Millionaire Goes Homeless To Prove It's Not Luck (He Failed)

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[@xerosereify]

The fact he developed health problems due to all the stress he was under and didn't seem to think for a second that every other person going through this experience might face the same thing...except without the millionaire health plan to fall back on.

[@snark567]

Sociopathy.

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

And that it is often health conditions like his that force people into poverty and homelessness...

[@bened22]

The experiment was a perfect success in showing the dellusion the millionaire is in and how even with his obvious cheating he couldn't even come close but instead destroyed his health and (hopefully) his exaggerated self confidence. He thought he was the main player who can come out of every situation on top. Instead he learned a lession about life.

[@jessl1934]

The other thing that is missing is that people don't generally pack up a bag and set out on the street to be homeless, they are almost always going through a series of misfortunes and hardships (often for years and years) that they have put everything into to try and turn their situation around (addiction, hustling hard to try and get enough work, domestic violence, health crises including mental illness) and it's only at that final breaking point where things get even worse for them that they end up on the street. He went from stability, comfort, security, healthcare, and a generally happy and healthy environment that was supportive of him as he hit the street. That's sorta like the difference between a person fasting for a 24 hours before starting a marathon vs a person who has been surviving a long-term famine starting a marathon; the length of the race doesn't change but where you are at when you're on that starting line can have an immense impact on how you are able to perform in the race.

[@SnakeOmni]

And that for everyone else, it's every day

[@GeoW-c9b]

The funny part is he still utilized a lot of what he had before. His social media with millions of followers, he gave public talks because of his background. He was essentially doing homeless on easy mode and even then got destroyed.

[@amergingiles]

Yeah. When you are out in the backcountry of the desert living in a broken yurt under 120 degree heat, it's a hell of a lot harder without friends, money, and a fridge with solar power.

[@toshido_yamada]

Not to mention all the knowledge he had before hand on possible ways to make money that the avg homeless person doesn't even know

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

​@@amergingilesliving in the Mojave wasteland almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...

[@Jackson-il1sn]

@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 When I got this assignment I was hoping there'd be more gambling.

[@99mage99]

@@amergingiles Honestly it's not much better being homeless in the middle of a city in the desert during the summer. Like yeah it's definitely better because you are much closer to resources if and when they are available for the homeless, but walking around in 100+ degree weather without proper access to water is basically a death sentence. We get lots of heat stroke victims that are trying to make their way to shelters, or to the parks with good water fountains. Hell, we get lots of heat stroke victims period, regardless of status. Pro tip: Respect the desert the way sailors respect the Ocean. It can and will chew you up and spit you out faster than you thought possible.

[@Just_A_Wandering_Star]

I was in foster care. When I turned 18, they cut me loose and I had zero idea what I was doing. Homeless for three years through no fault of my own and most people treated me like garbage. Some even thought I did drugs simply because I was homeless! The only thing I cared about was trying to SURVIVE. Making enough money to start a business was the LAST thing on my mind. I was more worried about how I was going to eat and where I could sleep safely! It was pure LUCK that an organization for women took me in, even though I didn't meet their criteria. They taught me the skills the system failed to teach me in order to survive on my own. To this day, I'll never understand the discrimination against the homeless.

[@Lacks-a-Daisy]

From my experience, people were openly judgmental a lot, as in passive aggressively not even trying to hide how little they thought of me and people assumed the worst of people on the basis of homelessness alone. Like, they thought the homeless deserve it or something essentially. I'm going to assume the discrimination comes from pure ignorance and no desire to not be ignorant. They want to be able to see at least one group of people as non-human. And they sure the hell act like it.

[@NightmareRex6]

in """GOD""" we trust! (mammon) its ironic satanist want to remove "in God we trust" from money, but the God on money IS SATAN LUCIFER MAMMON THO!

[@babagalacticus]

one might trace all this malarkey back to calvinist, "rugged individualist", 'bootstrapping' horseshyt. think of reagan's exhortations against universal healthcare as 'socialist' (read COMMUNIST) evil. in other words, if america is a BUSINESS, then the underlying principle(s) are to suck as much out of the populace as possible while putting as LITTLE as possible into it's care & maintenance. anti-union goon squads, "the company store", a public education system primarily concerned with teaching the workforce to be able to understand a sign that reads, "DO NOT PUT FINGERS IN MACHINE", certainly not to teach ACTUAL history or how to move UP the socioeconomic ladder. btw, teaching ACTUAL american history might inform people WHO their ACTUAL enemies are & WHO their potential ALLIES might be. can't have that. 😳

[@obsidianflight8065]

@@Lacks-a-Daisy I was always taught that people are only homeless because they do drugs, and the ones that don't are able to get help and back into society pretty easily. So it was ignorance, and I had no idea that I was ignorant. A little while ago, I learned that it wasn't exactly the case, a lot of them actually DO do drugs, but a lot of them are just incredibly unfortunate. While it would be interesting to gain the experience of being homeless, I don't think it would have the intended effect, I have family to rely on (and family that need my support) and both of those combined would make it not nearly as mentally taxing as someone who is truly going through it. Since I was given this opportunity (that is, not being homeless), I hope by the time I'm older that I have a good amount of money, and can afford to help those people who are struggling.

[@sicsempertyrannishonk7197]

lmfao a woman acting like there is any city in America that won't bend over backwards to cater to them while shunning all men made me laugh hysterically. Thanks for the giggle. Do you know how many men's shelters exist in USA? 0.

[@lich109]

I hate his project so much, and I do not believe it for a second that he found somebody who just let him stay for free, that he got that job without an address, and that he found some random dude who just co-signed a property for him. All while being fully paid for healthcare across the entire experiment, having 0 debt and planning to sleep in the office instead of outside initially, because he couldn't stomach actually being homeless. What this experiment proved is he was helpless before somebody gave him everything he needed. Words cannot express how much I hated that video. The best though is after he quit, as if anyone can just do that, he spent 250k to make 64k gross revenue, which means if a regular person did what he did, they'd be $186,000 in debt.

[@Cosinegl]

"I do not believe it for a second that he found somebody who just let him stay for free." Is there something unusual here? I knew a few homeless guys who had permission to live in other people's flats for free. Maybe the fact that sometimes the temperature is -30 °C where I live, but I don't think it's impossible to find somewhere to live in other places. "he got that job without an address" I'm not an American, but I knew a few, and AFAIK, you can just rent some mailbox, isn't it true? Regardless, I'm pretty sure that some small gigs can be done by anyone without any paperwork. "he spent 250k to make 64k gross revenue, which means if a regular person did what he did, they'd be $186,000 in debt." I'd also like to add that no sane person would give that amount of money to the homeless. Even criminals know that it's useless to give those loans. And it is the worst part, not actually addressed here. Earning start-up capital is the hardest part for anyone from the middle class and below, and it is the part usually skipped in those challenges. It is easy to make money if you have any assets. Even $1,000 is enough to make some profit, but if you don't have anything or all your money is spent on food, then there is nothing you can do.

[@lich109]

​​​@@Cosinegl Yeah, there is something very unusual when you DM people and ask to stay with them for free because you're homeless, and not only do they say yes and drive to you that night, not only do they give you free stay in their RV, but they also give you their car to use when/wherever you want. No you cannot use a mailing address for your job.

[@lich109]

@@Cosinegl For some reason the other comment vanished, so to answer, yes there is something very unusual in driving to him that night and giving him both a car and RV for free, and no, you need more than a mailbox.

[@Cosinegl]

​@@lich109 "you need more than a mailbox." Can you please elaborate on it? My knowledge about it is limited by an explanation from a few Americans I've already lost contact with. They explained that it is required only for an employer to send papers related to taxes, employment, any contract changes, etc. And you can just rent a mailbox and use it. I've tried to find an answer online now, but different sources give different information.

[@Cosinegl]

​@@lich109 "For some reason the other comment vanished" It's a normal thing on YT now. Sometimes comments just vanish and sometimes YT shadowbans them. It may be related to the chanel owner or to the now-inbuilt YT auto-moderation. But the system is very strange: I was once instantly shadowbanned in the civil argument about electronics but one person in the thread openly used racial slurs, and his comment was deleted only a few days later.

[@Katellx]

I was homeless for awhile, and I only got out of homelessness because I happened to be lucky enough to have a family that cares about me. If the experiment fails, he'll still be able to go back to his family and his mansion. When this is your entire life, there's no escape, and the "what if I fail?" can quickly become "If this fails, I won't be able to eat, I won't have anywhere to sleep, and I'll die." He will NEVER experience that amount of stress, but you know...he did develop a tumor, so maybe he did experience "some" amount of stress.

