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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
...would you quit school, leaving it, quitting it, travelling far away from it? Would you?
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
I would never make contact with that place again
I wouldn't even go in to pick up my personal belongings
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
a million dollars barely gets you crap anymore...but i would move to a state that's warmer all year and resume my military carreer
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
(01-15-2013 10:11 PM)TheCancer Wrote: I would never make contact with that place again
I wouldn't even go in to pick up my personal belongings
I once asked my parents this question, if they would have dropped out of school if in such a case, but nope they wouldn't they would finish school. I agree with you totally!!
(01-15-2013 10:31 PM)Heil_Kaiba8921 Wrote: a million dollars barely gets you crap anymore...but i would move to a state that's warmer all year and resume my military carreer
Remember it's one freaking million dollars, you don't find that much? Seriously? Is military career compulsory?
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
I would have to work for around 25 years to earn a million dollars. A million may not be what it used to be but it would still allow me two decades of my current standard of living without having to subject myself to hell everyday.
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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(01-15-2013 11:17 PM)LiptomaticMate Wrote: Remember it's one freaking million dollars, you don't find that much? Seriously? Is military career compulsory?
it's not compulsory, but it's what i choose to do with my life even though i realize that our government is just out to control the world, even though we let other countries have their little rulers.
and i know it's a million, but to quote Sean Parker "a million dollars isn't cool anymore, do you know what is? A billion" (sadly i actually remember quotes from the god awful social network after watching it while sick) so with only a million, i'll move and put it in bank accounts with great interest and let it pile up then go and pursue a career in the military. With a billion i would get a swiss bank account with awesome interest and then shove it in people's faces because how many people honestly have swiss bank accounts?
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
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Career doesn't interest me that much really :(
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
i would leave,and NEVER come back and never talk to ANYONE
School isnt as bad as you think
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
With a million you wouldn't have to worry about your crappy job
With a billion you wouldn't have to worry about your crappy life
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
I'd move to new zealand, and become a shepherd. All I'd have to worry about are eels and an unexpected lamb every once in a while.
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
I would buy a house, pay for college, buy a car, and put whatever was left into investments.
The purpose of life is a life with a purpose
So I’d rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless
I don’t need the circus or the day of national observance
I need you to think for you and stop being a servant
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
I'd definitely stay in college, but I wouldn't worry about my scholarship so I'd prolly let my grades slip and lose the thing. I'd invest the rest and save some of it. Buy a car. Get a pretty girl. Shit like that.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
Only a million eh?
Well, I'd end up with only like 400k of it to myself.
I'd give 200k to my mom, 200k to my dad, 200k for my siblings college / school / whatever they want it for to divide amongst themselves. Then with the 400 left over I'd put away 100k for retirement in a Roth retirement account just in case shit doesn't work out. That leaves me with 300k.
Quit my job, focus on my studies at college. I'd stop worrying about sticking to a computer science major because 300k should be enough to take my time in college and I already have 100k in a Roth account building up for retirement so I don't have to worry about that too much, so even with a mediocre job I'd be able to retire semi early in like 30-40 years. Maybe 20 years idk I haven't done the math.
With that in mind, I'd probably transfer to a University even though I'm only 1 year through community college, and start to take some political science and philosphy classes. Then I might take some remedial math courses even though I don't really need them, then I'd get back on track and slowly, very slowly work my way through all the shitty math courses I need for a computer science degree. (Up through calc II and shit.) Right now, since everyone in my family is essentially broke, I'll have to get through pre-calc, calc I, calc II and whatever shit math I need after that ASAP and work my ass off even though I suck at math. And I won't have the luxary of taking my time and trying out different stuff like philosophy and political science classes and shit.
Once I graduate if I have any left over I'll stick it in the bank and live off it until I get a job or w/e and then just live out my life as a normal ass non-millionaire dude.
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
^Yeah I'd be nice and give my family some of it too, I just completely forgot about it. But you're way to generous man. I'd also prolly buy rental property (housing units, not business) because there's always Mexicans and stuff that need a place to live.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
Buy a Cadillac, and a decent house. Invest in a reliable business, and save the rest so I don't need to work.
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With a million dollars I would travel the world studying different animals in their environments on my own and build up a career as a biologist without even having a college education. In order to prevent my money from running low, I would invest in a very good DSLR camera and sell the better prints taken from all over the world.
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
Scratch all that shit I said before, I'd become Batman.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
(01-15-2013 09:54 PM)LiptomaticMate Wrote: ...would you quit school, leaving it, quitting it, travelling far away from it? Would you?
No, I would:
- help my family pay off debt
- add some for me and my brother's college money
- go shopping
- add to savings
- buy something amazing for me
- buy something amazing for best friend
- buy something amazing for everyone
- go on awesome vacation
Seems reasonable.
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Interesting thoughts users...
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(01-19-2013 03:55 AM)Wes Wrote: Scratch all that shit I said before, I'd become Batman.
Been there, done that.
If I were given a million dollars, I'd probably donate it to a charity because I already have a lot of money.
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If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
Leave school, because I would be set for life.
"It does a fool no good to spend money on an education. Why? Because he has no common sense."-George Bush
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Yup, I'd leave without a second glance.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
Million bucks isn't that much... I don't really think you'd be set for life. If I had a million and couldn't use it for anything but myself, I'd invest a bunch and set a bunch aside, then start a business of some sort to try to grow the investment. With just a million bucks, you could live really comfortably for a few years, or realatively modestly for a long time. But I doubt it'd really last you forever. Especially if you want nice things...
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Not if you use it wisely.
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(01-25-2013 07:44 AM)Eintity Wrote: Not if you use it wisely.
40 thousand dollars is about what they say is necessary for happiness. (Inflation may have changed this idk when the last time I checked up on this was.)
So basically, you'd get 25 years living on 40k which is a very basic amount of money. You couldn't afford too many luxaries or 25 years would go down to like 20, then 15, etc...
If you spent 100k a year, which a lot of upper class people do, you'd get like 10 years out of it. If you spent more...
One million dollars isn't going to make you set for life unless you grow it somehow. (Even collecting interest in a bank account can be considered "growing it". Although idk if that interest would be enough to keep you rich year after year... )
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
(01-21-2013 01:52 PM)Batman Wrote: (01-19-2013 03:55 AM)Wes Wrote: Scratch all that shit I said before, I'd become Batman.
Been there, done that.
If I were given a million dollars, I'd probably donate it to a charity because I already have a lot of money.
Hahahaha.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
(01-23-2013 07:17 AM)Eintity Wrote: Leave school, because I would be set for life.
lol if you think 1 million is "set for life" you should probably let your parents handle the money
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
Seeimg as how Im out of school I would use it to create an alternative school. Where you learn how to do things like pay taxes, apply for bank loans and balance your checkbook. Learn things you will need every day, not things you might need someday.
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RE: If you suddenly were given a million dollars for something you've done...
i learned to balance my checkbook in my freshman year for a required class...i got confused as hell and hated that class.
i'm not going to your skool alucard
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Yeah, well, if did you would be prepaired for life. And I wasnt looking to make it fun, I was looking to make it not a waste of time
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