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Posted:
www.globalrichlist.com
puts things in perspective. there are 5,315,756,791 people poorer than me.
although i wonder how many hours they think i'm working, because i'm not getting paid as much as that per hour...
www.globalrichlist.com
puts things in perspective. there are 5,315,756,791 people poorer than me.
although i wonder how many hours they think i'm working, because i'm not getting paid as much as that per hour...
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Posted:
'You are in the top 14.18% richest people in the world.
There are 5,149,029,754 people poorer than you'
Wow! i dont believe that!
i dont think ive ever felt so rich.
its kinda sad that over 5 bilion people live on less than my crummy pay.
'You are in the top 14.18% richest people in the world.
There are 5,149,029,754 people poorer than you'
Wow! i dont believe that!
i dont think ive ever felt so rich.
its kinda sad that over 5 bilion people live on less than my crummy pay.
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Posted:
You are in the top 13.47% richest people in the world.
There are 5,191,539,456 people poorer than you.
That may be so, but are these people earning less than $2 an hour paying $100 per week in rent, and all those other factors such as cost of living?
Maybe they should go by disposable income?
You are in the top 13.47% richest people in the world.
There are 5,191,539,456 people poorer than you.
That may be so, but are these people earning less than $2 an hour paying $100 per week in rent, and all those other factors such as cost of living?
Maybe they should go by disposable income?
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Posted:
You are in the top 4.65% richest people in the world.
There are 5,720,956,521 people poorer than you.
Now i feel a little better about the offer ive been made from work to stay on perminant, kinda puts things in perspective doesnt it!
NOn yeah the hourly rate does look a little over optimistic hehe
Motley
You are in the top 4.65% richest people in the world.
There are 5,720,956,521 people poorer than you.
Now i feel a little better about the offer ive been made from work to stay on perminant, kinda puts things in perspective doesnt it!
NOn yeah the hourly rate does look a little over optimistic hehe
Motley
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Posted:
hehe dont think i'd be so high going by disposable income
EDITED_BY: Motley (1149456752)
Written by: MiG
You are in the top 13.47% richest people in the world.
There are 5,191,539,456 people poorer than you.
That may be so, but are these people earning less than $2 an hour paying $100 per week in rent, and all those other factors such as cost of living?
Maybe they should go by disposable income?
hehe dont think i'd be so high going by disposable income
EDITED_BY: Motley (1149456752)
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Posted:
You are in the top 10.4% richest people in the world.
There are 5,375,963,777 people poorer than you.
Wow!
You are in the top 10.4% richest people in the world.
There are 5,375,963,777 people poorer than you.
Wow!
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
You are in the top 10.78% richest people in the world.
There are 5,352,807,244 people poorer than you.
Well... I guess I could now figure out how much you guys own. But seriously, if I got the 8.33 per hour that they say I do, I'd work 28 hours a week
given what I actually work, 4.33 per hour is more like it! I suppose they do something with the tax?
Whatever it is, MiG is right and they should take cost of living into account. but I still think all us 1st Worlders will be pretty much better off than a couple of billion people
You are in the top 10.78% richest people in the world.
There are 5,352,807,244 people poorer than you.
Well... I guess I could now figure out how much you guys own. But seriously, if I got the 8.33 per hour that they say I do, I'd work 28 hours a week
given what I actually work, 4.33 per hour is more like it! I suppose they do something with the tax?Whatever it is, MiG is right and they should take cost of living into account. but I still think all us 1st Worlders will be pretty much better off than a couple of billion people
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Posted:
"You are in the top 0.895% richest people in the world.
There are 5,946,256,449 people poorer than you."
Wow that really is humbling though as stated by peeps previously the 'hourly' figure is somewhat generous. I wonder if they wanted you to enter your net or gross annual figure though.....
EDIT: After fiddling with the income figure till it nearly matched my 'hourly' rate I got -
"You are in the top 4.62% richest people in the world.
There are 5,722,513,043 people poorer than you. "
EDITED_BY: HeadSwim (1149461071)
"You are in the top 0.895% richest people in the world.
There are 5,946,256,449 people poorer than you."
Wow that really is humbling though as stated by peeps previously the 'hourly' figure is somewhat generous. I wonder if they wanted you to enter your net or gross annual figure though.....