[@nonsensicalrants1703]

Same for the most part. Save for one thing. Being homeless was the most stress free point of my life. God I was unbelievably relaxed. Nihilism with a smile. I am convinced that is what a true Buddhist feels like all the time. No drugs or alcohol or anything. Aside from that? My experience was identical to yours. Family help is what helped me get on my feet. Still is.

[@Katellx]

​@@nonsensicalrants1703 Depends on where you were homeless. If the weather is awful and there's high crime, I'm not sure how you'd be stress free. Granted, there is a very small percentage of the population that prefers living in homeless shelters, but it's not the norm.

[@nonsensicalrants1703]

@@Katellx Oh, I hitchhiker out of Wisconsin down to Texas. Then to Florida because it was still too damn cold there.

[@elihughes9317]

@@nonsensicalrants1703 That is "traveling" or "backpacking". Home Free, if you will.. Not to diminish your experience, cause I traveled too.

[@nonsensicalrants1703]

@@elihughes9317 I was homeless either way. I chose to make the best out of it.

[@therightknee3269]

One thing important to realize abt Mike is that he already had health care before being homeless, eliminating that cost, along with business classes that he already took to start his first bonus which most homeless ppl won’t have.

[@大]

no

[@私の名前を翻訳しないでください]

I know this is very off-topic but thank you for posting a comment that's actually related to the video and not another dumbass unfunny and overdone joke like most of the comments on this channel 🙏🙏🙏

[@kingrat2122]

​@@私の名前を翻訳しないでください i was just about to say this, you stole my line!! i need more comments w substance!

[@Chronor]

uhm healthcare is free in europe

[@fuadlabib703]

​@@私の名前を翻訳しないでください how much is the inflater paying you

[@AntiVectorTV]

I feel sorry for the guy who gave him the room in his RV to sleep in. He wanted to help out someone who's homeless, but instead he's helping a millionaire who's trying to prove a point that people shouldn't have "excuses" for being poor.

[@fuzzjunky]

and also taking up that opportunity for someone else. he might have given that room to someone genuinely in need. same with all the free stuff from market place. it might have gone to someone who needed it.

[@mignob]

i was thinking this but im sure its fake

[@EthanHarmony-mu1li]

​@@fuzzjunkyThis this this, as a homeless person of six years who works his ass off and still can't afford an apartment the way we are treated is terrible enough already but now what if this guy makes people fucking wary of helping us? They already fucking don't so he's just fucking us even more

[@owenwilliams3006]

What I feel makes it worse, is that Mike was trying to prove that there was no 'luck' involved. Night 1, and Mike got lucky that a good samaritan with extra living space found him and gave him a roof and bed... so Mike didn't need to struggle going day to day, keeping his phone charged on public outlets, maintaining hygiene, and finding places to sleep. It could be a problem if his battery died, and had to pause whatever work he was doing to recharge. He might not have given as good first impressions if he looked dirty and ragged (such as when getting the $40/month workspace). He might have have just... become overwhelmed with stress, suffering from the cold and weather, only making it difficult to focus on work. Like Pyro said, it's not like he should SUFFER, but unfortunately, suffering is what many homeless are trapped with... and Mike always had the option to 'tap out' once he got hit by bad luck. Granted, said bad luck was a health issue, but again homeless don't have the luxury to address that.

[@user-kq1zh4io7o]

@@EthanHarmony-mu1li imagine being homeless lol cringe gay L

[@geobus3307]

The guy was offered a place to stay because the stranger saw him filming and asked about the situation. So he told the stranger he was not reslly a homeless person but was doing an experiment. Well educated, good story, bang you're no longer homeless! That blew his whole real life homeless deal right off the bat.

[@MeTheOneth]

Gosh, a family emergency and a medical problem? There's no way the every single person living on the street ever has those issues. Obviously this challenge was unfairly stacked against him.

[@HighAdmiral]

What did you expect him to do? Die during the challenge for KZbin clout?

[@anezay4987]

@@HighAdmiral As rad as that would be, it's not my point. What I'm saying is that this is not extraordinary circumstances.

[@HighAdmiral]

​@@anezay4987 Pretty sure your father literally dying and you getting cancer constitutes "extraordinary circumstances".

[@mainhalo117]

@@HighAdmiralfinally, someone with a brain

[@luminousdelight5097]

No it really doesnt count as extraordinary because like.. normal homeless people can have these problems too, or worse. and they DONT have the security of falling back on their wealth

[@drumusic5665]

There is NO way he was picked up like that and offered food and shelter without being recognized. Zero chance.

[@Chronor]

nah people are just nice. thought i think what make it posiible is that he looks clean. comparing to other homeles people

[@drumusic5665]

​@@Chronor so in general the odds of this happening are miniscule, the odds of this happening the 1st night someone is homeless significantly less than miniscule. The best case scenario in terms of that being genuine is he told him he was doing a youtube challenge and then the guy offered. Which most homeless can't do. Also take if from someone that was homeless, don't let strangers who need money sleep in your home. It's a safety thing. There are way safer ways to help someone. $50 bucks gets a motel room. ✌️

[@goopguy548]

​@@Chronordefinitely because he's clean, mfs don't trust homeless people, dude looked like he just walked out of an office

[@bugfriendz]

@@Chronor he does not have the instincts or street knowledge to actually pull this off truly impoverished. does he even meet the locals? even if it is real, his integrity was taxed for taking the offer on the first night without the foresight that it would look suspect. the most credible thing he could have done after getting that autoimmune disease was to sit out in the rain and soak in it. your idea of the poor is completely absent of what actually leaves people in destitution, and only conceptually that "you have no capital". that doesn't work. this isn't meant to infantilize them either - but many "average" folk have a support system that prevents them from being homeless in the first place. you don't half-ass vagrancy.

[@peacemaster8117]

He looks nice. He doesn't look messed up. That's why he'd be offered help while actual homeless people wouldn't.

[@SariGopro]

So if anything, he proved the opposite, that not 'anyone' can achieve something like this. Unfortunate circumstances, which can happen to anyone, has prevented him from going forward despite his pre-obtained skills. Imagine if you're ACTUALLY homeless, have tumors in your body, AND just learned that your dad has cancer. Yeah, not a chance in hell.

[@Knokkelman]

I'd say the fact that he already hired people so early on proves that NOT anyone could do it - you need others to work for you to get rich quickly. Also, with inflation going strong, there will be a time soon when being a "millionaire" is basically lower middle class...

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@Knokkelman Yeah, and if others are working for you then they aren't getting rich quickly unless they have other people working for them. And we call that a pyramid scheme.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Thats why people do drugs.

[@imnotmike]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 All of America is a pyramid scheme at this point.

[@allthe1]

Ikr he managed to make triple figures while being slapped in the face by life? WTH he's a fuckin god of the underworld or smthn. Unrelatable

[@vsaucelover9660]

The main thing is that most people that don't realize, is that most homeless people don't know if they are going to make it , there are homeless people in the streets that suffered for years because of mental illness/addiction/or a physical disability that induse a state of depression/anxiety. His "experiment is ultimately flawed because at any moment he can just go back to his old life . Not to mention that the moment that something happened to him (thw fact that his dad got cancer ) he started to break down both physically and mentally.

[@kylegonewild]

Homie had the option to move closer to his dad following the diagnosis. How many homeless only find out their remaining relatives are dead long after there was even a window to be there for them?

[@vsaucelover9660]

@@kylegonewild yah he got to experience homeless in the most soft and easy way possible and he still failed

[@wako1576]

@@vsaucelover9660 He got offered a safe place to live and food day 1. Saying he got to experience homelessness is like saying someone experienced war at laser tag. Basically cosplayed being homeless.

[@Hifuutorian]

@@wako1576 He also had a side-hustle of being a landlord...because he found 'random' people willing to sub-lease and cosign with him. Just like the 'random' people who delivered for his business. And rented him office space for $40/month. Because he is a millionaire with fame and a millionaire's credit score.

[@ironclad4451]

@@wako1576 exactly.

[@Kevin-on1ez]

You ever noticed that millionaires are the only ones that says if you're not a millionaire you're not trying hard enough

[@dazmaz1269]

Big brain thinkin

[@vlc-cosplayer]

@@dazmaz1269 Blud used 100% of his brain right there

[@justmechanicthings]

Obviously, you're not going to take millionaire advice from someone who has never been one.

