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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Buy me an oil rig and open a hacker space there. Pretty obvious choice no?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Assuming "fuck you" money is along the lines of being able to give away money without feeling a hit, I think it would be very interesting to use the money to donate to small open source projects to help them grow and expand with new features and resources.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

probably spend it on a bunch of landscaping for my parents yard to turn it into a "no lawn" (I fking hate mowing the lawn)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same. NoLawns doesn't have to be expensive though. Just takes time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Have a nap. Phone off, door locked, for as long as I want level nap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Buy off all the politicians and have them implement policies that will benefit the working class. Invest heavily in renewable energy sources and public transportation. Buy all the comic books.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Buy Twitter back and ban Elmo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Bro what have you got against Elmo?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not tell anyone and see how little work I can do at work before they fire me. I bet I could even get promoted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Haha that's basically what I'm doing now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A house or nice apartment.

Then I’d buy a private train to boast among the other rich people how much more climate friendly that is… pretty sure Davos has a train station, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Massive underground dwelling. Not sure why, but that was my first thought.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Like hobbit house or prepper bunker?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"Two chicks at the same time." - Lawrence

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Start a housing coop and community land trust to keep housing in the hands of people that need it. Rapid public transport for the housing coop for work, groceries, etc. Buy the old tracks and turn them into intercity people carries.

Buy the land from friends and family to pay off their debts and give it to the community land trust.

Start a community coop grocery store, pharmacy, clinic, etc.

Start a community electric coop focused on being a microgrid first and connection the national grid second.

Start a community fiber and wireless ISP coop, and fighting tool and nail to end the current ISPs state monpoly on shitty expensive service.

Try and create guerenteed minimums for both so no one has to disconnect because the money istoo tight.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'd do something like this as well after I spent the first few years fulfilling my hedonistic desires (travel, music festivals, language tutors, personal trainers and the fanciest IV supplements etc. etc.) I'd also bankroll a cooperative owned software platform that could compete with a major tech firm. So maybe like create a co-op owned Lemmy instance (or like social.coop) and promote the idea of online public good spaces.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I probably wouldn't quit my job because I like it. I probably wouldn't even tell many people I had that much money. My only debt is my mortgage so that would be gone. I'd probably buy a better house with an actual yard. Sell this house to my roommate for dirt cheap. (There's no way he'd just take it)

Probably do some lying that my brother won some kind of raffle and give him a bunch of racecar parts. Shit maybe even sponsor a race team or two, gotta get the young kids back in the sport as all the old guys retire.

I'd probably buy some land in another area, give myself a vacation house. But this wouldn't be immediate. Probably get a new car, mines pretty old. Build a greenhouse on my new property, have way too many rescue animals. Maybe even run a small rescue.

All this is assuming I've already set myself up for retirement and I'm good to go with everything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What job do you have?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Buy large property, create an anarchist commune, build Earthships and similar housing out of sustainable recycled material, setup public gathering spaces, spa areas, perhaps stuff like rooms for artists, musicians, workshops, etc. Grow weed, shrooms and veggies, have some animals living in relative freedom and perfect health.

Ensure everything is weather proof based on location's projected future climate, build water/heating/energy infrastructure (solar, wind), offer each building as rent-to-buy, keep growing the community and make sure to plan for the day the government gets scared and sends in their death squads.

Basically something like Kristiania in Copenhagen but bigger and more focused on sustainability and land mass, so probably outside of major cities.

Addendum: Would be a good idea to make it impossible to have this grown into an insane religious cult though. 🌚

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I should add that I'd also take care of the more self-centered stuff like taking making sure my me and my girlfriend/*, parents and brother won't have to work a day in ours lives (unless we fuck it up but I'd try to find someone capable and trustworthy who would take care of it).

/* and since I'd never want her to feel captive I'd make sure all paperwork was done to allow her to walk with her money anytime, no matter what.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Pay off my mom's house and get it completely renovated, included hooking it up to the sewer line and completely redoing the foundation. I'd also add a second story with a balcony facing the direction of the ocean.

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