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HelpfulCorn
There's a 30 Days episode. I've also read several books about people trying this.
Ifacatsbuttholeisonly2inchesoffthegroundwhyisitalwaysateyelevel
Orange juice costs HOW MUCH?!
itsjustplaid
Winner gets 3% of his money back, the losers get stuck in their new lifestyles.
kikisdeliveryservice
Didnt they do that with 'the simple life'? Or was it just a pun because she was an idiot
Illithidbane
Like Undercover Boss, but after failing hilariously at simple tasks, they couldn't just quit after one day?
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
There was another show, with the guy from super-size me. Him and his gf tried doing stuff for 30 days. One of the episodes was them trying ¹
qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiol
to live a full month on minimum wage, including renting, paying for public transportation etc. They failed hard. Eye opening. ²
quetzocoaxial
They would just spin it as "see what you poors can do if you budget wisely?"
jrbaconchee
ok but first we also have to give them a chronic health condition and also make them responsible for feeding at least 2 kids simultaneously
DorkNaSa
Billionaires vs Karens
khp041000
Stop, stop. They already took "The Purge" to the zombiepocalypse. How far do you want them to go?
HopelessNecr0mantic
Omfg yes. Make them have customer service jobs. Perfection.
GinOClock
Aka Snakes and Adders
ahhhsurelook
Whilst working minimum wage jobs..or hard labour jobs
Lamorphe
Yeah, like have them actually get up and do the work and if they suck or fuck up, they're fired and no money until they can find a new job!
bexbox
In a working-class home. No one to cook or clean for them, they do their own laundry, no dry cleaning or paid pet care
LilyBellGiantess
How about just US Congress and Senators surviving on minimum wage in the capital city of their state.
themayorMcCheese
Ding ding ding ding mother fucking ding. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
Mostlydeadpool
and how about them having to use the bus and possibly getting their cash taken on the spot by cops (it's real, check it out)
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
Had an unlucky friend, legal but spoke little english, had his whole life savings taken cause they "suspected" it was drug money
sundaymondayhippyday
How does that even work?
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
He worked as a transient, kept all his cash in his car underneath his luggage, got pulled over for driving while brown, they went through(1)
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
(2) his belongings, found the cash, and welcome to the wonderful world of civil forfeiture. No charges but hes broke as a joke now
LilyBellGiantess
And have them work the jobs that pay minimum wage with managers and owners that tell them they're lucky to even have a job
amoeba15
"Remember, full time is a privilege not a right, Ted. If you want it I have to see some initiative."
parabolic000
didn't civil asset forfeiture outpace in dollar amount 'regular' theft/burglary recently?
Mostlydeadpool
yep. they finally pumped up those rookie numbers!
TeaOverdose
I would also watch a show where we throw billionaires in the wilderness and watch them try to survive.
noneweregiven
"How much could a banana cost? Ten Dollars?"
Birdshateme
Heh I would watch this twice
ratilda
The winner gets not punished for systemic tax avoidance.
Musklim
So, they all already won.
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
NCPilot
It would still be staged. Sure on camera the billionaire will be living the "broke" life. After the shooting is done for the day though 1/
NCPilot
They'll go home to their billionaire lifestyle. 2/
interlorn
Not much of a show if contestants won't make it past E1.
DontDoWhatDonaldDontDoes
Who Wants To Be A Thousandaire?
chrisinsocalif
They would actually turn out fine.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
"I can't go yachting this weekend? I have to work?! At two separate jobs!?!" *Contestant proceeds to run into traffic*
gmlovera655
YEP.
minzeyman
https://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/undercover-billionaire-grant-cardone-discovery-reality-show.html
gastonlikegaston
I like the way he thinks
Jinxies
And they don't get to choose to be on it, they're just randomly kidnapped Saw style
redrumridesagain
I would binge watch the hell out of that.
