Exluding Keanu, Tom Hanks, and Warren Buffet

  • Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    I met Brian O’Halloran (Dante from Clerks) once and he was super nice. We bullshitted for ages and he signed a thing for me.

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    Stephen Colbert. I met him once, very briefly. He was visiting a thing I was working. He was very kind - went around to everyone, shook our hands, and introduced himself individually.

    But that made me think he was a legit good guy. He didn’t have to take the time to do that.

  • Montagge@lemmy.zip
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    Diamond Dallas Paige

    When I met him he seemed genuinely a nice guy, and he’s helped so many broken wrestlers

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      6 days ago

      I’d never heard of him until I tried his yoga workout and I completely agree. He seems so genuine and serious about lifting others up (ummm…no pun intended…maybe…).

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    It is not possible for Warren Buffet to be a nice guy because he is a dragon hoarding wealth while people die of deprivation and injustice.

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        6 days ago

        Are you sure he really donated it? Did it not go to one of the foundations he and Gates control to push their agendas like school privatization via “charter schools”?

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          He can only make billions in profits when he has billions to invest. If he kept giving everything away it would take him much longer to make the same amount of money.

          • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            6 days ago

            I’m sorry what? He hasn’t made anything. The value created by the companies he owns is generated by the workers. He simply takes all that value that they’ve generated, and gives a poultry amount of it towards charities and NGOs to whitewash his reputation.

            He’s not a nice guy, he’s a greedy ghoul.

        • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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          The $55 billion + is a waste product produced by his lifelong love of mathematics. Seriously. Even Buffett would probably agree that there’s a societal problem where a single human can amass that amount of (unnecessary) wealth. Probably explains why he gives it away. For him the satisfaction is seeing his system win - not necessarily the dividends it collects.

        • ReanuKeeves@lemm.eeOP
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          Well to be frank, if he were born nowadays he would likely be seen as autistic because of his love for mathematics. He developed an early interest in the workings of stocks as a kid as his father owned a stock brockerage.

          He always dabbled in small business ventures as a kid including buying a farm off his dad that ended up making him a small fortune as a 20 year old. He worked his way up in his dads firm as an investment salesman until he amassed enough to start his own firm. The funny thing is, he doesn’t spend much of his money because it’s mostly not liquid. He has a high net worth because he owns shares that he doesn’t access, and when he does, it’s usually for charity. He pledged to donate 99% of his wealth a long long time ago.

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      Word. I’m not much of a fan of his music, other than a few songs, but the dude is just so damn nice. Like, he could do the usual fame thing where he hedges and plays aloof, but the guy is always positive and kind to people any time he’s in public. Like, if he’s faking being a decent dude, he’s doing so good at it that it amounts to the same thing.

      Even when he’s talking about his struggles, or other darker subjects, he’s talking with compassion for others, trying to give people a hand up with his words. I respect the hell out of that.

    • Thalion@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      Really? Roger ‘Russia did nothing wrong’ Waters? I’m not saying he’s scum or anything but I struggle to see him fitting in with the rest here.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Louise Fletcher was a kindly grandmother to anyone . The best ways to find nice people in Hollywood is look for the best villains.