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The majority of lottery winners were already bad with money and dream of lavish lifestyles. My financial goal would be to not have to worry about money - hence why I'd be giving away so much away to friends and family.
My dream home would "only" cost $2-3m and a large portion of the expense is making it as green and efficient as possible.
I think you missed the whole point of the story. The long example given of Whitaker was a guy that was already rich. If you hit the lottery and start giving to friends, a good deal of what's written above will happen to you.
I'll be honest - I only read about half of the first post. It was a bit too doomer for my tastes
I don't think you know what that word means
Extremely pessimistic about the future? Everything I read there was negative and it's a damn essay, why would I think the rest would be any different?
Well maybe because it's one of the best comments of all time and it's a good read, but I'm not going to make you read it, I'll just think you missed out on the fun we were having. I think you're being flippant.
It may be a good read but I was just asking a fun question. A copied reddit essay that starts by saying the theoretical situation I proposed would actually be terrible for me isn't what I was looking for I guess. Kind of downer.
And I still think my use of the word "doomer" is fine. The rest of the comment(s) may not have been pessimistic but the first couple of paragraphs I was referencing were about how I'm statistically more likely to go bankrupt or die..