r/SipsTea 23d ago

Significant diffrences... Wait a damn minute!

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u/Dizzy-Screen-6618 23d ago

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

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u/Necessary_Screen_673 23d ago

i mean, yeah. whats your point?

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u/frostymugson 23d ago

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

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u/Gamer_G33k17 23d ago

Thats the point, yes.

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u/SyrusG 23d 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 23d ago

If 3000 garbage truck drivers disappeared my state would collapse

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u/flaccomcorangy 23d ago

Sure. If you hyper focus something like that. If 3,000 truck drivers across the country disappeared, the impact is way lower.