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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fun fact, if you have a million dollars, you're actually closer to being in poverty than you are to being a billionaire.

Edit: I was bored, so here's a number line with 0 dollars, a million dollars, and a billion dollars.

(Note, there's a blue and orange dot nearly on top of each other...)

If I was wrong by orders of magnitude, I'd probably be fired. Perhaps Musk should have the same treatment...