[@SuperKratosgamer]

@@justmechanicthings That's no the point.

[@bulwarkk]

there is more types of poverty than just financial. Alot of homeless people are in what I call emotional poverty. The abuse they experienced as a child and adolescent made functioning as an adult harder which typically leads to more trauma.

[@qoph1988]

Trauma is stored in the balls

[@ghostratsarah]

And physical poverty. Health is wealth. A large percentage of homeless in the US are disabled veterans, even if they're getting full VA disability, it just makes them qualify for less aid.

[@cookicrumbl]

@@qoph1988 your mental illness is all in your head

[@mainhalo117]

Sounds like 100% copium

[@starlumin]

-not in debt -not severely mentally/physically ill -not laid off/escaping abuse So most of the reason people end up homeless ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@JohnBrown-tw2qi]

@@Chronorhe also used his solid gold resume and credit to secure housing, employees, and a headquarters on top of his existing contacts and experiences giving him more insight on what will sell well.

[@Smeik2901]

@@Chronor I wanna see you out on the street with nothing but your clothes and a severe depression. Let's see how your motivation to start a business holds up then. No actually I don't want you to go homeless, because no one deserves this, but being in that situation for a day might change your opinion...

[@AgarthanWarrior88]

Real

[@HenaK9]

@@Chronor When you get bankrupt from medical bill, you wont be able to even get a phone plan nor a phone. When normal people go homeless, they desperately try to fix their current situation without forming an elaborate plan how to come out of being homeless 2 months prior that happens. After you realise how deep you are, you end up under a bridge in a cardboard box smelling awful, roaming and looking for scraps to eat. Getting that 1000$ Iphone and lucky to hog a free wifi from a mall before they kick you out is pretty far from your options at that point. This dude got instantly picked up by someone giving him a home and food. He also already had a phone. He wasn't homeless for even 24 hours.

[@LennyMLGDorito]

@Chronor physical handicaps are real btw, someone who's wheelchair bound, missing and arm or even just experiencing chronic pain might just straight up not have any options to go pick any items up or ship them somewhere else. In terms of mental illnesses there's literally a never ending sea of conditions that might inhibit someone's ability to do precisely what you described and if they push themselves to do it consistently despite it causing them severe stress it might worsen their condition. If you seriously can't imagine these things being that much of an issue that's "more of a you problem" as in you or your relatives are probably not affected by anything serious enough and you haven't been able to see that aspect of life.

[@rememberjerry936]

The fact he had to cheat say a lot. Also “life happening” stopping him from do the challenge shows why anyone cant make it, when life got hard he could retreat to wealth.

[@mannyjohnson8383]

When "life happening" isn't part of the challenge rofl these people are so out of touch.

[@SleazySpliff]

@@mannyjohnson8383 not sure if i understand the point of your comment.

[@bear4278]

Plus he should have take the medical bills out of his total 12 months earnings cos, well you know, that is what normal people have to do 🤪 He would have ended up with negative money by the end of the 12 months (again, just like what happens to normal people when they get sick)!

[@wako1576]

Imagine being enough of a coward to not stick to the situation that the people hes judging are forced to live with, and being enough of an asshole to pretend he still has a point to prove.

[@HandleToBeDetermined]

@@SleazySpliff Basically, he should've sucked it up and kept being homeless while stressed out with a tumor on his hip. I think that's a pretty good handicap that's a little bit truer to the challenge. Having the privilege to call it quits the moment something uncomfortable happens kinda defeats the purpose of the whole experiment.

[@Bluebuu2k]

Another problem that i don't think anyone points out about making money while homeless is the fact that you cannot take care of yourself at all. I highly doubt you can find work at even the lowest levels of customer service if you haven't taken a shower or worn clean clothes in months, not even mentioning your deteriorating mental state due to not having a safe or quiet place to sleep or good food to eat

[@daboss640]

Getting clean cloths and showering isn't as insurmountable as most people think. Anyone can walk into a Salvation Army, or an equivalent charitable retail clothing store, and ask for a clean pair of cloths if they need to look presentable for an interview or something. You can shower at most truck stops, and it's absolutely worth it to save up like 20$ for a one month gym membership. Temp agencies can often get you working immediately, which can at least keep you going while you look for something else. It definitely depends on the circumstance though; I was in a relatively safe city, with a cellphone, and still had a job, so I was far from rock bottom.

[@Hifuutorian]

@@daboss640 That's good for one-offs and if the interviews always work out well but quickly becomes impractical if/when they don't.

[@haiphengar627]

@@daboss640 I want to look at this from the other side because you make a good point but I want to experiment and see if your point still stands. How did you know about this information in the first place and what are the chances that a homeless person has access to internet or these places you mentioned in their area (in different parts of the world)? I mean which countries are we talking about? What was the cause of their homelessness (could already be impossible or nearly impossible based on this alone). I'm assuming the worst of the worst is not included here like people who are near dangerous areas like war or people who have illnesses that are severe (things of the like). I think that I'm clueless when it comes to this so it would be nice to hear someone else's opinion.

[@Healer0079a]

@@daboss640It's area dependent for sure so that does not work for everyone.

[@daboss640]

​@@Hifuutorian That's why I suggested temp work. Though it's often too inconsistent to support housing, you can sign up to multiple agencies to make up the difference, and you may even get hired on directly. Don't get me wrong, it sucks; you constantly get laid off for seemingly no reason, and it's very stressful trying to consistently get enough hours to live off, but at the very least it can buy you a lot of time. I did it for 2 years because I couldn't seem to get an interview anywhere (I've never been good at networking).

[@tyler-dum-asf]

As a homeless person with a degree in diesel engine repair, I can say with certainty it is really all about your connections, that's of which I have 0 of. Can't even begin to describe the struggle I've been through trying to find employment even at entry level positions without having anyone by my side to back me up as a reference, or a referral, people just see that I'm 19 assume I'm lying and move on. What a cold world

[@thefinalboss2403]

If you can scrape together a few hundred you can buy a windshield repair kit and walk around finding people with chipped windshields and offer to repair them for $30 to $60 a pop. This is a great way to make fast money. And most people don't know about it. It's easy and fast. And most people will want it done so that they won't need a full replacement when the chip spreads. Just a suggestion. I know it's not easy to just plop down a few hundred to get started. It worked for me after years of living on the street.

[@FuzedBox]

Man I'm an O/O driver and think there's something wrong with your story. Truck stops across the country are in desperate need for diesel techs and half the time will hire a totally unexperienced person right off the street. I've met plenty that started with absolutely no background in it, so you should be an easy hire.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

Connections is the biggest thing you learn during the catch 22 with coming out of high school/college and looking for work. Literally internships and making friends are about making connections. if you struggle for any reason, well, you're "just not working hard enough and are lazy" Never mind that wealthy people, even middle class persons usually know a friend or two who can land their kid that first job. This is why 97% of people never get out of poverty. You can't make connections out of thin air and no one cares in over saturated markets to become your friend or acquaintance to help you with that. I'm sorry you're in the situation you're in. I hope something good comes your way or you find someone who can aid the process. I've not been homeless, but I've grown up poor all my life and finding work is insanely difficult.

[@OmegaF77]

@@FuzedBox They say they are hiring but I'm willing to bet that those are ghost jobs.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

@@thefinalboss2403 how hard would it be to chip someone's windshield if you can't find any cracked ones? (I'm writing a story and need this detail for realism, of course, haha! 😏)

[@nikolaynicolasnikolayevich]

The main reason I think this experiment doesn't work and it will never work it's because the subjects have the ability to quit, he had the ability to quit when his father got sick (which is totally understandable), he had the ability to quit when he himself got sick. Homeless people can't just stop beign homeless whenever they get sick, or when life strucks them down, they remain homeless, the whole point is that they don't have a safety net when things don't work out.

[@EQuake2290]

It's also funny that the method he used to set himself as an example that anyone can become a millionaire wasn't something that was actually productive or useful for society but rather leeches off of it instead.

[@AgarthanWarrior88]

🤯🤯🤯 so how people with no skills can usually go by?!

[@peacemaster8117]

Reselling isn't leeching, it's just connecting buyers with stuff they want. It's not comparable to scalping, I don't know why Pyro lumped them in together. I guess he's just a consoomer who's upset he couldn't get his latest collectors items at label price.

