What Would You Do with Unlimited Funds?

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The discussion revolves around hypothetical scenarios of what individuals would do if they had unlimited wealth. Participants express a wide range of desires, from purchasing extravagant items like cars and islands to more altruistic goals such as funding research for incurable diseases and supporting humanitarian efforts. Some express a desire for revenge against those who have wronged them, while others focus on personal enjoyment, such as traveling, gardening, or engaging in hobbies like flying planes or fishing. There are humorous suggestions, like buying a penguin or creating a giant party, alongside serious aspirations to make the world a better place through philanthropy and environmental initiatives. The conversation also touches on the philosophical implications of wealth, questioning whether having too much money would diminish its value and discussing the balance between personal enjoyment and societal responsibility.
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We've probably all dreamt at one time or another about what you would do if you had all the money that you ever wanted. I think that this would fun - buy the http://graydesign.se/" and get a free car.

So, what would you do if you had enough money?
 
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WhoisHo said:
I'll hire some gangsters to finish off those who made me suffer

Obviously not a fan of the "well lived life is the best revenge" philosophy
 
I would buy a ski-boat...and ski
 
Office_Shredder said:
Obviously not a fan of the "well lived life is the best revenge" philosophy

Right. Some people think revenge is the best revenge.
 
Buy several hundred acres of land, build a hobbit hole-ish style home in more or less the center of it. Spend my time growing crops, brewing ales, smoking southfarthing pipe-weed, and all the while ignoring the world.

Investments will take care of income, so wouldn't need to work for income, but I'd work the land and do as I please.
 
Sorry! I'm too busy (to enjoy my life) to post here!:biggrin:

going to trips around the world, buying a house and I guess I try to help sick and poor people. Who knows? Maybe spending that on researchs on incurable diseases
lisab said:
Right. Some people think revenge is the best revenge.

And it never accurs to them : 2 wrongs don't make a right!:rolleyes:
 
If I had an infinite supply of money, I'd hire some slaves to go to my job instead of me having to wake up so early to go.
 
Buy an island or two.
 
I'd buy all the land around one of my favorite trout ponds and build a modest lodge out there as a permanent residence. I'd still garden and split firewood, etc, but I'd have the opportunity to take a quick dip and do a bit of fly-fishing after getting sweaty.
 
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Lisa! said:
2 wrongs don't make a right!
But 3 rights make a left.
I'm living the life now, not waiting for money.
 
  • #11
I'd by a gymnasium and set up a ping pong arena. Then I'd get a high quality sound system and Lamborghini.
 
  • #12
I'd buy a penguin.
 
  • #13
Pengwuino said:
I'd buy a penguin.
You'd also need a nice cool aquarium/habitat and a bunch of penguin buddies. Penguins are quite social critters and would not appreciate isolation.
 
  • #14
Pengwuino said:
I'd buy a penguin.

If you don't have the money you can always buy a nice pair of http://www.penguin-place.com/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,813/category_id,52/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,109/"
 
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  • #15
Honestly? Nothing in particular. Buy a ton of collectible figures and novelty toys, maybe? I'd get a nice estate and a fair amount of land, and some nice high-tech equipment in my home. A nice car, too. Other than that, there's nothing I really long for that I can't get by normal means.
 
  • #16
I wouldn't touch it, things that are worth something are mostly free and the rest is only fun when you have made the achievement yourself. I have a ton of money saved up that I don't touch since there isn't anything I want to spend it on.
 
  • #17
If I had the money...

solar panels for everyone, and gravity research
 
  • #18
I would finish getting my pilots license and then either buy, build, or restore a Spitfire...those planes are works of beauty.

I would also spend some time attaching buttered bread onto the backs of cats and sell them as anti-gravity devices.
 
  • #19
I'd buy Tsu and I an Su-37, and an F-22, along with personal training pilots.

I flew Air Combat once and had the time of my life - literally. It easily rates as one of the top five experiences of my life. I hope to fly a fighter jet before I'm too old, through Incredible Adventures, or a similar company. Some dreams are within reach without first getting rich [or joining the military!].
http://www.aircombat.com/
http://www.incredible-adventures.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LECDwRhs4w
 
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  • #20
Only reason I like money is because it is scarce. Had I have too much money, everything would become invaluable, I might move to a cave. :smile:
 
  • #21
Ivan Seeking said:
I'd buy Tsu and I an Su-37, and an F-22, along with personal training pilots.

Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )
 
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Pengwuino said:
Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )

Are you trying to convince others to buy you adn your friends with their money?:-p
Now that I think of it penguin soup must be delicious!
 
  • #23
If i had heaps of money(billions) i think i would use it make this planet a better place n save the planet Earth. Money = Power riight?

I would use the money to control the human poplulation(maybe give money if couples don't have any children), educate people in poor country, save/repair the environment/ecosystem, r&d new energy source, etc.

Umm i guess i'll use bit for myself too :) maybe a decent houes and a Ferrari 458? ;p
 
  • #24
[PLAIN]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Zimbabwe_%24100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg

All your wishes granted.
 
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  • #25
umm isn't that only ~US$20?
 
  • #26
Chaballa said:
umm isn't that only ~US$20?

Well, it is still billions of money.
 
