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[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He'd have to work 3.7 million years of 40 hour work weeks at US minimum wage, $7.25.

Pretty well highlights the insanity of $56 billion.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It would if people had any tangible idea of how long 3.7 million years is.

[–] philm@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 months ago

Well it's slightly longer than the genus Homo first appeared, so yeah longer than the lifetime of all human like "animals".

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago

It's the length of the combined total working lives of an entire football stadium full of people.