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XBoner 12/26/19 3:43:11 PM #1:	if not , then do you at least think more of him than your avg. billionaire? --- "If A.I. was the answer, who was the question?" <cite>XBoner posted [p:932084597] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>if not , then do you at least think more of him than your avg. billionaire? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 12/26/19 3:45:28 PM #2:	Eh, he's done extremely well for himself - 99% of us reading this have no doubt spent the majority of our lives using his products daily. Plus he's devoted the latter half of his life to actually using his wealth to try and make real change in areas like child poverty and access to medicine. Yeah, I think he's alright in the grand scheme of things. <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:932084672] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Eh, he's done extremely well for himself - 99% of us reading this have no doubt spent the majority of our lives using his products daily. Plus he's devoted the latter half of his life to actually using his wealth to try and make real change in areas like child poverty and access to medicine. Yeah, I think he's alright in the grand scheme of things. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vita_Aeterna 12/26/19 3:47:41 PM #3:	He's one of the better persons of authority on this earth, and a model billionaire. --- "Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities." <cite>Vita_Aeterna posted [p:932084760] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>He's one of the better persons of authority on this earth, and a model billionaire. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XBoner 12/27/19 7:37:26 AM #4:	bumph --- "If A.I. was the answer, who was the question?" <cite>XBoner posted [p:932109615] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>bumph </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wii_Shaker 12/27/19 7:44:01 AM #5:	I do. He's done more than most people with his financial means to alleviate suffering in the world. I also love the accessibility to computers that Windows has provided as an operating system. He's not a perfect human by any measure but he stands leagues above other wealthy people in terms of decency. --- "He busted in, blessed be the Lord Who believe any mess they read up on a message board" -MF DOOM <cite>Wii_Shaker posted [p:932109720] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>I do. He's done more than most people with his financial means to alleviate suffering in the world. I also love the accessibility to computers that Windows has provided as an operating system. He's not a perfect human by any measure but he stands leagues above other wealthy people in terms of decency. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trigg3rH4ppy 12/27/19 7:49:41 AM #6:	He buys cool secret santa gifts. Is that why you made this topic? --- ~A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men ~ TWSSted since~ 3/27/12 https://imgur.com/zlaENmx <cite>Trigg3rH4ppy posted [p:932109813] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>He buys cool secret santa gifts. Is that why you made this topic? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 12/27/19 7:50:33 AM #7:	Not really. Hes on par with Edison when it comes to stealing someone elses work and profiting off it. --- "It was some post on the NFL board that got him." -AwesomeToTheMAX <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:932109826] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Not really. Hes on par with Edison when it comes to stealing someone elses work and profiting off it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
malenz 12/27/19 7:51:21 AM #8:	I don't see him as a person that has caused harm, and I enjoy windows. That's about it. <cite>malenz posted [p:932109841] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>I don't see him as a person that has caused harm, and I enjoy windows. That's about it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 12/27/19 7:52:21 AM #9:	Shablagoo posted... Not really. Hes on par with Edison when it comes to stealing someone elses work and profiting off it. Yeah, but here's the moral dilemma for you - if he's subsequently done tons of good things with vast amounts of those profits, which many other billionaires likely wouldn't have, is it really a net negative? <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:932109851] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Shablagoo posted... </cite> <quote>Not really. Hes on par with Edison when it comes to stealing someone elses work and profiting off it.</quote>Yeah, but here's the moral dilemma for you - if he's subsequently done tons of good things with vast amounts of those profits, which many other billionaires likely wouldn't have, is it really a net negative? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 12/27/19 7:54:19 AM #10:	ArchiePeck posted... Yeah, but here's the moral dilemma for you - if he's subsequently done tons of good things with vast amounts of those profits, which many other billionaires likely wouldn't have, is it really a net negative? Fair point but I dont think hes done nearly as much good with his wealth as he claims he has. --- "It was some post on the NFL board that got him." -AwesomeToTheMAX <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:932109886] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>ArchiePeck posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah, but here's the moral dilemma for you - if he's subsequently done tons of good things with vast amounts of those profits, which many other billionaires likely wouldn't have, is it really a net negative?</quote> Fair point but I dont think hes done nearly as much good with his wealth as he claims he has. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pinky0926 12/27/19 7:55:08 AM #11:	I marvel at how quick everyone has been to forget what he was like in the 90s. This benevolent eccentric father figure image he's fashioned in the last 10 years is very far away from the murders and executions CEO that everyone feared in the decade previous. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. https://imgur.com/ILz2ZbV <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:932109901] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>I marvel at how quick everyone has been to forget what he was like in the 90s. This benevolent eccentric father figure image he's fashioned in the last 10 years is very far away from the murders and executions CEO that everyone feared in the decade previous. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XBoner 12/27/19 7:59:34 AM #12:	Trigg3rH4ppy posted... He buys cool secret santa gifts. Is that why you made this topic? yeah kinda, that news story made huge headlines, and that woman was from around my area. --- "If A.I. was the answer, who was the question?" <cite>XBoner posted [p:932109974] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Trigg3rH4ppy posted... </cite> <quote>He buys cool secret santa gifts. Is that why you made this topic?