Seriously, how would you keep from trying to be taken advantage of, and how would you live your life still.
I read this on /r9k/, someone posted it in a thread about their secrets
QuoteI won the lottery and have only told I person I know because I'm afraid the rest will try to take advantage of me to get to my money.
I have told my girlfriend, who almost instantly started paying for more of her own things. When I asked her why, she shrugged and smiled at me. We live together, and she often completely forgets how much money I have, such as when I was telling her about the vacation to California I was planning for us, and she was getting upset about the money it would cost.
"But you don't even have a job!"
"...Lottery, remember?"
"Oh yea, ahahaha, sorry. :3"
I tell everyone else that I own a successful online business. I haven't worked in 2 years.
I probably would do something along those lines too.
He posted some other things if you're interested:
Quote>>219226
43 million. Florida lotto, I paid 7 dollars, all or nothing. It was my first ticket.
I dreamed the numbers.
>>219228
I don't really want a job. I've kind of become this...bum. I'm only 21, and I dropped out of college. I really don't have any drive to do anything. I accomplished my goal of being a millionaire early, and now I don't know what the fuck I want to do with my life.
Yeah. If I won I wouldn't tell anyone.
If I won, and it was a large enough amount to keep me set for life, I probably wouldn't tell too many people either. Also, I'd still go to college and get a good job just in case, or just to have something to do with all the free time I'd have. Maybe something fun like teaching. doodella;
Quote from: HUNTER TECTRON on March 03, 2008, 11:41:42 AM
If I won, and it was a large enough amount to keep me set for life, I probably wouldn't tell too many people either. Also, I'd still go to college and get a good job just in case, or just to have something to do with all the free time I'd have. Maybe something easy like teaching. doodella;
Teaching isn't that easy unless it's something like kindergarten...
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on March 03, 2008, 02:48:23 PM
Teaching isn't that easy unless it's something like kindergarten...
...Oops, I actually meant fun, not easy. bassir;
i wonder how easy slipped in there
I'm not sure what I'd do. I know at first I'd be like, "HOLY FUCK AWESOME", and just buy a bunch of cool shit and generally live the rich life for a bit (like, a month). Then I know I'd get around to thinking, "well, this isn't that satisfying because I don't have anything to show for this money besides a lottery ticket."
I'd probably end up starting some business for the benefit of people, on a small or large scale, even something as simple as restoring vintage computers and selling them and donating proceeds to some charity (exactly what I do now, except without the donating to charity part). Just something to keep me motivated.
I also definitely wouldn't tell people.
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on March 03, 2008, 02:48:23 PM
Teaching isn't that easy unless it's something like kindergarten...
Lol, PE.
I'd get a job, but only a small one that didn't make me pissed off, but didn't make me feel like a fatass.
Depends on how much I got. I have a problem with having too much money at once that leads me to hold on to it just for the sake of having a lot of money, and then it never gets spent until I feel particularly spontaneous enough to blow it. Because of this, if I got an extremely large sum, I'd probably end up giving quite a bit of it to others just to avoid the personal stress of having so much cash. Naturally I'd still leave enough to buy some cool shit and have some left over for other possible expenses, but other than that...I don't really need a lot of money.
I'd put it right in the bank. Do you know what the interest on that shit would be?!!!
Basically it would be like an annual salary..
Then I would live a normal life, but with extras. When that was done, I'd donate a lot to charity.
Quote from: Squirtlejazz on March 04, 2008, 05:53:31 AM
I'd put it right in the bank. Do you know what the interest on that shit would be?!!!
Basically it would be like an annual salary..
Then I would live a normal life, but with extras. When that was done, I'd donate a lot to charity.
I'd keep it in a box and wouldn't let any third party put their grubby mitts on my cash.
And I'd probably still hold a job if I was already working before I won it, since just a few million wouldn't hold me out for life.
Quote from: Lawlz on March 04, 2008, 02:30:21 PM
I'd keep it in a box and wouldn't let any third party put their grubby mitts on my cash.
So, you wouldn't spend it?
Good call. baddood;
I wouldn't tell anyone who'snot important, goddamned moochers, but I probably would brag to boyah. You're important, boyah.
I would pay for college, purchase a house just the right size for me (not some huge mansion for the hell of it) and continue to work comfortably just so I have tiny fragmants of a social life.
This is all dependent on how much I win.
Bank. Interest. Fuck School. Fuck Work. Bitches. Party. House. Invest. Chill.
Quote from: Commodore Guff on March 04, 2008, 03:35:35 PM
So, you wouldn't spend it?
