• Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    Median income in US: $74580

    Median height in US: 175cm (5’9")

    Jeff Bezos’s income in 2023: $70 billion

    Jeff Bezos’s estimated height: 530cm (17’4")

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      4 months ago

      I mean… he is a Dragon on his lair full of gold, so that height makes sense.

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      4 months ago

      At a 100,000,000% salary increase, I make Bezos to be about thirty million inches taller.

      This would suggest his space flight didn’t even reach his own knees.

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          That’s how it’s phrased, but with their numbers quoted the 6’4" guy gets $107,919 vs a linear scaling giving $103,740. The latter rounds to the $104,000 stated, so I’m assuming that’s the intended reading