What would you do with $92,233,720,368,547,800?

Started by jimmy olsen, July 18, 2013, 12:52:07 AM

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Admiral Yi

Max: you could buy any work of art, any vacation mansion, any luxury yacht, any private plane, anything at all, for the equivalent of a penny.  Where's the line between enjoyment and acquisition?

MadImmortalMan

The best plan would obviously be to spend it slowly. Maybe build yourself a Bond villain base in a volcano or something.
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Barrister

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 18, 2013, 03:32:23 PM
The best plan would obviously be to spend it slowly. Maybe build yourself a Bond villain base in a volcano or something.

Except that all of the real-life examples of people earning seemingly huge sums of money tends to show that expenses rises to meet income incredibly quickly.  Think of, oh, every pro athlete ever.
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Barrister on July 18, 2013, 03:34:27 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 18, 2013, 03:32:23 PM
The best plan would obviously be to spend it slowly. Maybe build yourself a Bond villain base in a volcano or something.

Except that all of the real-life examples of people earning seemingly huge sums of money tends to show that expenses rises to meet income incredibly quickly.  Think of, oh, every pro athlete ever.
It's impossible in this case. I bet most people here would have difficulty spending a $100 billion a year, which would be a drop in the bucket.
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MadImmortalMan

Well then I'd burn most of it and keep only enough to make me the second-richest guy on the planet.
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"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
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