Good call. baddood;
It's possible I'd keep it until I died and left my children inherit it if I ever had any.
Quote from: Commodore Guff on March 04, 2008, 03:35:35 PM
So, you wouldn't spend it?
Good call. baddood;
No kidding. Let's give him some tax breaks.
Quote from: Socks on March 04, 2008, 08:37:46 PM
Bank. Interest. Fuck School. Fuck Work. Bitches. Party. House. Invest. Chill.
Socks has the right idea.
Quote from: HUNTER TECTRON on March 03, 2008, 02:57:56 PM
...Oops, I actually meant fun, not easy. bassir;
i wonder how easy slipped in there
Teaching's not too hard. You get the entire summer off.
Quote from: Co-Z on March 06, 2008, 05:56:40 AM
Teaching's not too hard. You get the entire summer off.
i know isnt that badass
Teaching seems like the perfect job. doodella;
Quote from: Co-Z on March 06, 2008, 05:56:40 AM
Teaching's not too hard. You get the entire summer off.
You also get to grade papers for hours
Quote from: Houdini on March 05, 2008, 04:28:31 PM
No kidding. Let's give him some tax breaks.
trickle-down economics at its best
Land. Guns. Ammo. Food. A tank.
Quote from: Commodore Guff on March 06, 2008, 03:44:45 PM
trickle-down economics at its best
Lightening taxes for people who don't spend their money is such a great way to improve the economy. Reagen, where would we be without you?
Most to charity. Save some for education for others in family. Keep a little as back up.
I'd not want to tell anyone... but I have a feeling it'd slip. To everyone. :(
i wouldn't care if people knew cause i wouldn't give anyone money.
i would buy a house and a range rover.
that's all.
I'd only give money to people who have directly helped me out.
Although I'd support Art schools and maybe do some scholarship bizniz.
The rest I would consume because I'm a greedy whore.
Probably write some shitty club songs about spending a million in a minute, because I'm speeedin'....IM SPEEEDIN.
KIDDING KIDDING
Jokes aside, I would probably buy myself a music studio. And a house...that's about it. n Lay LOW.
I would probably get in more trouble, because I could afford it.
I currently live in such a small town the news would get out whether I liked it or not.
As for the money, I'd help my mom and dad out with the bills, then put the rest in college fundings.
Well with the world economy as it is right now, you never know when having 100,000,000 US dollars is going to be the equivalent of saying you have 100,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars, So id probably trade most of it for gold, jewels, etc. stockpile it in a fortress with enough in cash for occasional impulse buying, charity or whatever, then live as a working miser until I could sell my riches and retire.
you are no fun sir.
I would hook up a few good friends, my family, etc.
put the rest away, let the interest pile up.
Donate it all to Boyah
Put a lot of it away, donate a chunk of it, and then use a little to buy a few things (house, car, computer)
Buy a 100x100 ft swim-in aquarium
Why save it for a future that isn't even certain.
Buy a house, set aside money for college, charity, one fucking gorgeous escort baddood;
Invest most of it. Then use the rest to go to college FOREVER. THE POWER OF GOD
Quote from: Daphnia on December 18, 2008, 09:02:34 AM
Then use the rest to go to college FOREVER. THE POWER OF GOD
This idea is genius
First, I would pay off my schooling for the next 4 years. Secondly, I would buy a very nice house. Not necessarily the biggest, but a nice one. I would probably put the rest in savings minus a few thousand to fuck around with.
I'd find a way to give some to my friends without them knowing where it came from. Invest a huge portion of it. And pay for Outsider and Boyah.
Quote from: Daphnia on December 18, 2008, 09:02:34 AM
Invest most of it. Then use the rest to go to college FOREVER. THE POWER OF GOD
oh man...that would be fucking tight.
I wouldn't want to tell anyone, but knowing me everyone would know within a week..
i'd blow a set amount of it...and save the rest.
I'd shut up about it and save it. Then get daily vocal lessons and pay for my own food. Then invest while the stock market is falling. The wait. And use some money to go to college for a back up. Then find a producer and sign, or be one. And when the market is cool again, sell what I put in the market.
Quote from: DecembeR on January 01, 2009, 09:58:57 PM
I'd shut up about it and save it. Then get daily vocal lessons and pay for my own food. Then invest while the stock market is falling. The wait. And use some money to go to college for a back up. Then find a producer and sign, or be one. And when the market is cool again, sell what I put in the market.
you'd still have tons of money left over.