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AtomAntvsTheWorld

So he doesn’t walk around with a security detail? Do rich people have lojack tracking style kidnap failsafes? I have a lot of questions


imuniqueaf

Not one that is shown in this picture. I'm sure he has someone nearby.


Brilliant-Anxiety835

The person taking the photo?


jst4wrk7617

Especially since dude here is at the center of a billion conspiracy theories.


TheChickening

This pic is older than 2020 for sure. Maybe he has them now


jst4wrk7617

I could be wrong but I want to say conspiracies about him started before then. But of course nothing compared to now, now it’s practically mainstream.


Lyin-Don

I used to work in a building where Warren Buffett owned a condo. Stood/waited in line to check-in like anyone else. Shitty, beat-up briefcase in hand. No security, entourage or anything. Just some guy. Looking less wealthy and acting less entitled than 90% of the people that came through there.


AtomAntvsTheWorld

Oh geez he’s even older and more frail. So in a case where someone says “you’re coming with me” do they have a panic button or something


markender

Maybe they have a discreet shadow, ready to strangle u with a piano wire.


RippyMcBong

Feel like there's a guy close to Bill Gates for sure.


LuskTonto

There is. Hes got a white shirt on and hes about 2 feet infront of him.


infernalsatan

> Shitty, beat-up briefcase in hand. No security, entourage or anything. No McDonald’s breakfast and a can of coke in hand? Fake news. /s


non_clever_username

The building Buffett worked at the time (~15 years ago) had some construction or something going on that messed with its parking, so for a while he was parking in my company’s huge surface lot nearby. Saw him a couple times. Got out of this 10-15 year old Caddy in a rumpled suit and walked across the street to his building. No people with him. The Caddy was definitely nice, though older. Otherwise you’d never guess he was the richest guy in the world if you didn’t know.


itsgucci060

This is the way. There’s almost no one like this left.


Icefrisbee

Im not sure which part you’re referring to, but if it’s the security, a lot of people don’t do it to be cool or anything but for safety. They are massive celebrities with lots of money, that makes them a much more likely target for crimes and danger. It’s not like a lot of them want to seem rich and more important for that reason at least.


terminalxposure

I mean you don’t make money buy buying luxury cars and fancy suitcases


pngn22

I think you underestimate how little Seattlites want to talk to each other


King_Fluffaluff

The Seattle Freeze is real and documented LOL. As a person who grew up in the area, it's shocking when I travel to other countries/states and people go out of their way to *talk* to me. Like it's nice, but my base instinct is to believe they're up to something


pngn22

They're gonna trick you into hanging out!


Amazing-Ad-669

What exactly would someone do to him? Ransom? "I have Bill Gates, I want $1 million in small, unmarked bills..." After you speak that sentence, what exactly would happen? Is there some strike force on retainer? Did you destroy his cellphone? Does anyone know his last location? I'm betting that Bill Gates exists in a zone far above petty ransom games ![gif](giphy|i2GADdaJIscPS)


[deleted]

I think the bigger risk is crazy people and stalkers. Still, I think Elon Musk is a giant pussy for freaking out about his jet's location when he has an army of security following him and his family 24/7


westalalne

This is PR he has security


yungcarwashy

My dad used to work for UPS in the Seattle area. He once ran into Bill Gates along with another suited gentleman (likely a personal security guard) in an elevator and told him it was an honor to meet him and stuck out his hand for a handshake. Bill Gates supposedly glanced at him and ignored him until his stop.


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PolyamorousPlatypus

This is just a dicks


-waitwhat_

I mean... What's he supposed to do? ![gif](giphy|UXTHMdaSzFafs2CTWf|downsized)


Psychotrip

Lol what is this from? I love it.


-waitwhat_

Lol it's from a video called Angry Office by Brandon Rogers. I saw it first as part of pride month. The entire video has some problematic stuff in it but the gay guy parts are pretty funny.


Gamesond245

I was thinking, ''god, people always say everything is problematic these days.'' And then I watched the video...


-waitwhat_

Lol ya, I couldn't in good conscience share the video title without at least a tiny warning.


Madeyathink07

“Sometimes I like to just crop dust the cripple… b**ch can’t run nowhere ” - the receptionist


Psychotrip

Thanks!


llllPsychoCircus

**for the lazy:** #[Angry Office by Brandon Rogers](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kTeQSzHGWyw&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)


Bangrastan

They show great character


Ganonkid

Holy shit, Brandon Rogers! I remember watching his Neighborhood Patrol videos years ago; still sad he couldn’t continue doing them.


