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toomanypancakes@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago

You're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on?

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You're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on?

toomanypancakes@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago
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  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Yeah, paying off loans.

    Alternatively and less boringly, upgrade my desktop and peripherals, new laptop for me and my wife, get nice homelab/server stuff, smart home stuff/sensors, surround sound system for my family room and office/gaming room, proper furniture for my office, new matresses for almost every bed in the house. That would most likely eat most of it, give or take ~$2,000.

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      Ooh sensors would be nice

    • dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      23 days ago

      Yeah I could probably spend almost all of that on just Ubiquiti gear

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    I’d spend about $3k on something unreasonable like a bottle of scotch. Or maybe several $500-750 bottles I will actually drink soonish so I don’t end up never opening the $3k bottle always waiting for the right time. I’d also get my wife a nice bag in a price range she would rarely get for herself, so another $2-3k. The rest would go in my brokerage.

  • ICCrawler@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Definitely debt.

  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0yrIvEgqAuo

  • Gary Ghost@lemmy.world
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    We could really use a second vehicle. I want one of those Japanese trucks with the tiny engines and folding truck bed. Good on gas and can still haul things around for diy projects.

    Anything left over would go to a GoFundMe or a Gaza aid relief. If I already had that second vehicle id probably donate half and invest the other half into gold, for emergencies.

  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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    Medical and credit card debt. Whatever’s left over will prolly be spent on Steam and Google Play gift cards, and also to load up my bus fare app so I’m set for a while.

  • dukeofdummies@lemmy.world
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    Probably dump it all into my mortgage.

    I think that would actually give me the most bang for the buck.

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    Is it magic. Can I like upgrade by hvac to a heat pump even though I could not get it in a day? If so I would do that and maybe get all the ductwork replaced if it could be fit into the cost.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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      You can certainly pay for the work ahead of time. The rules say that you have to spend it in one day, not receive what you bought in one day.

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        ok then that is definately my choice. Ill go heat pump and ductwork. Might be a bit over 20k but I would make up the difference.

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          Ain’t nothing wrong with that! Id probably buy new windows and do some other house work. It’s an investment.

  • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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    Buy the cheap old beater down the road from me. Pay my truck down and sell it. The rest goes to the house.

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    Like 15 abortions. God I love abortions.

    • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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      I do not understand that, in my country abortions are free

      (ok, not actually free. You need to pay 15 euro for the blood test, a 30 euro tax, 2 euro for the hospital parking fee and around 10 euro to buy the painkiller or antibiotics after the operation)

      • Thebular@lemmy.world
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        Dude, I wish I lived in a civilized country. My cancer treatment would have cost somewhere in the range of $5 million without insurance. Healthcare is a human right

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          Dude, I just got the post-exposure rabies vaccine. Was four trips to the ER at $125 USD co-pay a pop… however, without insurance, I learned it can be as much as like $15k if you don’t qualify for assistance and/or Medicaid.

          We really need to take to the streets.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      oooOOohh look at mr big spender here with their fancy thousand dollar abortions.

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      Would make the world a better place than any other kind of charity, tbh.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    So, this is just the dollar store version of Brewsters Millions, then?

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    There won’t be anything left, I’d take a bit bite out of my debt.

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    Laser hair removal, car, estrogen

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      Which one?

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        I think I could fit them all in if the car is cheap

    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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      Fool. I’d get laser hair installed!

    • Lena@gregtech.eu
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      Cat > car

  • fdnomad@programming.dev
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    One camera lens

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      Really?!

      What lens and for what camera? Honestly asking.

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        1200mm lens but I’d actually still be at least 10k USD short

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        (I assume for 20k it’s one of them big ones for fast sports or wildlife photography. Random examples: 600mm youtube/OpwwacC1H4w, 1200mm youtube/_-0XCNK_H0I)

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          Ah! Okay. Thanks for the links.

          Nice lens on that second video.

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    I’d spend half on hookers and blow, the other half I’d just waste

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        I tried to look for this GIF and failed. I posted the clip on YouTube though. lmao

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          I keep one on my phone because the guy’s a legend and deserves to be remembered.

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            real

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