[@Im_Tessa]

@@peacemaster8117 "its not leeching" just like scalping and a lot of other things, reselling adds no value to the product

[@AgarthanWarrior88]

@@peacemaster8117 Real, + his speech how his success was cuz of luck really was like "Bro.. what?" As if he isn't making one of the highest quality game reviews in youtube currently.. or had a very nice and funny humor which has always been the meta

[@satriosukarji1777]

@@AgarthanWarrior88 As the commenter above you said “just like scalping and a lot of other things, reselling adds no value to a product.” It’s leeching no matter what way you cut it. Also, to act like luck doesn’t play a part in someone’s success just because they’re good at what they do is absurd. If that was how things work, then there wouldn’t be so many “hidden gems” out there since they’d be lifted into prominence by their sheer merit. It’s simply a fact that there are many factors to success that creators just can’t control. There’s this late KZbinr I really loved, Technoblade. Something he said that really stuck with me was that it takes skill to turn opportunities into outcomes, however, he also said that opportunities are created by luck. What I’m trying to say is, don’t sell yourself short as it was you that turned your good fortune into tangible results, but on the other hand, be careful not to oversell the worth of your efforts either, as after all, there were many fortunes along the way, big and small, that brought you into a position where you can use your skills to achieve success. To use Pyro as an example, he makes no secret that he developed his style based on people he watches. Obviously, he didn’t plan to become part of their audience and be inspired by them. He was simply lucky that he happened to find their content one day in his recommended or whatever.

[@S4leaguer999]

No way he "found" an office space WITH EQUIPMENT for 40 bux a month... I am glad to hear our lad stays humble 🤝

[@rimanahbvee]

Damn i could afford to live there

[@Hifuutorian]

Millionaire's credit score will do that for you. Pyro didn't mention it, but he had a landlording side hustle too. As a homeless person.

[@TheDoomBlueShell]

@@Hifuutorian Maybe this is my country thing but don't you need a fixed home address to start renting space?

[@Hifuutorian]

@@TheDoomBlueShell I guess I should have been even more specific: He didn't even spend a single day actually being homeless. He 'coincidentally' found someone who let him into their home...on the very very first day. Because if he didn't outright rig it (which he absolutely did, see the sidehustle thing) he didn't look like a homeless person; he was a famous millionaire vlogger and that's what the dude would have seen.

[@shoelacedonkey]

@@Hifuutorian "but he had a landlording side hustle too"... did he get the income that it generated as well? I mean I assumed his company/companies would just keep on running but getting the proceeds off of it would pretty much defeat the whole purpose of this 'test'.

[@Hyper_1989]

Pyro's hair actually looks good when he's not running the 1400's peasant cut.

[@大]

lowkey

[@skellyman101]

Goddam i laughed too hard at this

[@Chloroxite]

His haircut would vaporize a victorian child

[@WJeezus]

This is the worst trim i ever seen on pyro no cap.

[@IamSpeed609]

Glazing

[@phillipdoran3961]

The sheer difference in mental state between a person who genuinely has nothing and a person playing a game where they pretend with a safety net is massive, this seems to be a factor that has been glossed over. (His dad’s situation seems incredibly testing and difficult, though let’s not forget people with genuinely nothing face challenges equally and almost certainly more difficult)

[@turzilla]

we gotta go back to the first night again. he got a home on the first night. "homeless to millionaire in a year" except he was never even homeless...

[@Hifuutorian]

Exactly. It was clearly rigged from the start. That doesn't happen for normal homeless people.

[@hooting-ton5215]

I hate these: "Anyone can be a millionaire" people, even the laws themselves are stacked against you when you're homeless or poor. A homeless person could win the lottery, the most 1 in a million chance thing there is, and lose most of it in income tax.

[@cacophonousantiquarian8803]

One in a million is generous

[@zakarkgaming]

that wasn't the point of the original challenge though, pyrocynical and the original twitter thread poster are distorting that the initial purpose was to prove that it is possible in order to motivate failing businesses during the pandemic

[@Someone-sc2hk]

granted you can't go from homeless to millionaire, but surely it's possible to go from homeless to someone with a stable career.

[@hooting-ton5215]

@@zakarkgaming I'm going to take your comment at face value and assume it's not a troll but I fail to see how any of this is motivational when it comes off as condescending against people who are homeless. If I was a homeless person and saw this video I'd break down in tears if I didn't have a single support network helping me. Meanwhile this guy, on his first night, has had a person offer them a bed and hot food without expecting anything in return (If we take the video at face value) and then has the gall to complain about the space of the RV he was 'living in'. Whatever his intentions were are easily overshadowed by the main basis of this being: 'Proving you can just being homeless if you work hard'

[@JohnBrown-tw2qi]

⁠@@zakarkgamingI watched the original video. It wasn’t about that at all.

[@Gumshoesamurai]

Remember when Mike knew he could and would quit homelessness within 365 days, developed a debilitating health condition due to stress anyway, and then got a cash infusion of more than a million dollars early BECAUSE he tapped out? Pepperidge farms remembers.

[@mattejohnson1980]

How did this man flip couches without any way to move said couches? No car, no truck, no way to haul the items?

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

He got a car for free on top of the RV he also got for free

[@motgj]

I’m currently homeless. Not by choice. This was a great vid but it just doesn’t work like that. A lot of people have assets with them going into being homeless. If ALL I had was my necessities then I could go anywhere. But I don’t feel comfortable begging for money so I had to get a job at really low pay just so I could eat. I also have a dog and we live in my car. The depression is real out here and I really don’t know if I’ll make it out because even with a low paying job at 60 hours a week, I’m unable to afford to pay rent. But my dog is safe so I can find some peace in that. And nobody gives away free stuff where I’m from. But I’m tryin Update: just got a house, life is looking alright again

[@kiiogato]

Best of luck to you man. Stay strong

[@CampingComrade.]

Then how u commenting Liar

[@pastelteaaniiii]

This too shall pass. While being fortunate enough to have never been homeless, I know what extreme poverty feels like. It built my character like nothing.

[@micnorton9487]

Sorry to hear that mate I've been outdoors decades ago and it was no facking fun,, it's cool seriously with your dog because that responsibility will keep you from doing negative shite, now I may become homeless again... although with these gadgets it puts a few new dimensions to the entire situation...

[@foogriffy]

good luck man. i live in my car too. if you can, try to buy a cheap van and convert the inside for more space and comfort. a lot of people are doing that to avoid paying rent. you can install a shower and toilet in your van too, or get a gym membership. get a PO box for mail and find a friend who's willing to let you use their address for government stuff. best wishes

[@creeerik]

Honestly I kinda don't respect him for 'cancelling' the challenge because of his own and his dad's health concerns. Do actual homeless people not have dads, and not get health issues because of stress? He just failed. If you wanna prove that being homeless is peoples own fault then you better see it through propperly. You don't get to go "okay this thing happened that i didnt see coming, so that doesnt count".

[@idonthaveaname6472]

True

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

I mean, obviously he was correct to stop, but if he still can't change his narrative at all that's incredibly disingenuous of him.

[@completelynormalperson7077]

Exactly, like yeah he should go see his dad, but then he should change the video to him learning that being homeless wasnt as easy as he thought and admit that luck plays a big role in success.

[@foxskyful]

Nobody wants your respect you are irrelevant

[@helper_bot]

i think you're using the wrong word. "respect" is a no words agreement between men and in this context it does no wrong however, it is also not impossible for a buddy under respect to be on the other side of opinions, differing yours. at the very least it is called as 'disagreement with respect' the very same reason men call to wars, not to pour evil on the other side, but to protect those who shelter at homes

[@revienknight1164]

I just don’t buy the random “Good Samaritan”. Especially when this is at the height of Covid. He didn’t spend even one day homeless.

[@protosopic6398]

Height of Covid????

[@lukebrainman]

​@@protosopic6398 The experiment happened back in 2020, he even said so in the vid

[@imnotmike]

A lot of people would probably offer to help out a guy sleeping on a bench with a video crew filming him. How many videos have you seen of people doing "social experiments" where they see who helps them and then reveal that they're an influencer and pay them a stack of cash for their good deed.

[@wintersonnet]

@@imnotmike This.

[@cheapshotfishing9239]

Yaqz had it right. The anxiety is the biggest factor. Every day feels so long and so short and youre so exhausted all the time.

