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Millionaire who made himself homeless and broke on purpose to prove he could make $1MILLION in 12 months for YouTube clicks QUITS his bizarre social experiment over health concerns (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Been thinking about it again too, would Black be able to make his first $300 even if he had the mental and physical fatigue he had at 10 months of the experiment? Also even if he did, without his lucky break where he even generously got access to an RV to sleep in and a computer to work on (rather than having to constantly worry about shelter space as he has been), would he even be able to achieve anything close to what he did?

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

If he was disabled or not in peak shape and mental state when he started it would have been a even worse outcome.

Imagine if he was sick 50% of the time, and he could only work half that. He would be in poverty like almost every other disabled person.