglected to talk about the 20 million he had in the bank from daddy.

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      or the other thousands of dollars he also made acquired that day

    • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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      Probably also ignoring his college dorm, tuition fees, and probably cafeteria fees.

      There is no way you can “buy in bluk” when you have 1 dollar a day, as described in the article. You can barely get one orange per-day. Not to mention, there will be no way to reach a whole-sale store in the U.S., since you cannot afford any transportation, public or private, with 1 dollar.

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    The headline and article seems to be hugely misleading. According to this article, the $1 was only for food and he did it as a challenge, not out of necessity.

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      For how long though? Because I can survive for a week or so on zero dollars a day, by fasting and foraging for dandion greens and citrus fruit from trees in public places. Longer than 2 weeks and my body would start to fail, but Id survive, technically, for a while longer.

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    Then he doesn’t need billions of dollars, right?

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    Rent: 22¢ (couch split w/ 44 friends)
    
    Breakfast: 11¢ (2 eggs)
    .......... 1¢ (electricity borrowed from neighbor)
    .......... Free (skillet found in street)
    
    Gym membership: Free (lifting rocks)
    
    Commute: 4¢ (walking in two used Kleenex boxes for shoes)
    
    Lunch: 30¢ (cup filled with ketchup from Wendy's pump)
    
    Commute home: 20¢ (walk on hands, use bandaid for blisters)
    
    Clothes: 16¢ (Scotch tape for holding together discarded pizza boxes)
    

    Yeah, that checks out.

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      Do you think the staff at the Wendy’s get annoyed at having to see that poor bastard pump a full cup of ketchup every day.

      Like oh jeez, I hope you filled that thing today. I cannot take a half hour of the slurping noise as Johnny makes the most of his 30¢

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    https://muckrack.com/jeannine-mancini/articles

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannine-mancini-9b4348224

    If this is a real writer and not AI generated content (with a fake public profile), it’s a college student doing intern work writing articles on topics she is given.

    It’s clickbait, pure and simple

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    So it only costs $365 a year to survive in America. Neat.

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      Or even better, around 52 bananas!

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      If you’re willing to exploit nearly everyone you meet for free food and shelter, yes, yes it is.

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    “I once had to sell an emerald at half it’s market value just so I could afford to pay the maid service at my third home” 🙄

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    Alternative headline suggestion: “Rich liar lies”.

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    Rent is more than a dollar a day. Without a place to code, he never would have been able to work on PayPal. If he slept in his car and worked in an office, gas is still more expensive than a dollar a day unless he moved his car only on the weekends. In short. No he didn’t. Someone else footed the bill and he only paid a buck a day for maybe food. Not as tough as doing it on your own, which he’s never done.

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      Correct, he is lying, aka breathing.

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    “I saved up all week to buy one banana for $7, and that sustained me the rest of the next week!”

    -Elon Musk, clueless asshole

    Edit: Fun fact: Elon could read this a dozen times and still not get the joke.

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        Here’s ten dollars go see a Star war.

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      i dont get the joke :[

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        https://youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw?si=r-2lOukuL-9i1jDA

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    I recall that even being rich his “friends” complain he wants to sleep on their couch and eat their food.

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      I figured this was how he “survived on $1/day”.

      • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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        xactly. once a parasite always a parasite.

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          I’ve heard that he said the film “Parasite” is his favorite movie. Which I couldn’t wrap my head around when I heard that years ago, but as we’ve seen there’s no level of cognitive dissonance too low for Elon.

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        Just like the tiny home show people… There’s always a friend or family member with a plot of land for them.

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      deleted by creator

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        https://youtu.be/H27rfr59RiE?t=50

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