r/AskReddit • u/Previous-Ad3911 • 9d ago

You can have 5000 of anything that starts with Y. What do you choose?

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u/Quazimojojojo 9d ago

You kinda need the degree to get any kind of work or higher education

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u/RockitDanger 9d ago

Lottery. Bitcoin. Stocks. Sports betting. Real estate

Why would you think a HS diploma is a bigger moneymaker than any of those?

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u/Quazimojojojo 9d ago edited 8d ago

I don't. The reason for a high school diploma isn't about money, once you're rich. When I'm financially taken care of I want to do other things with life than lounge around with my money, because you go crazy if you have nothing to do but entertain yourself. As Covid demonstrated. It gets boring shockingly fast when you never have to work again. Especially at age 18? That's 60 years of pure recreation. You'd need at least one passion project to stay sane, and that needs education to do well.

If you gave me a billion dollars right now, after taxes, I'd pivot careers, but I'd still work in some capacity. Maybe not full time, but I'd definitely be doing something to stay engaged.

Edit: let me put it this way. I don't want to use money to solve literally all of my problems. I don't want to flaunt my wealth. I don't want to buy my way out of earning things. I do not want the life and luxury of the ultra wealthy, and I don't want any kind of notoriety or fame. So even if I had that money, I would use it to make my life secure and healthy, not luxurious and easy.

I don't want workarounds for education, I want to learn shit and earn a degree and use it to do a job well, and not take that job home with me.

I want to pay off the debts of myself, my family and friends, and a few more besides. Buy a few luxuries like concert and festival tickets, pay for tutoring and personal trainers and expensive healthcare to help me get over my PTSD faster, and then have some stipend of a few grand a month to cover rent and buy literally whatever I want, which isn't much. Then, hire someone to use the rest to build micro grids in developing countries or some shit.

I'm genuinely humble in my material wants and needs. This is my plan. I didn't care if there's ways to use money to bypass some things. I won't use them.

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u/3_Thumbs_Up 8d ago

If you have a billion dollars you don't need anyone's permission to "have a career". You could literally buy most companies that you'd be willing to work for. You could literally pay Harvard professors for private tutoring if you wanted to learn something.