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rabidpanda
I'm glad he's able to recognize that his total sum, while impressive, isn't really impressive for him. Bravo.
HailKingKoopa
Kiss ass
thatoneguyfrommn
I think Bill Gates just melted my heart...
wheresthebaby
Thanks for changing the text colour when appropriate
MagicalUnicornFarts
Sentiment from a man who has no ideas what the rumors about him are
chawk610
+1 for taking the time to NOT have yellow text on white! Good on you!
The11Pirates
You the real MVP.
Funkiebunch
Holy fuck he is Jesus
Anonsy
Black text with a white outline or vice versa can be seen over any background colour. FFS we've talked about this
wizardboy24
I would have to disagree, though. I'd prefer a solid color if the background was a mess of black and white blobs.
yuraf
So, apparently, he isn't that much of a dick any more. Well done, Bill.
homeboy
Norwegian talkshow*
GnarlyBarks
well, it is a collaboration between nrk and svt
longjohndickweed
People will always remember him for being like this, and will always remember Steve Jobs for being a dick.
impayshunz
I think only dicks will always remember Steve Jobs for being a dick.
pendelum
Bill Gates had so much money at his peak that he had to design the program for the irs to do his taxes.
Endo6398
White text black outline, White text black outline, White text black outline, White text black outline, White text black outline
91276
Still manages to be a twat. BTW, this guy's foundation has a scholarship that specifically excludes WHITE PEOPLE. Where is the outrage?
FrigginCornflakes
It's here: http://conservativetimes.org/?p=4451 But more importantly,pg.5: http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/20110902racescholarships.pdf
91276
Thanks!
demizu
+1 for effort on the text. im sure you tried real hard (seeing individual letters swapped out)
snuzzled
*world's most MODEST philanthropist
intIAsInteger
Mark 12:42-44. Basically the exact same principle.
iamrandomstranger
Good Guy Bill Gates even gives away his compliments..
iNeverRejectTheNullHypothesis
Am I the only one who thought that was Charlie Sheen from the thumbnail?
bakemal
No
ProphetTenebrae
Bill Gates has certainly managed a fantastic turn around in his public image - from endlessly derided M$ CEO to world class humanist.
milkymover
And all for the low low price of 100 Billion.
Dominian
Humanitarian is unequal to Humanism in meaning. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanist
ProphetTenebrae
http://imgur.com/jElS2iL Just as well he's both, eh?
Dominian
I have never heard him speak about religion, a return to reason, literature or other humanities. He is not a humanist.
ProphetTenebrae
http://imgur.com/c9HtnTR
Flyndaran
He did step on a lot of heads and crush many lives to get to the top. We, and he, should never forget that.
DinoKebab
Everyone who's successful has done that though, it's what you do with your success that matters.
Flyndaran
That is very apologist. Cruelty is cruelty even when don't in the past.
ProphetTenebrae
Crush many lives? While he was certainly ruthless and his business ethics were at time dubious, that seems a bit too hyperbolic.
Klingon00
I think its safe to say he crush a lot of dreams.
ProphetTenebrae
Windows ME certainly did that.
BilldeTurlock
Via unrelenting pressure from his dad & Warren Buffett
PharmSoHard
It was actually his wife that coerced him to do it.
ragekritz
came out better than Steve for sure.
ProphetTenebrae
Steve was still very much the face of Apple, so there wasn't the opportunity for public perception to shift as it did with Bill.
xkr73
If he'd have been a decent human being, perhaps it would have.
SerialKitten666
Steve still donated tens of millions of dollars, particularly to hospitals and AIDS research...
xkr73
evidence?
SerialKitten666
Google it, I can't link the articles I've found, 140 ch limit. Google "steve jobs philanthrophy"
xkr73
As ever, what matters is only what's seen, sadly. However, I believe you; he did donate millions.
Vogelberger
Steve was the fucking worst.
IWRITEEVERYTHINGINCAPS
WELL, HE WAS A NARCISSIST.
SerialKitten666
Steve still donated tens of millions of dollars, particularly to hospitals and AIDS research...
SkaggAteMyPappy
Doing some nice things and being a douche doesn't mean you stop being a douche.