  • #27
If I had the money (which isn't to say a whole bunch) I'd take a leave of absence from work, hire a full-time, live-in caretaker for my cat, and go down to the Gulf and help clean animals and birds.
 
  • #28
Pengwuino said:
Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )

Here you go. :-p

[PLAIN]http://www.ohdeedoh.com/uimages/ohdeedoh/2007-12-17-flying%20penguins.jpg
 
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Borg said:
[PLAIN]http://www.ohdeedoh.com/uimages/ohdeedoh/2007-12-17-flying%20penguins.jpg[/QUOTE]
wiki said:
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds
Emphasis mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin"
 
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rootX said:
[PLAIN]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Zimbabwe_%24100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg

All your wishes granted.

boy, what if inflation got really bad there in Zimbabwe?


they should just use exponentials...
 
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  • #31
Jimmy Snyder said:
Emphasis mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin"

You're right, they need a pilot.
 

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  • #32
Pengwuino said:
Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )
You obviously missed the movie.

[PLAIN]http://blog.mlive.com/james_sanford/2008/11/large_20081107-madagascarescape2africa-penguin-pilot.jpg

You need to get with the program.

[PLAIN]http://shadeone.com/penguins/gamepics/airpenguinflightschool.JPG
 
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  • #33
I'd quit my job and focus on taking more classes per semester. I'd also probably move closer to campus.

I'd still aim to get a PhD after undergrad, because even billions and billions of dollars can't make somebody call you "doctor."
 
  • #34
Pattonias said:
I would buy a ski-boat...and ski

Really? With all that money, you'd think you'd splurge and get two skis.

:biggrin:
 
  • #35
Ivan Seeking said:
I hope to fly a fighter jet before I'm too old, through Incredible Adventures, or a similar company. Some dreams are within reach without first getting rich [or joining the military!].
http://www.aircombat.com/
http://www.incredible-adventures.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LECDwRhs4w

My Bucket List just grew by one...
 
  • #36
DaveC426913 said:
My Bucket List just grew by one...

Ditto on that!
 
  • #37
I was perhaps a job or two away from having the money for "MIGs over Moscow", just before the economy started to crash. That is one week of training, a five star hotel, a Russian security clearance, and your choice of any of about five different MIGs. I was still torn between the MIG-25 Foxbat dogfight, and the "Edge of Space" flight.

But, since then, a much less expensive alternative has come available - The US F-104 flight. It wouldn't be nearly as cool as the MIG flights, but it ain't bad! When I last checked it was less than 25% of the cost of the trip to Russia.
http://www.incredible-adventures.com/starfighter/index.html

EDIT: YIKES, that's not the right one. That is $30K. However, you can [or could] fly a fighter jet for about $5000. There were a couple of flights operating, including one that went out of Las Vegas. There was another in the Sacramento area, but I think that one quit operating a few years ago.
 
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  • #38
Literacy programs, humanitarian assistance and sustainable development of energy, clean water, agriculture, and silviculture (reforestation), in the underserved areas of the world.
 
  • #39
Astronuc said:
Literacy programs, humanitarian assistance and sustainable development of energy, clean water, agriculture, and silviculture (reforestation), in the underserved areas of the world.

Yes, but how about after you save the world? :biggrin:
 
  • #40
I would buy a haunted castle, or a farm.

I would have serfs, which are, in essence, slaves.
 
  • #41
Evo said:
I would buy a haunted castle

Haunted castles are hard to find on the market? People are dying to get into them!
 
  • #42
Ivan Seeking said:
Haunted castles are hard to find on the market? People are dying to get into them!
:smile:
 
  • #43
Evo said:
:smile:
I have an abandoned haunted Olds Rocket 88 in black-bear country. For all that excitement and quality lodging, you should expect to pay a premium for rent. Not here! $500 a month will get you a nice place. If you want, I will offer you clean water at a discounted rate and if you can offer payment-in-kind in the form of skinning and butchering critters, I might be persuaded to reduce the water fee.

If you will weed the garden, too, I will make sure that you have vegetables.
 
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turbo-1 said:
I have an abandoned haunted Olds Rocket 88 in black-bear country. For all that excitement and quality lodging, you should expect to pay a premium for rent. Not here! $500 a month will get you a nice place. If you want, I will offer you clean water at a discounted rate and if you can offer payment-in-kind in the form of skinning and butchering critters, I might be persuaded to reduce the water fee.

If you will weed the garden, too, I will make sure that you have vegetables.
me, me, me.
 
  • #45
Evo said:
I would buy a haunted castle, or a farm.
Why not get a haunted toaster?

 
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  • #46
Want to go into space!
 
  • #47
If I had the money, I would take over the world and you would all be my slaves. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 
  • #48
For starters, I would open a 24-hour library/cafe. I don't know how many freakin times I've wished for a nice place to study late at night other than my own room.

I would also buy a motorcycle (I'm probably actually going to be able to do this soon).

And a large diameter (~15-20in) dobsonian telescope.

And a 16+ megapixel DSLR with a new shoulder bag, tripod with a decent mount, macro lens, telephoto lens, and the proper adapters for the above mentioned telescope.

And, of course, a big enough plot of land (in the Sierra's perhaps...) with a nice small house were I could live in solitude and play in the woods for the foreseeable future.
 
  • #49
Start a new space program and visit Mars and titan and some other places in the solar system.
 

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