I misread the title of the post from yesterday, thought it was eighteen dollars, not one billion dollars. Got me wondering.

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[–] 115 points 9 months ago

Pay taxes, apparently

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  • [–] 65 points 9 months ago

    Apparently: show empathy to the poor.

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  • [–] 40 points 9 months ago

    Walk around with all your cash in your pocket

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Physically carry it as coins.

    Spend it all on lunch.

    Worry about your bills.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    Spending 100 million on lunch is absolutely possible. What would it cost to organize a lunch on low Earth orbit? And do that so that you are back on Earth as soon as possible, for important employee span business duties.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    Well, one could argue that it's lunch that includes travel as a part of it :)

    But good, let's say that the lunch must be prepared of zero-gravity grown ingredients only, cooked using atmospheric friction, and delivered by parachute right at the table. 100 million might not be enough for this lunch, though.

    (Also, whicheverinstance Bezos is using, could someone defederate that one, please? I don't want to give it any ideas!)

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'm sure you could get a hundred million dollar coin minted and carry it with you or get your bills to the point where even a hundred million won't resolve them too. C'mon now. Quit being that guy.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Sorry, got a bit too creative with that one.

    Part of the idea was to say that billionaires and trillionaires are extremely good in using their money in extraordinarily inefficient ways. Trickle-down, or whatever they call it...

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  • [–] 37 points 9 months ago

    Be a decent person!

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago

    Bankrupt yourself at a dollar store

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago

    Pull your wallet out in public.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago

    With 18 dollars you can be stressed about rent. That's something

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    Not diddle kids.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    Take the cash on an commercial international flight without prior arrangements being made.

    Obviously you could fly it around in your own 747 if you wanted to, but border controls invariably get twitchy when comparitively small sums of cash are transported.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    Have people that care about you rather than your money

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    Being grounded in reality and truely satisfied and fulfilled

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Fold it in half

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Joining the proletarian revolt!

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago*

    I did the same misreading lol

    To answer the question:
    Have a healthy outlook on life where money is an integral part of functioning in a modern society.

    Humans are easily addicted to power (a survival trait, in some ways), and money is essentially that, considering what one can use it for (corruption). The more one has, the more disconnected one becomes from the origin of money as a system: A favor system. A healthy life (imho) is one where you contribute to society in balance with what you receive from it.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Have a sob story to tell

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