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How big of a baller are you?

that isnt baller, thats common sense.
Money in and of itself is worthless. Money gets you things that can make your life easier or perhaps even lead to new experiences and make you happier.
The whole point of getting a job and receiving income is to let you lead your life. The money itself isnt what you actually need. You need things.

Eventually when you have more than you can spend you stop worrying about money and start enjoying your life.
 
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shortylickens said:
Eventually when you have more than you can spend you stop worrying about money and start enjoying your life.
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While that is true you a person can enjoy their life and look at the big picture at the same time. Even if Jordan doesn't need $100 million other people do. Do the damn event, take the money and donate it to Covid relief in his home town, or Covid relief in high school basketball, or Covid relief in Chicago where he made his 2 billion or a thousand other places. He could do something useful rather than just chomping on giant cigars like a clueless fat cat.

Turning up your nose at $100 million is just pretentious. Doing an event you don't need to do and then donating $100 million, THAT'S baller.
 
Who knows what the event was, though, could have been some benefit for slave traders or something... and in the article it says it was three years ago.
 
shortylickens said:
that isnt baller, thats common sense.
Money in and of itself is worthless. Money gets you things that can make your life easier or perhaps even lead to new experiences and make you happier.
The whole point of getting a job and receiving income is to let you lead your life. The money itself isnt what you actually need. You need things.

Eventually when you have more than you can spend you stop worrying about money and start enjoying your life.
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I dunno, at that point, I'd show up for 2 hours & then donate it to a children's cancer hospital or something.

But yeah, I can understand valuing yourself as a brand, especially if you're a billionaire, and particularly if the brand is your name & not a company name. I'd imagine that one of the worst things about being publicly rich would be how everyone wants to dominate your time based on your wealth & what they feel you owe society, whether it's for charitable events or whatnot. At the end of the day, you're still just a person. Bill Gates said it best:

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Kaido said:
Would you say no to $100 million for a 2-hour appearance?

www.cnn.com

Michael Jordan was offered $100 million to appear at an event for two hours. He said no, his agent says | CNN

NBA superstar Michael Jordan may have retired years ago, but his off-court appeal remains as strong as ever.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
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It's pretty amazing but there is a key thing people seem to miss.

"I brought him a deal three years ago for $100 million. All he had to do was, other than giving his name and likeness, make a one two-hour appearance to announce the deal and he turned it down,"

It wasn't just a 2hr appearance, it involved allowing his image to be used for something. They never tell for what product/company.
 
LikeLinus said:
It's pretty amazing but there is a key thing people seem to miss.

"I brought him a deal three years ago for $100 million. All he had to do was, other than giving his name and likeness, make a one two-hour appearance to announce the deal and he turned it down,"

It wasn't just a 2hr appearance, it involved allowing his image to be used for something. They never tell for what product/company.
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I came to draw attention to this same point. The clickbait title on the CNN article is misleading.
 
I definitely agree with Bill Gates' quote. I think after 1mil everything after that would be diminishing returns.

I would be more than happy winning 1mil in the lotto. Don't get me wrong, more is better, but 1mil is pretty much the spot where you can live comfortably worry free about money if you are smart about it. I'd probably keep working for a while or until I formulate a good plan on what to do with the money such as invest it further or what not.
 
I too would be willing to donate excess cash to charity but thats coming from the perspective of a poor person, not a billionaire.
 
I mean, I have no where near that kind of wealth - but I can relate on one point:

My career prospects were in public accounting / consulting. I could have worked my way up to partnership levels if I truly wanted to... Were talking typically getting $600k+ per year, and the best earning $1m+ per year if you climb the pyramid enough. Then I abruptly quit and found something else.

I honestly am content with what I now have. I'm done. I've climbed enough ladders. Anything else might be worth it to others - but it's just not for me.
 
But in all honesty though, I've never heard Michael Jordan's name on anything as far as charity, events, etc.. as of late.

The only thing I've heard his name on is a shoe that people line up days beforehand to beat eachother up over a fucking shoe.

Can't say I would want that under my name as accomplishments - but hey - whatever floats your boat...
 
Red Squirrel said:
I definitely agree with Bill Gates' quote. I think after 1mil everything after that would be diminishing returns.
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Lets not confuse SPENDING $1M and having $1M in the bank.

$1M does not support a lavish lifestyle in the least, it provides some FU money and a safety net. You will still be going to work everyday paying for the upkeep of those assets you purchased with that million.

I'll assume that when Bill Gates said that it was 20+yrs ago - so the new number is $5M.

And Jordan has no interest in selling his soul to advertisers and marketers like Shaq.
 
Dr. Detroit said:
Lets not confuse SPENDING $1M and having $1M in the bank.

$1M does not support a lavish lifestyle in the least, it provides some FU money and a safety net. You will still be going to work everyday paying for the upkeep of those assets you purchased with that million.

I'll assume that when Bill Gates said that it was 20+yrs ago - so the new number is $5M.

