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WCDT 03-07 May 2021 (4516-4520)

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dutchrvl:
I see a lot of replies here to the extent of "Hanners has a shit-ton of money", but has it ever actually been established taht Hanners herself has that much money?

I've read all of QC a few times now, and granted it has been quite a while I did a complete read-through, but I don't recall the above being established. Yes she has very, very wealthy parents, but we should all know that that doesn't automatically mean Hanners has a lot of money herself.

She did very early on comment on having more than sufficient to live on, but if I recall correctly that was more because she was living very simply with minimal furniture and saved most of what she made from counting things. EVen though she got WInslow a chassis and went on a long trip, I don't think it's enough to assume she is filthy rich herself.

Unless I forgot that fact being established somewhere, in which case I have wasted 5 minutes writing a pointless post :D 

Mr_Rose:
Yeah, it really hasn’t. I mean, she is the heir to two mega wealthy individuals and probably has about zero chance of ever becoming destitute, but she always gave the impression of deliberately not living off her parents’ largesse.

dutchrvl:
Right. Sure, she probably has access to wealth if she would ever desire it (through her father at least), but so far it has mostly been implied that she hasn't done so yet.

SeaWoodStage:
When Hanners said "That ...is a lot" I sort of assumed she meant by normal standards. I was thinking maybe Marigold was showing her a figure between 200k - 400k. Like - a huge amount, but not actually overwhelming? If I were Marigold's friend, I'd advise her to just buy a flat/apartment.

flondrix:
He job of "counting things" was actually more like "forensic accounting", and I suspect that if Hanners had turned her idiot-savant type skills to investing she could have made bank.  On failing banks.  Because she, like, would know which banks were going to fail.  And how to invest in that.

Do we know approximately when QC history diverged from ours?  Have there been any references to any financial crises that match up to real ones, or any real world presidents?  I am so unhip I do not know which of the bands and artists Marten, Dora, and Tai talk about are real.  Bubbles has mentioned the Beatles, at least.  They haven't had a COVID-19 outbreak and Donald Trump has never been mentioned that I can recall.  Their California real estate is insanely priced, and we know that their world includes Craig's List and Goatse, so there are some common developments.

Edit: OMG, it turns out that the guy in the Goatse picture is named "Kirk" in both universes!

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