EDIT: After fiddling with the income figure till it nearly matched my 'hourly' rate I got -
"You are in the top 4.62% richest people in the world.
There are 5,722,513,043 people poorer than you. "
EDITED_BY: HeadSwim (1149461071)
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Location: Manchester England
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Location: Manchester England
Posted:
You are in the top 10.78% richest people in the world.
There are 5,352,807,244 people poorer than you.
I'm not that rich at all top ten % I'm sure thats not right
You are in the top 10.78% richest people in the world.
There are 5,352,807,244 people poorer than you.
I'm not that rich at all top ten % I'm sure thats not right
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
You are in the top 2.05% richest people in the world.
There are 5,876,608,695 people poorer than me
If they balanced it out with my debt's too I'm sure I'd be way further down. If this is based purely on income and doesn't take into account the actual cost of living in various places in the world would owing more than you have make you poorer than someone who has nothing?
You are in the top 2.05% richest people in the world.
There are 5,876,608,695 people poorer than me
If they balanced it out with my debt's too I'm sure I'd be way further down. If this is based purely on income and doesn't take into account the actual cost of living in various places in the world would owing more than you have make you poorer than someone who has nothing?
Let's relight this forum 
NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Very cool site. I always try and explain that to my students when they say they're 'poor' because they can't upgrade their ipods to the ones with video.
Very cool site. I always try and explain that to my students when they say they're 'poor' because they can't upgrade their ipods to the ones with video.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
14.38% with what i typhically make in a year. Allow me to note that anyone who makes what I typhically make in a year qualifies for welfare, food stamps, etc, and thus would make more.
With what I'm making *this* year, 12.39%
Debts and cost of living not withstanding, thats still pretty impressive. It also makes it obvious to me how much it takes to move between percentiles....
14.38% with what i typhically make in a year. Allow me to note that anyone who makes what I typhically make in a year qualifies for welfare, food stamps, etc, and thus would make more.
With what I'm making *this* year, 12.39%
Debts and cost of living not withstanding, thats still pretty impressive. It also makes it obvious to me how much it takes to move between percentiles....
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
I am in the top 1% of the richest people in the world cos I have wonderful, wonderful friends who give me a permenant feeling of warm fuzzies!
oh wait, that's not what this is about
I am in the top 1% of the richest people in the world cos I have wonderful, wonderful friends who give me a permenant feeling of warm fuzzies!
oh wait, that's not what this is about
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
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enthusiast
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Posted:
mmmm strange. As I currently have no income, I put in how much I have been spending this year which works out at UKP 4 a day. (lets not factor in debt cause it'll just depress me).
And on this figure it says that my hourly wage is UKP 1.04 an hour! Which is 27 hours a week - jesus, where do these guys work? And can I work there also - I'm sure they pay better than UKP 1.04 an hour!
Still got asked if I want to consider donating some money though.
mmmm strange. As I currently have no income, I put in how much I have been spending this year which works out at UKP 4 a day. (lets not factor in debt cause it'll just depress me).
And on this figure it says that my hourly wage is UKP 1.04 an hour! Which is 27 hours a week - jesus, where do these guys work? And can I work there also - I'm sure they pay better than UKP 1.04 an hour!
Still got asked if I want to consider donating some money though.
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Posted:
Is richness only measured in dollars?????
Doc
Is richness only measured in dollars?????
Doc
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old hand
920 posts
Location: New Zealand
old hand
920 posts
Location: New Zealand
Posted:
excellent site but there's other things to consider.
unbelieveably £1000 a year is still top 20%
I've not earnt a penny yet this year and i'm totally skint.
That puts me in the 'if you earn less than £100 we cannot calculate.....' category
woops,
m
excellent site but there's other things to consider.
unbelieveably £1000 a year is still top 20%
I've not earnt a penny yet this year and i'm totally skint.
That puts me in the 'if you earn less than £100 we cannot calculate.....' category
woops,
m
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enthusiast
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Location: Melbourne - home of pirates
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Location: Melbourne - home of pirates
Posted:
Something to consider..
We are all comparatively rich.
We don't have to walk an hour to get fresh water every day.
We get to eat more than a cupful of rice every day.
*is thankful*
Something to consider..
We are all comparatively rich.
We don't have to walk an hour to get fresh water every day.
We get to eat more than a cupful of rice every day.
*is thankful*
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enthusiast
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Location: L.O.N.D.O.N.
