Notch is sad guys

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Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

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Being rich is wonderful.

At least that's the assumption the whole world seems to make.

The wealthy are today's so-called rock stars, even though the music that emerges from their mouths can sometimes feel like a dirge played on a flute slipped up someone's nose.

This is especially true of the tech world, where untold billions have descended on young, sometimes socially awkward, nerdy types.

Markus "Notch" Persson is one of those new billionaires. The 36-year-old founded Mojang, created Minecraft and sold it to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

He bought himself a $70 million mansion in Beverly Hills, supposedly outbidding Jay Z and Beyonce.

After completing the Microsoft deal, he didn't join Redmond's merry band. Instead, he started a new life. He's wondering now if it's a better one.

In a series of tweets posted on Saturday, Persson exposed his feelings. Raw and deeply melancholy, they reveal that money truly isn't everything -- at least for him.

He began: "The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance."

It depends on how you define everything. For many people, Persson might seem like the man with everything. Instead, he bemoans the difficulty of having relationships.

He wrote: "Hanging out in ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with famous people, able to do whatever I want, and I've never felt more isolated."

Freedom can be very difficult to live with. You can do anything you like. But what is it you want to do? And with whom? And what do they think of you now that you're extremely wealthy?

Persson explained: "In sweden, I will sit around and wait for my friends with jobs and families to have time to do poo poo, watching my reflection in the monitor."

He added: "Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead."

I'm not sure normal people actually exist, but imbalance is now a prevalent concept in a world where inequality is starker than it has been for some years.

Persson complained that in selling Mojang, he made sure the employees were taken care of, but "they all hate me now."

Why not, though, aim for higher things? Why not commit to philanthropy? Persson said: "I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of [explitive] that made me sell minecraft again."

Having lived in several countries, it's always struck me that if you can find 10 people you really like, you can build a pleasant life anywhere. It's not always easy to find those ten people. Persson, now removed from life's usual exigencies, seems to be lacking anyone with whom he can be his own normal self.

He said he's taken advice from others in his position: "People who made sudden success are telling me this is normal and will pass. That's good to know! I guess I'll take a shower then!"

There will be those who have no sympathy with him. They'll tell him to get a life, even though he seems to already have -- by some measures -- a very nice one. Some, though, might feel sympathy with the idea that all the money in the world doesn't actually buy anything other than things and more things.

Twenty-four hours after his tweets, Persson added some more context: "I really appreciate all the offers to hang and talk and all. As an introvert, new friends is hard to do even when fine, but it means a lot!"

He also explained that his series of tweets came out of genuine human sadness: "And just venting and not feeling like I had to hide made it feel a bit easier to cope with already."

The tech world represents the possibility of enormous wealth gained quickly by those still in their relative youth.

In dangling that possibility, the tech world works harder and harder to take over more and more of its employees' time. Even some tech CEOs admit this is true -- for example, VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger.

The only thing you can cling onto is your sense of priorities and your very sense of self. It isn't easy. How strange, then, that even when you've made your fortune, things still don't seem to follow the intentions of your inner algorithm.

When Persson's mansion was originally listed, the realtor's spiel described it as "an overwhelming sensory experience." That doesn't seem to describe Persson's current life at all.

Poor Notch.

Here is a puppy Notch maybe it will make you feel better in your $70,000,000 house. I will be your friend for money.

Three Olives fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Aug 31, 2015

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symbolic: Nov 2, 2014

stop being jealous of him 3o

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:32

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

i could have told you even money wouldn't save you from being a shut in nerd sperglord

maybe he should try some good E at ibiza and stop being such a little puss

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Mr. Pumroy: May 20, 2001

gib me ur money

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:33

unbuttonedclone: Dec 30, 2008

You're in California, just smoke weed dumbass billionaires.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:33

Putty: Mar 21, 2013; HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS

thats veyr sad but please watch my minecraft let's play thans

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:34

symbolic: Nov 2, 2014

Putty posted:

thats veyr sad but please watch my minecraft let's play thans

support me on patreon

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:34

Fucked-Up Little Dog: Aug 26, 2008; Posting live from the nightmare future of Web 3.0; Scratchmo

I don't think that house is worth 70 million bucks

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:35

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

Moridin920 posted:

i could have told you even money wouldn't save you from being a shut in nerd sperglord

maybe he should try some good E at ibiza and stop being such a little puss

I hear that women will pretend to love you for money maybe Notch should do that.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:35

Dial-a-Dog: May 22, 2001

Good

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:36

ContinuityNewTimes: Dec 30, 2010; Я выдуман напрочь

itd be cool if he was murdered :smugmrgw:

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:36

Decebal: Jan 6, 2010

I could be Notch's roommate/buddy. We could be like those Entourage guys, but the nerd equivalent

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:36

Dial-a-Dog: May 22, 2001

I'm pretty sure I could have a good time with 2.5 billion dollars. It'd be a lot like now, except I could pay people to shitpost for me when I'm busy

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No. 6: Jun 30, 2002

I always feel so sorry for rich people. They can never be rid of their wealth and the burden must be crushing.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:38

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Decebal posted:

I could be Notch's roommate/buddy. We could be like those Entourage guys, but the nerd equivalent

we could be real life big bang theory *cue laughtrack*

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A CRUNK BIRD: Sep 29, 2004

Shut the gently caress up OP

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:39

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

Maybe Notch could have a reality TV show to find friends.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:39

ContinuityNewTimes: Dec 30, 2010; Я выдуман напрочь

I'd give lowtax a hundred dollars for SA then close every board except pi

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:40

bloodysabbath: May 1, 2004; OH NO!

