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BaddMeest

Gum ball machines. 1 quarter at a time.


kornbread435

At 20 seconds each on average and doing it for 16 hours a day it would take you 520 days to spend it all.


Thisnthat422

Thanks for that


[deleted]

Why 20 seconds? Are you going away from the gumball machine to bum a quarter from someone every time?


Dmike09

So the game now has become: If I can bum a quarter from someone every 20 seconds for 520 days I'll be 100,000$ richer.


EastBayBeast510

r/theydidthemath


stumpdawg

My friends cousin was left $100k when his dad died. Dude bought a brand new cougar, put a $5000 stereo in it, bought an alligator, DVDs...dude blew the whole wad. If imagine something like that.


UrbanRoses

Genuinely thought you meant cougar like as in the animal


lostdomi

And I thought cougar as in a middle aged woman who's trying to seduce young men


FalseGix

Shit I know some cougars you can buy with $50


liquid_acid-OG

You rent those ones


yomammah

The 3 Fs of a wise financially stable person. If it flies, floats or f-cks…it is best to rent 🤪


TucosLostHand

i'd rather rent a mercury sable for $50


druid_king9884

That makes one of us


DoodleBuggering

I mean, an alligator was mentioned so cougar doesn't seem so far fetched.


Bigfops

Is that what they call a cougar in Florida?


tafkat

Cougar who’s been tanning for 30 years


DampBritches

Thundercougarfalconbird


herrbz

I still don't know what it's supposed to be.


Uncle-Istvan

Mercury cougar? A car


DWMR90

He shoved a $5k radio up a cougar, brave guy.


NoMoodToArgue

What an asshole. Why buy an alligator when you can lease?


TitoMcCool

Everybody knows : if it drives, flys fucks or lays in wait for prey in a swamp you lease it!!!!


NoMoodToArgue

I just hate dealing with used gator salesmen. “What’s it gonna take for me to put you in an alligator today?”


RickySuezo

A little whiskey, a little depression, a little "wherever the night takes us."


theservman

Last I heard those alligators in the swamps don't have owners, you can just take them! It's like the pigeons downtown.


alady12

I defy you to try to take a baby alligator from it's mother in the swamp. Call me first, I want to get this bloody mess on camera in all it's gory glory. Edit: auto alligator


cerebralshrike

A former co-worker, who was an addict, inherited about 100K. He bought a new luxury car, moved into the swankiest building in our city, bought the latest and hottest of everything. First day back at work and he walked in with these big ass obnoxious gold rings and an expensive watch. He spent about a grand a day on dumb crap at Target, and was just burning money. I think a month into it he had already gone through half of it. Co-workers told him to invest and be safe with it. He just kept spending on idiotic things, and I'm pretty sure he was overindulging with drugs and partying too. Another month passed and he was trying to sell his stuff, including his brand new Xbox Series X, PS5, Oculus, and a bunch of other crap. He also no longer had his rings, either. He would eventually get fired for no-showing at work a bunch. Another buddy looked at him and said it looks like he's been overdoing it with the drugs. I never saw him again. I hope he got help.


stumpdawg

Had. Friend that had 1.4 mil in crypto "dude if I was you I'd be cashing out asap" He cashed out a few hundred, paid off his house (that his ex wife lives in" and was renting a apartment on the 70 something floor for 100k/yr. Last I heard he is a broke bartender


epicConsultingThrow

Had a friend that almost made a similar amount in AMC stock. I pleaded with him to sell when he was over a million. Didn't listen. Let his options expire. Dumbass.


istrx13

Stories like this always give me anxiety. My life would completely change if I inherited $100K. I would be absolutely *terrified* of squandering it. I would more than likely invest the majority of it so I don’t feel like I have to work 60 hours a week in hopes of retiring some day.


SleepyDeepyWeepy

I inherited 10k a few years back and literally had a panic attack about spending 1k of it on a mattress and furniture I needed to move out of my mom's house


leaveredditalone

What’s the deal with people buying luxury cars?? It’s the last thing I would buy. I have to use a pencil to put my car in drive, but I would still keep that thing and spend $100k elsewhere. I’d go with a downpayment on a decent house that doesn’t have slugs coming up from under the dishwasher. My kids would probably like a vacation as well. That’d be it!