Posted:
Many people in the West live with no community, no social support above a giro to pay for GM food, alcohol to drown their sorrows and cigs to calm their nerves, and they feel scared everyday.
Richness has many attributes above and beyond how much cash you have in your back pocket. Richness of community, richness of culture, richness of opportunity.
(thinks this thread should be moved to social discussion)
Many people in the West live with no community, no social support above a giro to pay for GM food, alcohol to drown their sorrows and cigs to calm their nerves, and they feel scared everyday.
Richness has many attributes above and beyond how much cash you have in your back pocket. Richness of community, richness of culture, richness of opportunity.
(thinks this thread should be moved to social discussion)
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travelling without moving
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Location: Maghull, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Posted:
if i'm this rich why am i always skint?
top 2.57% and there are 5,845,478,260 people poorer than me.
if i'm this rich why am i always skint?
top 2.57% and there are 5,845,478,260 people poorer than me.
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Posted:
"You are in the top 0.877% richest people in the world.
There are 5,947,370,735 people poorer than you."
Damn man - my round then ?
"You are in the top 0.877% richest people in the world.
There are 5,947,370,735 people poorer than you."
Damn man - my round then ?
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Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
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Posted:
You are in the top 12.87% richest people in the world.
There are 5,227,298,835 people poorer than you.
ooooh i shall not moan about being skint again lol
You are in the top 12.87% richest people in the world.
There are 5,227,298,835 people poorer than you.
ooooh i shall not moan about being skint again lol
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Location: Nuneaton
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Location: Nuneaton
Posted:
You are in the top 0.909% richest people in the world.
There are 5,945,442,905 people poorer than you.
Hourly rates wrong but hey..... But then again with my friends who cares about money,, they make me feel like the richest man in the world anyhow
You are in the top 0.909% richest people in the world.
There are 5,945,442,905 people poorer than you.
Hourly rates wrong but hey..... But then again with my friends who cares about money,, they make me feel like the richest man in the world anyhow
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Posted:
There are 5,352,807,244 people poorer than me. yay for me
There are 5,352,807,244 people poorer than me. yay for me
DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
now THERE'S someone who got the perspective of this activity!
now THERE'S someone who got the perspective of this activity!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
They've got me down have having an hourly rate of £2.10
Never added all my money up before - turns out I get just over 3 grand a year. Not bad for somebody my age, but the main question is? Where does it all go? :eep:
They've got me down have having an hourly rate of £2.10
Never added all my money up before - turns out I get just over 3 grand a year. Not bad for somebody my age, but the main question is? Where does it all go? :eep:
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Fool
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Location: Cornwall, UK
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Posted:
What's quite scary is that even if you only earn £100 per year, there's still over 400 million people worse off than you...
What's quite scary is that even if you only earn £100 per year, there's still over 400 million people worse off than you...
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: York University, United Kingdom
Posted:
No-one with access to the internet can be described as skint. We have fresh water on tap 24/7, and have a massive amount of food available to us. Not like "You have to grow your own food. If the crop fails, you die." which is what a depressingly huge amount of people in the world have to live with.
Even if you're so broke you're raiding the bins behind cafes for the sandwiches they throw out, at least you have bins that you can raid. Some people don't have that luxury
No-one with access to the internet can be described as skint. We have fresh water on tap 24/7, and have a massive amount of food available to us. Not like "You have to grow your own food. If the crop fails, you die." which is what a depressingly huge amount of people in the world have to live with.
Even if you're so broke you're raiding the bins behind cafes for the sandwiches they throw out, at least you have bins that you can raid. Some people don't have that luxury
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
I was just thinking... if you make $100000 a year and spend it all... are you poor? What if you spend $120000 and are now in debt? A common occurance for a westerner.
I think it comes down to 'options'. A 'poor' hippie living on the streets of New York still has many more options than a poor farmer in a third world nation.
Sometimes it makes me sad when Westerners with so many options pity themselves and call themselves 'poor' because of the choices they make. (Definitely the most conservative sentence I've ever written on HoP.)
I know that there are many people who are victims of cirumstance (heath, hurricane, crime, etc..) but it seems all too often that it's the folks with the $80,000 SUVs that are whining about being poor because gas prices went up a buck.
I was just thinking... if you make $100000 a year and spend it all... are you poor? What if you spend $120000 and are now in debt? A common occurance for a westerner.
