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I’ve never moved through Manhattan so fast! We went through back doors and walkways that avoided the general public in buildings and took us right to his interview locations. Every step was mapped out and someone was always there waiting for us, just to open an unmarked door that would lead to yet another shortcut. Our unmarked black SUV was always waiting with the engine running and we were quickly whisked from place to place.
That’s the day that I learned the most valuable thing to a billionaire isn’t more money, it’s time.
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If you want to see the modern face of baffling wealth, you need to visit the corner of the internet known as "RichTok." This is where you'll find influencers like Becca Bloom, the self-proclaimed "Queen of RichTok," whose entire brand is showcasing a level of casual opulence that melts the normal human brain.
She has recently come under fire for one of her viral videos, which featured a Christmas gift haul from her husband that included over $40,000 in couture fashion. For most people, that's a down payment on a house. For her, it's a Tuesday. Becca has made a name by performing a lifestyle so extravagant that it becomes a form of surreal entertainment for the rest of us.
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On our way home from the job I googled the guy to discover he had made something like 53 million that year(it was during the summer)but was also due some fat bonus by the end of the year, indicating that wasn’t all he was gonna make. Stupid wealthy.
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EDIT: it's technically a pressurization chamber, not a de-pressurization chamber like I originally wrote.
The reason these habits seem so alien is that they are born from a reality that is fundamentally different from our own. According to the anti-poverty organization Oxfam, the statistics on wealth inequality are staggering. Their research consistently shows that the world's richest 1% hold a wildly disproportionate amount of global wealth, often more than the bottom 50-70% of the population combined.
When you have that much of a financial cushion, the basic rules of cause and effect that govern most people's lives simply cease to apply. The result is a mindset where a problem isn't solved with a budget, but by simply throwing an unimaginable amount of money at it until it goes away.
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EDIT: if there's any billionaires reading this, I wouldn't be opposed to being bought the $100k serpenti necklace :) /s.
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Apparently, he had to have his helicopter pick him up at some random airport farther away, because the one runway at the nearby airport large enough to support his plane was closed due to a fuel spill.
The closest I’ve come to that, was the time I got stuck renting a Nissan Juke because my flight got canceled.
We hear numbers like "million" and "billion" thrown around so often that they start to lose their meaning. But the gap between them is the key to understanding the rich-person mindset. MADX.digital founder Toni Koraza reminds us of an important fact: a million seconds is about 12 days. A billion seconds is nearly 32 years.
This is the difference we're talking about. A millionaire might fly first class, but a billionaire might own the airline. This is a difference in quantity, but more so, it’s a difference in kind. It's a level of wealth that is so vast, it's essentially a superpower that allows you to operate outside the normal constraints of society.
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The online threads dedicated to exposing these bizarre habits are part of a much larger cultural trend: the comeback of the slogan "Eat the Rich." Deutsche Welle explains that this old revolutionary phrase has been resurrected by a generation that is deeply frustrated with extreme wealth inequality and the out-of-touch behavior it produces.
It's not a literal call for cannibalism; it's a darkly humorous expression of the feeling that the super-rich are living in a completely separate world, with no understanding of the struggles of ordinary people. It's the feeling that bubbles up when you hear stories about someone treating a private jet like an Uber or complaining about the upkeep on their fifth home.
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I used to bartend at this nice seafood place. It was a nice place, but not over the top. This dude used to come in once a week during lunch and have a kettle of clams and some calamari. We talked about all kinds of stuff but nothing important.
One day he tells me he just got back from the Baja 500 in Mexico. I asked if it was cool, he said it was. Told me about driving the course and whatnot. I laughed and said I thought he just went to watch. He said he owned a team and had been doing it for years. I commented that was cool and sounds expensive. He says, “Do you know who I am?” I said, yeah, you’re Gary.” He said check out my last name as he handed me his credit card to pay. It didn’t mean anything to me, so I said I didn’t get it. He told me it’s the same last name as the college sports arena in town. I chuckled. I said yeah, sure. Turns out his dad was a cable guru and he is some kind of crazy billionaire.
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One year, while my FIL was out hunting, a massive flood shuts down highways in my area and he can’t make it home. It was awful, acres and acres of farm land was destroyed.
Local lodges clear out room for travellers stuck, FIL decides to give up his room and just use his camping gear in the bush.
He’s was supposed to work for this rich guy the following day but obviously he can’t make it in so he gives him a call telling him the situation.
Story goes the rich guy is straight up saying “where are you.” And within a few hours a helicopter comes in to extract him out of the area. All the other travellers saw the helicopter come by and thought it was general rescue so they started lining up with their suit cases. Little did they know that the one helicopter was there to ONLY get my FIL out, out of no where basically a dirty bushman (my FIL) comes out of the woods and he hops into the helicopter.
That’s some real money right there. Basically “To hell with the rest of ya, this man has got some work to do” .
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At the end of the day, the most baffling "rich people habits" are not just about the money. Things get weird with the irreversible way that extreme wealth warps a person's perception of reality. The stories shared online paint a picture of a world where "summer" is a verb, where a broken phone is simply replaced instead of repaired, and where the biggest problem is figuring out where to park the helicopter.
It’s a fascinating, infuriating, and hilarious peek into a universe that is operating on a completely different set of rules. The wealth gap bridge is far from being under construction, so for now, all that’s left to do is shake our heads at the absurdity and get back to clipping coupons.
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While coming back to their hotel in Dubai they were dropped off in spanking new Porsche 911 turbos individually (7/8 of them). The Sheikh had come to visit them next day. While in the meeting one of uncle’s colleague praised the 911 to the Sheikh, next moment the Sheikh said ‘take it with you to your country, it’s yours’
The car was home delivered to his colleague in other country with all duties/taxes etc. paid.
Her uncle flabbergasted thought he should have praised it first.
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