I'm the 52,162,565 richest person on earth!

[matcom]

find out how rich YOU are

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

[Sean Reynolds]

1. I'm the richest!

With $580000000000! :bounce:

Ok, so I lied!

[Brucey]

2. I'm filthy rich,

and I'm going to give all my money to Dem candidates!

[Kamika]

3. guess im rich?

You are in the top 0,001% richest people in the world.
You don¹t need to know any more than that (and besides our calculator can't do sums that big).


edit: I'm the 107,565 richest person on earth!

[Caution]

7. if you make over 200,000/year (which is where the above come in then

yes you are rich :) Congratulations. Good for you. Do some good with any extra you might have, International Red Cross, Amnesty International, AIDS Action Committee, Planned Parenthood, DNC, MoveOn, FACTNet, and your preferred candidate can all use your help! And while you are at it buy yourself a treat, you probably deserve it.

[Kamika]

12. lol

did you copy and paste that or did you write it yourself? :)

[rabid_nerd]

4. 55,752,565

You're richer than me!

[Richardo]

5. Interesting factoid: the world's average ANNUAL wage is $869

Use that next time some idiot tells you his tax cuts will result in an average of $1,000 per family.

[MoonGod]

6. Now we all know that you make $55,000/year :)

[VermontDem2004]

8. I am the 359,485,862

I am also in the top 0,001% richest people in the world.
You don¹t need to know any more than that (and besides our calculator can't do sums that big).
Please consider donating just a small amount of your enormous wealth to help some of the poorest people in the world. Many of their lives could be improved dramatically or even saved if you donate just one hour's salary (approx $694444.44)

[Kamika]

13. nevermind

im blind

[GOPisEvil]

9. You're richer than I am...nyah, nyah, nyah...some commie YOU ARE!!!

:P

56,391,944 in the world baybee!!!

By the way, I already donate that much of my check to charity. :shrug:

[KeepItReal]

10. "There are 5,971,172,435 people poorer than you."

That is why I am tha Man...yeah!






Sorry, y'all I just had a G.O.P. moment....

[chiburb]

18. 5,981,942,435 poorer!

So there!

[KeepItReal]

21. I guess I should have enrolled into the U. of Illinois...

With my computer science major I would have been in class with the founders of Netscape....doh!

[gratuitous]

11. Didn't work for me

Of course, it could be because I've disabled Java script so as to eliminate those annoying pop-up ads, but I prefer to think it's some sort of global conspiracy directed at me personally.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!

[LynneSin]

14. If I knew you were that rich, I'd ask you to be my sugardaddy!

:bounce:

[Systematic Chaos]

15. So me and my wife make $40k at most

and we're in the top 0.9%? Man that's sick....

[Xithras]

16. 49,649,565

Of course, $62,000 a year in Northern California doesn't go that far!

[scarlet_owl]

17. Wow! I feel so much better!

My husband and I make a paltry $23,000 a year and that is enough to put us into the top 5.99%! Even though it is taking the whole world into account, somehow I don't feel so bad. I guess it could always be worse.

[KamaAina]

19. Wow! I'm in the top one percent!

I think I will go shop for an SUV, drive it down to the Board of Elections and change my registration to Repuke, then go house-hunting in a nice gated community...

...uhh, NOT!!!!!

I can only shake my head and wonder what life is like for the other 99 flippin' percent of humanity...

[Interrobang]

26. You're probably actually not.

See my post further down the thread for the reason why their calculations are bunk.

[KamaAina]

27. So I don't have to re-register Repuke after all?

Thank you, oh thank you, oh fine Lady of the Northern Baronies and Debunker of Flawed Calculations! How may I thank thee?

[KCDem]

20. well, this year,

my husband is the 43,187,565 richest person in the world. Last year, he was the 25,237,565 richest person in the world.

Damn Bush economy. ;)

[underpants]

22. 58,605,459

97.6 percentile

[JVS]

23. No you are not!

My friend who makes $55,000 per year is the 52,162,565th richest person in the world.

[nini]

24. I'm in the top 1% - huh?

I think I'm gonna be sick.. Goes to show how much people are struggling to survive..

[Interrobang]

25. 508,714,653...or so they think, but they're wrong!

Unfortunately, their methodology is a bit biased. They even mention it: X many billions of people live on less than $2/day. Well, so what? What does $2 US buy in terms of the local currency and buying power? Flawed economics, man... As I keep trying to explain to people who are allegedly smarter than I am, exchange rates don't count UNLESS (and ONLY unless) you're talking about transborder currency transactions, which in this case, you're not.

For example: I make $24 800/a. In US$ terms, that's $18 400, approximately. However, in terms of buying power, in most places (or in places where the cost-of-living is similar to my home town), my salary is worth at least as much or more (than $24 800) in Canadian dollars spent in Canada as it would be if it were US dollars spent in the US. My dollars buy me as much or more at home than someone else's equivalent number of US dollars would buy them in the US, and so on.

This mis-application of exchange rates (notice that you enter your salary ONLY in US$ or UK pounds) skews the average in favour of your being rich, even when you are not. A more accurate way of doing this would be to index your income in the local currency to the local cost-of-living, but that would take work, and would also give a much more accurate perspective, which is precisely what a charity trying to shame you (the newly allegedly rich) into giving them money.

Critical thinking, folks...don't believe the hype.

[TXlib]

30. Thank you for posting the realist view

I was about to write something along those lines, but you beat me to it!

[Garage Queen]

28. I clock in at #186,740,948.

Wow. I can't pay my bills, I'm holding on by my fingernails, but I'm (apparently) rich!

Seems to me it's time to party!

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[leftist_rebel1569]

29. I'm 5,566,265,061th!

I make roughly 180 dollars a year, usually gifts and Christmas money...(i'm still looking for a job)

[BlueJazz]

31. It told me there was 1 (one) person in the world

poorer than me.
Excuse me while I "strut my stuff"