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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The investment banker getting paid 200k per year in NYC is still closer to being homeless, than being a millionaire.

They are a millionaire though. It's just that that means nothing anymore.

A million bucks is a million away from zero, but it's 999 million away from a billion.

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

It's like the old saying goes "a millionaire is still about a billion dollars away from being a billionaire" .

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, I too am about a billion dollars away from being a billionaire. I suppose that means I'm a millionaire! Woo hoo

[–] NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago

Millionaires, thousandaires, and hundredaires are all about a billion dollars away from being billionaires.