• @Cocodapuf
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    18 days ago

    Ugh… it drives me nuts!

    Musk had to borrow around $13 billion for his doomed $44 billion acquisition.

    Had he spent that $57 $44 billion on developing space hardware instead of going insane and squandering it on social media bullshit, he might have done something worthwhile. I mean… fifty seven billion! What even is that much money? He could have had his own space station for that much money! He could fly up there for weekends, just for funzies.

    • Todd Bonzalez
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      2618 days ago

      That $13 billion is part of the $44 billion, you don’t add them together.

      He spent $31 billion of his own capital, and borrowed $13 billion to cover the rest.

      • androogee (they/she)
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        1818 days ago

        Oh great, I added all the numbers in your comment together and now it’s $101 billion?? When will this madness end???

        • @[email protected]
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          918 days ago

          With all that money, he could have given every person in the world $12.625 billion!!! It’s unfathomable!

        • @[email protected]
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          316 days ago

          You’ve bamboozled my attempt to make the same joke at your expense by only mentioning one number in your comment, giving me nothing to add to it. From this point on, I conclude we should only ever mention one number in each comment, for clarity.

      • @Cocodapuf
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        418 days ago

        Oh thank you, my mistake. Still the numbers are huge!

      • @trolololol
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        318 days ago

        “own capital” probably more like stocks from Tesla, I doubt any actual money moved

        • Todd Bonzalez
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          217 days ago

          That’s why I used the word “capital” instead of “money”, but I had a feeling someone still was going to deliberately misunderstand me to try to sound smart.

          • @trolololol
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            115 days ago

            Well now that you mention it I agree and feel dumb.

            Anyways, I’m still right so it means I can double down.

    • @RememberTheApollo_
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      1018 days ago

      Why didn’t he just spend his own billions to prop up his venture? Oh, because he doesn’t want to pay taxes.

      • @Cocodapuf
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        318 days ago

        Haha everyone keeps saying that! But it’s pretty funny how wrong everyone is about where the mistake was.

        The math is just fine, I did the simple addition correctly. It’s the reading comprehension that I got wrong, I misunderstood what the sentence was saying.

        • @[email protected]
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          116 days ago

          You’re right, that is pretty funny. I didn’t notice until you pointed it out in this comment

    • Liz
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      318 days ago

      That’s not how math works.

      • @Cocodapuf
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        118 days ago

        No, my math is just fine, it’s my reading comprehension that needs work, because I totally misunderstood what that sentence was saying.

    • @masquenox
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      318 days ago

      he might have done something worthwhile

      No, he wouldn’t have. Musk is an incompetent billionaire parasite, even more incompetent than the average billionaire parasite, and would have simply squandered his ill-gotten money on something else.

        • @masquenox
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          117 days ago

          He’d patent avocado genetics and call them “xavocados.”

      • @Cocodapuf
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        -418 days ago

        Oh ok, well that’s a relief. I’m glad we had you and your crystal ball handy!

        • @masquenox
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          117 days ago

          crystal ball

          The nature of capitalism and the capitalist class haven’t been a secret now for more than a hundred years. No crystal balls required.