Current Events > Millionaire goes homeless to prove ANYONE can make $1,000,000!!

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https://youtu.be/AMiNoVRUd4Q

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Fucking detestable

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Almost like having extensive knowledge and experience is really fucking useful. But no, interesting concept, I'll give it a shake.

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Revnir posted...

Capatilist propaganda

I'll check it out later but just watching a few minutes of it it looks like he used his expensive phone, charm, and social media to get started.

I don't think homeless people have that option

BanthaFodder posted...

I'll check it out later but just watching a few minutes of it it looks like he used his expensive phone and social media to get started.

I don't think homeless people have that option

Buddy, you're not actually looking at the big picture.

The entire thing is fake. This whole thing is entirely unverifiable. It can be dismissed on it's face without any additional scrutiny.

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did he find a pontiac aztec to sleep in? it's like a tent on wheels!

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Pogo_Marimo posted...

Buddy, you're not actually looking at the big picture.

The entire thing is fake. This whole thing is entirely unverifiable. It can be dismissed on it's face without any additional scrutiny.

Of course, I get it. I was just wondering how low he started out and he started out with a phone plan a clean cut look

Spoilers he didn't make 1mil in 1 year, he quit early.

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Medussa posted...

did he find a pontiac aztec to sleep in? it's like a tent on wheels!

I understood that reference.

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Someone post a tl;dw for this fake video please

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tl;dr he didn't make it but seems to be focusing more on helping his dad.

Honestly tho, we need a show where it's a version of Bear Grillz, but on the streets.

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I only skimmed to the end, but...it seems he somehow spent $250,000 which he got from question mark and only made $65,000 and then quit and framed it as an uplifting choice to save the world, or something.

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Not like having the knowledge that you can fall back onto your millions of dollars if you fail changes any of the risks or decisions you make or anything.

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E_S_M_Z posted...

I only skimmed to the end, but...it seems he somehow spent $250,000 which he got from question mark and only made $65,000 and then quit and framed it as an uplifting choice to save the world, or something.

When you realize you can't even do it when you fake it.

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Turtlebread posted...

Someone post a tl;dw for this fake video please

He started from SCRATCH as a homeless person and then used those extensive marketing skills that all homeless people have to pull himself up by the bootstraps

But still didn't make $1,000,000

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So he failed.

He also wasn't honest.

1. He still had his internet and ohone paid for so he could "document" the project.
2. He had his healthcare paid for as they explained at the end of the video.

3. And most important, failure wasn't death. He didn't have to face the anxiety any homeless person does. This was him entertaining himself.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Honestly tho, we need a show where it's a version of Bear Grillz, but on the streets.

Les Stroud.

Bear is a jackass.

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Dumb rich person doing dumb rich person things

you too can be a millionaire. All you need is a small loan of a million dollars

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

He started from SCRATCH as a homeless person and then used those extensive marketing skills that all homeless people have to pull himself up by the bootstraps

But still didn't make $1,000,000

Yep. And even if we put literally every other advantage his prior life gives him, (like the fact he had a safety net, and professional video equipment etc) ...the very concept of his mission gives him another advantage, lol. His whole attention-getting gimmick was "Millionaire to zero back to Millionaire: The Journey".

Any actual homeless guy starting out is...well...just some homeless guy who started a youtube account.

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justaguy3492 posted...

Spoilers he didn't make 1mil in 1 year, he quit early.

The privilege to just give up. Truly a homeless perspective huh?

Poverty tourism at its finest

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

He started from SCRATCH as a homeless person and then used those extensive marketing skills that all homeless people have to pull himself up by the bootstraps

But still didn't make $1,000,000

Since when is having doctor a millionaire uses and a phone and internet a millionaire uses scratch?

I read in the comments he started a business for the video and some dude lent a home to stay in on day 1.

So it sounds like he used prior connections.

Failed video. Networking is what allows most people to become wealthy in the first place.

Another rich douchebag making videos on Youtube without explaining anything important.

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WingsOfGood posted...

Since when is having doctor a millionaire uses and a phone and internet a millionaire uses scratch?

What, you don't think internet and phone access just grows on free trees?

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

I read in the comments he started a business for the video and some dude lent a home to stay in on day 1.

So it sounds like he used prior connections.

Failed video. Networking is what allows most people to become wealthy in the first place.

Another rich douchebag making videos on Youtube without explaining anything important.

He didn't know the dude but used his fancy phone and internet to find this free stay.

E_S_M_Z posted...

I only skimmed to the end, but...it seems he somehow spent $250,000 which he got from question mark and only made $65,000 and then quit and framed it as an uplifting choice to save the world, or something.

He spent $250k on the production aspect of the project (he hired a crew to film him and produce the project).

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Wait how did he get the 25/hr job? That's when I rage quit. I guess it depends on the resume he used

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IdiotMachine posted...

He spent $250k on the production aspect of the project (he hired a crew to film him and produce the project).

