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Musk failed to get the necessary permits to change Twitter’s building signage to X, and the police shut it down just in time for “er” to remain.(mastodon.social)

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samus12345@lemmy.world
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You cannot become a billionaire without being a scummy person.

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starlinguk@kbin.social
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Rowling became a billionaire by writing popular books and selling the movie rights. She’s a scummy person, obviously, but she didn’t become rich by being one.

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themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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Most of the Harry Potter stories are stolen/copies of either existing young adult novels or existing mythology. There’s very little original material or concepts. All writers borrow from other writers, but Rowling is just barely better than a plagiarist.

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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Rowling became a billionaire

Google says her net worth is £820 million. Not a billoonarrr.

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priapus@sh.itjust.works
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Yeah you definitely can become a billionaire without being a scummy person, just not trough business. You need to be an artist or athlete.

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dot20@lemmy.world
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You could inherit it

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Zana@startrek.website
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Definitely not going to be a CEO without being a piece of shit. You need that lack of ethics to make it that high.

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samus12345@lemmy.world
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As you say, she’s a scummy person, so you have no way of knowing that she only became a billionaire because of the books.

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