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This dark humor meme consists of text at the top followed by two side-by-side archival photos. The top text recounts the true historical anecdote of billionaire J. Paul Getty: when his grandson was kidnapped, he initially refused to pay the $17 million ransom demanded. Only after kidnappers mailed the teenager's severed ear did he agree to pay a reduced $3 million total. Even then, he only paid $2.2 million out of his own funds, and loaned the remaining $800,000 to his son (the kidnapped boy's father) at 4% interest. The left photo shows J. Paul Getty looking stoic and unemotional while holding a drink, and the right photo shows his kidnapped grandson John Paul Getty III. The joke highlights the absurdly frugal, business-obsessed mindset of the extremely wealthy, even in a high-stakes life-or-death family crisis.

Grand daddy was ALL business. Rich folk problems

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