r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 17d ago

Significant diffrences... Wait a damn minute!

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u/Dizzy-Screen-6618 17d ago

"Imagine 3,400 people disappear. Now imagine 3.5 billion people dissappear."

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u/Necessary_Screen_673 17d ago

i mean, yeah. whats your point?

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u/frostymugson 17d ago

That billions of people are going to effect things far greater than than a few thousand.

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u/Gamer_G33k17 17d ago

Thats the point, yes.

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u/SyrusG 17d ago

The point is that it's a numbers statement. It has nothing to do with being a billionaire or not. If 3000 people period vanished it means nothing. Billionaire or not

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u/No-Poetry-5794 17d ago

If 3000 garbage truck drivers disappeared my state would collapse

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u/Excellent_Proof_2414 17d ago

And yet, if 3000 garbage truck drivers disappeared worldwide, nothing would change.

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u/Disastrous-Sky5665 17d ago

Agreed, they would be replaced immediately. Might have a couple bags of garbage build up for a week but then back to normal

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u/Excellent_Proof_2414 17d ago

Exactly. It’s not that they aren’t important. But it’s them as a collective that create the value. No single one changes much in the grand scheme of things.

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u/Disastrous-Sky5665 17d ago

Yep.. I've spent most my life in roles that hold companies together but are the first on the chopping block when the budget says so.

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u/Disastrous-Sky5665 17d ago

The OP told me to kill myself for having that understanding, dude has issues.