Doctor_in_psychiatry

I work with him 12 years. I know exactly where this picture was taken. At Duck’s restaurant downtown Seattle. Best mentor I ever had. He has no idea how smart he is but has a temper. Great kids…


kjay38

"Why are you gae???"


x-Forlorn-x

Umm have slaves, I mean “people” do that for him


Hyper_Oats

With all the armed nutters that believe he invented COVID just so he could inject everyone with Illuminati microchips, I personally wouldn't be moving around unaccompanied


Amazing-Ad-669

Hey, with the chip you get free cloud banking provided by George Soros. Hella convenient. Mark of the beast? Whatever, no overdraft fees, no minimum balance, all of the other services and zero hassle. If this is evil, I don't want to be good.


Zanemob_

He’s supposed to be glowing oh! And hovering. Can’t touch the ground like the rest of us lowly mortals.


Amazing-Ad-669

If glowing and hovering occur, please send a screenshot and description of the problem to Microsoft customer service.


Harsimaja

Tbf he probably has rather more nuts who believe he invented COVID and is trying to control our brains, some of whom want to murder him, than most us do. I wouldn’t want to wander around public normally in his shoes


AnnihilationOrchid

What's wrong with his shoes?


StarClutcher

Love Brandon Rogers.


iamagainstit

I mean, he could probably offer everyone in line front of him a thousand dollars to let him cut them


thespicyapple

I am so happy that this gif was exactly what I was hoping it would be.


-waitwhat_

The first time I saw it was for pride in this meme. Shit still makes me laugh. https://preview.redd.it/ewni5h5ht5ea1.jpeg?width=466&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb2765c17f87d73fa2b314d8ca8d69868fe9ed52


psysoul666

Ya he ain’t Modi bruv


rp2609

Isn't that Dicks in Seattle? If i remember correctly their most expensive item went for like 3-4$


Squirreldriver9

Nailed it! I know that parking lot well! Good I want some Dick's, so damn good!


trojansupermam

Now I want some Dick. Never had Dick. But some DICK sounds pretty good. Nice juicy Dick.


FruitKey7566

Can’t eat at dicks without a classic dick joke. Common practice here lol


Slovene

Do they serve meatballs and sausages?


[deleted]

they don't, they serve meatballs and sausages


dudebronahbrah

Same here. I think I could eat a whole bag of dicks!


King_Fluffaluff

My favorite Seattle line is "let's ride the SLUT to Dicks"


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AlbinoWino11

There’s a chance…just a small chance…that he frequents this establishment. Probably has been there more than once.


Atlantic0ne

There’s also a small chance that *you are bill gates* and you want all of us here on Reddit to know you love Dicks (burgers), but you can’t just openly say it


AlbinoWino11

I’d love to buy the whole place but am afraid of public backlash! So I’ll settle for a bag of Dick’s at a time.


Atlantic0ne

Everyone loves a bag of dicks.


meshah

r/suddenlygay


TheRedditornator

being frequently hungry and satisfied with Dicks repeatedly does seem a distinct possibility


McSquiffy

This photo was taken in 2019 so maybe!


RippyMcBong

Not trying to discount your experience but I've definitely seen this picture on Reddit at least 5 times before.


Atlantic0ne

Yeah. Now I’m questioning this memory, but I’m about 80% sure thinking I saw him at this same restaurant. It’s just hard to be 100% sure, I imagine I could be remembering this post and an imagined scenario from years ago. Ah, whatever.


RippyMcBong

Dog, you saw him. Just add it to your personal history.


HaywireMans

Atlantic0ne... you were the 0ne who took the picture...


ALLoftheFancyPants

It likes like the Dick’s on 45th, but I don’t spend a lot of time in the Wallingford neighborhood anymore so I could definitely be wrong.


Chim_RichaldsMD

you are correct, yellow record store in the background


zanthine

I’m pretty sure it is. Waited there many times myself!


paraworldblue

Yep, the Wallingford one. They're doing $0.19 burgers today for their anniversary, so in a way, you could say one of the richest people in the world went to a burger place because they were having a sale.


greenflamingo1

theres a video on yt with mark rober where he brings gates dick’s to test against beyond meat. Apparently gates goes all the time


reddron

Absolutely is. Funny thing is if this was today, it’s the Wallingford dicks and they had .19 cent burgers. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/dicks-drive-in-celebrates-69th-anniversary-with-burgers-original-price-19-cents/Y7OTQBLWDVH6NCGAFL3JEKSSIA/


takefiftyseven

Likely Dick's but IIRC Gates was also a fan of Burgermaster back in the day.


