JensenZ

Ok, Mr. Dingdong, let's put this into perspective. You suggested my life is boring because I started a thread about milk. It was an interesting topic as it highlighted a major pricing anomaly at a major outlet in Pattaya, one at which many members here shop. Then you clicked on a thread, one of which you admittedly had no interest in, to suggest the OP must be bored posting a thread about milk. Not only did you click on it, but you replied 6 times. One must ask, who is bored? Obviously, the OP will reply in a thread more frequently than anyone else - so full marks for pointing that out. I don't post twice a day. I post infrequently and often don't come here for weeks and sometimes months, so your little statistical analysis is irrelevant. It's probably the first thread I've started in a whole year. There's always a problem using averages in statistical analysis. I have one excuse - my 92-year-old mother died yesterday, so chatting about milk is a distraction. What is your excuse? Let me break it down. Your life is meaningless as you adequately demonstrated here today. My life also has no meaning, but I don't get bored, ever. Even writing about milk is an activity that I can enjoy. Try to enjoy your meaningless existence. Maybe next time you'll find a thread about orange juice so you can accuse the OP of having a boring life. Maybe I'll start a new one about the price of jam, which has been soaring lately, or about peanut butter. You'll have no end of fun. Good day sir.

You're definitely a "dingdongrb" as your name implies... It's Sunday and you're replying (4 times so far) to a one week old thread about milk, and you claim that I'm the one with a boring life? Look in the mirror dude. You're trolling threads you have no interest in, with no goal other than to bait. Can You not find something more intesting to do? You must be bored out of your brains in some rural Aussie town, dreaming of a better life.... but there's no need to be annoying git.

It can be a big problem. I had a friend who was reading about conspiracy theories all day and night. After I proved a few were wrong, he stopped comunicating with me. It gets to the point where they lose track of reality and everything is a consipiracy.

You claimed that Warren Buffet's tax savings "paled into insignificance" his donations to charity. He mentioned he has donated (by 2021 when that New York Times article was published) he has donated $41 billion. This year, according to reports I've read, he's up to $48 billion now including a $4 billion donation in June, 2022. Donations this large are always public knowledge and would be well documented. So if $48 billion is paled by his tax savings, what level would be considered to be "pale". 4%? 1%? Assuming maybe 4% is paled by comparison, his tax savings would have been over $1 trillion. There's no need to look it up. What you said is impossible. He's giving a lot more away than his tax savings, and you proved it.

Ok, now it's your turn to show the evidence. Do you have any proof that shows that Buffet saved more than $41 billion in taxes through his donations to charity. It would need to be an amount that "pales into insignificance" the palty sum of $41 billion.

I don't keep telling you anything about your envy. Why are you feeling that way and why are you so butt hurt over it? I once mentioned that many are envious over his wealth, and I stand by that. You took that personally because it's probably true. I did say I'm not envious. I mentioned "awe". Do you understand the difference between awe and envy?

I need to get his tax records to prove to you how much he saves on taxes? I don't care what you believe and it's not important. The important thing is that he gives a truck load of money to charties - more than any other mega rich person. If your theory was correct, then the richer people like Musk would be giving away twice as much as their tax burden would be twice as big. (in Musk's case).

I asked you why you thought I considered myself a "cut above"? Instead of answering the question you keep regurgitating more nonesense about Musk. You can keep repeating that cr*p all day long - doesn't make it true.

We can let Warren Buffet answer that: "Buffett says that philanthropy can be a powerful tax shield, if donors want it to be. Buffett’s donations, he said yesterday, resulted in only 40 cents in tax savings per $1,000 given. The reason his tax bill is so low, he said, was because he earns relatively little in wages, amassing most of his wealth from his holdings of Berkshire Hathaway stock, which isn’t taxed until it’s sold." He recently gave away $4 billion, so that would be $1.6 million in saved taxes. I hope that helps. "Buffett says that he has given more than $41 billion to charity over the years. He announced $4.1 billion in donations yesterday. This comes weeks after a ProPublica exposé based on confidential I.R.S. data revealed how much the richest Americans paid in taxes. The article noted that Buffett paid $23.7 million in taxes from 2014 to 2018, a period when his wealth grew by an estimated $24 billion." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/business/dealbook/buffett-philanthropy-taxes.html#:~:text=Buffett's donations%2C he said yesterday,t taxed until it's sold.

Please show me the comment I made that gave you the impression that I'm a "cut above". That's total garbage, again.

