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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Do we kinda like this guy or is he just another Elon but yet to achieve his final form ?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

I think over the last 20 years enough evidence came up to support the idea that he is indeed a decent guy.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is no such thing as a good (or likeable) billionaire. Forbes says Newell has a net worth of $9.5 billion US dollars. Imagine all the good he could do with that money (with regards to hunger, poverty, access to medicine, education) but instead he uses it to do stupid shit like this.

As far as I know he's not a Nazi like Leon so he's got that going for him I guess.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And you realize that to access that money he would have to sell valve/steam?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Which would probably quite quickly turn it shit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

His company got a bunch of kids addicted to gambling, so who can really say?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Talking about balatro or csgo?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Only one of those is even a Valve game. Counter-Strike, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Gabe is mostly good, at least as far as uber wealthy goes. Maybe some stuff I'm unaware of though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Far better than most but Valve has some controversy with gambling and CS and stuff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sadly i'd say both can be true at once, though there are less red flags that with Elno