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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That $13 billion is part of the $44 billion, you don't add them together.

He spent $31 billion of his own capital, and borrowed $13 billion to cover the rest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"own capital" probably more like stocks from Tesla, I doubt any actual money moved

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why I used the word "capital" instead of "money", but I had a feeling someone still was going to deliberately misunderstand me to try to sound smart.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Well now that you mention it I agree and feel dumb.

Anyways, I'm still right so it means I can double down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Oh thank you, my mistake. Still the numbers are huge!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh great, I added all the numbers in your comment together and now it's $101 billion?? When will this madness end???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You've bamboozled my attempt to make the same joke at your expense by only mentioning one number in your comment, giving me nothing to add to it. From this point on, I conclude we should only ever mention one number in each comment, for clarity.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With all that money, he could have given every person in the world $12.625 billion!!! It's unfathomable!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

maybe you couldn't fathom it, but I'm built different