Exluding Keanu, Tom Hanks, and Warren Buffet

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    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.

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    7 months ago

    Warwick Davis. Every time I saw him at cons he was super nice.

    One time he was holding a panel down in front of the stage because on the stage the acoustics sucked. So while he was answering some question or so one of the handlers brought him a glas of water and put it on the edge of the stage. Shortly thereafter Warwick went to get the water but the stage was just about tall enough that he couldn’t reach, even with jumping. He took it with humor, the handler was more embarrassed about it.

  • Montagge@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    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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      7 months 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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      7 months 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.

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    7 months 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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    7 months ago

    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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          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.

        • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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          7 months ago

          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.

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        7 months 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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          7 months ago

          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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            7 months 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.