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Post by shadowpanther on Sept 17, 2010 19:33:02 GMT -5
I would buy an old fighter jet as a lawn ornament. Maybe an F-15 or see if I could get an old Gloster Meteor built. Ah fuck it, I'd just get a Spitfire. I'd also buy somewhere with a big enough lawn to put them. Then hurl money at alzheimers research and other research charities.
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Post by matante on Sept 17, 2010 20:38:13 GMT -5
You know how Scrooge McDuck had that money pool in DuckTales? I've always thought it would be amazing to have enough money that I could go swimming in it. If I could do that once in my life, with my own money, I'd be able to die a happy Lazy. When my sister had a job where she got tips, she had piles of money in change form. She once poured it in a heap on her bed and punched into it. Turns out punching metal feels a lot like punching metal.
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Post by Vene on Sept 17, 2010 20:41:04 GMT -5
I'd go all Craig Venter and have a multimillion dollar personal lab of awesome to play in.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Sept 17, 2010 22:21:28 GMT -5
Move out of Shitholia, store enough away I can live off the interest, set aside another amount to fund Alcor membership, donate half of what's left to fund whichever science sounds interesting, devote the rest to education, travel, toys, and a supervillian lair, in that order.
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Post by faythofdragons on Sept 17, 2010 22:40:13 GMT -5
If I had $1bn, I'd pay off my debts, help my boyfriend pay off his mortgage and stuff, buy property of my own, donate some to various charities, and let the rest grow.
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Post by Vene on Sept 17, 2010 22:51:13 GMT -5
Move out of Shitholia, store enough away I can live off the interest, set aside another amount to fund Alcor membership, donate half of what's left to fund whichever science sounds interesting, devote the rest to education, travel, toys, and a supervillian lair, in that order. I will hire you as my lab subject assistant.
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Post by MaybeNever on Sept 17, 2010 23:10:25 GMT -5
I seem to recall that there's a website out there that sells sites for actual secret bases of villainy, including (at one point) an abandoned missile complex in eastern Colorado and a number of small islands, presumably each with a massive central mountain with one portion shaped like a human skull.
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Post by POSW on Sept 17, 2010 23:48:37 GMT -5
I WILL NOW DERAIL THIS TOPIC. Ideally and realistically, if you had 1 billion dollars, what would you do with it? I'd set up a nice recording studio, live there, and write and record music for the rest of my life.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Sept 18, 2010 0:02:56 GMT -5
Move out of Shitholia, store enough away I can live off the interest, set aside another amount to fund Alcor membership, donate half of what's left to fund whichever science sounds interesting, devote the rest to education, travel, toys, and a supervillian lair, in that order. I will hire you as my lab subject assistant. Sounds like fun. A life of mad science was my second choice. MaybeNever: I remember hearing about the missile complex! And I suppose any number of islands or Sealand-type structures are still available, but the skull shaped volcanoes are hard to come by.
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Sept 18, 2010 0:57:26 GMT -5
Move out of Shitholia, store enough away I can live off the interest, set aside another amount to fund Alcor membership, donate half of what's left to fund whichever science sounds interesting, devote the rest to education, travel, toys, and a supervillian lair, in that order. This is one of the rare cases I'd say "Move to the US." We'd tax you less than most other countries...
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Post by Art Vandelay on Sept 18, 2010 1:28:49 GMT -5
If I had me $1bn, I'd invest the lot of it and live off part of the interest while allowing the rest of it to grow. The idea being I'd hopefully start out on a respectable income of around $70000 a year and eventually end up with an income that would make the average CEO jelous. All without having to do a single days work.
Pretty sweet, no?
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Post by Deimos on Sept 18, 2010 7:54:12 GMT -5
If I had a billion dollars, I would set up my own biotechnology company, make a virus, then unleash it on the world
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Post by The_L on Sept 18, 2010 8:19:13 GMT -5
If I had a billion dollars, I would set up my own biotechnology company, make a virus, then unleash it on the world But then you'd hurt us!
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Post by matante on Sept 18, 2010 8:22:23 GMT -5
This better be an awesome virus then.
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Post by Rime on Sept 18, 2010 8:57:18 GMT -5
I don't want money to make me happy, I just want it to pay off some bills!
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