[@ian59]

Definitely the 1st day made a massive difference (assuming it wasn't staged completely). A big problem homeless people face is, unironically, not having a home (or specifically shelter). This creates a situation of prolonged sleep deprivation which in turn effects your ability to concentrate, decision making, basically any mental capacity. If Mike had been stuck sleeping on benches for like 3+ days everything would've gone way way way worse for him. Even in a homeless shelter you get kicked out early and you have to worry about people robbing you or attacking you. Having his own RV let's him sleep in if he wants (though he doesn't strike me as someone who sleeps in) gives him an all day base of operations, let's him store his stuff. All of these things homeless people do not have. Another issue with flipping ecommerce merchandise also stems from this core "lack of shelter" issue where homeless people are often subjected to "sweeps" in which ALL of their property is taken away from them and usually destroyed. So imagine getting all this free inventory and posting it online and then you lose it all to a random sweep. Finally of course getting phones and internet. If you get a phone how do you charge it, how do you get service, is it even something from this decade? etc... etc... The irony of this is the 1 thing he wasn't was homeless apart from maybe 16 hours on the 1st day.

[@kylegonewild]

The phone is actually one of the easiest things for a homeless individual to get ahold of for use but a phone by itself does not pick up and deliver couches or drive your ass to a job interview.

[@ian59]

@@kylegonewild This is a common myth. While technically many homeless people can get phones, a lot of them have no service or are prepaid phones with no data and a limited number of minutes. Not to mention the challenges of charging them when any time you plug it in you get kicked out or told to leave. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that homeless people all have the drive and work ethic that they require to recover from their situation. Many do not and many are guilty of exactly what you describe. But perpetuating misinformation is not helpful to the ones that do have the drive and work ethic but are hamstrung by society and their situation.

[@Sh12pen]

You could just go to a place with free WiFi ​@@ian59

[@nathangamble125]

​@@ian59 "While technically many homeless people can get phones" So it's not a myth then, is it? Kyle didn't say it's easy for homeless people to pay for phone service, he said it's easy for them to get phones compared to other things. This doesn't mean life suddenly becomes easy or that they can actually do any of the things shown in the video. People on youtube should learn how to read before criticising other people for something they obviously didn't say.

[@Sub5_77]

Homeless ppl don't have the plan B, and what I mean by it is. If their "business plan" fails, they can't just go home, continue with their current successful business and just move on and continue with their lives. Most of them are fighting to survive, or are abusing substances, if it was so easy to became a millionaire, everyone would be one, or at least, more than 20% of the population iirc. Yes, u need a plan and persistence, but, without luck or nepotism. It's almost impossible to become a millionaire yourself.

[@Ramtamtama]

If you want to be a millionaire, go to Iran with $25 and exchange it for just over 1,000,000 Rials

[@Sub5_77]

@@Ramtamtama You missed my point by miles...

[@Ffoo_ffighter]

The worst part of homelessness is the depression. You will literally want to end your life and what was easy like brushing your teeth will be 100000x harder. You can't even brush your teeth cause your so fcked up. You will start talking to yourself in the public cause you lose it.

[@The_Autistocrat]

Hell even a lot of streamers are like this. They get lucky, or hang around the right people, or have the right family with platforms, and are more or less given a platform with an audience up front then rant about how their job is actually more draining than a fairly cushy job of selling cars or some shit. Yet they'll flaunt their wealth in front of their audience and bitch about how bad wealthy people are for donations to "support the cause." To be a millionaire these days like you said, luck or nepotism, although you can be a complete sociopath and climb the corporate ladder. However the fun issue with that is you just alienate everybody around you to elevate to a different class who don't even consider you as belonging there as they try to push your head back under water and pulling up the ladder behind them.

[@arturzinurov4781]

People really take luck for granted. When you think about it most of how you and your life shaped up to be is highly dependent on a events happening in certain order outside of your control or knowledge and then add in all of the choices you made and it’s just controlled chaos.

[@raconianmoon]

Something that I just realized, unless this dude committed a felony and illegally acquired false ID documents for a youtube challenge, all of the forms he would've had to do in order to get the office and the like would've been signed with his real name and millionaire credit history. There is absolutely not a snowball's chance in hell a fully equipped modern office space would be renting out to a guy with zero ID or credit for $40 per month, it's utter fantasy

[@adidab14]

another thing that pyro doesn't talk about in this video is the guy had another side hustle where he rented out like a 4 bedroom apartment and subleased it to 3 other people and collected on their rent. He had no credit or money so he "found" some random guy to loan him the money he needed upfront and co-sign the lease for him. On top of that he "found" a random landlord that would rent to a guy with no income, no credit, no money, a co-signer he doesn't even know, and on top of all that is allowing him to sublet each room to tenants he won't ever meet or know about. I've lived in 9 different states, there ain''t a snowballs chance in hell that would just randomly happen lol. utter fantasy.

[@CommissionerC]

@@adidab14 Wait, so the "homeless" guy was a landlord during? Absolute clownshow.

[@vsaucelover9660]

@@adidab14 the thing is that he probably had the credit , the guy said that he "drained his bank account" so he had credit from his past purchases , not only he had a an id ,which some thing that some homeless people don't have,but that id is connected to his credit score and the fact that he is a millionaire. And he still failed

[@AimbotFreak]

Shared working spaces are cheap to rent and require 0 documents. It's not fantasy, you just don't know shit.

[@raconianmoon]

@@adidab14 Oh my god that really does add a whole new layer lmfao, dude absolutely cheated his entire ass off and still couldn't even come CLOSE to succeeding at this cruelhearted challenge

[@robbzooi]

I like how he's authentic and never paid a single cent in taxes after slapping a 'company' together

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

Got housing and transportation for free on day one, too

[@donnikthejedi2222]

Bro immediately started scamming ppl with the Facebook Marketplace Scalping BS. This person doesn't deserve Respect.

[@qoph1988]

Haha... yeah man... I definitely didn't do anything like that when I was homeless and trying to shake up enough cash for heroin..

[@GengoSenmon]

Exactly. Waited the entire 28 minutes of this boring video for the creator to point out if the original arrogant statement was ever taken back out of humility. Was Mike ever humble enough to say, "I take it back. Not anyone can make $1 million in 1 year without tons of luck or dishonestly scamming innocent people"???🤦‍♂

[@DoctorRainer]

@@GengoSenmon to be fair, if you are trying to survive, "scamming people" (not actually scam, you just sell it for a higher price) who have home and job is not a bad thing. If you prefer to not doing so, you are not a good provider and have weak survival instincts

[@sukhoifockewulf]

The number of people in these comments labeling flipping furniture and random shit off craigslist as scalping with confidence is kinda sad. Buying 8 new $800 a pop GPUs for $6400 then immediately selling them for $2000 each knowing people in genuine need of one will have no option but to buy an overpriced 1 is scalping. Going out and putting in time to buy stuff at a low price then sell for a markup is the most basic of business and not only doesn't hurt anyone but helps by keeping stuff out of landfills. Also, the chair you are flipping cant be priced outrageously because then customers would just find it elsewhere. How is this hard to comprehend?

[@DoctorRainer]

@@sukhoifockewulf first, you start with smaller things, then instead of spending it on Vodka immediately, you scale. Not hard, really. From 800 to 2000 maybe is a big stretch, but from 800 to 1000-1400 shouldn't be difficult to sell. But the easiest solution would be to get a job. You need be a real piece of sheese to struggle with it after trying hard not to spend what you have on Vodka

[@nathanieljones8043]

I like how if he went thru with the challenge it literally would have killed him but people still think being homeless is a choice.

[@coldshock5181]

It kinda is though, the amount of government assistance programs and work programs is endless

[@YeruNitesky]

@@coldshock5181 Then why are you not making millions ? It's so easy, go and do it ? Oh wait, you can only talk shit and can't actually do anything when it comes down to it ? Shocker

[@coldshock5181]

@@YeruNitesky Lol did you seriously say that not being homeless equates to being a millionaire??

[@shroomer3867]

@@coldshock5181 I don't think that is mentioned anywhere, and the comment was sarcastic.

[@coldshock5181]

@@shroomer3867 He replied to my comment saying there are many ways to get out of homelessness by saying why I'm not a millionaire, I wish it was sarcastic but he was genuinely offended lol

[@FireheartYGraystripe]

So he set out to make $1,000,000 and made about $65,000. If monthly revenue was about $10k a month we can bump that to about like $90,000 for the year. So basically he went out to make 1 million in a year to prove anyone can do it, then even with all his advantages and previous knowledge, made less than %10 of what his goal was. Hope he learned something that not everyone can just become a millionaire :^)

[@glens2019]

Becoming a millionaire from scratch isn't a one year endeavor. The fact that he got to 65k in just a year is already far better than most people. If he kept this up, he'd have gone there eventually.

