• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    People like to pretend that karma is somehow real. It’s not. In real life, the bad guys win and live long and happy lives.

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      21 days ago

      this guy seems to care about his image and status so airing the dirty laundry is poison to him

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        21 days ago

        this guy seems to care about his image

        How do you know? Are you just hoping he does because it would make you feel better if you thought he was stressing about this? Rich people don’t actually give a shit. You may think they do, but they don’t. When public perception of them goes down, they can disconnect and sit on their yacht drinking Mai Tai’s for the next several months until it all blows over and the peasants have moved on to something else.

        They do not have the same worries or concerns as us. They are above it.

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        21 days ago

        But not to his account.

        If he’s even remotely smart, he put away quite a bit of money, or has some investment vehicle that keeps generating money for him.

        He may be irrelevant in 5 years, but also wealthy enough to not care.

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          21 days ago

          He owns a chocolate factory that if his image goes bad he’ll just make a different candy bar name to sell under. They sell at Walmart so you know they reach a large audience and he already is worth a shit ton, nothing will ever make him less than a multi-millionaire now. Dude can retire before 40 and laugh at all the people who think “oh they got him good now”

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              21 days ago

              Not sure what you mean? He picked a fast food chain (Zaxbys) and a large retailer (Walmart) to access as many people as possible. The chocolate tastes just fine, melting point is lower than Hershey’s, so it doesn’t make sense that they place it in a box with hot chicken and fries.

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                14 days ago

                Yeah, guess i meant i doubt Walmart chooses to sell his chocolate based on the chocolate. I mean it could be fine, but unless he’s really talented in chocolate making and extremely economical, I’m reasonably sure they’re selling a box with the name ‘Mr Beast’ on it that happens to contain chocolate. If that name ever becomes neutral or negative in driving sales, i would be shocked if they keep it based on quality.

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      21 days ago

      If I could do something to piss people off and make life changing money I’d probably do it

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        21 days ago

        Want to know why karma is real? Karma isnt some mystical force that keeps the world in balance. If you live your life pissing people off, one day you will piss someone off who doesn’t take kindly to being pissed off. The more you do it, the more likely it is to happen to you.

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      21 days ago

      If this is your outlook on Life I recommend talking to a therapist in order to get a more balanced worldview.

      Our mind is fixated on negative information but there are so many „good“ things happening in the world we don‘t see.

      Quality of Life all around the world has steadily increased for many centuries.

      News outlets dig for negative information because it gets more attention.

      Humans are individuals but in many ways much alike. If you think of yourself as a „good“ person; chances are high that the people around you also are.

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      21 days ago

      Karma is horseshit, yes. But I do feel a little nicer when I find out one of the mega wealthy is perpetually unhappy. It’s proof that all the money in the world can’t save people from themselves.

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        21 days ago

        Their unhappy is not you and I’s unhappy. Not even close. They don’t know suffering. Their worst days would be nothing more than mild annoyances to us. They lack perspective, sure, but don’t ever think they’re miserable. They don’t know the meaning of the word.

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          20 days ago

          Whatever you have to tell yourself as you chase the dream. Can’t buy your way out of being a human creature. There’s lots of history that shows all the money in the world can’t stop some folks from being miserable, angry fucks.

          • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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            20 days ago

            There’s lots of history

            All that history is nothing but fairy tales to make unsuccessful people feel alright for not being absolute sociopaths. None of it is real. Those who have more than ~$5 million net worth are incapable of feeling misery in the same sense that you and I feel. They are insulated from those concerns and will never feel the depths of despair that the common man does. To pretend otherwise is sheer ignorance, even if coming out of place of vain optimism that we’re all somehow equal.