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I misread the title of the post from yesterday, thought it was eighteen dollars, not one billion dollars. Got me wondering.

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[–] titter@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Fold it in half

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 21 points 17 hours ago

Insult an artist by offering it to them for a commission.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 116 points 22 hours ago

Pay taxes, apparently

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 39 points 19 hours ago

Walk around with all your cash in your pocket

[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 28 points 19 hours ago

Bankrupt yourself at a dollar store

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 17 hours ago

Have people that care about you rather than your money

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 72 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Leeks@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You got to know when to hold’em

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 points 18 hours ago

I only know when to fold 'em

[–] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 67 points 22 hours ago

Apparently: show empathy to the poor.

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago

With 18 dollars you can be stressed about rent. That's something

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 38 points 22 hours ago

Be a decent person!

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 38 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Physically carry it as coins.

Spend it all on lunch.

Worry about your bills.

[–] Tuuktuuk@anarchist.nexus 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Spending 100 million on lunch is absolutely possible. What would it cost to organize a lunch on low Earth orbit? And do that so that you are back on Earth as soon as possible, for important ~~employee span~~ business duties.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Tuuktuuk@anarchist.nexus 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Well, one could argue that it's lunch that includes travel as a part of it :)

But good, let's say that the lunch must be prepared of zero-gravity grown ingredients only, cooked using atmospheric friction, and delivered by parachute right at the table. 100 million might not be enough for this lunch, though.

(Also, whicheverinstance Bezos is using, could someone defederate that one, please? I don't want to give it any ideas!)

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure you could get a hundred million dollar coin minted and carry it with you or get your bills to the point where even a hundred million won't resolve them too. C'mon now. Quit being that guy.

[–] Tuuktuuk@anarchist.nexus 2 points 14 hours ago

Sorry, got a bit too creative with that one.

Part of the idea was to say that billionaires and trillionaires are extremely good in using their money in extraordinarily inefficient ways. Trickle-down, or whatever they call it...

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

Not diddle kids.

[–] mech@feddit.org 29 points 22 hours ago

Have non-rich friends without it getting awkward.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago

Pull your wallet out in public.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 21 hours ago

Being grounded in reality and truely satisfied and fulfilled

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago

Take the cash on an commercial international flight without prior arrangements being made.

Obviously you could fly it around in your own 747 if you wanted to, but border controls invariably get twitchy when comparitively small sums of cash are transported.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

By putting the money in a box?

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 21 hours ago

Joining the proletarian revolt!

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I did the same misreading lol

To answer the question:
Have a healthy outlook on life where money is an integral part of functioning in a modern society.

Humans are easily addicted to power (a survival trait, in some ways), and money is essentially that, considering what one can use it for (corruption). The more one has, the more disconnected one becomes from the origin of money as a system: A favor system. A healthy life (imho) is one where you contribute to society in balance with what you receive from it.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Have a satisfying lunch. With 100M dollars to throw around, many people will be left thinking "but what if I'd eaten at that other place?" Paranoid that they're not best spending their time

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

Have a sob story to tell