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Millionaire who made himself homeless and broke on purpose to prove he could make $1MILLION in 12 months for YouTube clicks QUITS his bizarre social experiment over health concerns (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 218 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Despite falling short of his financial goal, Black said his journey showcased the power of determination and the importance of health and family

So he learned absolutely nothing about the plight of countless millions of people. Got it.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 149 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Worse, he thinks he was just unlucky that he happened to get sick, and thinks his "success" proves he was right all along. Meanwhile, his "success" was entirely built on leeching off other people and abusing charity.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 81 points 5 months ago

The sad part is that he couldn't put two and two together. Health problem interrupting your job? It's not like poor people ever have to deal with health problems, they're just lazy, right? /s

[–] tryitout@infosec.pub 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The luck bit really clashes with the survivorship bias.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, he's lucky he could bail on poverty. His dad got sick, and he didn't have to stop working to care for his dad. He was seeing a doctor regularly to monitor his health, and could call it when his health started to really suffer, after just 10 months.

[–] Xin_shill@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How was he paying for the damn doctors during his experiment

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago

Obviously he wasn't going to stop paying for health insurance, only a fool would do that

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

"As a very rich person I was just unlucky to hit some health problems in this experiment. But all those yucky poor people? Nah, that's morning to do with bad luck. That's just bootstraps and laziness." -Douchebag clueless millionaire experimenter

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

He was also nowhere near 1 million bucks with two months left.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

And this charity and help wouldn't exist if the world actually worked like he wants it to.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

Black said his journey showcased the power of determination and the importance of health and family

So...he's going to give away all his money now right?

Because he proved he can do it again.

Right?