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Sheepman
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Origin Nexus said :
Sheepman said :
... I disagree with almost everything you said there.

Thats fine. When you can properly tell me why; then maybe Ill see it from your perspective.

All I see these days; is glory hounds who get too much credit off the back of humanity. What more is to it? <<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<
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01-May-2023 20:03:05

Origin Nexus

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Well, for example, you stated: Sheepman said :
Their Wealth? hahahahaha. Sure they Earned it being BUISNESS men; but not from their discovery; dedication etc ; but without a power hungry machine like youtube, twitter etc; where would that money be? Can you explain how running a business isn't a legitimate form of building wealth?

01-May-2023 20:21:07

Origin Nexus

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I think a lot of people are jealous of Jimmy. He figured out how to make his dreams come true at a fairly young age. Now he just enjoys life doing what he loves to do. Sure, he makes a lot of money, but, he doesn't really seem that concerned about money. He spends so much money to make his videos. Some people have called him out on it, making claims like "You waste so much money, think of all the good you could have done with that!". So then pays for surgery to cure the blindness of 1000 people... then people are like "Oh, you didn't actually do anything good, you're just a glory hound!".

It's so weird that people would try and find fault with someone for handing out free surgery to complete strangers because they can't afford it. How many times have you handed out free stuff to newbies in RuneScape because they were poor and you weren't?

If someone came to me and was like "Hey, I'm blind, and I can't afford surgery" and I had millions of dollars, or the means to produce money to cover the cost of the surgery, I would obviously say "Hey, I can help with that". Wouldn't you?

01-May-2023 21:02:43 - Last edited on 01-May-2023 22:38:14 by Origin Nexus

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As for Elon, well, he didn't randomly end up where he is. He studied physics and economics and earned a bachelors degree in both. He built his own software companies, and sold the first one in 1999 for over $300 million. He helped create PayPal, which was sold to eBay in 2002 for a billion and a half dollars. YouTube and Twitter weren't even around until 2005 and 2006 respectively. Social media had no real bearing on Elon's success in life. MySpace wasn't even around until 2003.

01-May-2023 21:57:40

Joel
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Jimmy is a good example of generating his own wealth. Apparently he comes from a middle-class family growing up so nothing hugely extravagant but as mentioned, got successful in his early videos on YT and knew how to monetize that successfully and has grown from there.

Musk on the other hand... he absolutely got brought up in a wealthy household so had that upper hand. Not to take away from legitimate success he has had since, but given his upbringing he clearly had way more opportunity to try and fail different things with less risk which less wealthy people don't have the luxury of doing often times.

Regardless, I agree with the notion of not putting celebrities on unjustified pedestals etc :)
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01-May-2023 22:47:44

Origin Nexus

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Elon was born in South Africa in 1971. When he was 9, his parents divorced, and mother moved to Canada, and Elon stayed in South Africa with his father. He moved to Canada in 1989 on his own when he was 18, and worked as a farm hand and in a lumber mill while he attended university.

I'm curious what the upper hand was. Growing up without a mother? Being a child in South Africa during the Apartheid? I don't think being from a broken home is an advantage. It's kind of the opposite.


Elon didn't succeed because of his upbringing, he succeeded despite his upbringing.


I'm also curious about your statement about how "he clearly had way more opportunity to try and fail different things". He started Zip2 right out of school, and sold that company 4 years later for over $300 million.

What are these "different things" you're claiming he failed at?

01-May-2023 23:26:02 - Last edited on 01-May-2023 23:28:15 by Origin Nexus

Sheepman
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Joel said :
Jimmy is a good example of generating his own wealth. Apparently he comes from a middle-class family growing up so nothing hugely extravagant but as mentioned, got successful in his early videos on YT and knew how to monetize that successfully and has grown from there.

Musk on the other hand... he absolutely got brought up in a wealthy household so had that upper hand. Not to take away from legitimate success he has had since, but given his upbringing he clearly had way more opportunity to try and fail different things with less risk which less wealthy people don't have the luxury of doing often times.

Regardless, I agree with the notion of not putting celebrities on unjustified pedestals etc :)

I don't mr.beasts abilitys and quite frankly is where he is; but again to be were he is at one youtube takes a bit more then just some know how with ads. He is now the face of youtube. Pretty big deal; but again thats of youtube. They still control that platform.

Elon might be rich from birth; but to still manage as much as he has is still impressive. I just don't like him taking credit for all his work; like he supports projects from sectors like space. Not like he is the driving force like he reckons. NASA might have a bad rep but its been around much longer then him.

Other examples I can mention; which these 2 were not the best tbh; but they kind of got it because they are so glory houndish; like Donnie J. I don't dislike him either; but he acts like its all him for every thing. Kind of the issue when people buy into it. <<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<<><<
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01-May-2023 23:40:16

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