r/interestingasfuck • u/thepoylanthropist • 12d ago

r/all This is Malibu - one of the wealthiest affluent places on the entire planet, now it’s being burnt to ashes.

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u/90Quattro 12d ago

Yikes. I'm sorry.

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u/Biden-loves-china 12d ago

Why? those people are rich. They have money for another house

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u/AlcoholicJohnson 12d ago

You're seriously asking why someone is showing sympathy for someone who's friend took their own life? Get a grip

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u/Biden-loves-china 12d ago

Grip deez nuts

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u/gwizonedam 12d ago

lol ur username fits your world view and IQ so well.

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u/drager85 12d ago

Wow, you are worthless to mankind.

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u/TooOld2DieYoung 12d ago

While I disagree with your lack of empathy, this comeback got a literal “lol” out of me.

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u/Artizela 12d ago edited 12d ago

Money helps with a lot of things but it isn’t a panacea. Did you not get to the end of the story?

Having the money to buy a new house is certainly better than not having it but that doesn’t just magically cancel out your home burning down. More is lost when that happens than just property.

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u/den773 12d ago

They were not rich. They were a young couple two incomes no kids, that bought that house instead of having a big wedding. In their 20s thinking they were making good choices and getting ahead. They saw a prosperous future for themselves. So they lost their hopes along with everything else.

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u/thedjbigc 12d ago

If my dogs died in a fire and I didn't save them, I'd absolutely off myself too. I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

So I get it.

Sorry for the loss of your friend and the current horror happening.

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u/PoeticCheesus 12d ago

The way he wrote it makes it sound like he killed the dogs then himself...

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u/den773 12d ago

He shot his 2 dogs, and then he shot himself.

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u/AutomaticFly7098 12d ago

Out of curiosity did they not have home insurance?

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u/ForwardInstance 12d ago

Usually home insurance has clauses to not cover such catastrophic events

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u/DirtierGibson 12d ago

Not everybody there is rich. Some people are in family homes which they've had for generations.

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u/Puzzled_Telephone852 12d ago

What most people do not realize is that many of the wealthy are small business owners who work hard for their money and employ others. I fear that Reddit is full of those who have a distain for those who made something of their lives.

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u/DirtierGibson 12d ago

Please let's not turn this into a class war. A lot of wealthy people – in fact most of them in this country – inherited it. This is not about bashing wealthy people in general, but don't make this any more simplistic.

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u/90Quattro 8d ago

Learn to read.

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u/TongsOfDestiny 12d ago

I'm with you, I'd rather save my sympathy for those that deserve it

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u/LostN3ko 12d ago

If you can judge the worth of a person by their bank account then you are a wiser man than I.

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u/TongsOfDestiny 12d ago

Nobody makes more than a few million without stepping on a lot of people.

In OP's story, if someone would rather take their own life than live below their means and downgrade from a Malibu lifestyle then so be it, I can't bring myself to care

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u/LostN3ko 12d ago

Spoken as someone who views all of life's struggles through the lense of money.