He did prove one thing, and that is that rich people legitimately think anyone who has less money than they do is just lazy. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary and his own failure the article seems to imply that he still thinks that is the case lol guess he didn’t learn anything at all…
The only way you can hoard money like that is to convince yourself that poverty is a moral failing. Otherwise, your conscience can’t handle it.
Nobody thinks they’re the bad guy.
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It’s also pretty obvious he cheated, though.
He clearly had a good phone, phone plan, and secure comprehensive healthcare.
Absolutely, A regular person would need no small amount of luck to get back to just employed and housed. Not saying it would be easy at all.
You know, this would be good evidence to present that giving everyone access to the things Black got (an RV to stay in temporarily for free, a decent phone and plan and the rich person side of American health care), would allow people better mobility out of their situations.
Look what happened 10 months in though. Say hypothetically a poor person did all the same things Black did and kind of made it for themselves. They go in to see the doctor, they find out their dad has cancer and they have autoimmune issues. If they were to actually address their health situation at that point with only the funds they had amassed, they’d get fucked by the American Healthcare Debt Extraction system.
Not to mention all the other ways things go wrong, such as getting laid off. Without a million dollars to fallback on, many either can’t take the same risks, and many others do but that causes them to fall back to square one.
Despite falling short of his financial goal, Black said his journey showcased the power of determination and the importance of health and family
So he learned absolutely nothing about the plight of countless millions of people. Got it.
Worse, he thinks he was just unlucky that he happened to get sick, and thinks his “success” proves he was right all along. Meanwhile, his “success” was entirely built on leeching off other people and abusing charity.
The sad part is that he couldn’t put two and two together. Health problem interrupting your job? It’s not like poor people ever have to deal with health problems, they’re just lazy, right? /s
The luck bit really clashes with the survivorship bias.
I mean, he’s lucky he could bail on poverty. His dad got sick, and he didn’t have to stop working to care for his dad. He was seeing a doctor regularly to monitor his health, and could call it when his health started to really suffer, after just 10 months.
How was he paying for the damn doctors during his experiment
Obviously he wasn’t going to stop paying for health insurance, only a fool would do that
“As a very rich person I was just unlucky to hit some health problems in this experiment. But all those yucky poor people? Nah, that’s morning to do with bad luck. That’s just bootstraps and laziness.” -Douchebag clueless millionaire experimenter
He was also nowhere near 1 million bucks with two months left.
And this charity and help wouldn’t exist if the world actually worked like he wants it to.
Black said his journey showcased the power of determination and the importance of health and family
So…he’s going to give away all his money now right?
Because he proved he can do it again.
Right?
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But still you’ll never get it right
'Cause when you’re laid in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your dad he could stop it allPulp had it right in 1995
I wouldn’t see it that hard. He had some weird views of the world, but through this he saw that it’s not as easy as he thought and I am sure he won’t say the same shit as he did before.
I wonder how he made the photos and accessed Craigslist.
People refused to give him water and he was unable to find a place to stay the night.
Eventually, a man with an RV allowed him to stay for several nights in his van.
Black started off small and managed to make his first $300 by selling furniture online.
By the fifth day of the challenge he had made enough money to buy himself a computer.
Almost two weeks in, he was able to secure his own office space and after just over one month, Black finally had his own place to rent.
Three months into the challenge, Black’s entrepreneurial spirit appeared to shine through having set himself up as a social media manager, managing to land clients - while even coming up with his own brand of coffee.
While it’s not hard labor by any means, it is interesting.
Four months into the challenge, on day 138, Black learned that his father was officially diagnosed with stage four colon cancer and had just started chemo which led Black to question the entire project - but he continued.
Black ended the challenge having completed 10 months, with just 60 days left to run. He had managed to make a grand total of $64,000.
My personal health has declined to the point where I really need to start taking care of it. Throughout the entire project, we haven’t shared it with you, but I’ve been in and out of the doctor’s office.’
Black explained how he also suffered from two autoimmune diseases which caused ‘chronic fatigue’ and another that attacked his joints.
That’s the millionaire-funded healthcare system for ya.
Must be nice to just decide it’s time to stop being poor.
That is, in fact, all they seem to think it takes.
He failed, and he’s a young white guy with the experience of a millionaire trying to be “homeless” in a place that never experienced -20c temperatures.
Literally as easy as it could get for him. And he failed.
Go ahead and try it while being a young black man. Or a woman. Or disabled. Or with a mental illness. Or an addiction. Or a child.
He failed, and he’s a young white guy with the experience of a millionaire trying to be “homeless” in a place that never experienced -20c temperatures.
While being followed by a film crew, given a place to stay for free by a fan, a positive background check for his office space, and investors who knew who he was.
Even with cheat mode enabled, the guy still lost!
Why can’t the millions of homeless people just QUIT being homeless like this guy did and live a normal life?
It’s disheartening that he didn’t learn that when you’re poor, even when you start to make progress, everything needs to continue to go your way because if you hit one bump in the road you need to start all over again. It’s too bad his “start all over again” was just “go back to being rich” and he really failed his social experiment.
Wild that he was unable to prove that homeless people can just decide to earn $83,000/month.
NEVER LINK THE DAILY MAIL
Amen, brother
My personal health has declined to the point where I really need to start taking care of it. Throughout the entire project, we haven’t shared it with you, but I’ve been in and out of the doctor’s office.’
Black explained how he also suffered from two autoimmune diseases which caused ‘chronic fatigue’ and another that attacked his joints.
Yeah, I once had a job working 60-70 hours a week. I ate terrible fast carbs for energy and slept 3-5 hours a night. Eventually I developed an autoimmune/CFS-like illness because I was ignoring my body’s needs.
I think about the less fortunate who have to live this way under stress, all the time. The people who don’t have the option to just “opt out of the experiment”.
Hey I think I’ve seen this movie
You’re getting slow, Ozma:
I saw it there already but wanted others that might not have seen it there to see it.
