• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    The difference in pay is easier to understand if we keep the time increments the same:

    Dude: $16/hr

    Bezos: $9,000,000/hr

    Bezos makes 562,500 times as much.

    Edit: added a missing zero

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      26 days ago

      I agree with your point, but I’m struggling with your numbers… Is it $9,000.00/hr or $900,000/HR?

      Editting myself to add: either is a horrific amount for one man to earn

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        26 days ago

        If we take the 150,000 / min from the meme as given, then that’s 9,000,000 / h. That also gels with the factor of 562,500. I think friend_of_satan just dropped a 0 there.