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A Boring Dystopia

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If your dad is Bill Gates, you're probably not getting a Starbucks gift card for graduating college.

In 2018, Jennifer Gates walked off the Stanford stage and onto a 124-acre, $15.82 million horse farm in North Salem, New York. According to Architectural Digest, the lavish estate was a graduation gift from her billionaire parents—and came complete with rolling pastures, three parcels of land, and proximity to New York City for her future studies.

But in case that sounds too much like the plot of "Succession: Equestrian Edition," Melinda Gates would like to remind everyone: their kids were absolutely raised "middle class."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This kind of wealth is obscene and disgusting. Anyone who has kids knows they'd rather have the box than the toy or spend time with you than a horse farm.

These billionares are just chasing somethjng they can never have. Peace of mind. Unless you give up buying shit and expanding your empire it just leads to bad places which is most likely why Melinda left him. He probably got twisted and bored and took a trip to Epstein island.

I would not be surprised if these super rich are doing shit like pdiddy that would shock the hell out of you.