Ah, okay. I got confused because they said that when he was breaking down his time and had gotten an office, so I assumed it was for the "Budding million dollar coffee business". I have no idea how he funded the coffee business, then. I guess from the marketing work?

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Okay, I actually watched the entire video:

1) The idea wasn't to say any homeless dude can become a millionaire, it was a more general "You can come back even from a very low point". In which case, him having marketing skill is kinda the point, you can leverage whatever you have. The youtuber covering it made a super misleading video title.
2) He still got super lucky on the first step. He met somebody almost immediately who let him stay in his RV, so he had a place to sleep and shower, and the guy even lent him his car.
3) He did something clever I barely understood with being a couch surfing middleman to get a few hundred bucks, but that just got him a few meals.
4) Then he got a basic telemarketing job, and later on some marketing gig.
5) He then rented a house, and sublet it to enough people that he basically lived there for free. He conveniently met somebody who guaranteed the lease, since he had no credit to get his own housing.
6) Then he started some coffee business while working. The details here were kind of vague.
7) His dad sadly got diagnosed with a terminal illness, so he was kind of forced to quit to spend time with him. His own health apparently was also suffering.

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E_S_M_Z posted...

1) The idea wasn't to say any homeless dude can become a millionaire, it was a more general "You can come back even from a very low point". In which case, him having marketing skill is kinda the point, you can leverage whatever you have.

The problem here though is that someone who is legit homeless doesn't have much, if anything, to leverage.

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Jesus christ at the comments on that video.

People who comment on youtube videos have the critical thinking abilities of a potato.

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isnt this trading places?

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E_S_M_Z posted...

5) He then rented a house, and sublet it to enough people that he basically lived there for free. He conveniently met somebody who guaranteed the lease, since he had no credit to get his own housing.

Lmao, this experiment is a joke.

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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

The problem here though is that someone who is legit homeless doesn't have much, if anything, to leverage.

E_S_M_Z posted...

The idea wasn't to say any homeless dude can become a millionaire

How is it a problem that the video doesn't say something it wasn't ever trying to say?

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

Lmao, this experiment is a joke.

Yeah, they just gloss over that in 2 seconds lol. He just found somebody to co-sign.

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Trumble posted...

How is it a problem that the video doesn't say something it wasn't ever trying to say?

Then what was it trying to say?

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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Then what was it trying to say?

E_S_M_Z posted...

it was a more general "You can come back even from a very low point". In which case, him having marketing skill is kinda the point, you can leverage whatever you have. The youtuber covering it made a super misleading video title.

^ Which is literally just the rest of the part you quoted and were responding to (plus one more sentence that you conveniently cut out of your quote).

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People are getting way to angry over this.

But he really should change the title.

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the people dealing with him had to have known his real identity

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Trumble posted...

^ Which is literally just the rest of the part you quoted and were responding to (plus one more sentence that you conveniently cut out of your quote).

Yes and many people have already pointed out that other people's "low points" don't include a million dollar safety net, access to healthcare, phone and internet access with a social media following, conveniently finding a stranger that's willing to let you stay with them and a high income skillset and years of experience running a successful business.

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E_S_M_Z posted...

3) He did something clever I barely understood with being a couch surfing middleman to get a few hundred bucks, but that just got him a few meals.

He looked at "free" stuff from Facebook Marketplace and sold it to people who wanted it, then acted as a middleman to coordinate the handoff.

E_S_M_Z posted...

5) He then rented a house, and sublet it to enough people that he basically lived there for free. He conveniently met somebody who guaranteed the lease, since he had no credit to get his own housing.

There was a very short cut where you can see him negotiating with the guy about % of profits the guy who loaned his name will get from this.

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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Yes and many people have already pointed out that other people's "low points" don't include a million dollar safety net, access to healthcare, phone and internet access with a social media following, conveniently finding someone that's willing to let you stay with them and a high income skillset and years of experience running a successful business.

Okay, so? The point was that you can get back to where you were, not that anyone can get from their low point to millionaire.

It really just sounds like you're looking for reasons to be upset, dude.

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Trumble posted...

Okay, so? The point was that you can get back to where you were,

He didnt. He failed to get back to where he was.

This is with it being easier to do so with his prior experience, safety net, and resources.

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Trumble posted...

Okay, so?

Those are not just things you can handwave away by saying "....so?" lmao

Nobody's mad. We're just pointing out how pretending to be poor isn't the same as actually being poor

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Trumble posted...

Okay, so? The point was that you can get back to where you were, not that anyone can get from their low point to millionaire.

It really just sounds like you're looking for reasons to be upset, dude.

The problem is that his experience was not at all relevant to the experience of someone who is genuinely down and out. It's not comparable in the slightest. And thats before you even get into the issues of addiction or mental illness or past trauma.

The idea that this applies to someone who is really homeless, without any kind of security, or support, or prior successes and knowledge to go back to is absurd.

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