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> To visualize $1.5 billion: if you cashed that check out in $100 bills and stacked them one on top of another, it would reach a five story building. For ordina

> To visualize $1.5 billion: if you cashed that check out in $100 bills and stacked them one on top of another, it would reach a five story building. For ordinary plebeians like us, at the average US salary of around $75K, you’d need to work 20,000 years to earn that. No, we don't need to visualize that.

joshcsimmons 10mo ago
Hahaha why are people so mad at this visualization? I thought it was pretty cool!
- moralestapia 10mo ago
  Most people are not doers but losers. When someone does anything, they like to throw s*t at it. Doers are perpetually disliked by losers simply because they can do stuff while them can't. It's natural that the losers' actions are aligned towards making doers disappear, but it's usually a very low level and pathetic threat to doers. I enjoyed reading your article and hope you have more stuff coming :). Keep it going!
  - bigyabai 10mo ago
    If you are going to be a doer - make sure to never give anyone else equity. Lest a private party with a liquid $20 billion creeps around the corner...
- derangedHorse 10mo ago
  The average US salary isn't $75k btw. That figure is usually quoted from the reported median household income in 2022[1]. The median personal income, which is the figure that should* be quoted, was around $45k for 2024[2]. [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA646N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA646N [2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA646N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA646N
chasely 10mo ago
It also seems, really low? A stack of bills is roughly 0.5 inches. Assuming a 12-ft joist-to-joist spacing, that's 12 feet per floor \times 12 inches per foot \times 2 stacks per inch = 288 stacks per floor = $2.88M per floor since a stack of 100s is $10k So that would be a 1,000M / 2.88M ~ 347 story building. Or is my unit conversion wildly off from dealing with sick kids over the holidays?

joshcsimmons 10mo ago

Hahaha why are people so mad at this visualization? I thought it was pretty cool!

moralestapia 10mo ago
Most people are not doers but losers. When someone does anything, they like to throw s*t at it. Doers are perpetually disliked by losers simply because they can do stuff while them can't. It's natural that the losers' actions are aligned towards making doers disappear, but it's usually a very low level and pathetic threat to doers. I enjoyed reading your article and hope you have more stuff coming :). Keep it going!
- bigyabai 10mo ago
  If you are going to be a doer - make sure to never give anyone else equity. Lest a private party with a liquid $20 billion creeps around the corner...
derangedHorse 10mo ago
The average US salary isn't $75k btw. That figure is usually quoted from the reported median household income in 2022[1]. The median personal income, which is the figure that should* be quoted, was around $45k for 2024[2]. [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA646N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA646N [2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA646N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA646N

chasely 10mo ago

It also seems, really low? A stack of bills is roughly 0.5 inches. Assuming a 12-ft joist-to-joist spacing, that's 12 feet per floor \times 12 inches per foot \times 2 stacks per inch = 288 stacks per floor = $2.88M per floor since a stack of 100s is $10k So that would be a 1,000M / 2.88M ~ 347 story building. Or is my unit conversion wildly off from dealing with sick kids over the holidays?