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Re:Bill Gates: Capitalism means male baldness gets more fund... by CodeCube on Thursday March 14, 2013 @10:15AM (#5375061)
But that's the problem ... it's not, or at least is very difficult to convince the average person of it. If you're a middle aged dentist in Wyoming making $127k (http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Dentist-Salary-Details-Ca...), what are you more likely to spend your money on ... large donations to malaria research, or a monthly payment to the hair club for men so you can look better and try to have an affair with the hot dental assistant?

That may be a very jaded view of what the average person would do, but tell me it's wrong.

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Re:Bill Gates: Capitalism means male baldness gets more fund... by guard-of-terra on Thursday March 14, 2013 @01:23PM (#5376340)
You can't compare that. You can't compare a person spending on themself versus a person donating to a cause.

Or else you'll make a suggestion that we all move to slums because it's not fair that we get to live in an actual house when not everyone can afford that.

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Re:Bill Gates: Capitalism means male baldness gets more fund... by nightski on Thursday March 14, 2013 @02:21PM (#5376729)
It's wrong because it makes the assumption that it is either hair club for men or malaria research. Also I don't think hair club for men = large donation to malaria research. It is far cheaper.
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