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Why not to spend this money on charity? Or a political party who oppose fascist? Or, heck, spend it for weapons for Ukraine! I don't understand.

What is it with millionaires and yachts?

I hate boats, even on a calm day in a lake which is only about 2 m deep I'm constantly convinced the damn thing is going to sink.

Do people actually like being on boats, it's basically like being in a cramped apartment that is really inconvenient to get to and from, that constantly experiences a never-ending earthquake, why is that anyone's idea of a good time?

Also I really hope somebody has tested that submarine extensively.

Most comments ITT boil down to two things:

• "cat shit is shit, so it's the same as elephant shit"
• "cat shit is not the same as elephant shit, so it's not shit"

He's come a long way on the last decade.

Fucking disgusting. There's no way to be a billionaire while not being a total shitstain that just sucks the society dry.

Funny, I was just reading about this sort of thing in "How to blow up a pipeline". It's the sort of argument that seems obvious in retrospect.

When someone in the global south uses a coal stove to cook their food, they're doing it by necessity. When a billionaire sails out on a mega yacht, it's pure excess. Yeah, banning them won't make the difference between 1.5C and 2.0C of global warming, but it's low hanging fruit.

We can also ban private jets, and the only significant impact to the economy would be that some billionaires have to travel around in first class like some kind of lowly multimillionaire or upgraded plebian.

It does not matter if you think Valve makes good products or not.

Fucking billionaires

Ugh. Why are people like this?

I like the way they list those things in the title. Like which one is the most expensive: the hospital, the submarine garage, or fifteen gaming PCs?

15 gaming PCs

Priorities, eh?

This is that research vessel he talked about a while back.

Leviathan has also been designed with scientific work in mind: Newell's interests now include Starfish Neuroscience, a company focused on neural interfaces (popularly known as "brain chips"), and Inkfish, a marine research operation. Part of this is a "convention-defying layout" that apparently brings teams together, which makes me think about all the times I've read about desks with wheels at Valve.

Unlike his other yachts, this one actually has a purpose.

Eat the Rich includes him

This is how I find out that he has a yacht called "Rocinante".
I couldn't find the date where Gaben bought it, but the boat was originally built in 2008 and for someone else, so I guess I don't know if Gaben is a "The Expanse" fan or just a fan of "Don Quixote". I'd prefer the former.
Anywho.. #EatTheRich

He'll taste like chicken, too. Fuck these obscenely rich.

I mean if you can’t have a gigayacht what even is the point of being a billionaire. And then letting a magazine write an article about it so all the other billionaires know you’re flexing on them. I mean the guy deserves the basics at least.

$500 million that could have gone toward the development of Half Life 3...

30% is too much! Clearly Steam doesn't need that much to operate (the percentage of each sale that go to Valve)

Better boats than politicians.

lmao.

You can tell that microsoft is worried about the steam machine, since they've started spinning up the propaganda machines against Valve.