RevolutionOnHerLips
I feel like the only people who would want to go on it is narcissists like Trump. No thanks
cardboardwhales
Can I come over and watch? I’ll bring avocado toast
bratan7
Life Stinks (1991) good movie. Just a comedy though
factcheckmate
With Mel Brooks
IApologizeInAdvanceImProbablyDrunk
Isn't that basically what undercover boss was, and it turned out to be total bs, with the owner simply trying to get good pr for their biz
trustmeimalimodriver
Undercover billionaire?
xj4low
Give them a 18 yo car with no AC and expired inspection driving on a spare tire and a tooth ache that prevents a good night sleep. (1
xj4low
2) While we are at it, $20/wk to buy food and gas and a sprained ankle that won't get better.
bhobby1212
What do bananas cost a pound Karan can’t be more than $10 right.
khp041000
Discovery kind of already actually did this with "Undercover Billionaire". It's pretty interesting
Cha0sForever
They don't even have to work, just trying to pay bills and afford food. Injured? No help I'm afraid, you have to walk 20 miles to hospital
shakedownblues
Same. Watch party?
Imjustasorrylurker
You should watch season 1 of Undercover Billionaire. It's kind of interesting.
Sageypie
The Super Size Me guy had a show on FX back in the day of mini documentaries of doing things for a month. One featured him and his gf doing-
elinveronicap
Also "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Sageypie
-pretty much this. They started out with a small set amount of cash to live off and both had to get minimum wage work. Think he ended up-
Sageypie
- having a breakdown pretty quick about the whole thing.
rebel1996
Elon Musk lives in a tiny home now. Plenty of self made would have no problem with the challenge
treysome33
Minimalist is not the same as $15/hr Studio appartement as Minimalist takes money especially tiny homes
khora
He and his brother were technically homeless and slept in the office of their first startup. But it was a choice.
ditbujin
It would have to be for a reasonable amount of time, like 6 months to a year.
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ThatShiftyMonkey
And the glimpse of work was with a fucking camera crew following them around, so its not a normal day regardless.
Cinsay
I’m not sure they’d last that long. LOL
FallenJester
First place acquires last place's stock options
JoeT85
put them to work in some lousy min wage job in a bad neighborhood and let them work for some greedy little punk with a shred of power.
EquilibriumForte
I think most people could survive that. Give them this for the rest of their lived with no hope to escape. 1/2
EquilibriumForte
Knowing that it is forever or might get worse is the most painful part. No hope. 2/2
Fitzapollo
and with three kids, ranging from 17 to 6
HUGHgReaction
At least a year
teardropivyyearofthetiger
I’d settle for 30 days with them having to wait for free health care in clinics
gmlovera655
Try 5 years. Make it real.
stuffedbutthole
Try watching Alone. Those people come prepared and still eventually starve. Way before 6 months.
twaldma2
It wouldn’t work because they’d instantly get hired for at least 6-figures. People forget these are smart and talented people.
petekeller
I threw you an upvote. Keep soldiering on, friend
twaldma2
I don’t even know how what I wrote is controversial, but thank you.
CogentMoment
Tell them it would last a week but in reality it's 6 months
JesaraB
Done Right, they wouldn't even get minimum wage... they'd be trying to get a minimum wage Job, and finding out that they don't have the
JesaraB
relevant experience to get hired, for minimum wage, and it takes 3 weeks to even find That out.
Ludus
You'd have to ensure they couldn't use alternate resources or contacts to create 'other' solutions that wouldn't available to others
pastramionrye
That wouldn’t be entertaining tho. I don’t want the show I want this as a reality for them.
GradientApollo
Make it so they -can- but doing so extends the time period. And if they don't finish in six months their family dies.
PugDogMan
How about their family just dies at the start anyway?
Skathix
... I like this
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Worse. They have to donate to a charity that isn't a slush fund.
Amousewithchees
Or they have to actually pay their taxes on their RL riches if they do.
tanebot
"Hey can we go back to the first plan?" - most billionaires, probably
YargonK
no their family lives, but their entire wealth is shared equally between all of their employees on the lowest wages.
PaintedSlate
bewbie3
This is scorched earth AF ?
GradientApollo
Burn the rich before eating.
Ludus
That's what I call rich BBQ
Bmxtucker
Well hold on now, I like my long pork well done and all but burnt?
