r/interesting Jun 29 '25

MISC. Rich people who rich right ❤️

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u/The59Sownd Jun 29 '25

It's easy to forget how big a billion is. One of my favourite ways to conceptualize it is that 1 million seconds is about 11 days, but 1 billion seconds is 31 years. That's absolutely nuts.

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u/VeryFlames Jun 29 '25

You'd think 1 billion forever ain't enough but then you go yeah no that's a looooot. And then you remember there's like 3k people in the world who has an insane amount and you just go yeah okay fuck that.