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Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Thursday December 26, 2019 @05:25AM (#21882961)
Yes, because it's not that much more difficult to blow through a billion dollars than a million. Just ask Jefri Bolkiah, whose bill of amusements came to somewhere between $15 and $40 billion depending on who you ask:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefri_Bolkiah,_Prince_of_Brune...

Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by Cougher on Thursday December 26, 2019 @07:02AM (#21883264)
Yes, it is that much more difficult to blow through a billion dollars than a million. The fact that one moron managed to waste a vast sum of money to amuse himself isn't proof of anything other than one moron was stupid enough to do it.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by mcphage on Thursday December 26, 2019 @09:34AM (#21884031)
> isn't proof of anything other than one moron was stupid enough to do it.

Look, if you need a second moron stupid enough to do it, I'm just letting you know, I'm available.

Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by ohithereyou on Thursday December 26, 2019 @11:07AM (#21884706)
Brewster's Millions[1] pales in comparison to Brewster's Billions.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_...

Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by Cougher on Friday December 27, 2019 @03:51PM (#21894517)
I'll do it for a thousand dollars.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by mcphage on Monday December 30, 2019 @10:08PM (#21918655)
I see what you're trying to do here, and it won't work. Because I'll do it for ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Go big or go home.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by stjohnswarts on Thursday December 26, 2019 @09:52AM (#21884171)
I remember blowing my first billion. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to be poor.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by RestlessMind on Thursday December 26, 2019 @03:10PM (#21886326)
> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Say more, please. Interested in hearing your stories.

Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by allannienhuis on Friday December 27, 2019 @02:24PM (#21893686)
That's almost certainly a quote. Adding the attribution would have been helpful.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by hajile on Friday December 27, 2019 @04:17PM (#21894739)
An adaptation of a famous scene from blade runner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7Ga7qTLDU