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[–] dgbbad@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 hours ago

One of the Bogdanoff brothers survived and went under cover.

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 21 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

that's a hitman level for sure

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago

agent 47 eliminating borzos in the dressing room and putting on his shirt then walking up to the podium with a poisoned ring, no one batting an eye

[–] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 31 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Humans are feckless creatures for allowing it to get to this point. Like seriously what the actual fuck, how do we let these people exist

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 14 points 14 hours ago

90% of people are submissive pain piggies. It’s the only explanation

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 58 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

How in the fuck do you even spend $600M on a wedding? It's a truly mind-boggling amount.

Death to all billionaires.

[–] blame@hexbear.net 13 points 14 hours ago

probably to pay people to show up

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 35 points 18 hours ago

The richest guys in india(Ambanis) did a very lavish wedding for their son where they shamelessly flexed their wealth on the mostly poor Indian population for months.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 31 points 17 hours ago

Rich people have no souls, change my mind.

[–] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 69 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine being the pathetic kind of person that has to spend $600,000,000 on a wedding solely for your own (and I suppose your partner's) happiness, while millions of people around the world are starving, losing housing, unable to afford medical procedures, etc.

Hoarding this much wealth in the first place should be classified as a mental disorder.

[–] blame@hexbear.net 15 points 14 hours ago

You don't accumulate that much money by caring about other people.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 35 points 18 hours ago

We treat hoarding as such, I'd like to see someone explain how hoarding with is any different.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 44 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Assuming this number is accurate, it's roughly 0.2% of Bezos's estimated net worth, or equivalent to the median American household spending $400.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 24 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

i thought they married years ago

i can't imagine how much of that $600 million will go toward security

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Idk but I bet it's more than a hitman would charge and still wouldn't be able to stop a hitman. I very much doubt we'll see headlines about a hitman getting arrested or killed at this wedding. Maybe a lone wolf conservative with bad aim, but not an actual contract killer.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

~~What are contract killers even up to then?~~

it's probably creating tragedies in the Middle East and Africa as mercenaries for the US military.

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, Crocus hall terrorists were just mercs

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

In ~~1972~~ 2024, a crack commando unit was ~~sent to prison~~ given commendations by a military court for a crime they ~~didn't commit~~ definitely committed. These men promptly ~~escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground~~ went to a party thrown in their honor at Los Angeles City Hall. Today, still wanted by the government so they can commit more warcrimes they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them... maybe you can hire The A-Team.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 68 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

how do you spend over half a billion on a wedding? did he buy the entire city of aspen and surrounding mountains?

[–] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 1 points 2 hours ago

That's like 5 massively wasteful Hollywood blockbuster movies what the fuck

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 45 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, if I were a wedding planner/caterer/anyone on staff and Jeff Bezos asked me to do his wedding, I'd upcharge the hell out of him.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 29 points 19 hours ago

i would take the deposit and use it to hire freelancers to do some kind of Die Hard 1 / Die Hard 3 / Under Siege sort of situation. or just get everybody to ingest/inhale ricin lol. just kidding, i would never do that because it's illegal and i am a good boy.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 26 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

someone just bill him for $450,000 for some vague reason and say it's for the wedding. he might pay it

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 21 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

i've heard of people doing that kind of thing, like invoicing some giant multinational company for something after they've figured out the address for accounts payable or whatever and getting away with it. but i've also heard of people getting caught in an audit and hit with fraud charges because it went through the US mail, which above a certain amount is a felony. but, respect the grift lol.

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

What if I normally charge that amount, but I give everyone except Bezos a massive "not being evil" discount?

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 18 points 18 hours ago

OK but if I can get to a country that doesn't extradite before then I should be in the clear right? Hypothetically

[–] BigLenin@hexbear.net 27 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Was gonna say I know wedding can be expensive but damn

[–] jack@hexbear.net 2 points 46 minutes ago

This is like twice what my wedding cost, insane

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 31 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's probably not the actual cost. Sensationalism from NY Post.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 42 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

yeah he probably only spent like $450 million, which whomst among us.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 21 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah we've all spent $450+ Million on a wedding at some point or another, of course

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[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 29 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

if we're going for lore accuracy they'd be the Mangione brothers, meaning their name would be Mangione Mangione

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 6 points 12 hours ago

mangione mangione

on ya wedding day your man'll be gione

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 24 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

She likes him for his body

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 21 points 17 hours ago

Well she certainly doesn't like him for his weird fucking face.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 19 points 18 hours ago

Lots of hidden places around there, with beautiful overlooks.

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Unrelated to anything in the article, but I know commercially available drones are programmed to shut down when entering restricted airspace. I wonder if they're programmed to shut down close to any sort of civilian stuff like a large crowd, or a place someone would want to keep private?

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 36 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Something that just popped in my head for no reason is that most decent quadcopters broadcast the gps coordinates of the person operating them.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

that explains how the cops came straight to my house when i was flying my drone over the richy-rich neighbor houses

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 34 points 21 hours ago

Mario Lopez has the chance to do something very funny.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 20 points 19 hours ago

if your nuptials didn't take place astride matching albino white elephants, is your love even sanctified?

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 22 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My first thought was something about the guy from Saved By The Bell, then I realized that wasn’t it.

How much paperwork is she signing before hand? I have to imagine a ton of lawyers, and paperwork involved here. Not that I care beyond the superficial, but involving what they have to involve to get hitched doesn’t sound fun. Like, let’s spend the rest of our lives together fun, or even let’s make a mistake in Vegas right now kind of fun. But whatever, I’m terrible at making relationships work so wtf do I even know.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 10 points 16 hours ago

I don't think these people can even have fun. Certainly not in an empty room by themselves. This kind of flex shit is the closest they can get. Conspicuous consumption on an imperial scale, pretending to be the center of the universe.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 22 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 35 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

(From George Jackson's Blood in my Eye)

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 21 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I really need to read some George Jackson. This is from Soledad Brother.

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 19 points 20 hours ago

George Jackson is fucking dope. Very considerate thinker, we def lost one of the great English theorists when he passed.

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