SmoeAhsolse
You don't know where they've been.
GradientApollo
All is purified in the fires of rebellion! I'm sure we can cut around the infected bits, they have the money to keep it limited.
Klnwltrnk
Plot twist: their family was killed off on day one.
KevorkianScarf
Nah, Do something that really hurts them. They lose their entire fortune, stocks, forfeiture of bank accts, & can’t claim bankruptcy.
Rokoma
Every time they do, they make a non-negotiable $5,000,000 donation to homeless shelters.
KevorkianScarf
Oooo, that’d piss em off…
intenseintentions
Lmao. I laughed so hard at your comment. My husband laying next to me was like, wtf?! I'm still laughing lol
soupiswhatitsoundslikewhenyoueatsoup
That might be the best part of the show. Just to see the wheels turning in their heads when they see what it's really like.
alwaysthecheesegrater
I'd watch it if they just lost their housekeeper, babysitter, and prepared food.
tubeonarock
How? Money is so Narcissistic that the void would find a way.
Rivalyn
They get audited every month as part of the show. If the audit finds they cheated, they're saddled with a $20,000 fee, due immediately. 1/2
GulDukat0
"oh no a 20k fee" /s
Rivalyn
If they cannot pay with the resources that are immediately available to them, they're charged a $150,000 noncompliance fee. 2/2
MeCrowPotato
Something like that is around. Called 'Undercover billionaire' or smth... has 2 seasons, watched it on Discovery earlier this year
RecurringNightmare
there actually is a show about that, 'million dollar challenge' or so, bunch of millionaires each get a car with full tank and like $100 or>
RecurringNightmare
>so and had a month or so to start a new successful company from scratch without using any existing contacts...only watched half an episode>
RecurringNightmare
>because apparently if you are a white christian woman with a tv team in tow you dont have to pay rent or apply for jobs, just go to the >
RecurringNightmare
> next church and the pastor will use his contacts so you have a free room for the night and the next day he calls the local congressional >
RecurringNightmare
> candidate who will let a total stranger stay at her house because that free room wasnt comfy enough and she of course uses her contacts >
meganical
One big problem, most Americans start out in the negative, as in having debt. If contestant went to college, should have -$50k in loans
successfulbob
Hopefully, you didn’t go to college for minimum wage job. Probably should have skipped college if it wasn’t required ;).
RatElemental
News flash: Growing up being told from birth it was college or bust only to graduate in the middle of an economic depression sucks.
successfulbob
That’s a bullshit excuse, people need to take ownership and think for themselves. Voters on imgur like to play both sides here.
successfulbob
Downvote people for listening blindly to religion or politics, and then also using that very same “oh I was told to”. Pick a camp ;)
TheSpaceCroissant
Wasn't it kindda the concept of Simple Life with Paris Hilton? I mean, it probably was staged as fuck but that's the idea right?
NotAPervert
Up next I want to see her reenact billy Madison as a hotel heiress who has to pass the American education system
Tokomek
Passing the American educational system is easy? Or did you mean getting an education in the American educational system?
Tokomek
Because that really depends on if your socioeconomic status allows you to overcome it's shortcomings
NotAPervert
I mean passing the system without her economic advantage. Like public school
Tokomek
Passing public school is easy. Getting an education in it requires alot of effort though.
NotAPervert
With her level of intelligence though? She’s never seemed super smart. And a key feature of billy Madison was she’d only have a few weeks
Mostlydeadpool
living on farm isn't the same as living on minimum wage. a farm, in theory, is going to give you the basics for life. minimum wage doesn't.
SuspiciousCactus
Ya but actual family/small farms (not mega corp farms) make probably less than minimum wage. It doesnt guarantee basics for life.
Dragon10449
I have some farmers in my family who while not being exactly small farms are still far from mega corp huge. Theyre easily millionaires
Dragon10449
Yet they they still do most of the work themselves, dont really have any employees that aren't their nephews or family, and only farm maybe
Dragon10449
A few thousand acres or so (they dont own all of that mind u, I think they all together own like 250-300 acres and lease the rest). Yet