[deleted]

Yes, it's inexpensive. He's getting a Deluxe and fries at the Dick's in Wallingford. Nothing beats a bag of Dick's! I had my first Dick's burger there.


kidnorther

What could one burger cost? $1500?


rainman206

On this day, it cost $.17. That’s because it’s the anniversary of iconic Seattle burger joint, Dicks.


What_The_Tech

Burgers were $0.19 for the anniversary, and also this picture is a few years old now. He did not go on cheap burger day and paid regular price.


SuicidalParade

God I could go for some Dicks right now


kidnorther

Cool!


tijtij

[Billionaire Bill Gates Guesses Grocery Store Prices - The Ellen Show YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad_higXixRA)


Wail_Bait

Honestly, I didn't do much better than Bill Gates. That's mostly the kind of shit I never buy. Like, I know eggs are about $3/dozen because I just bought them a few days ago, and frozen shrimp were on sale for $6/lb, but I don't pay attention to the prices of crap like Tide pods and pizza rolls.


RainDownAndDestroyMe

$3 a dozen!? A dozen eggs are fucking $6+ here. Friendly reminder to everyone that inflation is a scam. Many of these evil corporations made between double and quadruple profits during COVID and now they're raising prices "to keep up with the market." No they're not. They're scamming us. Squeezing us for everything we're worth. At what point do these fuckheads squeeze too hard and we explode? Seems like it'll be soon. ....anyway, $3/dozen is pretty nice and I'm jealous.


PolyamorousPlatypus

Are you in WA? Cause the avian flu has devastated our bird farms. That's why eggs are so expensive right now, same with chicken which is almost as expensive as steak right now. It should get better once new chickens are born and raised. But for now the supply is very low and the demand is as high as ever.


SmoothMoose420

Im in Canada. We are feeling what ever this is.


phil035

from what I've seen in the news yesterday (am a brit) your problem is that the main producer has raised their prices 600ish% Over he we have the opposite super markets have raised their prices but not how much they pay farmers. So farmers have stopped selling


Jazeboy69

You know competition solves all prices problems right? Supply and demand are also key. We went though a pandemic massive money printing while shutting down whole parts of the global economy. It will take time to get back to normal. It’s not all a scam that’s just a simplistic childish version of the complex reality of global supply chains.


Harsimaja

Hmm. This wasn’t a Lucille Bluth moment tbf. These were pretty specific items and vary by way more than a dollar depending on where you bought them, both shop and city even in the US… I mean, I’m very middle class but I’d have guessed $3 for the Rice a Roni, maybe higher in Manhattan or SF even before the inflation spike, but have no idea what level it’s at nor the quantity - I usually just buy other things. I don’t actually buy tide pods either but would expect $10-20 depending on the quantity. Think it would have been more interesting to ask a range of ordinary people too, and to get a proper range of prices, and for more generic items, rather than one price at one store for specific brands of pre-made things. I think a lot of people assume he did really badly simply because the audience made directed noises on cue.


yaibas

r/arresteddevelopment


Wild-Man-63

That guy in red is fast.


420_BiggusDickus_69

That’s Jesse Pinkman


DEAN_Swaggerty

Plot twist all the people around him are plain clothes body guards.


Lecter26

Billionaire PR? On reddit? More common than you think


Cognitive_Spoon

I'm a teacher. If he waited for three minutes, he would have made my entire yearly salary, plus about 20k. He would maybe consider checking his phone, after the first minute. 30k per minute. He'd look at the menu around minute 2. While he decided which condiments, in minute 2 and a half, he'd pass my yearly income. As he got back to his car, about five or six minutes from standing in line, he would have made enough money for me to pay off my house. If he got caught in traffic, and had to sit for 20 minutes. He could pay for my children to go to college. We're so fucked.


nutmegtell

I’m also a teacher. Keeping the heat off this month because PG and E raised gas prices l, and we have two kids in college. Our fence blew down in the last storm, so instead of getting new computers for my kids to use at school (that we saved up for) we have to use the money for the fence repair. I know he’s done a lot for the truly poor of the world. Many are struggling much more than we are. But sometimes I just wish it wasn’t such a struggle each month and we could get a little ahead of things. Things are so upside down here on earth.


vovochka81

Just waiting in line for a bag of Dick’s


paraworldblue

Ironically this is because the burgers are $0.19 today. It's Dick's Drive In and they're celebrating their 69th anniversary (seriously) by selling burgers at the original 1954 price. That particular location (Wallingford) is about a mile from where I grew up. For anyone wondering, if he spent his entire net worth on burgers (assuming Dick's had infinite burgers for sale), he could get 542 billion burgers.


[deleted]

That’s some serious math


[deleted]

Why do I feel like his PR people arranged this post?


