I believe you. Maybe it depends on browser, whether you are logged in, things like that?
This is the first result at the top spelled out succinctly:
Kenya is located on the eastern coast of Africa and borders Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the north, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the southwest, and Somalia again on the southern border
Next link was worldometer with Kenya pulled up first.
Is this what you saw?
Human:
Did you know that there is no country in Africa that starts with the letter "k"?
ChatGPT:
Yes, that's correct! While there are 54 recognized countries in Africa, none of them begin with the letter "K". The closest is Kenya, which starts with a "K" sound, but is actually spelled with a "K" sound. It's always interesting to learn new trivia facts like this.
That was in the third or fourth link down. Sort of makes sense if it is trending or whatever.
I literally just googled that exact search inquiry and it told me all about Kenya. What's the problem again, and why are all these comments pretending the so-called glitch is real?
My ISP regularly tacks on extra charges for $1-$5. I suspect they do this to millions of people assuming nobody will call in to complain about five bucks. But at that scale they rake in tens of millions for no extra service. Massive theft.
Yeah it's really hard to see that in the context of kids literally starving.
Regarding your question, it's a mix. I would say many if not most understand they are extremely successful and fortunate. The variance is how out of touch they are. Some are incredibly generous, while others are grumpy or miserable. Some actually want higher taxes, some are Scrooge types.
I once had an UHNW individual who consistently donated so much to charity that he exceeded deduction limits. I had to research ways to optimize his giving, which was refreshing.
Then there was a trust fund beneficiary worth at least $100 million, a really nice guy who lived modestly, bought the whole office lunch and dressed casually. Very down to earth. We were in the process of setting up a charity trust for him before I left that firm.
Other end of the spectrum, I had a paranoid and unstable client who repeatedly pushed us to do unethical and illegal things, making everyone uncomfortable. We fired him even though he was a ~100k/yr client for us. Easy decision.
Don't let anyone tell you high income earners don't pay tax. I'm a CPA (tax) and most of my individual clients are high and ultra high net worth.
One of my biggest clients is a group of four hedge fund managers in NYC for example. They earned about $50 million each in the last few years. Idk what their net worths are but I'd imagine it's at least a few hundred million each. They pay at least 37% federal, plus investment income tax (Obamacare), plus 10% to the state of NY plus NYC. It's a lot and winds up being over $25 million a year. I don't shed any tears for them because they are left with $25 million to play with (each, per year), which they should be able to scrape by on.
You can certainly argue it should be higher or lower or whatever but there's this idea out there that wealthy people don't pay tax and it's just absurd. Also frankly it makes my job harder because people think I'm a magic anti tax wizard that just makes it go away, I'm just sitting here like you made a fuckton of money and owe a fuckton of tax, what's the question? ¯(ツ)/¯
Probably for the best isn't it? Think of all the famous people throughout history. Who among them lived a long happy life and died peacefully? Very few.
The funny thing about life is that it takes a long time to build something or get it done, but the only things you can accomplish with a speedrun is to burn it all down.
I'm doing that right now at the moment and I have to say it is pretty unfulfilling. Quit my job a few months ago with enough savings and resources to not work for a while. Resume is strong enough to not worry about a new job at all. The first few months were quite nice lounging about doing whatever I wanted but it's getting old and I find myself craving structure and a schedule. I've already done a ton of travel and indulged in a bunch of hobbies, achieving pretty high levels in some fairly technical ones. Probably going back to work soon enough just to get something going on.
I was on an international flight recently that had a few different camera angles you could watch. Flying over the Himalayas was an exceptional view out the window so I was glued to that angle instead of the cameras on a six inch screen. I think it was a Thai airlines flight from Bangkok to London but I don't recall.
There, said it loud and clear so everyone can hear. Doom scroll all you want but give it a flush first please, no need to stink up the bathroom with your nasty shit stew marinating the whole time. I don't understand why people don't know this.
It would loan line by precious line. Should I look now and enjoy the suspense or wait ten minutes and see the whole pic in all of its glory? Usually I would be weak and sit there enjoying the anticipation..one line at a time..then finally, when you were so horny you just couldn't take it anymore..you see her penis :/
They were running a ~$50 billion company on quickbooks (!) without a single actual accountant on board.
The CEO brought in to manage the sinking ship said they were "grossly inexperienced and unsophisticated individuals who failed to implement virtually any of the systems or controls that are necessary for a company..."
This is the same CEO that managed the Enron debacle, mind you.
So, I'm starting to think these FTX folks are not exactly smart reasonable people.
For what it's worth, a lot of times the reason why these trials take so long is because they are trying to build an airtight case. Kind of the same reason why sometimes you see obvious murderers being treated "well" like that shitstain kid who shot up a school a few years back. They want to make sure there's no bias, no mistreatment, no cause for mistrial etc. It's frustrating but I guess I get it.