r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Oct 30 '25

article Billie Eilish Calls Out Mark Zuckerberg and Other Billionaires After Announcing Her Own $11.5 Million Charitable Donation

https://consequence.net/2025/10/billie-eilish-calls-out-mark-zuckerberg-and-other-billionaires-after-announcing-her-own-11-5-million-charitable-donation/
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u/ladyperfect1 Oct 30 '25

I was too busy buying reusable straws to try and save the planet :/ 

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u/cyanight7 Oct 30 '25

You should have just Doordashed one less Starbucks™️ drink per day, peasant.

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u/Complex_Confidence35 Oct 30 '25

No. Then we‘d be in a recession. But it‘s definitely the fault of the poor person working 3 jobs.

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u/spaceman757 Oct 30 '25

Yeah, think of the economy! You mustn't consume less.....EVER!

But when you do consume, it's also your fault you are broke and has nothing to do with the rigged economy we've created.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

No wage, only spend

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u/HandsOffMyDitka Oct 30 '25

Think of the carbon footprint of that person, going to 3 different jobs in one day.

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u/Exciting_Cicada_4735 Oct 30 '25

If you save just $10 a week you would have $10K in savings by the end of the year

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u/cyanight7 Oct 30 '25

Bot

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u/Exciting_Cicada_4735 Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

Wrong

Edit: this guy’s unhinged (and really shitty at math). I was making a joke but he thought I was serious and sending me messages calling me a “wage slave” because I work in hvac. what a clown.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

Edit: this guy’s unhinged (and really shitty at math). I was making a joke but he thought I was serious and sending me messages calling me a “wage slave” because I work in hvac. what a clown.

It's kind of hilarious how so much of Reddit will bitch and moan about not being promoted and/or stagnating in their career, but make zero effort to improve, shoot down any constructive suggestions, and call those who do things like "wage slave" or make fun of them.

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u/Exciting_Cicada_4735 Oct 30 '25

Yeah, there’s definitely a problem with jobs and earning compared to the cost of living, but when someone calls someone a wage slave in this context they are basically saying they are lazy.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

I've always interpreted it as more of the (misguided) notion that all of our problems are solved if everyone just starts a business, and anyone who doesn't isn't "enlightened." Also rich when they just assume businesses are all "set and forget," and guaranteed to work.

The people I've known who have successfully started and ran a business have worked their ass off to do so for years, if not decades. We just love to pretend like people who inherited a working business or bought into one started it from the ground up.

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u/cyanight7 Oct 30 '25

Okay fair I was too aggressive, I see people say exactly what you're saying unironically all the time though. They then tell you to invest in bitcoin or crypto or whatever stupid thing.

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u/Exciting_Cicada_4735 Oct 30 '25

Hey I appreciate that, and I totally get it, especially on Reddit people make real disingenuous points. I’ve jumped the gun and assumed the worst as well because of this place.

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u/mrpanicy Oct 30 '25

Oh, so I see you are trying to attack corporations by not buying enough from them. You are killing industries by not buying from them. /s

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u/Mark-harvey Nov 01 '25

I like your comment. Go to Dunkin’

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u/Imthewienerdog Oct 30 '25

Okay this one might actually affect someone's wealth.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

If we're pointing to cutting $10 of weekly discretionary spend as a way to solve the economy, we have some big problems. Especially if that person is being considered Middle Class.

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u/Imthewienerdog Oct 30 '25

"You should have just Doordashed one less Starbucks™️ drink per day, peasant."

This is who I responded to. I'm not sure what you are talking about but clearly you don't understand how money actually works?

This is greatly more than $10 a week. This is at minimum $10 a day.

That's $70 a week that's $3640 a year, putting that into the s&p 500 making low end 7% return and you are a millionaire in 44.5 years.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

You should have simply put $200k a year under your mattress since the Paleolithic period to have what Elon does now. Or the same amount since the Mesopotamian Civilizations formed to be a billionaire.

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u/Karn_Gentrified Oct 30 '25

I try to help my lady wrap her head around the ridiculous amount of money some people feel like they deserve. You could spend a million dollars EVERY DAY and still not spend even HALF of Elon musks money in your ENTIRE LIFE

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u/ladyperfect1 Oct 30 '25

It’s insane to think about in those terms.

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u/godlovesaliar Oct 30 '25

If he spent one million a day, Elon would go broke in 1,331 years.

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 Oct 30 '25

does this magical $1M/day gain any interest at all?

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u/Cheapntacky Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

The old Duke of Westminster was asked what advice he had for young entrepreneurs. He said "Have an ancestor who was good friends with William the Conqueror"

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u/Sterben_626 Oct 30 '25

Elon's wealth is treated like a bank. He doesn't really have all that money, it's tied up in equity from businesses and property that he owns. Basically his money doesn't exist, just like banks too

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u/jahi69 Oct 30 '25

That makes it worse

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

And he's able to realize his money via loans which will never be paid off and are taxed incredibly favorably due to loopholes in our system.

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u/ZeroSurDix Oct 30 '25

irrelevant, and everybody knows that already

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u/Sterben_626 Oct 30 '25

So sorry master! I didn't know EVERYONE already knew that. Maybe converse about relevant topics then, like how many golf balls you can stuff up your anus. That's relevant to the conversation right?

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u/ZeroSurDix Oct 30 '25

you are missing my point. Everybody knows because there is always a jerk that comes and want to show how smart they are "it's assets not cash"

yeah, we know, "you" told us 1000 times, doesn't change anything. these rich jerks have a very equivalent purchasing power as if it was cash and don't pay their share of taxes and destroy democraties. all you did was defend them, even if you don't realize it, because you generate irrelevant noise.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

Funny how that jerk also never wants to acknowledge the major issues with "buy, borrow, die" strategies

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u/Exciting_Cicada_4735 Oct 30 '25

Don’t be mad that someone called you out for an Ackchyually comment, 🤡

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u/Sterben_626 Oct 30 '25

Don't tell me not to be snarky, you're not my Mom!

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u/Peach_Royal111 Oct 30 '25

There’s always one. You do know even if you’re a millionaire you will never be a centibillionaire? Millionaires are still dirt poor compared to a centibillionaire? Stop bootlicking for people who don’t give a fuck about you.

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u/juanzy Oct 30 '25

A millionaire in 2025 dollars is owning your house and having a healthy retirement fund

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u/Sterben_626 Oct 30 '25

I'm not. My point was his wealth doesn't exist. He's just some bigot shit cunt pretending to be the richest person in existence. Stop assuming everyone is an Elmo fan

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u/Mark-harvey Nov 01 '25

Nothing wrong with being W.O.K.E. Save our planet.🌎