[@lich109]

64k is gross income, after expenses he was making an average of 3.2k a month.

[@lich109]

​@@glens2019 After expenses he made 32k (from coffeezilla's alt channel), which is the equivalent of 15k an hour. That isn't impressive when you remember he had "random people" loan him an RV and a car for free (as if) and a random dude co-signed a property for him, which just proves this is BS.

[@dankrigby5621]

@@glens2019 he already had better starting conditions than everyone else lol. he just skipped over the phase of begging for starting capital and got everything handed from a (supposedly) random dude, including free food, shelter, and a driver for his new scalping business, also the loan for an office (super unrealistic for any homeless person). Take all that away and lets see how he fairs from a real homeless start on the streets with almost no actual help despite some begged change money. his project essentially proved nothing, if it even proved something, then its that you need MASSIVE help that almost no homeless person gets, only to make as much as a normal paying job. (also including a previous college degree, and business insights, as well as very good credentials and being sober+cleaned right from the start).

[@JohnDoe-xt3kf]

@@lich109 And on that he would also have to pay taxes, like everyone else

[@gratianray2]

at most this guy proved someone with a lot of know-how and experience can make an above average income in a year, and when there's actually some life changing events that hinder him, his dad's cancer and his own health, he calls it quit, he buckles under the stress, that should be like an eye opening moment to think about the issues the average homeless person is also going through that hinder them, which are also probably the reasons they are homeless, unlike him who started this as a fun challenge with none of that baggage this is type of stuff just makes people feel fine about the current state of the world, if you can think anyone can make it then the system isn't broken, that mcdonalds employee can become a millionaire, that street sweeper too, and that plumber too, even though nothing would work if that really happened

[@lich109]

You forgot the bit where random people gave him an RV, a car and a property. That's not a joke.

[@marcsibony9253]

I love it how pyro didn't quite grasp how commerce works and considers it "quite scummy"

[@buisnessmahn6642]

It kills me, man. Either very ignorant or out of touch in that way, himself

[@monopoman]

I have seen a lot of homeless people on the street the odds of you being picked up on your first night homeless and given a safe place to stay and food to eat is about 1 in a million. There is no fucking way he didn't set that type of thing up since that is by far one of the hardest things to get going when you are living on the street. This guy is either the luckiest guy on the planet or he intentionally cheated on that one because he didn't want to sleep outside where it can be dangerous.

[@dnsoulx]

this project is more like "i went bankrupt and need to build myself back. it's not the actual homeless experience. even people who are broke and make tooth fairy pennies, need to find the time to make a side hustle. you need money to make money, most homeless people won't have phones or friends, and a lot of them are due to lay offs, mental issues, or they've been raised in that environment and never taught properly. no millionaire can simulate being homeless.

[@guyferrari8124]

I mean, a millionaire could just go off the grid

[@definitelynotacyborg]

Not even bankrupt, this guy still had an insanely good credit score tied to his name, which he leveraged in order to get the office for $40 a month. He also was landlording on the side (cheated his own challenge).

[@pyraize11]

ive been homeless/couch surfing for the last few months and having a pyro video to watch almost every evening is one of the only things keeping me somewhat sane update: still couch surfing, but thanks everyone for the kind words and advice :)

[@Kittypuppymeow]

I hope things get better for you soon. stay strong homie

[@rimanahbvee]

Churches generally offer showers with soap, remember to switch out your socks if possible

[@triplewave5214]

Good luck out there!

[@Malox0]

Even if these are just words online, keep holding on man. Mountains are made to be scaled.

[@cocoa18_]

Wishing you better days, stranger. stay vigilant, you’ll get your due one day ❤

[@nitefort4921]

pyro, important fact about that Ludwig video: he revealed his "secret channels" name along with the whole idea on his podcast a day before releasing it to the public on his main channel. In fortnite terms its like playing zero build but with 5 porta fortresses

[@Chronor]

also he paid youtubers to mention

[@_zoreo]

thank you for the fortnite explanation

[@Dice-Z]

Same energy as: "Person who has lived their entire life with a healthy body, already has a habit of exercising everyday, having no health, mental or self image issues, a body adapted to low caloric intake, no hormonal or thyroidal dysfunctionement due to lifestyle issues, can afford an efficient diet, a far better support network and much more, becomes morbidly obese then loses all the extra weight to show it's easy, completely misses the point" Or "Woman goes undercover as a man to prove they have such an easy time in society, becomes su1cidal" That being said i'll give him one thing, is that a phone absolutely is an essential, more than people realize, which is why many homeless people do have a phone.

[@Trizzer89]

$40 a month for a workspace is unheard of WTF. I wouldnt give someone my closet for 40 bucks

[@serenity8839]

This kind of man will never understand the crushing weight of life not being able to go "Ow well ill go back to my millions this kinda sucks" They are stuck out there not doing it as a fun side quest. So the stress he had, imagine that x1000

[@Wyzai]

Nah. Sounds like he had exactly that stress. Cancer, tumor and autoimmune disease doesn't sound like 0.1% to me. It's just that he had the option to quit and he took it. Poor people have that exact same scenario, but they can't just go back home when they get sick.

[@raifthemad]

@@Wyzai That's the OP's point. When you have a safety net and aren't doing this for actual survival, your stress is minuscule, compared to the people, who have no actual safety net.

[@QWERTY-du4hc]

@@Wyzai You missed the point. "Life Happening" is the very reason most people are poor to begin with. Him dropping the challenge was a low integrity move. Understandable move, but none the less completely proving him wrong. And that's before you start asking questions about all the "luck" he had during the challenge. Or prior experience, knowledge, credit score, etc.

[@shroomer8294]

During Ludwig's experiment he leaked the video on the experiment channel basically ruining the entire experiment.

[@NighttimeJuneau]

Haven’t seen the original but I saw in another video that he apparently snuck into another creator’s stream, the very creator he was catering his very first video to, and circumstantially got reacted to live. What a highly adoptable way for **anyone** to build a million subscriber KZbin channel.

[@LStar80]

TLDR: Millionaire goes homeless to prove its not luck (He Fails)

[@Chronor]

ngl i think that he couldve sucseed. to make money u need money the first steps are the hardest but soon it will be easier

[@araamahasla555]

@@Chronor Yeah, if he got lucky he could do it. Lmao.

[@kylegonewild]

@@Chronor "to make money u need money" necessarily implies if you have no money you can't make money. It's a dumb phrase in a vacuum.

[@Chronor]

@@kylegonewild nah i said the first steps are the hardest

[@themaninabucket8365]

@@ChronorYou do it then. Go on, prove that it’s possible.

[@random_furry6114]

I gave a homeless guy food and money a while ago, and despite being ecstatic he ended up mentioning that almost never he gets even a penny from people because society believes that homeless people have nothing preventing them from working, therefore they can stop mooching off people. For shit like this, the point he is trying to make is the most hypocritical and ruthless shit, because if he actually wanted to prove a point then he'd not have brought his phone and didn't accept help from anyone unless perhaps it's pocket change.

[@zimissscameras]

if a homeless person knew how to flip stuff from facebook he wouldn't' be homeless in the first place

[@louisspeltcorrectly3488]

He should try to do it again but now with amnesia,mental illness, and no phone and no support I wonder how well he’ll do now?

[@cathony6788]

millionaire proves that you don't need luck to earn millions, by being lucky multiple times in a row

[@lyaarm3557]

Starting the challenge with an open bank account is already a massive head start. In most places you need a legal address to get ID to open a bank account and start businesses that pay the money into said accounts.

[@lich109]

You need that where he was too if I remember right. I don't believe that he ever addressed that.

[@iGNUiCould]

When you're homeless, you throw your ID in the trash... or are you talking about people who never had an ID in the first place?

[@DoctorRainer]

Isn't it illegal to not have an ID? And it should be easy to get one if you are a citizen

[@lich109]

@@DoctorRainer No it isn't illegal to be without ID, and it's a lot harder to get than you seem to think.

