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Jan 20, 2019 4:32 PM
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volunteervancouver
well said
Bronzon
Make this guy to the president!!!!
gotchasucka
He gets it.
PressureWashington
Let's make #BeLikeBill a thing...
RyuKensatsu
I really wonder what's his position on climate change
littledanAK
Makes me think of the widow's mites.
WannaSeeMy
He's reclaiming his title as the world's richest after bezos loses half his money to the divorce
donniedarko9697
President
octostar
I got a full ride bc of him
ChaosMuffin
This was on the norwegian show Skavlan for anyone wondering.
YourIceCreamMan
Saw an audience Q&A. Someone asked, "How much money do you have on you right now"? Bill smiles- shows his wallet... $700
thanatos777
He's trying to pull a Carnegie.
Chainhealer
He's very succesfull at it.
JiffyDealer
bippityboppitybuttsex
He can afford to be grounded
vinpolo
He can afford to be anything he wants....glad he didn't choose "giant asshole".
labyrinthconvention
yeah...that's exactly what he's saying. He can give money but it doesn't affect his lifestyle. He's giving recognition to others...
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labyrinthconvention
oh shit you mean BG's rich??
hb78888
That wasn’t the question Bill
burningeagle
... thanks bill.
SameSameButNotSameButStillSame
Well, he may say that. But one got to remember that without his sizable donations, none of the initiatives he supported would even begin.
YourIceCreamMan
I like Bill Gates... Always have
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
Then why the fuck do you charge 200$ for Windows Gates? Cant cost that much to make a few small tweaks to the previous version and retexture
in70x
He doesn’t control that anymore
FatboyRich
It’s still the same hamberder
wrongperception
This guy is smart enough to know that saying those things make him symphatic and likeable. I hope he really means it though
notaballoon
He says he doesn't deserve our praise! That means he deserves our praise MORE!
DerRattenfngerVonHameln
He is *also* a smart businessman, who knows how to build a flawless image.
skellington01
Remember when everybody hated him?
xn1992
Yeah, does he not “buy out” Homer when he has his internet meme business by smashing up his stuff and laughing evilly?
FirePrinceZuzu
You can either die a villain or live long enough to become the hero.
FirePrinceZuzu
Or something like that...
DaDisser
nope, when was that
JaXm
Late 90's. Microsoft had a virtual monopoly on the PC market because of Windows, and they weren't shy about trying to hold on to that.
Oliv1
Not really him.People hated Microsoft back when it had most of the market.Today the same people hate Facebook/Apple/Google. Microsoft shrunk
MrMooobs
Hated it/him for good reason and still do
FirePrinceZuzu
We still hate Microsoft.
emertonom
Unpopular opinion: I still kinda do. He's rich because he privatized software, which was destructive. Giving away a little doesn't fix that.
skellington01
He’s rich because he got a computer in every house. Open source hippies couldn’t have done it. He’s done good for the world.
in70x
You probably wouldn’t be on this website if it were not for him. They brought computing to homes, when others thought it was madness
Memeeater
He has one of the best PR and SEO teams haha
IOwnTheSpire
Buy him out, boys!
8hourgamer
Did ya'll forget what kind of person he was before he took over the world?
DaNylz
This is the billionaire version of "One of my weaknesses is, I keep working until the project is finished."
PossibleSarcasm
He knows what to say to make people go "wow he's great I really like him"
in70x
That argument can be abused and always claimed
PossibleSarcasm
It's just what everyone does when they're put in the public eye.
Ulthirm
He illegally charged IBM for each machine manufactured, whether it used his software or not. Dude was a bit of a bum, but honestly nothing
MerToo
to be fair, some vile lawyer he hired probably dreamed that up and said "this is what we can get away with"
Ulthirm
worse than what Apple gets away with today so Im not gonna hate him for his business practices in the past.
BuiltLikeATruckCuddlyLikeATeddyBear
Agreed. He did some horrible things, but he seems to have turned himself around quite a bit. Not saying that forgives the past, but I'll
BuiltLikeATruckCuddlyLikeATeddyBear
Always be happy to see someone doing good for others.
glitterwank
World's most selfless philanthropists maybe. World's best? I'd say Bill has had more of an impact than individuals with boots on the ground.
ThatNoPicklePeeThatNoPumpARum
Hell no. Money helps but the people we should be honoring are the ones physically there sacrificing their time and safety for other people.
DerRattenfngerVonHameln
Impacts are different. Big $$$ are good at creating ecosystems of charlatans & chatterboxes, who "evaluate problems" and "raise questions".
MerToo
Bill is so heavily outnumbered by boots on the ground
thesmelge
Both are important. One helps the other to keep those boots on the ground.
Memeeater
And with no one willing to do dirty work nothing gets done. Sure, throw a couple billion at uneducated, illiterate kids in Africa, but if
Memeeater
Useless boots on the ground kinda people weren't there to actually teach them or offer aid, all the money in the world is irrelevant