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quequotion t1_j235m1i wrote

Reply to comment by 49thDipper in FTX diverted $200 million of customer money for two venture deals that caught the SEC’s attention by cloud_coder

I fully expect that of this situation as well. Makes me wonder if we couldn't do a study to find the approximate dollars per unit of time income that stimulates one's god complex. Like, at precisely what amount of cash grab does the human brain give up conceiving that it could ever end?

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ImNotAWhaleBiologist t1_j236tph wrote

I don’t know, but sign me up, throw money at me, and I’ll let you know when I feel like the golden god!

… I’m a cheap date, it’ll probably only take a few hundred bucks.

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quequotion t1_j23t759 wrote

>$1000 lottery win

I AM MIDAS. ALL THAT I TOUCH IS GOLDEN.

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49thDipper t1_j2374oc wrote

I’ve thought about this too. Like the stories about fairly normal people that hit it big in the lottery and then are destitute and living on the streets in less than two years. It’s tragic but it’s their money that they made horrible decisions with. But to do this with other peoples’ money just blows my mind. Bernie Madoff did it in the most coldly calculating way. But this guy and the WeWork couple spent other peoples’ money like it was normal to buy jets and mansions instead of paying the electric bill.

My girlfriend and I take turns buying each lottery tickets. It’s our inside joke that we want to see how the other would handle a big windfall.

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