Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by actionfromafar on Monday May 11, 2026 @04:59PM
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Wow. That's a lot buyers. You likely know some of them.
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Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by dudus on Monday May 11, 2026 @05:09PM
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I don't know any. Maybe I just have a better social circle than most. Or maybe this is a fake number. There are not as many people preordering this clearly fake device, instead this is just another way to launder money.
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by alt227 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:44AM
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> I just have a better social circle
This is very subjective. You can have your own opinions, but its really important to remember everybody has a right to their own too.
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by lovich on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:12PM
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I didn’t see anything in his post saying people shouldn’t have the right to associate with trash.
We also all have the right to judge people for their associations. You’re right to an action or belief doesn’t make it inherently good, or even equal to other actions and beliefs.
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by alt227 on Friday May 15, 2026 @10:30AM
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> You’re right to an action or belief doesn’t make it inherently good
The fact you are randomly calling people trash supports your theory!
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by array_key_first on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:48PM
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Getting scammed is objectively bad. If you're surrounded with people who are routinely getting scammed by Donald Trump of all people, that's bad. That doesn't mean they're bad people but... something is going on there for sure.
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by JKCalhoun on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:42AM
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Perhaps you have no relatives.
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by lovich on Monday May 11, 2026 @06:05PM
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It’s a little over 0.2% of the current US adult population.
That’s not a lot of people in general.
It is a lot of people for the king to have scammed.
Re:590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one...
by sebastiennight on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @01:25PM
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It's a fraction of how many people died of COVID, and you would be surprised how many people have observed no COVID deaths in their personal circle.
0.2% of the population is not a very large number.