9 Things That are Cheaper than WhatsApp

krizta · Feb 21, 2014

This is an illustration of the World Trade Center rising above the Manhattan skyline in New York City. Twelve years after terrorists destroyed the old World Trade Center, this new one will become a reality once again. Developers say One World Trade Center will be finished in early 2014. The original cost estimate of US$2.2 billion has been revised to US$3.94 billion. This means, four World Trade Center would cost US$15.76 — If Facebook Inc wanted, they could have built twice as many World Trade Centers than we had before 9/11 in 2001 — And not even spending the entire WhatsApp budget.

Lifetime usage of 22 carat gold toilet paper rolls. This is the most expensive disposable toilet paper in the world. If you’ve got too much money, why not wipe your burm with it instead? This is sold by The Toilet Paper Man of Australia — 1.3 million US dollars for a single roll. With the money Facebook spent on WhatsApp, you’ll be able to buy 14,615 of these.

Netflix costs $7.99 USD every month in the States. With this price, you can buy a 200 million year Netflix binge. However, if you would ask Netflix how much you would get for $19 billion USD, you would hopefully get Netflix forever.

The budget of NASA in 2012 was 16.014 billion dollars, which was 0.48% of the US Fed budget. In 2010 the budget was 17.804 billion dollars, which was 0.52% of the US Fed budget. Did you know that in 1966, NASA had 4.41% of the US Fed budget?

According to the New York Times, the price of clean water for everyone on our planet would be US$10 Billion.

The final operating budget of London 2012 olympic games was US$10.4 billion, however, the total costs was US$10.6 billion. Worth also considering was that, additional costs include $90 million for converting the Olympic Stadium of London to a football venue. The profit of the Olympic Games in London was GBP £52.8 million.

Starbucks does not have universal prices, however, at our local Starbucks, a short cappuccino is $2.70, a tall cappuccino is $3.25 and a grande is $3.55. If we buys as many short cappuccino coffees as possible, we could get 7,037 Million cups of coffee. Even if the prices may be more expensive at some Starbucks around the world, and cheaper in others, we’re sure that if we would buy these many cups of coffees, we would be able to get at least this low price for all of the coffees. This means, Facebook Inc could afford to buy pretty much every single person in the world a cup of coffee from Starbucks, instead of buying WhatsApp.

If Facebook Inc’s employees ate 60 hot dogs every single minute, the company would be able to eat hot dogs for the next 1,200 years

A nuclear bomb is estimated to cost US$28 million. We’re sure that Facebook Inc could find the seller considering that they have the user information of a billion people around the world.
Facebook Inc could invest in 678 nuclear weapons instead of buying the WhatsApp. Who knows, maybe it fulfills the same purpose? 678 nuclear bombs to take over the world? We’re not sure if WhatsApp is a more effective way to control the world than 678 nuclear bombs.