It's the ultimate tragedy of wealth imo. Not that I feel particularly bad for rich people, but having your every want catered to can ruins you as a person as surely as being deprived of necessities can. The rich aren't lizard people, they're incomplete people, and the American Dream is to position yourself well enough within the imperial extraction machine that you too can afford to let your personhood atrophy.

[–] NinaPasadena@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It really does seem true. The richest people I've ever interacted with were most notably boring. Talking to them was like talking to a statue. No thoughts.

And these aren't even ultra wealthy business ghouls just like a guy who I went to college with who happened to make like a few million via lucky crypto bets. He'd lost all personality from when I talked with him in college.

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's even more pathetic. Imagine being able to do whatever you want, have time for hobbies and books and to learn whatever at your own pace, and just waste it becoming a 🥔

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

"number go up, have i told you about how number go up yet?"