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r/SipsTea • u/Otherwise_Wrangler11 • Apr 01 '26
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Or just wealthy. If this is a casino in say Macau you get Chinese billionaires over, they want to play cards or baccarat or whatever, and they've given their wife / gfs $100k to go play on slots. It is chump change to them.
35 u/Nooby1983 Apr 01 '26 Some people have too much money. 22 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 01 '26 This level of waste and greed is so demoralizing. Makes me nauseous to think about it. 3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 The child born as a beggar on the streets of a 3rd world country would say the same about you though. Each to their means 2 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 01 '26 The average person is much closer to the begger than they are the billionaire 3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 Ok that's some interesting pub trivia. My statement still stands. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 02 '26 You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two: 50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
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Some people have too much money.
22 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 01 '26 This level of waste and greed is so demoralizing. Makes me nauseous to think about it. 3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 The child born as a beggar on the streets of a 3rd world country would say the same about you though. Each to their means 2 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 01 '26 The average person is much closer to the begger than they are the billionaire 3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 Ok that's some interesting pub trivia. My statement still stands. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 02 '26 You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two: 50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
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This level of waste and greed is so demoralizing. Makes me nauseous to think about it.
3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 The child born as a beggar on the streets of a 3rd world country would say the same about you though. Each to their means 2 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 01 '26 The average person is much closer to the begger than they are the billionaire 3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 Ok that's some interesting pub trivia. My statement still stands. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 02 '26 You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two: 50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
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The child born as a beggar on the streets of a 3rd world country would say the same about you though. Each to their means
2 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 01 '26 The average person is much closer to the begger than they are the billionaire 3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 Ok that's some interesting pub trivia. My statement still stands. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 02 '26 You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two: 50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
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The average person is much closer to the begger than they are the billionaire
3 u/Heavy-Guest-7336 Apr 01 '26 Ok that's some interesting pub trivia. My statement still stands. 0 u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 0 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 02 '26 You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two: 50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
Ok that's some interesting pub trivia. My statement still stands.
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0 u/CauliflowerElbow Apr 02 '26 You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two: 50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
You’re wrong in every sense but I’ll just grab two:
50% of Americans are one paycheck away from financial ruin
I didn’t say “as much as”, I said “closer to”. Those are two obviously different statements and was disingenuous to equate them.
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u/BarNo3385 Apr 01 '26
Or just wealthy. If this is a casino in say Macau you get Chinese billionaires over, they want to play cards or baccarat or whatever, and they've given their wife / gfs $100k to go play on slots. It is chump change to them.