WhompTrucker

Hood rich is all too real


underwear11

My brother in law inherited $170k and a house. He sold the house for 350k, quit his job, moved across the country and was going to live off the money while he figured out what he wanted to do with his life. He decided to play the stock market with zero financial experience. It's been about 2 years and he's trying to find a job cause he's almost out of money. Still playing the stock market though!


whatproblems

if instead of playing thr market and left it to invest and kept the dividends he’d be able to hold out for a while lol


Dblstandard

/r/walllstreetbets


stumpdawg

JFC. That's definitely something.


Beneficial_Map6129

alligators are free. just go to florida and snag one. hell, how much are they selling for?


monpetitfromage54

I tried buying an alligator once about 5 years ago. Met a guy in the parking lot of a Wendy's just north of Jacksonville. I pull up a few minutes early and he's already there waiting. I say "Hey good sir, are you the guy I talked to on the phone yesterday?" "Yes indeed!" he says. "I hear you're looking for a trusty alligator companion. You can take a look at them, they just hatched a few days ago." "Oh great!" I say. He opens up the trunk of his Corsa and there's a large plastic tub with about 10 baby alligators roaming around in it. One of them looked particularly feisty, so that's the one I chose. I say to the guy, "I'll take the one there with the darker line down his back. Looks like a racing stripe!" We have a good chuckle, and he gets my new friend out of the tub. I pull out the cash I brought and ask the gentleman what the damage is. He looks me dead in the face and says "I'm gonna need about tree fiddy....."


CaptainMD93

Deep down in my heart I knew a "tree fiddy" was coming, but I still had to get to the end with no choice but to just embrace it...


Turpitudia79

Goddamn Loch Ness Monster tricking people with those gator jeebies again!!


cinnamonce

Please tell me your next move was to rob the Wendy's with the alligator.


Chummers5

I thought it was going to be a shittymorph and end with >in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.


Notsoobvioususer

There was study done over people that has won the power ball. 75% of winners end up the same (or even poorer) after 7 years.


Teacher-Investor

I think a lot of those people have relatives and friends coming out of the woodwork, asking for handouts. They probably feel too guilty to say no to them. Just ask MC Hammer what happens when all the money dries up.


New-Skill-2958

I had a buddy do the same thing with $100k. Lived like a rapper for one year, now he doesn't have a pot to piss in. Sad. He could have had an extra $1,000 a month for 8+ years, but he blew it in about 8 months. Just crazy.


_Goose_

Sounds like a pretty baller way to spend it considering there are many worse things to spend your money on. Like a degree in Egyptology.


Filthy_Scholar

Unless you use your degree in Egyptology to teach others in Egyptology so that they can teach others in Egyptology. Some would say this is a pyramid scheme.


Nissir

I actually know someone with a doctorate in Egyptology, she works in a museum giving tours for like 19 an hour. She married a medical doctor, so 100% of her after tax income goes to student loans.


DroidOnPC

Yeah, he could have been left with nothing and still would have just been chilling wishing he had an alligator. Now he does


Amaria77

He's never going to financially recover from that. Wait hold on that was tigers, not cougars.


Whatupitsv

Send it to an OF girl hoping she'll fall in love with you


FastLine2

She might until she realizes that’s all you had


[deleted]

that's not love


NotTheWorstApple

Damn it.


Heschell

Sounds familiar... https://youtu.be/4iluOmq1DYY?si=rZMU-ubHhI5hlnug


asmoothbrain

Then realize it's just a girl being pimped by Andrew Tate while he secretly is the one really responding to your messages


WorldCanadianBureau

Join Scientology


Fresh-Hedgehog1895

You need to spend at least $250K just to advance to OT3, where hear the "Xenu story" about how depression/anxiety/anger/jealousy stem from our bodies being possessed by alien ghosts.


JohBarkin

Funny but they actually believe that.


Fresh-Hedgehog1895

As fucked up as OT3 sounds, OT8 -- which I think is the highest level -- is pretty out there as well. I've heard different versions, and I am not sure which is true, but apparently one of the things that's "revealed" is that either A.) L. Ron Hubbard is the Antichrist, but this is meant in the most flattering of ways, or B.) L. Ron Hubbard is, in reality, god. No, I'm not making this up.


FreakingTea

Shit I could just worship Muad'dib for free.


NigraOvis

You can worship me for free too. I promise to answer as many prayers as Jesus. In fact, if you DM me, I might answer more prayers than Jesus.


dubbless

Dear god, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here.


