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[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 173 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You owe the Russian government $20 that's you're problem. You owe the Russian government $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 that's their problem.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 66 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

that's you are problem

your

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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 166 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] suzune@ani.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. I'm still missing the comical "or else...".

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 127 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

Lmao

That's... More than all of the value of everything on earth, combined.

By a lot.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 97 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They were smart and accounted for 6 months or so of Russian inflation as their currency collapses.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

N = { value of everything in the Earth's crust, including art, wildly inflated for tax purposes }

N^2 < [(this fine)/(the U.S. GDP)]

This number is so comically large it only makes sense in astrophysics.

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[–] Zess@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Value is relative. My cat is worth way more than that.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would sell my cat for a bag of pretzels.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 97 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

For those wondering how the hell the number got so stupidly large, starting somewhere in 2022:

The court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week.

By week 20 Google was already "owing" over 1 billion dollars and over 1 trillion by week 30. So expect the funny number to keep growing just because.

In any case, I don't think Google will come back to Russia anytime soon. Probably nothing to be gained there anyway.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 16 points 3 weeks ago

Doubling every week means an interest rate of almost 5 × 10^17^ %. That can barely offset the ruble's inflation.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 92 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Lol it's not an onion article!
How do you do this as a country and think anyone will respect anything you threaten again?

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

There's still a window you could "fall" out of...

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Like seriously, how would google pay more money than the world has? At least pretend to be serious, and fine them for a few billions only

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 91 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

To put that into perspective, the World Bank estimates global GDP as around $100 trillion, which is peanuts compared to the prospective fine. Google would therefore have to find more money than exists on Earth to pay Moscow.

Seems a bit suspect.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

this also puts in perspective how dystopian all of the "this person might be the world's first trillionaire!!!" articles are

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 61 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Oh this is even worse! Imagine if we transitioned to Nation Company states!? The United States of Apple...hey. We don't gotta change anything...USA! USA!

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

There’s a reason why all the cyberpunk stories are about corporatacracies and/or spacefaring feudalist states running human society in the future. Life imitates art.

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Twenty decillion rubles, best we can do is $3.50

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

considering the track record they should start putting "courts" in quotes when discussing Russia.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They should start a payment plan. $5 per day.

The current amount would be paid off by Saturday, April 11, 10951628027954030802047011389440

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

So it'll be paid off sometime between the last star dying and the first black hole evaporating.

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 weeks ago

Lmao broke css that's how long the number is

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Is that in USD or in rubles?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 52 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They've moved on from apple gift cards?

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Can't Google just give them a box of Google Play Store cards and be done?

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Since everyone is just giving you joke answers, it appears to be USD.

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

20 decillion is more than the GDP of the entire earth by many orders of magnitude.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But the fine is 20 decillion rubles, not dollars.

[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 weeks ago

So like half a tic tac and a stick of bubblegum. Got it

[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

That's in Ruzzian Rubles, in the civilized world we refer to that as: two flat stones.

[–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Please learn to exponent. 20 • 10^^33^^ So much more clear

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

But not nearly as interesting seeing the big number. Also, who is that supposed to be clear to? The raised numbers are so small I can't even read them on my phone.

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

I might expect this kind of pissantry from North Korea, but Russia?

You'd think Mr. Google would just have a little accident out an 8th floor window.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

"The court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week. Owing to compound interest..."

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 20 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Let's try one of their favorite retorts. No, u!

Russia helping the US government force google to boycott russia.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Imagine Google just goes completely rampage mode and buys a fuck ton of drones and these Robot-Dogs with guns attached and lays fucking waste to Russia. This would be such an Deus ex machina to end this war.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 13 points 3 weeks ago

Russian government is near collapse if this shit is true. What a fucking pathetic joke they all are over there.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

That equates to 1 googol rubles

[–] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Lol, such weak minded pussies, let me explain. For reference, that number is very roughly half of all atoms on earth. If you had that kind of money in cash, it would be larger than earth, it would be heavier than the sun and fucking obliterate our solar system. It's absolute lunacy, so they could have gone further and got more out of it. Like asking for a googol dollars (a 1 with a hundred zeros), not only is it actually funny (a play on Google's name), but that would finally be enough to nuke the entire observable universe. But no, turns out fascists aren't creative and their statements are just the result of rabies.

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