demosthememes

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[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Mars One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_One received over 200,000 applications for a one-way ticket to Mars & raised money way too easily, before going bankrupt.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I remembered that Cuban was on record for saying & doing this & that link was the easiest to source from because so many people know who he is. I wanted to highlight the deed itself. More recently, was the open letter written by over 250 billionaires & multi-millionaires pleading to be taxed more than they currently are.
As you say, you know it's almost pitchfork levels when the letter, which was read at WEF in Davos, says

“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society. This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations’ economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.”

According to the article, "Imposing a 2% tax on the world’s billionaires alone would raise almost $250 billion annually"
Question is, why are governments so reluctant to grant them this?

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Mark Cuban put his money where his mouth is. He made 300 millionaires out of the 330 employees in one of his earlier companies by giving them stock ownership.
Workers paid by the hour are ‘always going to fall behind, - Cuban

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Pop-Os is a good fit if you're already familiar with Debian & do light gaming - especially on NVIDIA cards. It just works.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

We could let the pigs run the farm, then document what happens.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Leave the kids alone, they have enough to deal with just trying to learn & not get shot by deranged, gun-toting nuts.
Get a website if you want to promote politics.
Politicians should be making sure school kids get teachers who are paid well & the kids have school lunches.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

As the GOP nominee he will begin to receive some intelligence briefings even before the elections, as early as July. It was recently reported that the White House, caught in a "damned if you damned if you don't scenario" that is synonymous with Trump, sided to go with tradition & allow Trump access to these, even while he fights a classified documents mishandling case in court. This wouldn't make any sense in a Jack Ryan novel & yet ...

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The last time a guy wrote about his "life's struggles" in jail, not long after a failed coup, things didn't turn out so good for us. Lets not give this magalomaniac any more ideas or access to writing materials if he ever sees the inside of a jail cell.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Soothsayer: "Beware the Ides of March"
... many moments later
Caesar: "Well, the Ides of March are come..."
Soothsayer: Aye, Caesar, but not gone"

Incidentally, the 15th of March, today, is the Ides of March.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Steps to creating your own "Bullish Burger" Stock Market

  1. Bulk order just before peak,
  2. Resell those orders as demand rises.
  3. Profit
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.world
 

I had to update the pic; forgot the biggest culprit -Microsoft. They got slapped with a fine of $731 million. I try not to think about this company at all but I had to fix it. The meme gods had to be appeased.
Also, I remember that Nextflix only bent the knee by agreeing to 30% of their content being local, but really tempted to add 'em.
Hopefully the Next Flex will be Netflix - for the meme-ability. Elon won't do it, he would have already done. He is just exercising free speech, nothing more. If he does get in the ring, then I'll join X 😬 & pay his subscription for a year. 👀

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