Oh no my 2.5 billion dollars from my broken, ugly digital lego set and my 70m house and hanging out doing drugs with famous people in the most exclusive locations in the world and the ability to bang escorts that look like supermodels doesn't make me happy.

FFS, go gaze out longingly onto the moor why don't you, Notch. You probably own it.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:40

FlimFlam Imam: Mar 1, 2007; Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

Sounds horrible, poor guy. We should chip in and get him a Chili's gift certificate. Nothing lifts the spirits like a strawberry margarita with chips and salsa.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:40

Fucked-Up Little Dog: Aug 26, 2008; Posting live from the nightmare future of Web 3.0; Scratchmo

Three Olives posted:

Maybe Notch could have a reality TV show to find friends.

As a fat nerd but also a failure I would like to sign up please

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:40

SirEvelynTremble: Dec 25, 2013; FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO

If you needed an example of money not making you happy just look at your own life 3O.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:40

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

'Wah, my diamond shoes are too tight!"
-Notch

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:41

Dial-a-Dog: May 22, 2001

If he's still a fatso who wears a fedora, he's definitely not making very good use of his money

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:41

Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

if money makes him so unhappy he could give all his money away to charity or something

but thats not going to happen because he loving loves money

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:42

Fucked-Up Little Dog: Aug 26, 2008; Posting live from the nightmare future of Web 3.0; Scratchmo

Notch should make himself happy by focusing his amazing creative energies into another fantas-

ahaahahahahhahahhahhaahah

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:43

Decebal: Jan 6, 2010

He should just get one of those Insulin pumps and fill it with MDMA instead.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:43

FlimFlam Imam: Mar 1, 2007; Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

He should buy a new name, Notch is terrible name.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:44

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SirEvelynTremble posted:

If you needed an example of money not making you happy just look at your own life 3O.

came here to post this

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:45

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

Digital Fingers posted:

if money makes him so unhappy he could give all his money away to charity or something

but thats not going to happen because he loving loves money

Did you know there are hundreds of hookers right now living day to day just waiting for for their knight in shining armor to buy them caviar? Think of the hookers Notch, they need your support.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:45

Fatkraken: Jun 23, 2005; Fun-time is over.

start a charitable foundation. With over a billion dollars as seed money you could get so much poo poo done

oh wait, he's too sad to do that

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Why not, though, aim for higher things? Why not commit to philanthropy? Persson said: "I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of [explitive] that made me sell minecraft again."

In that case, find someone who already has a charitable foundation whose goals you agree with, and give them a billion dollars. Or find a thousand smaller charities and give them a million each. Keep enough that you can live a pleasant, worry free life and give any kids you might have a great start, and spread happiness and joy with the rest.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:46

Madcosby: Mar 4, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

lol he became rich and then immediately started spending his money like a saudi oil teen

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:46

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

lol if you're so borked that you have an existential crisis when you get $2.5b instead of just doing all the cool poo poo in the world all the time

buy a jet, fill it with sluts and drugs, and fly around the world.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:46

Pontificating Ass: Aug 2, 2002; What Doth Life?

He used to make semi-creative blog posts before posting a final one like 2 drat years ago, about how he doesn't want to work on big projects any more and go back to making smaller creative games but he really just wanted to do nothing

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:47

Al Borland: Oct 29, 2006; by XyloJW

Go to foreign countries where you can hunt man legally cause you have enough money to do so. Have a blast.

Hell, buy detroit and hunt man there!

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:47

Mr. Pumroy: May 20, 2001

i'm starting a fund raiser, a make notch happy fund raiser. plese give, and kae nakothc happy

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:49

Worldshatter: May 7, 2015; PEPSI for TV-GAME

Moridin920 posted:

buy a jet, fill it with sluts and drugs, and fly around the world.

With as much money as he has just buy a small country and name it "Drug Slut Island"

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:50

bloodysabbath: May 1, 2004; OH NO!

I mean I hate CliffyB for being a huge idiot who actively pushes the F2Pzation of games, but at least when he gutted his company and sold his legacy to a Chinese conglomo he did it right. He bought rad cars and a trophy blonde chick and now fucks her on a pile of money every day while gamers cry about the casualization of Gears 3 compared to the older games.

Do something like that Notch, JFC.

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:51

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notch should give me money to punch 3o in the mouth and face

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Putty: Mar 21, 2013; HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS

Three Olives posted:

Here is a puppy Notch maybe it will make you feel better in your $70,000,000 house. I will be your friend for money.

i don't think this puppy woudl actually like notch if it met him in person and instead watch my minecraft let's plays

# ? Aug 31, 2015 17:52

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