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If a monkey were hoarding bananas... (Original Post) onecaliberal Friday OP
Bonobo apes did not hoard. They got romantic! GreenWave Friday #1
I'll bet he could feed 20 starving homeless people. multigraincracker Friday #2
He could feed 20 people per second, 24/7, for 96+ years JoseBalow Friday #8
I was thinking if he was boiled, baked or fried himself. multigraincracker Saturday #11
I remember reading a story Dan Friday #3
Thanks for the story! I remember that one. It's called Ubuntu -- "I am because we are." ancianita Friday #4
Wonderful. Thanks for the pic. oasis Friday #5
Socialism rears it's ugly head again. Conjuay Friday #6
emo can go back to africa. pansypoo53219 Friday #7
I love this quote! calimary Friday #9
or TIME man of the year... Jack Valentino Friday #10

JoseBalow

(5,143 posts)
8. He could feed 20 people per second, 24/7, for 96+ years
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 10:02 PM
Friday

20 people x $5 per meal* = $100
$100 x 60 seconds = $6,000 per minute (1,200 meals per minute)
$6,000 x 60 minutes = $360,000 per hour (72,000 meals per hour)
$360,000 x 24 hours = $8,640,000 per day (1,728,000 meals per day)
$8,640,000 x 365 days = $3,153,600,000 per year (630,720,000 meals per year)

Elon Musk's net worth as of today is $303.7B
$303.7B net worth / $3,153,600,000 per year = 96.3 years (60,738,336,000 meals)

(One Tesla Cybertruck could feed 20,447 people)

* $5 per meal is a generous estimate, the cost per meal scaled out is likely much less

Dan

(4,095 posts)
3. I remember reading a story
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 08:14 PM
Friday

about children in an African tribe.

The "researchers" offered a prize to one child that was most successful in completing a run (something like this), the first to cross the finish line.

Well, they were astounded to discover that the children held hands, and all the children crossed together.

Then the children shared in the prize.

The Researched (must have been Americans) questioned the children, as to why they didn't try to reach the line first and thus receive all the benefits or prize.

The children then responded - why should one get the prize and everyone else would not receive anything? By crossing the line together, they would all share in the prize.

It was something like that.... maybe we can learn something from those Countries and their children.

Conjuay

(2,105 posts)
6. Socialism rears it's ugly head again.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 09:11 PM
Friday

I hope I won't have to add this, but tempers are running high.

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