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Are we allowed to schadenfreude this wealthy convict? Or is that too gauche for my fellow lemmies?
8 years for murder is a slap on the wrist.
She didn't get 8 years for murder because she wasn't tried for murder.
if she was drunk driving and hit her, she would have gotten less
Good thing it was manslaughter and not murder.
What makes you think she’s wealthy? She’s a 27 year old party planner.
She was known as a socialite around NYC, and grew up well-off in Long Island as the daughter of, believe it or not, the owner of the #1 cesspool company. So yes, the killer is fairly affluent.
She tried to hide out in Long Island with mummy and daddy. They probably should have taught her about consequences and self-control when she was growing up. Affluenza strikes again.
Figures she's from Long Island.
I also read that as a slur and not a literal thing. Is that really what they are still called?
No clue but that’s in the news article. So it appears to be the legit name.
Why I found it funny. I thought he was just being dramatic but that’s really what he owns.
If you have a company that drains cesspools, how else would you be referred to it?
I meant that I didn't know we still built/maintained what are still called cesspools. It sounds like a name for something that used to be common but is no longer built because we have modern sewage treatment plants.
I read that as "fairly effluent" and I was like "I see what you did there."
You were wrong.
Reminds me of the most accurate definition of "what is wealthy" I ever heard.
PersonA: "What does being wealthy even mean?"
PersonB: "It usually means someone has more money than me"
It might be “this person has more financial resources than 98% of the population”.
No, that's very specific and you can put an exact number on someone who is in the top 2%
I'm referring to statements in this thread, where we don't know shit about this ladies finances, other than her dad has a "successful" business. People making assumptions about her wealth. What does being a "socialite" even mean? She likes going to art galleries and events? Spoiler alert - anyone can do that, don't assume these are things that cost money (other than what it costs to catch a train/cab/Uber to get there, and possibly price of admission, which might not even be a lot either).
She's going to prison for a few years, she clearly ain't got the resources many people here assume she does.
I’m not sure why you insist on arguing that point. I don’t agree with your logic that she “ain’t” got resources simply because she’s going to prison for murdering someone. Avoiding prison for murder is more of a top .1% kind of thing and nobody has suggested that.
My problem is with people assuming she is wealthy and what does that even mean, it's such a relative term. She just looks like a nobody to me who did something bad and will pay the consequences, like most other people. I just don't understand why people are throwing her into the top 2% of this country based on this headline
What does anything even mean? WHAT EVEN ARE WORDS?
Relativism is a stupid argument.
Can you point to where it said that in the first article?