Lurker > bigblu89

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A friend of a friend is a professional event planner. She will hire mermaids for children's birthday parties, charter private cruises, and has contacts with some of the top hotel matre d's and hosts with the most exclusive restaurants. For people with more money than sense, exactly the category you propose to put me into.

I will call her up, have her arrange what she can for myself, my husband, my friend, and his husband. I'll fill her in on all the ridiculous restrictions including the prohibitions on anything that could be conceived of as "charity" or "excessive spending." He normal operating practice is on a cost plus basis for the experiences, so she has every incentive to spend up to the limit plus her ordinary commission equaling $75k.

My general requests would be to be in the DCish area (I don't want to waste too much of this limited time traveling), luxury limousine transportation around to destinations, Michelin starred restaurants, two rooms at posh hotels with spa facilities both nights, superb seats to a musical performance at the Kennedy center, and ideally a show from a close up magician to entertain one of the evenings. Possibly even to join us on the limo rides. Other events at her discretion, possibly private gallery showings and tours with particularly knowledgeable docents.

I couldn't spend that kind of money myself, but that's what hiring a professional is for.

Give it to my family. Easy.

Doesnt violate any of the rules and maybe they can pay for stuff later (out of their own funds) to recompense me (iffy, if thats allowed. Its not like Im spending money for that, but it is also related to the money ).

how did the dude in the movie spend it?

There are too many dumb rules for this hypothetical. May as well just set the money on fire and dance naked around it.

Brewster may not own any assets that are not already his at the end of the 30 days. He must get value for the services of anyone he hires, he may not willfully damage or destroy any intrinsically valuable items he buys, and he may donate 5% to charity and lose 5% more by gambling.

Do I have to have the things in hand or as long as its spent its cool for stuff to be delivered?

$20k on a car. $10k on a washer/dryer, couch(es), and TV. $20k on sports cards, $20k on shoes. $5k for stuff for the kids.

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

Basically I'd pay the student loan debt first, then book a Formula 1 trip to Monaco, then use the rest on the car loan

The car loan makes it easy to literally use it all up exact since it's a big loan.

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

You cannot destroy any assets you purchase with the money. So you cant buy a $75,000 car just to crash it.

You cannot use the money to pay down any current debts you have (Mortgage, Credit Cards, Student Loans, etc)

That's why I just gambled all mine away. There's literally no other way to spend $75k on "experiences" in 48 hours. That's almost two the hell thousand dollars and hour.

Let me ask you this. What's the point? If you can't physically buy something to help make your life better, then why bother?

There needs to be less restrictions. Either more time to spend the money, like a week, or the option to destroy the items at the end of the period.

Is she really popular anywhere else besides the US?

I get that, but there's a huge disconnect between the money and the time frame.

Like, I'd love to take a first class trip around the world, but 48 hours is not nearly enough to even book that kind of trip, let alone take it. Especially if that time begins immediately.

Withdraw it all as $1 bills and light it on fire because the stipulations allow for nothing meaningful anyways.

Whether they're graduates or not isn't really what I was addressing. Just saying the youngest millennials are still in their late 20s.

@bigblu89
Still have Millennials in their 20s.

Technically my friend is the one with the tangible assets

It's not like Ramsey or James, though. Their jobs are being good at cookery and basketball respectively. Ellen is a persona adopted for entertainment purposes.

It would only be like finding out a news broadcaster wasn't all that interested in current affairs. Or that a children's entertainer didn't like kids. As long as they are doing the job competently, it doesn't matter. You don't get the 'real' person, you get showbiz.

Is it a tangible asset if it's something in the future?

maybe it's because I clicked on this topic, but I just had this article recommended to me:

https://pagesix.com/2024/04/26/entertainment/ellen-degeneres-on-being-kicked-out-of-show-business-for-being-mean/

Bitcoin isn't tangible though

I would probably buy a lot of computer hardware. And build a gaming PC and extra crypto mining PCs. Specifically mainly a slew of RTX 4090s

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

This topic is a perfect example that no one reads shit when they enter a topic.

I convert the entire $75k into cash, and hand it to a friend with instructions to hide it. Once the deadline is up that friend retrieves the money and we split it.

Nah dental work would be fine, depending on what the work. If you leave with nothing then you have nothing. It's be like getting a hair cut.

Do you consider dental care to be a tangible asset?

Come on now. New grads aren't making 500k in any field short of medical doctors, post-residency.

Pretty sure I'd need more than 48 hours to set that up.

Hrm. So if I spent it all on digital currency to buy cosmetics for randos in some mmo, it wouldn't work either?

"I will give you $75k, but you cannot spend it.

What will you spend it on?"

u cant buy digital games? thats weird

Buy all the video games I want, go to the dentist, and buy a new car.

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

There are no stipulations saying I can't pay off other people's debts. This may be considered an act of charity, but it is not giving money to charity.

this is a stupid hypothetical. the restrictions you placed on this make it so you pretty much can't spend it on anything. what even are you supposed to be able to spend it on?

If so, I would probably pre-pay for a few awesome vacations over the next 12 months and spend the rest on home improvement. I'd probably also buy my buddy an Xbox since he sold his in order to force himself to finish some work, but now he's done with it and still hasn't bought an Xbox again.

Charter a private jet to LA stay in the nicest hotel/airbnb I can find, go to the nicest restaurant I can find, buy the nicest/most expensive bottle of wine I can find. Generally just have the most extravagant mini-vacation that amount of money can afford.

$50k doing some renovations on my house.

$25k on investments.

I'd pay off my debts, finally be able to see a doctor/dentist and get treatment, and hopefully have enough left over to buy a car.

You cannot use the money to pay down any current debts you have (Mortgage, Credit Cards, Student Loans, etc)

Who said anything about overpaying for an experience? $75k for a weekend of debauchery with hookers is fair market price.

So Brewster's thousands?

Easiest hookers and blow answer ever.

You cannot grossly overpay for any experience.

I'm gonna buy the sennheiser he-1

When the 48 hours is up, you can have no tangible assets (including stocks) that you didn't already have before the 48 hours started.

You can only profit $1000 from any gambling you do, but that money needs to be spent as well.