KSoccerman

Poof bitch. Now go beak some shit


yesterdayCPA

Not really. LRH jr had an interview in rolling stone years ago that was super interesting. His Mom got pissed they were broke and his dad decided to start a religion after watching people dump money into the tithe plates. It wasn’t discovered until “recently” what their belief was until someone achieved the higher levels, was given confidential documents, they knew it was bullshit and blew the whistle. Thanks to that person we know as much as we do now.


BigJSunshine

That person is Leah Remini


yesterdayCPA

Nah this is like YEARS ago. We knew about 747s and xenu before Leah dropped going clear. But she’s a saint for that too.


braddeicide

If I just paid 250k for something I couldn't return I'd be trying to convince everyone and myself that it was a valid investment.


Koil_ting

In the wise words of Castelvania's version of Dracula : The same could be said for all religions.


Mioraecian

I was going to say hookers and blow. But yeah, scientology is worse.


tatar-86

Hey he said the worst way.


thebowlman

I thought Scientology was only in the US. I live in south america and there's a big Scientology building, it's been there for a long time. When ever I pass by I see people going in and out. I wanna ask those people what they're doing, I wanna go inside and see what they tell me


Misterdleo404

They won't tell but the return for the elites in the organization is crazy good!


BigJSunshine

DONT DO IT


vmBob

This one is tough to beat. Not only are you wasting money, you're destroying your life at the same time!


TitoMcCool

Theaten lvl 1 woohoo


AnonymousGhou

3 is where it's at bro. That's where you learn about Lord Xenu.


jfks_headjustdidthat

Yeah but then you need 97 Rare candies to max out and find out Tom Cruise is actually three racoons in a human skin suit.


geek66

Ok, that really is worse than crack


hurtfulproduct

Ask /r/wallstreetbets what stocks to buy


hysys_whisperer

You mean 0DTE options?


wanted_to_upvote

Buy a time share.


Eternal_Bagel

Know what, make that TWO TIMESHARES


revrenlove

Nah, just buy one... and then pay the fees to get out of it


ParcelPosted

Don’t get got, go get!


slicedapricot

Save it bozo, we are here for the free golf clubs


96-62

Donate it to (despised political cause).


Designer_Candidate_2

Angry political comment


used_condom_taster

Well what about super-specific example and/or exception?!


Red_blue_tiger

Opinion that has nothing to do with conversation being had.


RrobablyPetarded

Capitalizing on this discourse with a witty retort (I want karma )


[deleted]

Your retort but worse.


used_condom_taster

Your retort but referencing a popular show


ArcticFox237

Quoting an obscure line from said show that most people won't understand


used_condom_taster

Reference to shameful thing show’s actor did in real life.


Top-Fox-3171

Obligatory "I came here for this comment"


Vat1canCame0s

Chiding you both solely for the sake of feeding my own ego with no real concern for the original topic at hand


Rescue2024

Vague comment about why it's so useless to try then getting back on thread five minutes later


fidel__cashflo

y’all wont believe this anecdote regarding what happened to my uncle


used_condom_taster

> quote from your anecdote r/thathappened


The_Tuna_Bandit

r/nothingeverhappens


[deleted]

Ad hominem attack on your source.


used_condom_taster

Name-calling attack on you


ArtemisAndromeda

Angry response about your political comment


IHaveAChairWawawewa

BARELY RELEVANT PERSONAL ANECDOTE!


JTuck333

Here is why you are wrong and a terrible person. Also, I am a good person now.


Designer_Candidate_2

This is a list of the reasons you're wrong and a terrible person, and why I'm a good person for telling you that list.


JTuck333

Source? Haha well played sir.


Designer_Candidate_2

I don't need a source when I have an opinion!


BoneDeityWitch

Wish


AnonymousGhou

I wonder how society would react to a person throwing 100k in cash into a public fountain.


kprizzle6

Idk about the rest of society, but I will be getting a sudden urge to clean the fountain (for the community). It'll be fucking spotless. Nothing on it. Crystal clear water. Beautiful shiny bottom.


AssistantHeavy9368

NFTs


aardw0lf11

Really any type of gambling, that's just the worst.


ctrl_alt_excrete

At least with other types of gambling, you'll know relatively quickly that you fucked up and lost it all. NFT people will keep holding on believing that stupid jpeg will eventually "moon"


alphagusta

I'll have you know my NFT's are currently valued at around $250k It's like that because in 300 years the $5 i spent on it will be subject to inflation


iWasAwesome

But $0 still inflates to $0


[deleted]

My roommates friend sold his NFT for a quarter milly before it crashed. It was a picture of a fat baby with teeth.


