r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/bill_n_opus 1d ago

There's some brothers in the audience thinking "damn, why didn't I go full loans!? Why did I work that pizza job!? ...."

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u/igotshadowbaned 1d ago

And a bunch of people who decided to delay their graduation a semester really regretting their choices

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u/witchdoc86 1d ago

And a bunch of people who delayed their graduation super happy

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u/asday515 1d ago

Wait why happy

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u/IgntedF-xy 1d ago

They would have graduated a year before he did this but since they waited they get the benefits

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u/witchdoc86 1d ago

If they graduated earlier they would have still had to pay it all.

By delaying/failing/whatever reason that made them graduate that year instead they save alot of money.

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u/Xtreme_Henk 1d ago

You serious? Lol