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TIL of socialite Ida Wood - Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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In 1907 she emptied her 1 million dollar bank account(21 million in today's money), declared she was “tired of everything" and shut herself in a hotel room along with her sisters. She stepped out of the room for the first time 24 years later

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[–] SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net 1 points 2 years ago

Cursed thing, excessive wealth. Just imagine sitting around having people flatter you all day long for no other reason than they hope to trick you into giving you some.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This was fantastic, thank you!