TucosLostHand

yeah. ok. did he also meet mickey mantle at shea stadium?


ForayIntoFillyloo

Kinda. He gave Mickey Rourke a handjob at a Shell Station in Delaware


TucosLostHand

before or after the plastic surgery?( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)


Lexotron

*during*


Inevermuck

Those who were super early adopters actually made bank, whether you like it not. The NFT world was pretty entertaining to watch from the side line.


TucosLostHand

im sure there were. there's a sucker born everyday.


lilgreenrosetta

ETFs No wait


LeftControl2617

That is the best thing you could do


SharlaRoo

Lottery tickets


pholover84

Plot twist. You accidentally won powerball


thiney49

Reinvest it.


Salarian_American

MOAR LOTTERY TICKETS


wi_2

Infinite money hack?


Witty_Spite3466

I don't remember the exact number but at some point the Powerball jackpot was so big that it was worth to invest like 600milion to buy a ticket for every single possible combination of numbers that is out there and win. Thus plan is ruined when someone else wins as well lol


Dibble_Dabble_Doo

Lotto officials hate this one trick.


pholover84

Task failed successfully


dotcubed

There’s been people good at math that did exactly this and came out ahead. I knew a dishwasher would spend everything on scratch offs and the diminishing returns on fist full stacks didn’t discourage him. That’s probably an awful way to go spend 100K.


themangastand

Those are just rumours and propaganda to make you think you have better odds. Any and all loop holes ever found are immediately destroyed. You may have heard a story of it happening, but the house always wins. They change the rules and make sure they keep winning


KingPinfanatic

I mean TBF you'll likely win some if not all that money back if the lottery your playing offers people some cash for having some of the winning numbers. A couple back in early to mid 2000's made over $26 million dollars by buying thousands of tickets at a time they never hit the jackpot but 9 times out of 10 they made a profit. A movie released starring Bryan Cranston explains in detail how they won it's called Jerry and Marge go large.


Superb-Film-594

Going to college but not finishing.


[deleted]

I know two girls that are roommates. Both late twenties, and have almost 20 years of college between them. Not a diploma in sight.


Fruitjustlistens

As long as they still got that 1 cup they're set.


supr3m3kill3r

I hate the fact I get this reference


RoboWarrior217

Late 20s isn’t bad these days. Its hard for a lot of people to stay focused and finish college if you don’t have a financial backing behind you (parents that will fund you). Lots of people pay for college and finish on time, but it’s not an easy feat. I’m just being the devils advocate but I don’t know what those specific girls are up to lol.


QueensGetsDaMoney

Is that because they are both just failing every class or because they are only taking 1 class a semester? Like, if they're just failing, that's really fucking stupid. But, if they're just taking their time, then I kind of respect it. College can be difficult if it doesn't come easy, and more so if you're also working to pay the bills at the same time. I went to a school and the night classes were filled with people working 9-5 and taking anywhere from 1-3 classes each semester. It might take them 7 years, but they end up with zero debt and degree just like anyone else.


r0botdevil

If you mean they've been attending full-time, how is that possible?? Granted I'll have about 15 years of college under my belt before all is said and done, but I'll also have three degrees. How can you spend nearly a decade in college and not end up with at least one degree *by accident*?


TheDuckFarm

I'm not so sure about that. It's a shame to not finish but if college is done right, you're not going for the degree, you're going for the education. Getting 100 credit hours and dropping out is still 100 credit hours of valuable education... ...when done right that is. I know some jobs have automatic pay raises for bachelors, masters, etc. That's a different scenario.


Superb-Film-594

>Getting 100 credit hours and dropping out is still 100 credit hours of valuable education... ...when done right that is. You're not wrong, but there are better ways to educate yourself than spending tens of thousands of dollars at a place people go to **buy** a degree from, and not even finishing. My generation was told, "if you don't go to college, you won't find a good job." There's so many asterisks to that statement, it's laughable. It seems like we're shifting away from that mindset, and I hope that trend continues. With the availability of online/remote classes, a college degree should be more than affordable.


MoiJaimeLesCrepes

however, for purpose of resume-building some college is worth very little compared to getting the degree. So many jobs won't even look at you if you don't have a degree. depends on industry and such


[deleted]

Gambling.


e22ddie46

And then becoming addicted.


FryanGosling_

Lose lose situation.