SerialKitten666
Yeah but by that same argument, that doesn't mean Bill Gates stopped being a douche either :/
somethingcleverbutnotreally
I feel like you have a mac
ProphetTenebrae
Your feelings are incorrect, I have never owned an Apple product and the closest I get to using one is handing my wife her iPhone.
somethingcleverbutnotreally
Ah my apologies for the assumption then, usually when i see people have even prior hatred to bill gates they are apple zombies.
ProphetTenebrae
I can't say that my feelings toward him - positive or negative - have ever been particularly strong.
torsosteve
Now that he has all the money, he wants all the friends.
ThatSmirkingHorseFromHighgarden
First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the friends.
BlasserDuennerJunge
He allready had that image while being Microsoft CEO. He started a looot of charities while being CEO.
birdplanetreething
I haven't seen the full interview, so I can't tell if he is constantly making silly faces, or you just chose them yourself.
briedis
AMNND...
Paragon19
But what does it MEAN?
briedis
If you look closely, it almost as if forms a pyramid. It MUST be illuminati!
McAllisterFawkes
#humblebrag
DiglettDigDiglettDigTrioTrioTrio
I don't have the "I'll allow it" gif, but if i did... I'd post it in this comment
trustmeimalinguist
as if having a hamburger and having a plane equate...
baddadjokes
Relative to the amount of money he has... He might not notice the difference in cost.
xristogur
motherfucker just said hamburger so he could look quaint and frugal, i'm keen to his bullshit
ThatMomentWhenImgurJokesAreOnlyFunnyToImgurians
I hate when people barge him for having to give away money, he has already helped millions with his inventions
pandxa
He paid for two years of my college education :)
GittOffMee
Are you a mosquito? If so, watch your back!!
wizardsplayingfrisbee
I'm assuming Gates Millenium Scholarship?
pandxa
Gateway to College
Ryvan
Really?! That's awesome! How come?
pandxa
I was in Gateway to College which is mainly funded by his foundation
Ryvan
That's really cool :) I hope it's all working out well for you
TheUglyGuy
For a guy who was a real asshole when he was young he's turned out pretty cool as he's gotten older.
fitlex
He was always pretty cool I mean he jumped over that chair like a gangster
mackenziesticks
Source or bust yo
sheppo
I'm completely fine with that considering the money from 'asshole' days are going to an exceptionally great cause,and he'll give it all away
Lupine1982
Money changes you
cockadookie
I'm sure I would be less of an asshole too if I had billions of dollars.
ImSorryButIJustDontLikeYou
Thank you, you beat me to this comment.
TownsendV228
Some people become absolute pricks when they are rich as hell.
SameBatTime
a good wife will do that to someone
GoddammitMrNoodle
I thought Jobs was the asshole and Gates more of an evil genius.
5ynic
Agreed. I began to change my opinion when I read about the process by which he and his wife selected malaria eradication as a major target.
Grayfox23
We're all assholes to somebody at some point in our life. No exceptions. It's called being human.
Flucksy
Hell, I'm more of a asshole than a human being.
TownsendV228
Some people can also be such an asshole to the point that it's no longer an exception to say "it's human nature".
TownsendV228
Sure, we can all be assholes. But sometimes people are just complete pricks. Justin Bieber is the epitome of this.
Grayfox23
You need to get out more if you think Justin Bieber is the epitome of anything. He's a teenager, I was more of an asshole at his age.
TownsendV228
his age? Just curious :) (2/2)
Grayfox23
Far more than I can say in 140 char. You think he's a cunt cuz there is a spotlight on him, you don't know him. I don't know him. There 1/2
Grayfox23
billions of cunts in the world, but without a spotlight on them you'll never know. Don't like him? Ignore him. Don't think about him. 2/2
Thekingofbeans
Anyone's an asshole if you put the spotlight on them. Even Ghandi was a huge dick to his wife.
cwwazywazy
So.. Like Jobs except he stopped being an asshole?
Textuality
It was interesting to watch the shift from MS being the "evil overlord" and Apple the "noble competitor" to Apple being the giant evil corp.
idislikecomingupwithuniqueusernames
Oh their business practices are still pretty shady. It's just those practices are now considered normal.
lahwran
I wouldn't say I have the feeling that ms's business practices are any less despised ... it's just bill gates who has lost the hate
chrismofer
uhh... jobs never really became a nice guy he just cut back on doing shitty things
SeriousCloud
That is what cwazywazy said.
