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Postby Great Algerstonia » Fri Sep 06, 2019 2:57 pm

Buy a jumbo jet, convert all my money into $100 bills, load up my plane with $100 bills, wait for New Year's Eve, and start dropping $100 bills in $500 bundles all over Times Square right before the ball drops and watch the chaos happen
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Postby Farnhamia » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:00 pm

GrEaT aLgErStOnIa wrote:Buy a jumbo jet, convert all my money into $100 bills, load up my plane with $100 bills, wait for New Year's Eve, and start dropping $100 bills in $500 bundles all over Times Square right before the ball drops and watch the chaos happen

You can't fly a jumbo jet slow enough to do that without crashing. Get one of those big military helicopters.
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Postby New haven america » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:00 pm

Not become a fucking hoarder of money like the majority of rich people are.

Other than that... I have no bloody clue, I tend to not think about this subject because I know it's never going to happen so why waste precious time on it?
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Postby LiberNovusAmericae » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:02 pm

New haven america wrote:Not become a fucking hoarder of money like the majority of rich people are.

Other than that... I have no bloody clue, I tend to not think about this subject because I know it's never going to happen so why waste precious time on it?

How about charitable events?

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Postby Godular » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:07 pm

I think I’d still be working at my same job... but the classroom equipment would be REALLY fucking spiffy.
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Postby Nakena » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:08 pm

LiberNovusAmericae wrote:
New haven america wrote:Not become a fucking hoarder of money like the majority of rich people are.

Other than that... I have no bloody clue, I tend to not think about this subject because I know it's never going to happen so why waste precious time on it?

How about charitable events?


Big Nak would definetively do that. Alongside some political corruption.

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Postby Australian rePublic » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:14 pm

I've had fucking issues trying and failing to find and maintain employmemt in my life, and now I'm still unemployed I've lost most of money because of it (thanks Google you arseholes). I'd fuck it all, kick my feet up and retire.
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Postby LiberNovusAmericae » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:15 pm

Nakena wrote:
LiberNovusAmericae wrote:How about charitable events?


Big Nak would definetively do that. Alongside some political corruption.

Nice.

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Postby ImperialRussia » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:17 pm

Live in the mainland and buy a mansion for retirement

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Postby New haven america » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:18 pm

LiberNovusAmericae wrote:
New haven america wrote:Not become a fucking hoarder of money like the majority of rich people are.

Other than that... I have no bloody clue, I tend to not think about this subject because I know it's never going to happen so why waste precious time on it?

How about charitable events?

Most rich people only donate to charity because it tax deductible, ie, they're money hoarding. (Besides, most of what I want to donate to should already be covered by my government, but isn't because, you know, rich money hoarders lobbying the government)

But yeah, sure, why not? Outside of a decent house, some hobby stuff, and inheritance for my kids/money for my friends, I can't really think of what to do if I had enough spending money that I'd be counted as rich.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:18 pm

Australian rePublic wrote:I've had fucking issues trying and failing to find and maintain employmemt in my life, and now I'm still unemployed I've lost most of money because of it (thanks Google you arseholes). I'd fuck it all, kick my feet up and retire.


Is it just me or do a lot of NSers have an issue getting or keeping a job? I'm starting to see a pattern here among us
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Postby Nakena » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:21 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:
Australian rePublic wrote:I've had fucking issues trying and failing to find and maintain employmemt in my life, and now I'm still unemployed I've lost most of money because of it (thanks Google you arseholes). I'd fuck it all, kick my feet up and retire.


Is it just me or do a lot of NSers have an issue getting or keeping a job? I'm starting to see a pattern here among us


Most of us have some issues, otherwise we wouldn be here or far less frequently at the least.

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Postby LiberNovusAmericae » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:21 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:
Australian rePublic wrote:I've had fucking issues trying and failing to find and maintain employmemt in my life, and now I'm still unemployed I've lost most of money because of it (thanks Google you arseholes). I'd fuck it all, kick my feet up and retire.


