Dont understand why some ppl are so greedy. What do they even need all that money for? Im pretty happy just being able to pay my bills n clear debts, take care of my parents, get covered by decent health insurance, drive an ordinary car n live in a decent sized home. If I could ask for anything extra, it would probably be having a kid or two. Do i need 1M per month? I dont think so 🤷♂️
A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.
She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.
Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.
Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.
Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.
She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.
By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.
Gw waktu di IMM pas lagi pengkaderan dikasih tau tentang The Dead Cat Strategy
Ibarat kata begini para elit lagi rapat, dan mereka ketahuan bikin blunder yang parah misal rupiah ambles, kasus pesta babi atau bagi-bagi proyek lahan basah. Akhirnya publik yang tau mulai marah di SOSMED.
Terus, salah satu dari mereka tiba-tiba ngelempar kucing mati ke orang-orang yang protes itu. Reaksi semua orang pasti shock dan jijik kan, dan akan fokus ke kucing nya.
Nahh kembali ke topik. Lagu, meme, atau kelakuan konyol politisi kayak joget-joget lagu MBG yang viral itu adalah si kucing mati tersebut.
Selama netizen sibuk bikin meme, ngetawain, dan joget pakai lagu itu di TikTok, nggak ada lagi yang ngomongin isu substansial.
Kritik soal eksploitasi lahan atau kebijakan pro-oligarki lenyap ditelan fyp. Kalian kira kita lagi ngejek dia, padahal kita lagi ngebantu dia nutupin isu aslinya.
Tapi apa isu nya Buahlil yah? 💀 Maybe isu di sebelah nya kali. Kebetulan enakan pake Bahlil buat ngeledek wkwk
The Israeli army shot dead a 7-month-old Palestinian baby in the West Bank.
It was in broad daylight.
The father says:
"I stopped as I was instructed to, and then they simply shot at the car."
Israel routinely kills babies - and the West is silent.
Di 2024 banyak pebisnis dan pelaku usaha, dari yang kecil sampai kakap, memilih Prabowo dengan dalih "It's good for business."
Mereka bilang bahwa dengan naiknya Prabowo, ekonomi akan menjadi lebih stabil. Elektabilitas tinggi dianggap sebagai bukti bahwa Prabowo is good for business.
Fast forward to now, udah tak sedikit pelaku usaha yang malah stagnan, scale down, atau malah tutup.
Prabowo is good for business? Sure, for his own.
When I spoke out against the Gaza genocide, a bunch of midwit VCs ganged up on me both in public and tried to hurt me in private too.
Many of those who stood by me were also VCs. Just the better ones. Both morally, and in return profile.
The best way to avoid sociopaths is to have them self select out of your life by standing for your beliefs.
Indonesians should be aware of this. So there're French pedophiles who adopt babies/children from Asia only to be abused & raped. Some of them are involved in child sex trafficking through "adoption scheme" which is made possible or legal through the French Embassy in Jakarta.
I’m not Christian or Muslim, etc. but one of my favorite concepts from the popular notion of the Abrahamic afterlife is that you could talk to some medieval knight who has been there since the crusades and maybe explain what an iPad is to him or whatever.
High-agency is contagious. You spend time around someone who just does things and suddenly your own list of "impossible" tasks starts looking suspiciously possible.
Rupiah ambruk tembus Rp18.000 per USD. Konsol game langsung naik gila-gilaan di Indonesia:
- PS5 Digital Rp9,9jt,
- Disc Rp11,4jt;
- Xbox Series X Rp11,5jt;
- Nintendo Switch 2 Rp9,3jt.
Game fisik impor & digital PS/Xbox/Nintendo Store juga ikut mahal gara-gara biaya impor & penyesuaian harga regional
Semua salah siapa? Yup, SALAH PEMERINTAH!
prompt: saya ingat the economist tahun2 sebelum krisis 98 sempat bilang bahwa RI tidak akan kena krisis seperti dialami Thailand krn fundamental ekonomi RI kuat. benarkah? dan carikan sy tulisan2 luar negeri maupun dalam negeri yang spt itu.