In the latest installment of "money can't buy you happiness," Minecraft founder Markus Persson says he's "never felt more isolated" despite becoming a billionaire after selling his company to Microsoft last year.
The Swedish creator of the massively popular game laid bare some of his thoughts on billionaire life in a series of melancholic tweets early Saturday morning.
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Here's what Persson had to share:
The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Hanging out in ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with famous people, able to do whatever I want, and I've never felt more isolated.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
In sweden, I will sit around and wait for my friends with jobs and families to have time to do shit, watching my reflection in the monitor.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
When we sold the company, the biggest effort went into making sure the employees got taken care of, and they all hate me now.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of assholes that made me sell minecraft again.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Persson's blues were met with encouragement by many:
People who made sudden success are telling me this is normal and will pass. That's good to know! I guess I'll take a shower then!— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
I really appreciate all the offers to hang and talk and all. As an introvert, new friends is hard to do even when fine, but it means a lot!— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
And just venting and not feeling like I had to hide made it feel a bit easier to cope with already. — Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Fast-forward several hours and it seems Persson was back to enjoying life a little bit more:
A jellyfish stung my knee. Surprisingly didn't hurt that much, and at least two people offered what I would consider a bad solution.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Yep, knee pee.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Just another reminder that people from all walks of life can look perfect from afar, but often be fighting difficult battles deep beneath a cheery surface.
In December, Persson paid $70 million to beat out a host of celebrities including Beyoncé and Jay Z and buy a ridiculously posh Beverly Hills mansion. The home even has its own candy room:
pic.twitter.com/umDb1p5Se2— Markus Persson (@notch) December 18, 2014
We'll forgive you if that makes it just a little harder to summon tons of sympathy for Persson's sad tweets.