Is it just me or do a lot of NSers have an issue getting or keeping a job? I'm starting to see a pattern here among us

Maybe this site attracts a certain personality type. I mean, creating a fake online nation isn't the most mature thing we all could be doing.

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Postby Rojava Free State » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:22 pm

LiberNovusAmericae wrote:
Rojava Free State wrote:
Is it just me or do a lot of NSers have an issue getting or keeping a job? I'm starting to see a pattern here among us

Maybe this site attracts a certain personality type. I mean, creating a fake online nation isn't the most mature thing we all could be doing.


Well, we wanted in and now we're here
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

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Postby Cappuccina » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:26 pm

Honestly, how much is "rich". It depends.
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Postby The Land of the Moths » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:28 pm

I'd use it to establish a good source of income that I could use to maintain a reasonably comfortable life for myself and any future family. Once I'm certain I have a sustainable financial future, I'd begin charity programs centered around housing the homeless and preventing suicide. Feels like those two things are often neglected by the gov't here in the U.S.
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Postby Rojava Free State » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:29 pm

Cappuccina wrote:Honestly, how much is "rich". It depends.


We're talking about maybe the top 5% of Americans
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

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Postby LiberNovusAmericae » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:32 pm

Lamborghini Aventador wrote:
Bear Stearns wrote:If?

you are rich

He is an investment banker, so it is safe to assume he is rich.

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Postby ImperialRussia » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:33 pm

If I were rich I would invest in bitcoin

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Postby Australian rePublic » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:39 pm

Rojava Free State wrote:
Cappuccina wrote:Honestly, how much is "rich". It depends.


We're talking about maybe the top 5% of Americans

$375,000 p/a? It's not that much
Especially if you only earnt it in a single year
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Postby Gun Manufacturers » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:01 pm

Assuming the $580 million from the OP:

1: A nice house on a large parcel of land, possibly made of shipping containers. Designed with an open center courtyard, with solar power, rain catchment, and an underground bunker/gaming center linked to the internet with the fastest possible internet connection. A private shooting range would also be included.

2: Go back to school to learn how to work on vehicles. Not for a job, but to work on my own vehicles.

3: Start a car/truck collection.

4: Start a true firearms collection.

5: Pay off the debts of my immediate family, and set up trusts to supply my remaining family and my friends with financial security.

6: Invest heavily to keep the money rolling in.

7: Open a free to join (for grade school up to college students) maker space, with top of the line equipment and materials subsidized.

8: Donate to several charities, such as the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, Cancer Society, etc.

I'm sure there's more, but that's a good start IMO.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:01 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
GrEaT aLgErStOnIa wrote:Buy a jumbo jet, convert all my money into $100 bills, load up my plane with $100 bills, wait for New Year's Eve, and start dropping $100 bills in $500 bundles all over Times Square right before the ball drops and watch the chaos happen

You can't fly a jumbo jet slow enough to do that without crashing. Get one of those big military helicopters.


Over times square on new years? If not the air national guard. NYPD would be taking that plane or chopper down.
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Postby Nakena » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:03 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:You can't fly a jumbo jet slow enough to do that without crashing. Get one of those big military helicopters.


Over times square on new years? If not the air national guard. NYPD would be taking that plane or chopper down.


NYPD has AA capabilities?

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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:07 pm

New haven america wrote:
LiberNovusAmericae wrote:How about charitable events?

Most rich people only donate to charity because it tax deductible, ie, they're money hoarding. (Besides, most of what I want to donate to should already be covered by my government, but isn't because, you know, rich money hoarders lobbying the government)

But yeah, sure, why not? Outside of a decent house, some hobby stuff, and inheritance for my kids/money for my friends, I can't really think of what to do if I had enough spending money that I'd be counted as rich.

1. You are still losing money with a charitable donation, at best you are only paying 1 dollar less in taxes for every 3 you give away.

2. And that's why Bloomberg is donating most.of his 45 billion dollare to charity.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:09 pm

Nakena wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
Over times square on new years? If not the air national guard. NYPD would be taking that plane or chopper down.


NYPD has AA capabilities?


Supposedly counterterrorism has stingers.
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