“Wait this shit sucks, nevermind.”

-Mike Black, probably

  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    someone with his skills and experience

    And name recognition and a YouTube Channel. The group of people following and recording him probably helped people be more comfortable and more generous, he received a place to stay for free by a fan, I’m sure the back ground check helped with renting the work space, and all the investors knew who he was.

    My point is this guy (and millionaires in general) are so out of touch with reality that he thought making a million in a year would be “easy”, and with all his connections and benefits he still didn’t make it 10% of the way to his goal. If my goal was to have $100 to spend on groceries by the end of the week, and I ended up with $8, then I have absolutely failed.

    Even his “success” of making it out of poverty required so many benefits from his life prior that he doesn’t even think about because they’ve always been there. Of course he’d get help from people who know him, that’s how life works, to say otherwise would be like saying he’d have to do it without breathing.