Just a wonder on how you’d spend it. I’d probably buy up some land and build a nice village or town kind of similar to Poundbury. I’d probably sell houses at a fair price but only to people who send in a CV and seem to be upstanding people who actually want to work and be a part of a community, as well as giving them a mortgage Then I’d have a nice mansion and pretend to be a Lord where I can look over my wonderful tenants and maybe buy them Christmas gifts and send them birthday cards. Help them out if they need it.

Basically what some Lords did centuries ago but probably more kinder. Oh, and the place will be built with nice old timey architecture as well. Probably cobble streets because screw cars lmao. I just want to give people a nice life I guess as well as LARP as nobility

  • @[email protected]
    1•5 months ago

    Investments, trust funds, paying off debt and my mortgage. Set up enough in investments that I’ll always have a million or so in post-tax interest income.

    Conservatively, well call this 5% locked up

    Trust funds and investments for my family so they have money coming in.

    Not sure how big your family is, or how much you want to have them coming in, but well call this +5%

    10% spent

    Remodel my house. +0.1%

    Rent a condo in Wrigleyville during the Cubs season. Rent a condo in Mesa during spring training. +0.01%

    Open a bar or two. +0.1%

    Hire a dietician/personal cook. +0.01%

    Buy a handful of cars, the most extravagant would probably be a Catterham. +0.01%

    Open an automotive shop to restore cars. I know that’ll be a loss but it will be a good hobby for something I like to do. +0.1%

    Travel a bunch. Follow the Cubs for a season and go to every game. +0.01%

    Buy dual citizenship somewhere. +0.01%

    Donate to AOCs campaign. +0.1%

    Club 33 membership. +0.01%

    Occasionally take private jets when I fly, but pick up families that are flying coach when I go and bring them along for free. It’s no fun being alone. +0.01%

    Do a bunch of the traditional billionaire things like go fishing on a private yacht. +0.1%

    Finally not stress about going out to dinner. +0.001%

    Now were to a whopping 10.571% “spent” with most of it invested in ways that will pay back entirely in your lifetime. What do you do with the other 4.5B?

    • @brygphilomena
      1•5 months ago

      Maybe buy a few companies I really hate and just shut them down?

      Produce a few films. Hire someone to rewrite and rework the script I have for a short. The premise is good, my writing sucks.

      Maybe start a studio, I’ve always loved the film industry.

      Get a pilots license.

      Buy a summer house on a lake with a dock.

      Get a Grumman Mallard or similar.

      Use it as a flying RV and go camping all over.

      Build really cool Halloween setups each year.

      Hand out full size candy bars.

      Get a hair transplant or something.

      • @[email protected]
        1•5 months ago

        Maybe buy a few companies I really hate and just shut them down?

        This might actually put a dent in the €5B :D all of the rest you listed is probably another 5% max.

        €5B is an unfathomably large number

        • @brygphilomena
          1•5 months ago

          Yea. It just gets more ridiculous as I start spending it on the cheapest things. There aren’t a lot of things I’d want to do other than work for myself on things that I find enjoyable.