cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36161826
The Trump administration is reportedly considering giving about $10,000 to each Greenland resident as part of its plan to annex the territory
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250411133253/https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-considering-giving-10000-each-person-greenland-annex-island-580455
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Ohh, a promise from trump, the king of lies who famously never pays anyone.
All other idiocy aside, this number is just so fucking offensive. 10k, really? That’s it?
Enough to barely cover your first ambulance ride.
which you’ll eventually need because you’ll stop going to the doctor for anything less that being literally seconds away from death.
It is funny, people always seem to default to the lowest number of a big number they can think of when thinking of a big number.
“I want a hundred”
“I want a thousand”
“I want ten thousand”
“I want a hundred thousand”
“I want a million”
I realize that for Trump and the US ten thousand dollars is like throwing pennies at a poor person assuming they will be overwhelmed by seeing “ten thousand”.
Same in movies, unless a guy is supposed to be super smart, they will only refer to money as:
- 100
- 500
- 1000
- 5000
- 10000
- 50000
- 100000
- 500000
- 1000000
- 5000000
They very seldom go, “I want 370000” unless there is a reason in the plot, never to just get more money.
I think it’s for the opposite reason shops sell you stuff for 9.99 / 99 / 995 etc but you’re right it does make it sound like a random number. I noticed myself people are less likely to hassle if it looks like a specific number (like 85 instead of 100 or 22 instead of 25)
It seems as though they can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t want to be American, which is kinda nutty.
Yeah, you’d have to pay me a lot more to even consider it, $10000 seems laughably low.
Yeah. Someone else suggested it might cover your first ambulance ride. I’m thinking maybe your first year health insurance?
Edit - it was just a wild guess, but here’s a badly formatted table copied from an article in Forbes:
Age of member Average monthly costs
- Age 21 $445
- Age 27 $467
- Age 30 $505
- Age 40 $569
- Age 50 $795
- Age 60 $1,208
So, for my age, my guess was almost exactly right!
Fun fact denmark already sends more money than that so by accepting this deal they not only would they become american but also loose gdp. No matter how you look at it its a lose lose for greenland lol
Just FYI, loose and lose have different meanings. Kinda like desert and dessert.
Yes it was a typo. Sometimes when im tired in the morning or night my spelling gets funky. I have spelt english words in hungarian and hungarian words on english before, i think its because im bilingual.
Get 10k now!!
And all it will cost you is Healthcare, Education, Employee rights and self autonomy!!
What are you waiting for, don’t miss out on this one time offer to get 10k!!
They’ll either kill them, force them onto reservations or kick them off the island.
And, since Trump is involved, the promised $10k might never get paid.
