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[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml 53 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Firstly, who the fuck are they?

Secondly, you have the money, why can’t you just be reasonable? Like it’s not enough to rich, and not work and be happy, travel the world without limits and without a care… you somehow need to hurt people. It’s awful.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

But how else will they get a bigger house? Nicer, larger yacht? More private jets?

Like, I kinda understand the "more more more!" mentality. As my income has gone up over the years, there's always something more my monkey brain tells me I should want. A nicer, more comfortable car. A new video card. Two angry ponies. You know how it is. I tell it to shut up because I have more than enough already.

I'm not a sociopath, though, so at no point has my monkey brain told me to enslave others so I can have nicer stuff.

[–] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Yeah but still, once I hit my "number", I'm taking my small slice of the pie and living life. There isn't a never ending drive to accumulate forever and ever. That's just these psychos

[–] bravesirrbn@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why do the ponies have to be angry? Seems kind of uncharacteristic

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 months ago

Little Grandpa story time:

Ponies are generally nicer than horses, but I was raised believing ponies were angry, vicious little assholes. My father was bucked off of a pony in his twenties, causing him to break a rib and paralyze half of his diaphragm. Being the actual asshole in this story, he never stopped to think that maybe he was too heavy and too drunk for a pony, so he spread pony hate throughout his life. I want angry ponies as I dislike my father and on a primal level think they'd keep me safe from people like him, like two pissy, grass eating charms to protect against narcissists.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 4 months ago

But how else will they get a bigger house? Nicer, larger yacht? More private jets?

Yeah, paying your staff a liveable wage would be like a fraction of your wealth would mean it take slightly longer to get that bigger house, larger yacht, or new private jet.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 11 points 4 months ago

Because they've got their fortune by being an absolute psychopath not having a second thought about walking over dead bodies for a penny. This is how anyone becomes rich, just throw all morals, compassion and legality to the wind. And they can't stop now.