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 (DIR) Post #AnvkWXdzhMLZ5m5pBI by woodpunk@mastodon.online
       2024-11-11T09:01:09Z
       
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       I think a lot of people don't get what  "billionaire" really means. Chatting to a neighbour yesterday, they mentioned that the owner of their company is a "millionaire or billionaire or something..."When I said that those are two very different things, they just looked at me quizzically.They got the difference when I put it like this:£1 Million stacked in £20 notes is as high as your house.£1 Billion stacked in £20 notes is almost 4 miles high.That one letter makes all the difference.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnvqadnpLHMN4m1vrE by Looming
       2024-11-11T11:43:33.784685Z
       
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       @woodpunk is that a short scale or a long scale billion?
       
 (DIR) Post #AnzI6pbkGbg7ByphBY by icedquinn@blob.cat
       2024-11-13T03:36:02.261134Z
       
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       @woodpunk billionaire means a couple million in liquid capital and a mountain of paper people claim has value (stocks.)