• jeff@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Wow. Sure hope they don’t go broke with such a massive donation. How can they survive?

      • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        According to a quick web search, Oprah Winfrey has a net worth of 2.5 billion as of 2023. Dwayne Johnson has an estimated 800 million. Assuming they donated equal parts, that’s 5 million each, or 0.2% and 0.625% of their net worth each.

        In other words, if I have 100k to my name and donate 200 bucks to this, it hurts me just as much as it hurts Oprah.

        Let’s not pretend they are doing any more than good publicity here for cents and pennies. Yes it helps people and that commendable, but this is chump change thrown into a beggars hat.

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    1 year ago

    just tax evading, nothing to see…nothing is uplifiting about this

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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the help Oprah! But I don’t know if any of the good will you spread will ever make up for all your wrongs and harm to society, including “doctor” Phil and Oz

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    1 year ago

    What I’m hearing here is that, if I were a celebrity, it would be safest to donate nothing

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    1 year ago

    $1200 a month to people who have no homes in the highest COL state in the US

    It’s great they’re doing that, but Lahaina is also the most expensive part of Maui to live in. For reference, rent in the cheapest part of Maui in Wailuku can easily go for $1400-$1500 for a ~300sqft studio.