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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 238 points 5 months ago (4 children)

That's $21 billion per bullet ROI.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 5 months ago (2 children)

We've never seen a better cost/benefit ratio

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 36 points 5 months ago

That sounds like a treatment we should pre-approve of

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Pentagon budget office in shambles after seeing such a ratio

[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And Luigis life, unfortunately.

[–] Loss@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

He'll be treated like a king in prison until he's killed by a bribed prison guard. And that's assuming the US itself lasts long enough to enforce his sentence.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wonder what the odds are trump accidentally pardons him.

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

0 his ceo friends will stop him

[–] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Depends on how loud we blast YMCA outside the white house. Once he gets to "dancing" (if you can call it that) who knows what he'll do (he'll do the double jack-off motion and probably nothing else, but I do wonder how easily he'd be to manipulate if ordinary citizens tried).

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

We need a plant on his team, which shouldn't be hard considering he's forgoing the usual background checks.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Knowing how the US works, he probably won't get to interact with humans. He's being charged with terrorism, so they're trying to make sure he can't easily be accessed.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Is he in jail for federal charges? I thought they were NYS charges

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

We're talking health insurance in the US so that doesn't change much. 3 bullets plus....20k?

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Not really a Return on Investment if there's no actual "return".

Their valuation decreased, but none of our wallets got fatter as a result. The price tag's number just changed.

This by itself doesn't really help anyone who's struggling. It's frustrating to see so much focus on a net worth number changing, as if that actually helps anyone.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

Valuation decreased because they're expected to earn less in the future, with lost profits approximately proportional to the drop in value. If they earn less, it's probably because they're going to be exploiting fewer people and they're getting that much less money from these people. I would count that as a return.

[–] yetiftw@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder if those bullets will end up in some rich guys personal collection someday.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago

They might end up with a collection all their own, inshallah.