Waren Buffet has given away $48 billion to date and promised to give it all away when he dies. What does this have to do with tax deductions? If he can give away more due to tax deductions, that's a good thing.

There's just no way you will praise a mega rich person for their huge donations to charity? The richer they get, the more they can donate. They don't have to - they want to. I have no idea what you mean by "charities should not even exist"?

Yes, they actually do want the children. The more they have, the more likely some will survive and be able to support them when they are old. So it's a win-win. They enjoy more AND get more children.

Mega rich people donate more money to charity than any other people on earth. Just for starters look up Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. How many charities did you donate to this year? Warren Buffet promised to give away all his money before he dies.

Thank you for pointing out my two typos. I don't use a spell checker, but you better be sure to, so you don't make any mistakes of your own. You might want to set up your paragraphs correctly next time. Could that be considered ignorance?

LOL Right back at you - That was an incredible load of unintelligible garbage. Only one idea came out of it - you don't like mega rich people. That's a common theme when average people discuss them.

It proves nothing at all. If the Spanish didn't colonize Philippines nearly 500 years ago, the native population would not be using condoms or birth control pills, or having abortions. They would likely reproduce just like animals do - when the urge is there, they procreate. Before modern technology and medicine, disease prevented excess population growth, but it had nothing to do with birth control. The so called education that prevents excess population growth has actually endangered the stable population of many developed countries. China and Japan are in big trouble with a fast aging population. Most European countries are in the same boat. You worry too much.

You keep harping on about 8 billion people. Did you not know that most of the population growth is among the poor populations in poor countries. That automatically cancels out eduction as they are struggling to eat and survive. Now you're insulting poor people by calling them ignorant. There is no amount of money you could throw at the problem to fix it. It's unfixable. If you throw money at poor people, they will have even more children, because it's generational poverty that would take decades to change, even for the lucky ones. Elon Musks efforts to improve science and technology, even in the space sector, will help the world more than throwing money at poor populations.

For starters, I didn't come to Thailand to become a Buddhist or learn anything from them. I'm not even slightly interested in that religion. I'm an existential nihilist. It is not compulsory to be a Bhuddist if you live in Thailand. There are many other minority regions here. Let's see how happy you can be with no money for food or shelter and see how important money becomes. You cannot live on fresh air. Go and visit some slum areas in other countries and tell me how unimportant money is. Sure, if you lived in Bhuddist community, you might be supported if your money runs out, but in the end, someone has to pay for the food you eat. Money cannot ensure happiness, but it's better to be unhappy with money than without it. How do you know Elon Musk wants to make more money? If that was his only goal, then he wouldn't have wasted 44 billion on Twitter and devalued his Tesla stock in the process. It has cost him about $100 billion. $44 billion to buy Twitter, and more than $50 billion in lost Tesla stock value, this year. It's quite obvious he's looking for new hobbies. His wealth is clearly in the obscene category and making more is not his goal.

She is to blame. You need to choose your parents wisely.

We're not 8 billion people because of religion. We're 8 billion people because people choose to have children and enjoy the activity. In fact the fertility rate in most developed countries is below replacement rate. As you seem fine with abortion, perhaps you would prefer to have females sterilized at birth. In poor countires that don't allow abortion, like the Philippines, it would not have any impact on the population growth if it was legal. It might prevent the tragic death of some females who have back street abortions. The poor population would never be able to afford abortions performed in clinics. Btw, condoms and other birth control methods ARE legal in the Philippines. As for me, I'm not guilty of contributing to world population growth as I'm a devoted antinatalist.

Elon is Musk is not really an example of anything because he's one of a kind.

Money is everyone's master. Try living without it. It's impossible. Even so, I'm not envious of Elon's wealth but I am in awe of it.

Sorry - I thought you were worried about Elon. LOL. I'm even less worried about us. I'm happy to accept the lesser evil of free speech vs censorship by the tech industry. Unfortunately he is in a very vulnerable position if the other tech giants pull his app from the app store. There was talk that he could make his own phone, but that's not going to be very helpful as people aren't going to throw away their expensive phones to buy a new one, just to use one app. I think he'll end up negotiating with the tech giants and compromising. Did you mean "taking us to Mars"? If so, it doesn't really matter about getting to Mars or not. Either way, it's a bonus for rocket science and the advancement of space technology.

Part of being exceedingly rich is taking punts. He has been close to or even broke along the way. I know where he grew up - about 60km from my high school in South Africa, but he was in kindergarten when I finished high school. It's a hard place to grow up and it can toughen you up. Don't worry about Elon - he'll be just fine.