• Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    I would buy a brick house on top of a forested hill. My nearest neighbor would be a 20-minute drive away.

    I would work on my magnum opus of tabletop rpg rules, which I would convert into a video game.

    I would commission art and fund the construction of shrines to the four tezcatlipocas.

    Fund owl habitat preservation.

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    19 days ago

    I’m a developer and I love it, but hate the current state of the field. I would quit my job and start my own company. It would be a lot less scarry if I didn’t have to worry about making money. I could just make the things I wanted.

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    19 days ago

    5 Million? O.K. let’s roll.

    60K for university education, should be plenty.

    40K go to paying various bills for friends and family

    100K for various charities

    1.8M go to building a non-profit high tech eco commune in Argentina or a similarly climatically stable place with features inspired by FM 2030’s book Upwingers in regards to future living

    300K go to anti-militarist causes

    500K go to various vegan groups

    200K go to building school projects in developing regions

    1M are invested into a photovoltaic power station from which I will extract a $6000 rent p.a. max with the rest of the proceeds going to a fund for disabled people and disadvantaged youths

    Last million:

    100K for travels

    100K for a communal homelab that provides hosting for FLOSS and anti-conservative politics

    200K for hackspaces

    250K for unions, they better have some conviction though

    350K for cruelty free research on rare diseases

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    19 days ago

    Hire a fiduciary and pay off my debts, which I think currently is just my mortgage.

    I wouldn’t quit my job straight away. I like my team and I’m learning rapidly having them around.

    Travel more, and invest in my hobbies, picking up a couple others that currently are out of reach.

    The remaining 14.5 million would grow.

  • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    20 days ago

    Use the “4% Rule”, this would be an inflation adjusted $200K per year every year (more or less, the “4% Rule” is more of a great observation than a rule).

    I would live on a third, give a third to my family, and a third to local organizations.

  • ehxor@lemmy.ca
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    19 days ago

    I’ll tell you what I’d do, man: ten chicks at the same time, man.

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      18 days ago

      I’m not sure how I would distribute them. I just want one at each limb, one works on my scalp and neck, and one on my sore back and shoulder. Still it sounds very crowded. Let’s just have two.

  • Clocks [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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    19 days ago

    Immediately invest a million into China directly for Chinese citizenship, then 4 million via wealth management companies so I and my children can live off of dividends for the rest of time in China.

    Even 1% dividend monthly on 4 mil is $40,000 a month.