</quote>yeah kinda, that news story made huge headlines, and that woman was from around my area. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cobra1010 12/27/19 8:19:06 AM #13:	I havent heard anothing bad about bill gates yet. But plenty of shitty stuff about zuckerberg and elon musk. --- GG Riot - https://imgur.com/PinGPhR https://imgur.com/Hs8Y1vQ <cite>Cobra1010 posted [p:932110322] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>I havent heard anothing bad about bill gates yet. But plenty of shitty stuff about zuckerberg and elon musk. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XBoner 12/27/19 8:20:00 AM #14:	Cobra1010 posted... I havent heard anothing bad about bill gates yet. But plenty of shitty stuff about zuckerberg and elon musk. yeah gates might be better than them. then again the competition ain't all that tough --- "If A.I. was the answer, who was the question?" <cite>XBoner posted [p:932110336] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Cobra1010 posted... </cite> <quote>I havent heard anothing bad about bill gates yet. But plenty of shitty stuff about zuckerberg and elon musk.</quote>yeah gates might be better than them. then again the competition ain't all that tough </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pinky0926 12/27/19 8:22:38 AM #15:	Cobra1010 posted... I havent heard anothing bad about bill gates yet. But plenty of shitty stuff about zuckerberg and elon musk. They way they talk about Zuck now is exactly how they talked about Gates in the 90s. Before he was the sweater wearing dad who bought people christmas presents and made dorky youtube videos about it, he was the exec who's business strategy was to assimilate or crush all competitors. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. https://imgur.com/ILz2ZbV <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:932110387] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Cobra1010 posted... </cite> <quote>I havent heard anothing bad about bill gates yet. But plenty of shitty stuff about zuckerberg and elon musk.</quote> They way they talk about Zuck now is exactly how they talked about Gates in the 90s. Before he was the sweater wearing dad who bought people christmas presents and made dorky youtube videos about it, he was the exec who's business strategy was to assimilate or crush all competitors. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 12/27/19 8:25:08 AM #16:	His charitable giving has given him unaccountable influence over issues like healthcare in Africa and education in the US in a way that I don't think is good. Also, there was that time he was letting Jeffrey Epstein direct his spending. --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:932110431] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>His charitable giving has given him unaccountable influence over issues like healthcare in Africa and education in the US in a way that I don't think is good. Also, there was that time he was letting Jeffrey Epstein direct his spending.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Omnislasher 12/27/19 8:25:33 AM #17:	Fuck the pos <cite>Omnislasher posted [p:932110441] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Fuck the pos </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XBoner 12/27/19 8:26:54 AM #18:	Omnislasher posted... Fuck the pos at least he signed the giving pledge, did jeff bezos sign it? did most billionaires sign it? --- "If A.I. was the answer, who was the question?" <cite>XBoner posted [p:932110469] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Omnislasher posted... </cite> <quote>Fuck the pos</quote>at least he signed the giving pledge, did jeff bezos sign it? did most billionaires sign it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ultima Dragon 12/27/19 8:29:01 AM #19:	pinky0926 posted... I marvel at how quick everyone has been to forget what he was like in the 90s. This benevolent eccentric father figure image he's fashioned in the last 10 years is very far away from the murders and executions CEO that everyone feared in the decade previous. This. I also find his humanitarian work to be suspect but that's pretty much another topic entirely. Actually, I think anyone that chases after and hoards billions of dollars is a bit sociopathic, if not psychopathic outright. The average person has no need or even want for that kind of money. --- "We know things can move faster than the speed of light because liberal tears are on the ground before something offensive even happens" - Coffeebeanz <cite>Ultima Dragon posted [p:932110520] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>pinky0926 posted... </cite> <quote>I marvel at how quick everyone has been to forget what he was like in the 90s. This benevolent eccentric father figure image he's fashioned in the last 10 years is very far away from the murders and executions CEO that everyone feared in the decade previous.</quote> This. I also find his humanitarian work to be suspect but that's pretty much another topic entirely. Actually, I think anyone that chases after and hoards billions of dollars is a bit sociopathic, if not psychopathic outright. The average person has no need or even want for that kind of money. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 12/27/19 8:32:22 AM #20:	aside from the things that Pinky (correctly) brought up: the harm that Bill Gates causes by hoarding wealth and not paying enough in taxes is greater than the good he would be doing, even if all the charity money was given out of pure altruism to charities that only do good things. among other things, Bill Gates donates a lot, directly or indirectly, to private schools, furthering the education divide. --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:932110586] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>aside from the things that Pinky (correctly) brought up: the harm that Bill Gates causes by hoarding wealth and not paying enough in taxes is greater than the good he would be doing, even if all the charity money was given out of pure altruism to charities that only do good things. among other things, Bill Gates donates a lot, directly or indirectly, to private schools, furthering the education divide. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Sonic 12/27/19 8:32:32 AM #21:	Yeah, he seems genuine. Same class of character as Steve Wozniak. --- "It feels like I'm always wrong." "Nah, that's not true...I mean you just made that statement, didn't you?" <cite>Solid Sonic posted [p:932110592] in Do you hav... [t:78283949]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, he seems genuine. Same class of character as Steve Wozniak. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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