Flucksy
Not really. Got a liver transplant in the last few treats off his life thinking it would cute him, even though every doctor...
Flucksy
Told him it wouldn't help and he'd just be stealing a healthy liver and destroying it rather than have it save someone's life.
TheMightyCock
Technically Jobs also stopped being an asshole...permanently
cwwazywazy
I like you.
SheriffHD
Touche
TheUglyGuy
Could say that, I guess.
Kiriain
It was 'cause he got laid.
BuffyFan1900
I hear his wife had a de-asshole-ifying effect on him, but I can't confirm it. He's also seen a lot of suffering, which changes people.
TheUglyGuy
I know he's been more personable in public since he married.
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
Warren Buffett had a pretty good influence on him too
TheClassyGentleman
steve jobs wasnt even 50% as nice as they showed him in the movie. he was a prick, and thats why the bad stuff happened to him.
impayshunz
No, a pancreas neuroendocrine tumor is why 'bad stuff happened to him'. The real pricks are those who malign a dead man.
TheClassyGentleman
just because hitler is dead doesnt mean he is a hero now is he? according to your logic everyone should be a prick.gain knowledge b4 u speak
impayshunz
I was expecting a 'Hitler' remark. You know EXACTLY what I mean and yet you choose to be an ass anyway. Surprise.
TheClassyGentleman
dead or not he was an asshole and apple is still an asshole.
impayshunz
...and you're an asshole and I'm an asshole and everyone is an asshole. Asshole.
TheClassyGentleman
no i am not. Hitler was awesome HEIL HITLERE>
lucusmarcus
he's given away 100 billion? and he still has money left? good sweet lord baby jesus
itsGood4you
Probably talking about Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. What they give is not just Bill's earnings, but donations too.
thatmomentwhenyoufartandalittlepoopcomesout
http://imgur.com/UiaK1sP
tazovl
YOU SIR HAVE MY UPVOTE!
FloriceBorego
he says "through my life I"LL give away over 100 billion" so by the time he's dead, not right this moment
sam1tahsin
He is also giving me a full ride to college. I will be meeting him in Washington this September. So excited!
presce
You should take photos of it and reap sweet, sweet fake internet points for it.
dante979
money generates money I'm afraid...
FatLobyte
What I like most about him is that he didn't just "give away" the money, but he founded charity organisations, funded important research and
FatLobyte
funded innovations that he deems important for the world. He's very invested in malaria vaccines and invested in safe nuclear power plants.
Irishda
With a net worth of $76b, if he gave away $1, every second, every day, for every year, he wouldn't go broke for 2409 years.
eklypse180
You really dunno how rich he is.
Solkanarmy
mr gates, if you're reading this, please give me 4 million pounds and I'll use it to file patents and invent stuff^^
WhyShouldILoveYou
You know you can ask for a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? If you have a real good idea, well built plan, you might get one.
Solkanarmy
I didn't know that, actually, I may give it a go :) thanks for the info!
acuteavocado7
Fact: If Bill Gates dropped a hundred dollar bill, it would not be worth his time to bend over and pick it up. He'll have made more by then.
DidItForScience
Well, he'd have that much more money +$100 it's not like his income depends on the time lost stopping to pick it up.
Geistbar
That only follows if he was doing some profit-making endeavor otherwise. His wealth goes up because of share prices, not active work.
spiraldoor
Yeah but if he picked it up then he would have two hundred and some change probably.
alainprost
and how comes there are still people starving out there ?!
jmartkdr
Serious answer: because the problem isn't a lack of food, it's a lack of roads, which is a lot more complicated.
alainprost
true, this and education on how to cultivate among other things...
SheepyCakes
Last I knew, his yearly income exceeded $30 billion.
NERDGASMM
@sweetbabyjesus
ThisCouldBeaLittleMoreSonic
He gave 98% of his fortune then use 2 billion in investment. After one year he is again the richest person of the world and LOOP.
BatMidget
If fifty dollars constantly fell out of his pocket as he walked it wouldn't be worth it for him to turn around and pick it up.
CindyWho4
Well he earned like, $7k in the time it took me to read this, right? haha
IMakeUpRandomFacts
Only richest guy in the world. Cats got cash. Leaving kids $10m each. Doesn't want to burden them with to much
TheBostonBruins
Bill Gates bro
Feenfurn
To him, what I put down on my house, is pocket change.....