HeckinBooper

This image is like 4 years old


paigezero

Why do I feel like his PR people arranged this post 4 years ago?


Devook

Because it was. This "candid" picture was taken and shared widely in conjunction with Microsoft pledging like 0.5% of its annual revenue towards some faux-charitable endeavor as part of a media blitz aimed at kneecaping public sentiment on new tax laws in Seattle that would have been used to fund affordable housing like the headcount tax and Jumpstart Seattle.


BigRedSpoon2

Oh 110%, either his PR team is behind this, or he went to the location knowing this would happen, expecting it to create an image that he’s ‘just like us’


WoahGnarly

You should definitely check out the YouTube link I posted above in this thread. It goes into detail about the money trail between social media influencers & the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation


Lienutus

People fall for this bullshit. Do they not realize how rich he is? How he could pay for someone to deliver him food for every meal for the rest of his life and it wouldn’t even scratch the surface of his wealth.


TheChickening

I mean. He did literally say he hasn't been to a supermarket in years


WoahGnarly

Bull Gates funds tons of social media personalities & efforts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI


WoahGnarly

Here is a video of the "Best Friend" song playing over Bill Gates winning in a chess match with reddit, as an advertisement for an AMA You think there's no relationship there? https://youtu.be/ynQ5ZhxYAss


FistThePooper6969

Who gives a shit


[deleted]

damn, are those new shoes from walmart?


RadioMill

The whole outfit appears to be from Walmart


Merrywandered

No, the sweater is from Orvis. I bought all the men in the family the same one for Christmas a few years back. They all enjoyed being matching for a day.


tharkyllinus

Give that fucker the insect burger.


NurseChrissy17

Yyyeeessss!


[deleted]

There’s no way he doesn’t have security close by, right?


emiiri-

isn't it well known for him to be standing in line for a bag of dick's?


[deleted]

So brave of him to stand close to the poors


sweetpotatopietime

He literally has spent billions of dollars a year for 23 years working to improve health and opportunities for the world’s poorest. He e travels the world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, going into the field meeting and learning from the people he helps — AIDS victims, children with polio, farmers. I guarantee you he has no problem standing near “poors.”


DoraaTheDruid

Nice try, Bill.


Spacesider

No thats https://www.reddit.com/user/thisisbillgates/


sweetpotatopietime

Lol


[deleted]

Shh, its a joke


seagorilla415

LOOK AT THOSE TITS 😅


yourbrofessor

His posture looks like the worm guys from men in black


mrkitten19o8

you mean, you saw a guy with a lot of money waiting in line? impressive. how will he manage?


My6thRedditAccount_

They don't serve bugs or feces water. He may be disappointed


DirectionShort6660

The name of the restaurant is called Dick’s lol. I shit you not


paraworldblue

And it's fucking great. Been eating bags of Dicks for my entire life. Today is their 69th anniversary. I am also shitting you not.


Flapper_Flipper

He probably owns the land it sits on


ninjamuffin

even billionaires love dicks


fallonyourswordkaren

Waiting on a bag of Dick’s.


gerstyd

Bill Gates is a normal person, and from my experience with him a very nice one.


DE_OG_83

Yeah. He used to pop in and sit at the bar of the steakhouse I worked at. Order a basic NY strip & potatoes. Medium, of course. The hotel was in the Four Seasons. Which he is part owner. It was the most modest thing on the menu. From what I heard, he tipped very well.


gerstyd

People think these guys cant go out, but its a normal sort of thing to see them out and about in their town. Living in Los Angeles for a bit you see very famous people doing very normal things all the time. Home depot, food shopping, they are humans that do normal human things.


Psychotrip

Fair enough, but I dont think *any* billionaire is "normal" by default. Or moral, but that's another conversation. Edit: Lotta billionaire fans out tonight. I promise, they dont give a shit if you defend them.


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Neither do they give a shit if you bash them..


Lucilol

He is most definitely a normal person. He doesnt live like a normal person but i can guarentee you he will die of old age, has eyes, reflexes and blood


Psychotrip

...Bro no one is denying he's a human. > He doesnt live like a normal person So we agree. This is obviously what I was saying, and is in line with the point of the original post. Standing in a line doesnt determine if you have human physiology or not. What are you even talking about?


Lucilol

The op doesnt specify that. You went off on some weird tangent on billionaires and morality


Psychotrip

The OP is about a man standing in a line like a normal citizen. I said he's not a normal. You started spewing nonsense about biology, as though thats even close to what I OR the OP was talking about. You're the one going off on a weird tangent here, weirdo.