[@DoctorRainer]

@@lich109 what do you need to get one? I recently legalized and got residency permit in Germany as a Russian citizen, it was fairly simple. Are you sure a legal citizen has trouble getting these? I wound understand if we were talking about illegal Immigranten

[@Danbecker000]

"I'm gonna go from homeless to a millionaire!" *Is given a free place to live on day one*

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Something you didn't mention that I think is important is that even the guy himself suffered setbacks. He had to move and lose businesses and be closer to his family plus he had health setbacks. This happens to people all the time the difference is they don't all have money and family to fall back on or go back to. Some people have to move and lose a business and never recover. It's also extremely easy to remain motivated and dedicated to something when you know that failure isn't devastation, if you know when you call there's a bouncy trampoline you'll jump higher, you won't be so confident to jump if you know you'll hit the ground hard. Let this guy give away all his money and start again and then let him come back and tell his story. There are many factors. He didn't prove much TBH

[@crisiskode]

also a big part of him even succeeding is because hes well dressed and clean cut, grow a beard, wear older clothes, and grow out the hair a little then try again getting ANY attention from someone and theyll call the cops instead. they did an actual test with this where they showed the difference in how strangers treat nicely dressed versus not being nicely dressed and i can tell you right now the only reason at all that guy let him stay in the rv is because he was dressed well. and yes having clean clothes or even clean looking nice clothes is a LUXURY for the homeless

[@lich109]

I'm pretty sure the reason the guy let him stay in the RV (he contacted him through text) and loaned him his car for nothing (after giving him the RV) is because this is faked.

[@RillianGrant]

A good takeway from this is that the majority of homeless people aren't just regular people on hard times. They almost always have some underlying mental health, education, or social issues which need to be resolved for them to function properly.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Honestly, kind of a good thing. At least they aren't stuck within corporate slavery

[@RedCanidae]

(Not a furry, an IT guy tho). The reason to why a lot of furries tend to work on It is most likely the same reason why non furries do so, pretty good amount of money while no need to social interact more than most other jobs, as a consequence you can just go auto pilot for the needed social interactions and online meetings while also coding/performing maintenence with no physical or psychological stress and then waste all your money at the end of the year (Hence why they are able to buy 80 thousand dollar fur suits and pay more than 10 thousand for fanarts)

[@Chronor]

yo i need some furry friends to spoil me up

[@ergwertgesrthehwehwejwe]

It's because IT is a job for autistic people and most furries have autism

[@idonthaveaname6472]

Also the demographics in that field are more likely to even know how 2 be a furry compared to some kid from the hood

[@ianflanders5096]

I thought it was because being a furry and working in tech are both correlated with autism.

[@ozomozik]

this kinda proves that it is hard to get rich without being a bad person.

[@Ratgodx]

“You’re not really homeless if you have a cellphone” wtf lmao

[@NightmareRex6]

yea exept government GIVES free phones (so they can track you ofc NOT from goodness of the heart)

[@theelephantintheroom69]

He even acknowledged that luck played a role in his challenge - bad luck. Not only did he fail, but he disproved the point he was trying to make.

[@blakepollock8074]

If some "random" good samaritan didn't pick him up off the street he'd have spent the whole challenge in a drain pipe or under a bridge. The bad luck was probably the only genuine act of luck in this endeavour and it immediately tanked the project.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@blakepollock8074 For real.

[@Nirokksu]

Pyro sold me inflation art for 50 rupees at the back of a preschool

[@UU-ll6wh]

Pyro sold me fentanyl

[@iamtotallysaneperson]

@@UU-ll6wh How was the fentanyl Pryo sold you?

[@saycap]

@UU-ll6wh additionally where can I meet pyro to buy his fentanyl

[@Quickmf56]

@@iamtotallysanepersonidk about that guy but he told me it’s Chinese stuff so I gave it to my friend and he’s been sound asleep for the past week after playing some overwatch! His game is still on!

[@ptralx3122]

Bros in India 🇮🇳🔥🔥

[@teal_m_101]

Anyone can be a millionaire. Just work hard and you'll be a millionaire in no time. Give or take a few hundred or thousand years depending on expendable income.

[@user58541]

jews say otherwise

[@foxskyful]

Can you be more dumb

[@alienalien3609]

The fact tragedy struck but he still tried to stay true to the challenge is actually why this makes this the perfect experiment against his way of thinking. The reason why most people are poor- and stay poor- is exactly this. When life is on the line, everything is too expensive to keep that life.

[@upinarms79]

To be fair, there are actually a lot of homeless people who have mobile phones and/or internet access. The biggest problem with the homeless is that a lot of them struggle with mental disorders and self-control issues. The inability to maintain responsibilities and social relationships are why most of them are homeless to begin with, and that's something this guy will likely never understand or have to overcome. They also don't have the education and experience this guy has and lack the business savvy that he's gained through years of experience. People aren't just homeless because they want to be or because they're lazy. They struggle with addiction, disabilities, and debilitating mental issues which makes impossible in some cases to maintain a normal life.

[@glovemiester]

boris johnson haircut

[@mathiaswilhelm1902]

@@Groovin_Ame too

[@kylegonewild]

Unfortunately for the actually homeless, even if they have family they don't really get to just move back to take care of them or be with them. They don't get to go through any of this knowing they can just throw their hands up, say "I'm done I'll go back to being wealthy now" and wipe their hands of the inconvenience.

[@TheBrotherhoodofCadendale]

6:00 I was homeless this past winter. Literally lived under a bridge. I had a phone for the last month that only had internet access through WiFi (can't afford an internet provider without a job). Looking things up is only as helpful as the resources available that you can afford to access. That does NOT generally include booking a hotel. Hotels are incredibly expensive for the homeless. I made $10 last a week because I didn't know when my next generous donation would come in.

[@Ursi_]

now they guy has made a video about "wahh wahh blue hair people mean to me :(((" lmaoo

[@someguy2417]

I have a friend, who used to be homeless for 1 and a half year. He was send to jail, got released when he was 18. but got addicted to substances. When he was released, he spend a year with a house, and still had his phone for the years he was homeless. You CAN own a phone. Many homeless people DO own a phone. So that argument "You cant be homeless if you have a phone" The stigma, is that homeless people sell their belongings for substances. But not always. Its called HOMEless, not PHONEless. He used his phone to find work, and charged it in libraries. And spend his nights under a bridge where theres heated tubes to keep the roads from freezing.

[@Wyzai]

a phone is a lot cheaper than rent. So I don't see how it's unrealistic to have one, however it is a good point that you might not always have a phone.

[@Da1eyend]

And that’s the story of Pyro and his furry commissions

[@nosedeodorant]

Bros a member of the daily slop channel

[@diodoxystar]

Yeah and ​@@nosedeodorant

[@SammyBoyReal]

​@@nosedeodorantI feel bad for him thank God I'm not one haha... wait

[@AxeCatcher]

bro pays for slop

[@diodoxystar]

@@AxeCatcher broke bro doesn't

[@cyrus6550]

Just a quick point, the government does have programs to give out phones to the less fortunate. I worked with mobile phone companies for years (1st and 2nd rate ones) and we gave out these government phones often, or had programs that worked with the government to give out free phones with free signal.

[@qoph1988]

Yeah it's pretty easy to get a free cell phone and service if you're homeless. There are no hobos without phones

[@r3dd3_2]

its the fact he had all nice new stuff, a phone, AND an ID. thats the main thing, IDs.

[@usersixtyseven]

that microwave with someone's reflection in it was DEFINITELY intentional 😭

[@silentzebra7797]

He severely underestimates how much a knowledge economy costs. To learn skills it takes time, and time costs money. Many homeless people can come from poor backgrounds, abusive families, low quality education, etc. the tech literacy or even basic economic literacy isn't even there in the first place. It takes time to figure out how e-commerce works, months of navigating different markets and websites, how prices and trends work, negotiating and getting a grasp on buyer behavior, or even basic social skills that your background didn't afford them to give, and they don't have the leisure to make the mistakes that it comes with learning a skill (especially a financial one they might be relying on, they can't afford to drop 50$ on something to flip/markup that might never get bought), a process that can months to even get to the basics of maximizing. many homeless people are in and out of employment, but many of these jobs are low paying and they have to spend what money they get on basic necessities first, they spend most of there timing worrying about food and sleep first and foremost, assuming they aren't being constantly berated by mental illnesses, financial debt, or have develop drug issues, hell they could not even have basic identification.

[@MsHojat]

The issue isn't even if anyone _could_ be a millionaire. They can't, but even if they could it doesn't mean much because _everyone_ cannot be a millionaire; not even _most_ people. Not even 20% of people. There is a limited number of money to go around. The more people that are hunting for money the harder it gets. The harder it gets the more ruthless and unscrupulous people act to get money. This is why greed is a bad thing. We literally cannot all be rich and that desire _necessarily_ ruins society.

