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Thats sick their friend paid the electric bill for their whole university dormitory - nice person.

no but they paid for the electric bill for their room. The university should have made a policy about per-room usage

The Man will fuck you on any technicality they can - don't turn around and give them the benefit of the doubt

There are unwritten rules in society. If you don't understand that you'll have a hard time getting anywhere in life.

Those who end up amassing fortunes have often ruthlessly exploited the loopholes of unwritten rules - Peter Thiel taking advantage of Roth IRA, Uber and AirBnB dumping the externalities of unregulated taxis and hotels on the wider society, Walmart putting its lowest paid staff on medicaid etc. Just look at Panama papers to see how the rich exploit all the loopholes to save on taxes.

Are you implying that Peter Thiel should be seen as a role model?

should? I don't know.

But a lot of people do see him as a role model. And he wields considerable influence and power. See what he did to Gawker. How many of us can ruin a publication just because of a personal vendetta?

Those are facts, yes.

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