IMakeUpRandomFacts
What he puts down on HIS house is pocket change. Makes millions/day
IAlwaysUpvoteFirefly
He hasn't given away $100B. He has given $100B away to charity over the course of his life thus far.
airandfingers
The two sentences of your comment seem to directly contradict each other. Am I missing something here?
eggmuffin
Those are two perfectly sensible sentences, but when you use them together like that, they make absolutely no sense.
IAlwaysUpvoteFirefly
Should have worded it better. I meant: He didn't give it away all at once.
boethius
Not quite clear from the text. He WILL/plans on giving away ~$100B during his lifetime. His net worth is ~$77B.
slapmyassandcallmesusan
Hes still the richest man in the world.
Atharaenea
Man, I bet he could pay off everyone's student loans and it wouldn't make a dent. I LOVE YOU BILL GATES MAKE IT HAPPEN
LetsHailHydra
there's a story that he paid off an exceptionally generous golf caddie's student loans as a tip.
Boredtodeath
Americans now hold over $1 trillion in student loan debt. Not even Bill Gates can help us.
sandiegosd
well shit
kivalo
I think just today I heard something along the lines of the US Gov't giving out $112 Billion in student loans a year
KansasComrade
Just subside already!
garthhh
TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FISCAL POLICY
2arqu0n
No, probably not. But he could pay some third world countries' debts. That would work.
Geistbar
His net worth still goes up even as he donates billions, because his investments go up and up. He's donated ~$28 billion so far as I recall.
Backslash2099
He has donated 28 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation alone. Not sure about other charities or non-profits.
mcvagina
In the interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9p7AYyQTc4) he doesn't specify the currency. In either SEK or NOK it's over 100 billion
WebDevJewelerReptileLover
we should get together and start a food shop. I'll do the twatwaffles you do the mcvaginas. We'll make a killing
nidmorrfun
pretty sure he thinks in terms of dollars.
mcvagina
Yes, me too! Just sayin' lil Monica
fnurglbhurg
It's basically an economical feedback loop. Hilarious if you ask me. :D
DianNaoChong
Everything he has goes into charity or charity foundations run by him/his wife when he dies, ~10million only each go to his kids.
eggmuffin
"Only". :) I bet they're proud of their dad.
ifinallyhadtocomment
I thought that was Warren Buffett? Or are they doing the same thing?
trasneoir
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge
tikimiki
a lot of rich ppl do it. give enough so that their kids can live comfortably and make something out of themselves
surroundedbystupid
I think that amount will allow them to live comfortably but prevent the excesses of hedonism. This is a stand up guy.
snowfork
You'd put it into a trust then. That way it pays out a fixed amount every year instead of all at once.
PoeKneeTa
Source
Thoraxe123
If he drops a $100 bill, it is literally not worth his time to bend over and pick it up
iwantacorgi
I like my baby jesus like my reeses peanut butter cup, sweet and bite sized
SweetBabyJesus
I'd rather we maintain a no biting policy...
daveypavey
On top of that, he dropped out of skool. If I do that, then I end up at McDonalds if I'm lucky. Thanks Obama
trasneoir
He got 1590 out of 1600 in SATs, spent 3 years in Harvard, and didn't bother graduating because people were queuing up to work with him.
WhyShouldILoveYou
If you can't spell "school" I think you should stay in one just for a little bit longer.
daveypavey
I do that on purpose as a reference to Invader ZIM, my favorite show growing up
LavaAxe
Yeah but he didn't drop out of school because he needed more time to get high and binge-watch on netflix.
secondcoming
That's down to you , nobody else.
Beezlebubble
He could drop $100 dollars on the ground, and it would not be efficient for him to pick it up.
Tomyrgon
That makes no sense. While he was picking up the cash he would somehow stop earning for that time being? Woul still lose 100 dollars :|
LoudAngryJerk
no, he doesnt have money left... he has STUPID MONEY....
LoudAngryJerk
he could give away 90% of his assets and he'd still be almost a billionaire
LoudAngryJerk
probably more than that actually
LoudAngryJerk
I just realized I responded to myself twice...
MardukRising
And the conversation between you and yourself just goes on and on and on~ =p