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Came to post this too. Bill Gates has plenty himself (and worse ones so far as I am concerned) but no one seems to mention that with the frequency they do Elon.

by mmmpop 5y ago

Came to post this too. Bill Gates has plenty himself (and worse ones so far as I am concerned) but no one seems to mention that with the frequency they do Elon. Perhaps far fewer envy Gates' life compared to Elon's?

rootusrootus 5y ago
Envy? Interesting accusation to throw out there. It is more believable that Bill Gates isn't really in the news much these days, but Elon is.
- mmmpop 5y ago
  Just look at Bill and listen to him speak... that guy ain't talking his way into any romantic adventures if he weren't a gazillionaire. Elon's hair plugs aside, at least he's got a personality and isn't the ugliest guy in tech. So yeah, I'm coming from it totally from vanity but we're all human right? You couldn't pay me to be Bill Gates but I'd trade lives with Elon, no doubt.
  - rootusrootus 5y ago
    Heh, I wouldn't take either one's life, for any amount of money. Now, if I could have 0.1% of either of their money and quietly continue to live as I do now, sign me up!
  - GDC7 5y ago
    > Just look at Bill and listen to him speak... that guy ain't talking his way into any romantic adventures if he weren't a gazillionaire. Yeah, Musk is a real charmer, with his stutter, he's worse than Biden and he's 35 years younger than him. Also behind the scenes Bill Gates has a personality and then some. More F-bombs were dropped in Microsoft board meetings than Stratton Oakmont's . You have to read Paul Allen's 2011 book: Idea Man. Of course an elder statesman can't go on live tv and pull this sort of antics. Very much like Bellichick and Brady didn't go on TV to pull such antics. Doesn't mean that they (like Gates, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods) don't have a personality or don't get laid. Musk on the other hand loves to wear his WWE Vince McMahon costume and say controversial stuff, while stuttering.
nuerow 5y ago
> Perhaps far fewer envy Gates' life compared to Elon's? Well, for starters, unlike Elon Musk, Bill Gates does not have a track record of accusing emergency cave rescuers of being pedophiles.
- mmmpop 5y ago
  Pretty shitty of him, totally agree. Shall we get into what Bill Gates has been accused of? How about the things we know he did? I don't think that's necessary. Bill is a pretty bad guy, I don't care what kind of charity he's been running, just ask his wife. I don't care about his foundations and charities. Philanthropic acts are the norm for someone who has been the richest human on earth and it probably offers him some relief when he tries to sleep at night. Also they're just stupendous tax shelters and ways to cushy jobs for people who do nice things for you.

by mmmpop 5y ago

rootusrootus 5y ago

Envy? Interesting accusation to throw out there. It is more believable that Bill Gates isn't really in the news much these days, but Elon is.

mmmpop 5y ago
Just look at Bill and listen to him speak... that guy ain't talking his way into any romantic adventures if he weren't a gazillionaire. Elon's hair plugs aside, at least he's got a personality and isn't the ugliest guy in tech. So yeah, I'm coming from it totally from vanity but we're all human right? You couldn't pay me to be Bill Gates but I'd trade lives with Elon, no doubt.
- rootusrootus 5y ago
  Heh, I wouldn't take either one's life, for any amount of money. Now, if I could have 0.1% of either of their money and quietly continue to live as I do now, sign me up!
- GDC7 5y ago
  > Just look at Bill and listen to him speak... that guy ain't talking his way into any romantic adventures if he weren't a gazillionaire. Yeah, Musk is a real charmer, with his stutter, he's worse than Biden and he's 35 years younger than him. Also behind the scenes Bill Gates has a personality and then some. More F-bombs were dropped in Microsoft board meetings than Stratton Oakmont's . You have to read Paul Allen's 2011 book: Idea Man. Of course an elder statesman can't go on live tv and pull this sort of antics. Very much like Bellichick and Brady didn't go on TV to pull such antics. Doesn't mean that they (like Gates, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods) don't have a personality or don't get laid. Musk on the other hand loves to wear his WWE Vince McMahon costume and say controversial stuff, while stuttering.

nuerow 5y ago

> Perhaps far fewer envy Gates' life compared to Elon's? Well, for starters, unlike Elon Musk, Bill Gates does not have a track record of accusing emergency cave rescuers of being pedophiles.

mmmpop 5y ago
Pretty shitty of him, totally agree. Shall we get into what Bill Gates has been accused of? How about the things we know he did? I don't think that's necessary. Bill is a pretty bad guy, I don't care what kind of charity he's been running, just ask his wife. I don't care about his foundations and charities. Philanthropic acts are the norm for someone who has been the richest human on earth and it probably offers him some relief when he tries to sleep at night. Also they're just stupendous tax shelters and ways to cushy jobs for people who do nice things for you.