• muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    I never understood the appeal of anything rich people like. A yacht? An HOA? A supercar? These don’t appeal to me at all. If given them I would hate them.

    I mean it might be fun to buy a politician but otherwise it sounds boring.

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    2 hours ago

    Dude, I thought you were cool.

    Owning a yacht is like the lamest thing you could possibly do!

    With the coolest things being feeding the hungry and housing the poor obviously.

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    2 hours ago

    I mean I guess this is better than 500 million sitting off shore bank accounts. A big part of the problem is rich people don’t spend their money.

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    5 hours ago

    When I first glanced at the title, I got excited because I saw Steam Machine and $500. 😔

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Everyone on here acts like Gabe is THEIR billionaire, and Steam is THEIR capitalist billionaire corporation.

    Gabe is a dirtbag and a thief by the sole virtue of being a billionaire. Nobody earns a billion dollars, you get it by stealing wages and time from the workers below you.

    Steam is a dirtbag corporation as well, no matter how many fanboys try to sweep Steam’s history of fuckery under the rug

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    9 hours ago

    Why is everyone acting surprised, this has been Gabe’s thing for a long time? He’s super into boats and submarines and owns a submarine company or something like that. i think I’m burned out from the news cycle, getting outraged by this just feels like a waste of my emotional energy that I could spend somewhere it will matter.

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    8 hours ago

    I like the way they list those things in the title. Like which one is the most expensive: the hospital, the submarine garage, or fifteen gaming PCs?

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    10 hours ago

    I suppose we can be reassured that the Obscene Yacht industry is still going strong despite the cost of living crisis.