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years of compound interest on my current savings, at a reasonable rate of 4%. that should keep me covered for an eternity or two.
EDIT: I guess when this reaches 5000 upvotes I can cash out?
1.3k u/Addisonian_Z 9d ago Any online calculators I quickly searched do not allow anywhere near 5000 years and I’m on my phone, not my computer. The notecard math though says at 4% interest you will double your money every 18 years leading to you doubling it a little over 277 times. If you have $1.00 now you will end around 1084 which puts you well above the 1080 theorized atoms in the known universe. Not a bad amount of cash. 410 u/ttircdj 9d ago Never felt so rich with $8.37 in my savings account. Can’t even fathom what that to the 84th power would be. 162 u/IRealApex 9d ago 8.37E84 = 83,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 8.3784 = ~3.22803675798E77 or 3,228,036,757,980,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 260 u/ttircdj 8d ago So, what you’re saying is I could afford to eat at Waffle House? 1 u/TheHarbarmy 8d ago Can maybe even get Five Guys. Still gotta go with the little fries though.
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Any online calculators I quickly searched do not allow anywhere near 5000 years and I’m on my phone, not my computer.
The notecard math though says at 4% interest you will double your money every 18 years leading to you doubling it a little over 277 times.
If you have $1.00 now you will end around 1084 which puts you well above the 1080 theorized atoms in the known universe. Not a bad amount of cash.
410 u/ttircdj 9d ago Never felt so rich with $8.37 in my savings account. Can’t even fathom what that to the 84th power would be. 162 u/IRealApex 9d ago 8.37E84 = 83,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 8.3784 = ~3.22803675798E77 or 3,228,036,757,980,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 260 u/ttircdj 8d ago So, what you’re saying is I could afford to eat at Waffle House? 1 u/TheHarbarmy 8d ago Can maybe even get Five Guys. Still gotta go with the little fries though.
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Never felt so rich with $8.37 in my savings account. Can’t even fathom what that to the 84th power would be.
162 u/IRealApex 9d ago 8.37E84 = 83,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 8.3784 = ~3.22803675798E77 or 3,228,036,757,980,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 260 u/ttircdj 8d ago So, what you’re saying is I could afford to eat at Waffle House? 1 u/TheHarbarmy 8d ago Can maybe even get Five Guys. Still gotta go with the little fries though.
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8.37E84 = 83,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00
8.3784 = ~3.22803675798E77 or 3,228,036,757,980,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.00
260 u/ttircdj 8d ago So, what you’re saying is I could afford to eat at Waffle House? 1 u/TheHarbarmy 8d ago Can maybe even get Five Guys. Still gotta go with the little fries though.
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So, what you’re saying is I could afford to eat at Waffle House?
1 u/TheHarbarmy 8d ago Can maybe even get Five Guys. Still gotta go with the little fries though.
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Can maybe even get Five Guys. Still gotta go with the little fries though.
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u/anonymous_account15 9d ago edited 8d ago
years of compound interest on my current savings, at a reasonable rate of 4%. that should keep me covered for an eternity or two.
EDIT: I guess when this reaches 5000 upvotes I can cash out?