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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 63 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (17 children)

Sounds like this person wasn't a trophy-hunting motherfucker like Donald Jr. or Eric or the fat fuck from Jimmy Johns. (And therefore, in my book, a genuine tragedy.)

Still, when nature can't feed itself (and the article states food is depleted due to drought) animals can and will attack humans. This was the risk he took.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 11 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

He's still going to get hate here for being wealthy, which necessarily means he's not paying workers the true value of their labor.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean, do you HAVE to be wealthy to do a safari camp out thing?

https://www.nwr.com.na/

Looks like the nice spots (not in a tent) are around N$ 4,030.

https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=4030&From=NAD&To=USD

$225. US.

So I could stay at a Namibian resort for 8 days for $2,000. That's not like Bezos money or anything. The airfare would likely cost more.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Not at all. Especially in Namibia.

Edit: if there wasn't an en suite bathroom attached to the tent, its not fancy. En suite tents are absolutely a thing.

Source: lived in southern Africa for a while, did a lot of sketchy car camping that included many, many opportunities to be killed on the way to the toilet at 2:00am.

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