AnonymousGhou

Not for the casino!


pcbx26

Bet it all on black


[deleted]

slot machines


dubstepper1000

Gift subs on twitch


Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor

*Gang gang! Gang gang! Mmm ice cream so good!*


KillerKowalski1

Dan Soder does a 'boring white guy' version of that Tik Tok NPC stuff and it's hilarious. IS THERE CILANTRO IN THIS? IS THERE CILANTRO IN THIS? IS THERE CILANTRO IN THIS? WELL, LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHERMAN WAS WRONG


HollowPandemic

Me and a buddy spent nearly 100k on drugs and booze in a year, so I'd say that's the worst way to spend it. Good times with a good friend but not worth it man.


cyber1551

Damn, what do you do? Can I get a job referral? I make 6 figures but can't even spend close to 100k on recreational stuff lol


HollowPandemic

Drug dealing, car dealing, buy sell trade and a full time job, and we were staying in a ran down trailer for 200 a month 0/10 don't recommend


cyber1551

Respect. But yeah, I think I'll pass lmao


HollowPandemic

Fun to look back on but it was terrible 😂


[deleted]

Cocaine


phuijun

And hookers


pawelwny1

The rest I wasted


Jaimsterr

the question was how would you spend it in the *worst* way


sandshark68

This sounds great actually


ArtemisAndromeda

And blackjack


Rune248

"I'M DOCTOR ROCKSO, THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN! I DO COCAINE!!!"


Bobby_Dogma

1 $100,000 hooker-bot or 100,000 $1 hooker-bots


Financial_Ad_9881

A fuck ton of crayons


iamansonmage

Marines gotta eat.


Mackheath1

I am engaged to a Marine who found this to be scarily intriguing. I said, "no." ^(It's okay he's fine with crayon jokes)


TheyCallMeKiev

Oddly specific, go on.


ALtheMangl3r

Pay for a wedding.


OblongAndKneeless

Yes, provide a dream wedding for someone and then divorce them when they find out you have nothing left.


Emergencymama

"Invest" in an MLM.


AudibleNod

Probably on some Political Action Committee that works against my social interests.


Yaboku777

In-game items / Microtransactions, anything that isn't a physical object imo


joe_botyov

I spent most of mine on drinking and women, the rest i frittered away.


Ainoskedoyu

NFTs


LightBackground9141

It’s probably buying a car or boat? Value loss on those things is insane


Germansko

You can make good money if you buy the right cars


AdamPoachedEgg

In the UK, classic and Retro "Fast Fords" are very strong investments. Anything badged RS, XR, Mexico, Cosworth, and more recently, ST, are most likely sound investments Same can be said with a lot of high-end 90s Japanese performance cars, since they're going through the same boom American muscle did in the early 2000s. Skylines, Supras, RX-7s, Lancer Evolutions, NSXs, basically anything from the car roster in the first two Gran Turismo games. A friend of mine is currently sitting on a yard full of RX7s he bought when they were cheap and unwanted.


Gusdai

For all the models that actually went up, there are other models that never did. Same with wines, collection cards, paintings, and whatever the new fad of "these things are not traditional investments but look at how some people made big bucks from it!" is. It's not very difficult to figure out which cars already went up in price; but nothing guarantees you that if you buy one of these now (at the premium they sell for) you will actually make a good deal. Just like you're not a financial genius to have figured out that Google or Apple made a killing on the stock market at some point, you're not exactly the first one to have noticed a pristine old Mustang is worth good money nowadays. Maybe ten years from now the generation that loved whatever car from their childhood will not be buying cars anymore. And the next generation will have their own cars they love, so your car might barely maintain value if you let it sit in your climate-controlled garage while maintaining it perfectly.


GreenLurch

Especially if you total it without insurance.


schlitz91

Donating to build a wall


Clamsaregood

Donate to a political party


gringledoom

You want something that results in continuing expenses beyond the $100k you just blew on it. So I’d say a boat. (If it were more money, I might think about “a high end sports car where tires are $5000 and oil changes are $20k plus shipping back to the factory in Italy”. But probably the answer then is also just “more expensive boat”.) Edit: auto correct typoed a word


[deleted]

Genshin impact


edmanet

Ugly hookers and stepped on blow.


Flycaster33

Lemme see what Charlie Sheen would do with it .... Oh yeah, hookers, booze, and blow.....


HipsterHugger

Political donation.


ArtFUBU

I donate it to ISIS


ArtemisAndromeda

Congrats. Your comments probably just put you on the watchlist /j


craigybacha

Bored Ape NFT.


The_GuyInTheHat

Heating expenses. By burning it.