I think it comes down to 'options'. A 'poor' hippie living on the streets of New York still has many more options than a poor farmer in a third world nation.
Sometimes it makes me sad when Westerners with so many options pity themselves and call themselves 'poor' because of the choices they make. (Definitely the most conservative sentence I've ever written on HoP.)
I know that there are many people who are victims of cirumstance (heath, hurricane, crime, etc..) but it seems all too often that it's the folks with the $80,000 SUVs that are whining about being poor because gas prices went up a buck.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
enthusiast
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Location: L.O.N.D.O.N.
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Location: L.O.N.D.O.N.
Posted:
Can we seperate needs and wants? Someone who spends $100000 a year obviously is spending a most of that on wants. Someone who spends $1000 a year obviously spends most of that on needs.
I good way of seeing how rich someone is in monetary terms to to calculate how much of the money they spend is on food (their needs).
Oh and any one who drives an SUV is rich end of debate. And if they start whining to me about the price of gas, well I'll be liable to say 'excuse can I jsut stop you there... thank you' and then walk off.
There is a great deal of poverty in the disadvantaged parts of Western cities, just because they can eat doesn't mean their live as any meaning. Isn't that the true meaning of richness?
Yes there are thousands (millions?) of people that struggle on a day to day basis to put food in their tummys (and I no way devalue their struggle), but I want to address the misconception that poverty is to sole preserve of countries outside of the 'West'.
Written by: NYC
I was just thinking... if you make $100000 a year and spend it all... are you poor? What if you spend $120000 and are now in debt? A common occurance for a westerner.
Can we seperate needs and wants? Someone who spends $100000 a year obviously is spending a most of that on wants. Someone who spends $1000 a year obviously spends most of that on needs.
I good way of seeing how rich someone is in monetary terms to to calculate how much of the money they spend is on food (their needs).
Oh and any one who drives an SUV is rich end of debate. And if they start whining to me about the price of gas, well I'll be liable to say 'excuse can I jsut stop you there... thank you' and then walk off.
There is a great deal of poverty in the disadvantaged parts of Western cities, just because they can eat doesn't mean their live as any meaning. Isn't that the true meaning of richness?
Yes there are thousands (millions?) of people that struggle on a day to day basis to put food in their tummys (and I no way devalue their struggle), but I want to address the misconception that poverty is to sole preserve of countries outside of the 'West'.
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Again, it goes back to opportunity.
Every child in America has the right to a free education (which costs between $5000 and $10000 per pupil per year) with free breakfast AND lunch included until they are 18.
I'm NOT saying that that makes everything else all right but it's certainly a heck of a lot more than someone who did not have these 'privelages' elsewhere in the world.
Again, it goes back to opportunity.
Every child in America has the right to a free education (which costs between $5000 and $10000 per pupil per year) with free breakfast AND lunch included until they are 18.
I'm NOT saying that that makes everything else all right but it's certainly a heck of a lot more than someone who did not have these 'privelages' elsewhere in the world.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
enthusiast
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Location: L.O.N.D.O.N.
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Location: L.O.N.D.O.N.
Posted:
According to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September 1996, 13.8% of Americans live in poverty. Many more are on the borderline. Poverty affects all ages, but an astonishing 48% percent of its victims are children:
* About 15 million children -- one out of every four -- live below the official poverty line.
* 22% of Americans under the age of 18 -- and 25% under age 12 -- are hungry or at the risk of being hungry.
* Everyday 2,660 children are born into poverty; 27 die because of it.
* Children and families are the fastest growing group in the homeless population, representing 40%.
(https://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/childpov.htm)
And I'm sure the figures are *a lot* higher now since you had Mister Bush is charge.
According to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September 1996, 13.8% of Americans live in poverty. Many more are on the borderline. Poverty affects all ages, but an astonishing 48% percent of its victims are children:
* About 15 million children -- one out of every four -- live below the official poverty line.
* 22% of Americans under the age of 18 -- and 25% under age 12 -- are hungry or at the risk of being hungry.
* Everyday 2,660 children are born into poverty; 27 die because of it.
* Children and families are the fastest growing group in the homeless population, representing 40%.
(https://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/childpov.htm)
And I'm sure the figures are *a lot* higher now since you had Mister Bush is charge.
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