This Explaination Of What It Means To Be A Billionaire Will Make You Feel Poor As Heck
Thanks a lot, Tumblr.
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- Published in Interesting
No matter how hard one tries, money is the metaphorical center of our world. We need it, and that's all there is to it. But surviving, thriving, and being rich are three completely different concepts. For those of us who intensely budget to make sure our rent is paid, our stomachs are not empty, and our kids have clothes, the idea of a billion dollars is almost unimaginable. For those who grind it out day after day to work their way into the upper middle class, perhaps a billion dollars sounds... achievable? Think again. A billion dollars isn't simply a lot of money, and no matter how poor or wealthy you are, if you are not rolling in the billions then you probably have no real concept of what a billion dollars truly is.
A Tumblr user who goes by 'The Last Meme Era' decided to sit down and put billions into a practical concept that anyone could grasp and his way of putting things into perspective has got everyone talking. In an interview with Bored Panda, he said:
Check out his post in its entirety, you'll never see money the same way ever again.
The Last Meme EraBut that is not where the conversation ended...
His post got a LOT of attention so he wrote a follow-up and it's absolutely an important part of his message!
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