[@foxskyful]

Its not limited money its how wolrd and human nature works. If everybody would be or most millionaires somehow how system would work, who would clean shit and garbage that people make, who would work in mines, who would produce food, gas, electricity... How can you make a lot of money if most people are millionaires and not having enough workforce except everybody making or have same salary, but that's not possible obviously😮

[@shroomer3867]

Funny you say that because you have a tighter understanding on money than the current government has with its money printing machines.

[@Cosinegl]

"There is a limited number of money to go around" Money is just a construct created to represent the amount of goods and services in the economy. If everyone suddenly decides to earn more money in the most effective way possible while still following laws and morals, then the number of said goods and services starts to grow so rapidly that you'll see a surplus of everything. In that still impossible situation, everything would've been practically free.

[@maxpodzorski3388]

starting with a smartphone with unlimited internet access is not being from zero. if he started with a cell phone with just a simple sim card for 5$ maybe id be more valid

[@Cosinegl]

But it would've been kinda unrealistic, or at least pointless. I knew some homeless guys, and all of them had smartphones with internet access. It was probably not unlimited, but it is definitely not a cell phone without any access to the internet. And if someone doesn't have it, then there are always some government-related places with internet access for anyone.

[@maxpodzorski3388]

@@Cosinegl then he should have used goverment places for internet and grind his way to a phone and a mobile plan with a internet?

[@qoph1988]

You don't know what you're talking about, there are almost zero homeless people in the US without smartphones

[@bailysawyer804]

Trade schools are underrated. I went to one while living in my car and was able to recently get my own apartment thanks to a job I landed as a result of that training.

[@benj435]

I make 500k a year. Mind you I have no children and zero debt. I have a six figure portfolio (Stocks, crypto crowdfunding real estate, savings, and CD's) it wasn't easy. I hustled, saved, and invested my money. I always tell people "Money can't fix stupid"

[@BarbaraD.Simons]

I agree that there are strategies that could be put in place for solid gains regardless of economy or market condition, but such executions are usually carried out by investment experts or advisors with experience.

[@antonialuiz5900]

That's awesome!!! I know nothing about investment and I'm keen on getting started. What are the strategies?

[@savanna983]

Investing in crypto/forex is a good idea, a good trading system would put you through many days of success.

[@JDReC100]

...i cant quite tell if this is a bot thread or not.......

[@some_body]

He has finally reached 1 million slop eating piggies

[@TheDiamondCore]

each one of these million subs has 5 inch forehead

[@hoodmale3787]

SLOP SLOP YUMMY YUMMY SLOP

[@BigSimp]

shgavthacfys shfcsytvsytvsytvsutsvystcyteguyevdiyvduyvduyvruyvruyrvuyrvuyrvruyvruyvruyrvuyrvryuvruyvruyrvyurvuyrvryuvruyvruyrvyurvuryvruyvruyrvuyrvyurvuyrvruyvruyrvuyrvruyvruyrvuyrvyurvryuvruyvruyrvuryvruyvruyrvuyrvruyvryuruyrvuyrvuyrvuryvr

[@Vross_MKII]

Sloppy slop slop!!!

[@RetardedOADFPilot]

​@@TheDiamondCoreincluding you

[@vanillaboy4514]

Even if we assume this guy could actually become a millionaire again from nothing, he didn't account from the myriad of other ways in which homeless people are disadvantaged. Many homeless people are in debt, disabled, mentally or physically ill and/or are uneducated. Many also turn to substance abuse to cope with their situation. It's the things that we take for granted that we don't have to deal with that homeless people have to handle.

[@Theoofboss]

1 mil subs in 2 years, fell off

[@n00dlesGMD]

lol

[@SpicyNuggs562]

Becoming homeless is pretty easily avoidable unless you have some significant mental illness. Get basically ANY job, and get a roommate that also works, share the rent, and congratulations, you're not homeless.

[@BenisMannn]

Femboy hair

[@C-W_G]

true

[@shroomer3867]

2004 ahh hair.

[@Coal_XVII]

Mop full of piss type of hair

[@Tony86459]

Fem pyro is breedable

[@walterbrink5391]

He’s a boy?

[@r1ddlebox916]

When I was homeless yes some people were nice and tried to help but 99% of the time your judged and and even get cops called on you unless your constantly moving. Even trying to get a job was hard if you gave any hint of being homeless or if they already know your fucked no job.

[@Notllamalord]

I was shocked that pyrogyattical went all the way to Sweden for a rug then remembered it’s like 20 minutes away for e*ropeans

[@tunweimerskirch3748]

Homeless people are homeless because they got kicked out of life by some bad luck. Here we have someone leaving life voluntarily, and as soon as he got kicked out of life he rejoined it. Like with all the misery that hit him it started to become to some degree what in reality can get people homeless so in some way he truly proved that people who say anybody can get rich don't know what misery is in first place

[@Tespri]

I was homeless and now upper-middle class. There was absolutely no luck involved. Getting to riches would take more time though, but I have no plans for being one.

[@jstar3382]

Pyro makes 2.3 quadrillion dollars a day off our backs, don't talk about being unlucky

[@elonmuskyaoi]

wow, all that money and he cant even find a good barber

[@IPlayKindred]

did you miss the part where he said he's lucky?

[@jstar3382]

​@@IPlayKindredNo I didn't watch the video

[@IPlayKindred]

@@jstar3382 based

[@sailoruniverse5715]

@@elonmuskyaoi didnt he say he paid like 200 pounds for the eboy cut 😭

[@lockerbuddy2039]

Speaking of Insta comments/replies. I saw some cat video and one of the top comments being racist and the FIRST reply was "Fuck off. Go melt cheese, step in it and let me clean it off". Even the racist broke character to go "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING DAWG??!" Insta replies are insane

[@tiptaphooves]

Rich person realizes its not easy to escape poverty, actually

[@Rowganlife]

buying things and marking them up is literally EVERY store you have ever been to.

[@qoph1988]

Right? It's amazing how little most people have thought about how the world works. Sometimes I think everyone should at least have to try and fail to start a business just to be forced to learn these things

[@jozo8070]

Sorry, its not the same. A store offers additional value such as: hauling the product all the way from the manufacturer to a store near you. managing contact with manufacturers for new/improved/cheaper product all the time, giving you pre-sale service and after sale service, sometimes warranties and guaranties. some peace of mind that you can return/replace an item and stores have some credibility as opposed to an individual. some stores offer shipping services for cheap. in most places you can pay with credit and split the payment. keeping items in stock for your convenience is very capital intensive. there's probably more that I missed but to be balanced, while he didn't add much value, he did add some. he didn't offer any of the things I listed above but flipping is basically marketing for the original seller. original seller wants X$ for a product but he wasn't able to reach a client otherwise the product would have been sold by then. since that's not the case, flipper come in, he manages to find a buyer with better marketing so X$ go to the seller and a commission for marketing goes to the flipper. however, there are cases where flippers are simply sniping quickly items that are listed below market value, which probably caused by either seller's good intensions the help people that are likely less fortunate then him or seller that do not know the market well, or sellers that are in a rush to sell. in such cases, the item would probably sell very fast anyway, with or without the flipper, so in this case the flipper didn't add any value at all, and because of him, prices are higher for everyone, we like to call them scalpers.

[@RedMageGaming]

Be homeless for a year and go from 0 to a million, step one: meet a stranger who lets you stay in his trailer on day one.

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

AND GIVES YOU A CAR

[@CallofFreaky]

3:29 Because a majority of furries are neurodivergent and usually really into programming, game development, art or guns

[@julianecarvalho4711]

He just doesn't need to eat guys, that's the billionare meta

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

Or pay for housing or transportation

[@AntiVectorTV]

5:04 Pyro, when tasked with describing "a person walking down the street":

[@chatboss000]

A recognizable* person walking down the street, not just any person.

[@ianflanders5096]

$65,000 in ten months? That's less than 10% of his million dollar goal. I'm not impressed.

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

And he didn’t even have to pay for housing or transportation, he got both of those free on day ONE

[@tayloreh]

Also, when you look homeless and are, it becomes a lot easier for fellow homeless to steal from you and other ppl to fuck with your head and self worth. Having a phone out and clean clothes is an immunity totem from ostracization and getting the shit kicked out of you

[@Asango]

"Elden Ring without a shield challenge" - Strongest shield user