• Tar_Alcaran
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    5 hours ago

    The investment banker getting paid 200k per year in NYC is still closer to being homeless, than being a millionaire.

    They are a millionaire though. It’s just that that means nothing anymore.

    A million bucks is a million away from zero, but it’s 999 million away from a billion.

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      4 hours ago

      It’s like the old saying goes “a millionaire is still about a billion dollars away from being a billionaire” .

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        4 hours ago

        Hey, I too am about a billion dollars away from being a billionaire. I suppose that means I’m a millionaire! Woo hoo

        • NobodyElse
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          17 minutes ago

          Millionaires, thousandaires, and hundredaires are all about a billion dollars away from being billionaires.