Comment on Star Citizen Expose Paints a Fairly Bleak Picture: 'There's No Actual Focus on Getting the Game Done'

• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When has any really rich person ever gone “you know what? I actually have enough now…”?

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  • manmachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MySpace guy comes to mind.

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    • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      How could you forget about your first and only friend Tom?

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wozniak is probably the most famous example. He recognized the corrupting nature of money, decided he had enough, and stopped to live in comfort and occasionally work towards causes he finds important

    Lots of people have done the same… But if they’re rich and still chasing after money? They’ll never stop

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I guess Notch as well. Sold Minecraft for an obscene amount of money and got into indefensible right wing views instead.

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      • yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I heard he got better after leaving twitter for years and coming back.

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  • damnedfurry@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s the majority of them, but ragebait articles aren’t written about them, so you have no idea who they are.

    Don’t be so easily manipulated by media.

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