And Jordan has no interest in selling his soul to advertisers and marketers like Shaq.
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Yeah I'm talking about having 1M in hand. Ex: lottery, being into pro sports or being a CEO etc. Once you have that amount in the bank, the rest is kinda meh. Lot of people in those situations always tend to want more though, and some also end up blowing it all and going bankrupt. I feel those type of people would be better off handing me the money I could take better care of it. 😛
 
Red Squirrel said:
Yeah I'm talking about having 1M in hand. Ex: lottery, being into pro sports or being a CEO etc. Once you have that amount in the bank, the rest is kinda meh. Lot of people in those situations always tend to want more though, and some also end up blowing it all and going bankrupt. I feel those type of people would be better off handing me the money I could take better care of it. 😛
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I mean... to be honest... 1M in assets including retirement funds isn't shit either.

Thankfully I'm at the point where I'm good on retirement savings - and I can finally start investing after-tax money instead of just before-tax retirement.
 
LikeLinus said:
Get me on the court and I'm trouble
Last week fucked around and got a triple double
Freaking brothers every way like M.J.
I can't believe, today was a good day .
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Ice Cubes only single i ever liked, talk about chill vibes while the indica kicks in. Indeed it was a good day, i got my 3900x/x570/16gb 3600mhz kit on the way from Newegg as of this morning. Should be here by Wednesday and yeah beyond hyped. Going from a 7700k so gonna be tripling the damn threads.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I definitely agree with Bill Gates' quote. I think after 1mil everything after that would be diminishing returns.

I would be more than happy winning 1mil in the lotto. Don't get me wrong, more is better, but 1mil is pretty much the spot where you can live comfortably worry free about money if you are smart about it. I'd probably keep working for a while or until I formulate a good plan on what to do with the money such as invest it further or what not.
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I had the unfortunate event of getting everything I wanted at one time. Not due to wealth, but due to a health issue that knocked me out for a good 4 months a number of years ago. Couldn't work, couldn't do school. First 2 weeks were awesome - tons of fast food, junk food, video games, movies, etc. Then you realize you can't escape doing nothing. You go from escape to escape but it's futile. It was at this point that I realized 3 things:

1. Boredom & loneliness are two of the most awful feelings available. I do not recommend either in excessive quantities.

2. You can be really busy doing nothing. Like the whole day can simply magically slip away without getting a single thing done, and yet you were somehow...busy. Doing whatever.

3. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. I never really thought this would be a thing tho. But there's a reason vacations are so effective - they're a time-limited escape. It's a temporary dosage. My out-of-commission period was a "vacation" that went on too long, far too long. It taught me the principle of "Limited Appreciation", i.e. you can overdose on anything, and things are more fun in balance. It's like eating too much Halloween candy as an adult kid & getting sick of it.

That was one of those experiences that changed my attitude about work & worldview about life...I realized I was kind of living in this grey area of not really wanting to go to work but not really doing stuff in my free time. I was just kind of being mildly effectively in a cyclical way...I wasn't living life on purpose, I was just floating down a lazy river, wherever it took me. It took me a few more years to really figure things out, but I'm pretty comfortable with my approach now & reasonably happy with where I'm at. Funny how your perspective changes as you get older...
 
Yeah I agree on all 3 points.

I never realized how bad boredom and loneliness is until I got a depression. Under normal circumstances, you always have something you can do, like video games or watching movies, and as an introvert I don't really get lonely. BUT when I got depression, suddenly, I felt super lonely, and things that are suppose to be fun like video games or watching movies are suddenly not fulfilling. It's a messed up feeling. I would go spend time with my parents which would make me feel better, but then I would get home and just bawl my eyes out at the thought of losing them one day or at the thought of me being in an old age home with nobody that knows me, just me in my room, alone, with nurses checking on me once in a while. It was a really dark place to be.

And yeah I get those days that just slip by completely. The bad ones are the ones where I was not actually busy, I literally did nothing. Too much of that leads to depression, and I've been better about avoiding those. I give myself 1 break "do nothing" day per week max. But I also get the ones where I didn't really do THAT much but yet feel like I was busy. To me those aren't AS bad, as long as I look on the positive side. Today for example, I did a bit of meal prepping, just stir fry, which actually turned out kind amediocre since I didn't have enough veggies on hand and the chicken kinda turned out bland, but I have 3 meals now so there's that. Alarm company came to install a new system and due to pandemic I had to install some of it myself, then I also went to pickup my truck which was at the tire shop. On the surface it really does feel like I was busy doing nothing, but it was all things that had to be done. Tomorrow I have absolutely nothing that will disturb my day, so I'm determined to actually continue working on my basement. Seems every time I want to do that something comes up. Actually I'm still stuck working on my uncle's computer... but trying to wrap this up tonight so I can get it out of the way.

And yeah I think too much of eve a good thing can be bad. I think a lot of kids now are starting to feel it too with the pandemic. Imagine being a kid and being told you have an extended March break and you get to stay home. First couple weeks of that is probably awesome, then it starts to get old... Especially not being able to see your friends.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I definitely agree with Bill Gates' quote. I think after 1mil everything after that would be diminishing returns.

I would be more than happy winning 1mil in the lotto. Don't get me wrong, more is better, but 1mil is pretty much the spot where you can live comfortably worry free about money if you are smart about it. I'd probably keep working for a while or until I formulate a good plan on what to do with the money such as invest it further or what not.
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I don’t know about that but with as big a hassle as traveling via commercial airlines is having your own private jet would be a godsend. You would need well more than 1 million dollars to make that happen though.
 
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