What would you do with a trillion dollars?

At this stage in the game- and having gone around a block or two I have grown somewhat familiar with how I respond to excessive supply of euphoria. It's fun for a while but without a regular and generous helping of economy grade shit I, like so many others, tend to lose my perspective. I cannot imagine my sanity lasting all that long if the human that corrals it is perched upon a mountain of cash. Obscene windfalls change their recipients and also change the people who surround those "fortunate" souls.

My only chance at extended sanity is to go along as though nothing is new but the chances of me pulling that off for very long if at all are nil. I know me too well to even try to fool myself otherwise.

 

Neat thing about having a trillion bucks is you can do all that excessive shit, go crazy, lose a fortune, alienate all your family and friends. When it was all over you would still be friggin loaded with money and could buy new friends and family if you wanted, and with that much money, who's gonna tell you your crazy?

 

How..??.. I Was Always Led To Believe, You Can Pick Your Friends, But

Unfortunatly You Can't Pick Your Family...



Cheers Glen.

 

cant pick them but they can be replaced

 

especially if you got a trillion dollars. I'm sure there would be no shortage of people willing to be adopted.

 

I bet it would only take 10 grand for Glen to call me daddy

 

Since I Am *** Years Older Than You, I Would Prefer To Call You Son..

And YOU, Call ME Daddy....



Cheers Glen.

 

I woke up this morning with my phone on and got kinda scared about maybe posting in my sleep. But then I saw it was RT and calmed down.

 

Wow, I didn't think this thread would be so successful!

I think I'd hire a shitload of scientists to research things to my choosing. Scientists are under-paid and are only allowed to research what the company they're working for wants them to, which is never anything interesting..

 

I'd probably move out of my house with my parents and get my own apartment. I would buy a new guitar... some new vinyl for my collection. And probably just keep the rest to live off of so I don't have to get a job.

 

Using my name I would start a foundation and a charitable trust for scientific research; and I would issue grants based on the merits of their various proposals

Hotwater

 

The odds are somewhat stacked against that... yeah.

 

Ya, think


Hotwater

 

I wouldn't change very much. Just buy some new clothes, a nice car and an apartment. That would be nice.

 

Only when absolutely necessary.. and all other options have been eliminated.

 

Start trust and give to research in energy, medicine, space exploration. Assemble a force of people that are passionate about sustainable development, human rights, animal rights and send them around the world with a generous salary and grant writing abilities to countries and populations in need. Build a sustainable home in the remote wilderness...

 

That would be a crazy amount of money to just keep to yourself. I would have to give some away to charities and then start up my own.

 

I'd be the most hedonistic wretched thing that ever walked the planet. Spending and doing everything with complete and utter abandon. I'm sure I wouldn't live another 5 years.

 

invest every penny in alternative fuel and hope it's enough to knock oil off the top spot and watch the world economy collapse

(ok, so i might keep a bit for rum and hookers, it might take a while for the economy to collapse)

 

Isn't that the Peace Corps (minus the generous salary)?