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Fun fact about billionaires. (Original Post) Buttoneer Sunday OP
How would we ever survive? Bluetus Sunday #1
Survive? We'd thrive Buttoneer Sunday #2
Not to be a killjoy, but Bluetus Sunday #3
Ok geek. I'm good. Sacrifice billionaires for school children works for me. Buttoneer Sunday #4
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sunday #5
Since when is calling someone a geek an insult? Buttoneer Sunday #6
I didn't take offense. I didn't realize I was supposed to. :) Bluetus Sunday #7
I'm not necessarily against this plan. Maru Kitteh Monday #8

Bluetus

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3. Not to be a killjoy, but
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 07:33 PM
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if anybody wants to debate this "fun fact" literally, we have enough billionaires (they are growing 10% a year) to last us about 4 years at the rate of school shootings.

But if you look at the number of total gun deaths of children and teenagers in the US, then we would run out of billionaires in about 4 months, which is close enough for me.

Response to Buttoneer (Reply #4)

Bluetus

(340 posts)
7. I didn't take offense. I didn't realize I was supposed to. :)
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 11:11 PM
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Last edited Mon Dec 30, 2024, 12:30 PM - Edit history (1)

The original post was clever and pithy. I'm just suggesting it would be just as clever and impactful if we lined it up a little better with the real-world data.

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