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[–] GuStJaR 166 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do you know what the difference is between a millionaire and a billionaire? About a billion.

[–] bisq 106 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A million seconds is 11.574 days, a billion seconds is 31.7 years

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

I always think it as the difference between a nice vacation and a whole generation.

[–] GuStJaR 15 points 1 year ago

I'm saving this one 👍

[–] dafo 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know what the difference is between a thousand and a million? About a million.

It's almost as if there's a pattern in how we name large numbers 🤔🤔🤔

[–] GuStJaR 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The point is that 1 million is a big number (or a lot of money), as is 1 billion. But 1 billion is so big, it makes 1 million seem small by comparison. 1 thousand is not a big number.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Unless you're talking about the number of spiders on your face

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago