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May. 23rd, 2018
You know....
May. 23rd, 2018 12:15 amIn order to use this laptop, I have to use a (new) monitor, an external mouse and keyboard, and external speakers.
That's practically an entire computer right there. Do you think, when I get a new computer, it may be more cost effective to go with a desktop? All I need now is the computer part of the computer. I don't need it to be portable, and in fact it's probably better for me if it isn't - I spend enough time online as it is.
That's practically an entire computer right there. Do you think, when I get a new computer, it may be more cost effective to go with a desktop? All I need now is the computer part of the computer. I don't need it to be portable, and in fact it's probably better for me if it isn't - I spend enough time online as it is.
than throw it into a pit space.
I guess that's a little classier than gold-plated toilets, but not as much as he probably thinks.
Not that he doesn't donate to charity, but c'mon, the amounts I've seen quoted are chump change. His net worth is measured in twelve digits, not one of which is a decimal!
I didn't post about it at the time, but my brain's been at work on this ever since. Every morning I wake up with new ideas of better ways he can spend even one billion dollars, to say nothing of a hundred billion dollars and counting!
1. He could split it among food pantries in the USA.
2. He could singlehandedly eradicate polio.
3. He could fulfill every last request at DonorsChoose.
4. He could double the MTA's budget, let them catch up on their backlog.
5. He could build a subway system from scratch in the urban area of his choice.
6. He could double Amtrack's budget too!
7. He could give every homeless person in America $650 a week for a year and use the remaining $40 billion or so to raise wages at Amazon by the same amount, and he'd still have money left over.
8. He could repair my roof, my furnace, and my first floor bathroom, and then buy me a pizza.
9. Make that a billion pizzas.
10. That's a serious suggestion, by the way. Jeff, are you reading this?
11. He could neuter every single pet cat and dog in the country, and in Canada as well.
12. He could provide free college tuition, housing, and a small stipend for every individual 18 - 24 who has aged out of foster care and not finished college yet.
13. He could repair Puerto Rico.
14. He could provide free epipens for every public school in America.
15. He could provide half the cost, up to $10k, to put solar panels on every one or two family house in the the Southwest.
16. He could pay off the oil companies to give up on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
17. He could purchase and destroy all copies of the horror that is the remastered Star Wars Han shot first!
18. He could probably bribe everybody to forget that ever happened, actually.
19. He could pay for dozens of American and Canadian students to go on foreign exchange programs.
20. He could build more libraries and hospitals.
21. He could pay to improve the ads that come on my Kindle. FFS, Amazon practically knows more about my reading habits than I do, so why are they trying to sell me steamy romances, books I've already read (on that selfsame Kindle), and instructional manuals for oil rigs?
22. He could build dense, mixed-income housing in places that sorely need more of it.
23. He could definitely fix Flint's water issues.
24. He could provide money to help remove lead paint from the homes of lower income families.
25. Last but certainly not least, he could get surgery to remove his head from his ass.
All I'm saying is he needs to spend that money, or I'm going to lose it thinking of ways to spend it for him. It's like the worst earworm in the world.
I guess that's a little classier than gold-plated toilets, but not as much as he probably thinks.
Not that he doesn't donate to charity, but c'mon, the amounts I've seen quoted are chump change. His net worth is measured in twelve digits, not one of which is a decimal!
I didn't post about it at the time, but my brain's been at work on this ever since. Every morning I wake up with new ideas of better ways he can spend even one billion dollars, to say nothing of a hundred billion dollars and counting!
1. He could split it among food pantries in the USA.
2. He could singlehandedly eradicate polio.
3. He could fulfill every last request at DonorsChoose.
4. He could double the MTA's budget, let them catch up on their backlog.
5. He could build a subway system from scratch in the urban area of his choice.
6. He could double Amtrack's budget too!
7. He could give every homeless person in America $650 a week for a year and use the remaining $40 billion or so to raise wages at Amazon by the same amount, and he'd still have money left over.
8. He could repair my roof, my furnace, and my first floor bathroom, and then buy me a pizza.
9. Make that a billion pizzas.
10. That's a serious suggestion, by the way. Jeff, are you reading this?
11. He could neuter every single pet cat and dog in the country, and in Canada as well.
12. He could provide free college tuition, housing, and a small stipend for every individual 18 - 24 who has aged out of foster care and not finished college yet.
13. He could repair Puerto Rico.
14. He could provide free epipens for every public school in America.
15. He could provide half the cost, up to $10k, to put solar panels on every one or two family house in the the Southwest.
16. He could pay off the oil companies to give up on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
17. He could purchase and destroy all copies of the horror that is the remastered Star Wars Han shot first!
18. He could probably bribe everybody to forget that ever happened, actually.
19. He could pay for dozens of American and Canadian students to go on foreign exchange programs.
20. He could build more libraries and hospitals.
21. He could pay to improve the ads that come on my Kindle. FFS, Amazon practically knows more about my reading habits than I do, so why are they trying to sell me steamy romances, books I've already read (on that selfsame Kindle), and instructional manuals for oil rigs?
22. He could build dense, mixed-income housing in places that sorely need more of it.
23. He could definitely fix Flint's water issues.
24. He could provide money to help remove lead paint from the homes of lower income families.
25. Last but certainly not least, he could get surgery to remove his head from his ass.
All I'm saying is he needs to spend that money, or I'm going to lose it thinking of ways to spend it for him. It's like the worst earworm in the world.
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