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David Burge

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5 May, 8 tweets, 2 min read

Checking in on Bill Gates

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1390057937184464900

OMG

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1390057937184464900

William Randolph Hearst: builds San Simeon for his Hollywood starlet mistress

Bill Gates: rents plywood AirBnB in Myrtle Beach for his mousy sidechick from Accounting

It's embarrassing stuff like this that's going to get him kicked out of the Billionaire Supervillian Club

Back in my day, billionaires were more relatable

Seriously what's the use of having $150 billion if you're not going to have your own sovereign 1500 foot nuclear yacht filled with showgirls and mountains of cocaine? smdh

https://twitter.com/Jason_Paul3/status/1390094820832694273

Say what you want about Florida, but the typical Miami rando boner pill scammer with $10 million seems to have more fun flaunting their money than every West Coast tech trillionaire combined

https://twitter.com/Jason_Paul3/status/1390094820832694273

https://twitter.com/ChrisPaulRoney/status/1390080443115089925

I'm not really funny, just honest

https://twitter.com/ChrisPaulRoney/status/1390080443115089925

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*The patent for the Zippo lighter turned 85 last month. It has never been improved on.

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https://twitter.com/onairmermaid/status/1386466473258881027

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