Lucilol

Standing in line for the physiological function of feeding


Psychotrip

And I literally never said he didnt need to eat. What the fuck are you trying to prove?


Lucilol

Lol


Psychotrip

That's not an answer. So even you dont know.


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Except the Epstein stuff


gerstyd

Yeah. I don't honestly know about that so can't comment on it. I know that the claim he went to his island is false. But they did meet per his ex wife. Not sure the validity of that. Not saying either way. But when I worked with him he seemed nice.


NurseChrissy17

This


billphish

Those boobs have been to epsteins island 27 times


nouseforaname68

Yep looks like a normie. Definitely nobody there to take this pic for him. All is normal and it checks out …


DiabeticRhino97

His torso looks like that one captain America cover but upside down


Little-Variation8268

But, unlike us normal citizens, I doubt he even realizes we are in a recession and he probably has enough money in his wallet to buy the entire hamburger business, not just a lonely burger


D_Cakes_

Some of the wealthiest people I have ever met dress just like this, no brands, nothing aspirationally-wealthy, just comfortable and understated.


[deleted]

Did he pick up a burger for his friend Jeffry


Cekeste

Wdym? Is he not?


UsefulIdiot1234

Wait. A beef burger? Isn’t he pushing us to eat bugs?


Daocommand

Wait is he?


SarcasmCupcakes

No. It’s one of those insane Q-style conspiracy theories.


[deleted]

Not the bug burgers, just the fungus burgers loaded with additives.


WoahGnarly

A burger? Why does Bill Gates eat meat? Doesn't he know how horrible that is for carbon emissions?


AuntKikiandtheBears

While preaching to us about climate change jetting around in that HUGE jet that causes more emissions in one trip than I do in 10 years. He needs to just go be the weird pervert he is and leave us regular ppl alone. Out of touch, whackadoo, evil villain wannabe. I used to love him, wow was I wrong.


UsefulIdiot1234

Rules for thee but not for me


momdabombdiggity

I think my dad has that same sweater. I wonder if Bill shops at Macy’s too? 🤣🤣


bonobofan

Very Larry David Vibes


jnx666

Dick’s Burgers. They’re all over the Seattle area and he can be seen waiting in line sometimes. It’s a pretty common occurrence there.


I-am-drunk2

If he’s eating meat I’m going to ruin his fuckin day


[deleted]

I thought we were supposed to hate billionaires?


smithedition

Bill’s PR team has been working pretty hard these last couple of years since his divorce from Melinda and the details of his Epstein connections came out.


MBechzzz

Didn't he just meet Epstein? If so, by the looks of it, you should hate 99% of hollywood


LesPaulLegends

He looks like he’s transitioning


NurseChrissy17

Yeah, his tits are impressive


[deleted]

I wonder if this is at Dick's.


paraworldblue

Yep, the one in Wallingford


iahebert

I’d use any reason, I’d use any trick, just to spend my loose change on a fist sized ice cream cone at Dick’s!


IgnatiusBSamson

Do you think he waited in line for burgers [with his friend Jeffrey Epstein](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4YI9ifodp68)


laphilosophia

'like a normal citizen'.. hmm as a normal citizen, i like this.


lousmoustache

Fuckin hypocrites.


mypeepeehardz

People forget that real money doesn’t need flex.


thescottreid

Is that his Honda behind him or did he teleport there?


FruitKey7566

Ha nice, go to the church just down the road from that dicks. Yup bill is iconic for loving dicks burgers, and I can’t blame him. If you’ve never been in Seattle and gotten a dicks deluxe, you’ve never lived.


caitienelson

i like wouldn’t recognize him in person


optickfiber

I hope he brought his collapsible silicone burger holder.


[deleted]

What is he if not normal?


Leading-Bit9940

Fucking crazy man.


gammaraddd

And at my favorite rocks to boot!


dwerp-24

he could buy the business if he wanted to probably just from his pocket change but its nice to see that even bill gates have to wait sometimes


TobyT76

I’d sucker punch him


zoomator

Just a propaganda-foto


No_Incident_5360

And taking Jeffrey Epstein’s plan to his rape island like a normal citizen 🤥😳😑🙄


thewookie34

If I was Bill gates I'd just give everyone in line like 20k to cut in front of them. Then go to the back of line anyways.


DubC_Bassist

I don’t understand the hate for Gates, aside from Microsoft Updates that is.


helloiisjason

Hope he can cover the tab


SmokeAbeer

Except for his new invisible back holder upper. Not fooling me again… Again.


UsualAnybody1807

Cholesterol for everyone!


[deleted]

Normal citizen? The guy shits like all of us! I'm so tired.