Enormous wealth... what would you do with it?

[bocablkr]

I would put the 10 billion in a trust fund. Hopefully, it would make around a billion a year in interest.

I would then do something selfish like use the money to buy up land to protect it from development forever. I would also help all the wildlife preserves in Africa that only need a few hundred thousand a year to run but are in danger of being shut down because even that is too much for their countries to support.

[swede123]

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naturally, i'd buy a big-ass house where i could live in luxury.

then, i'd buy an old warehouse/factory type building, convert most of it into a living space for artists (musicians, painters, filmmakers, etc) who could live there for free, provided they're actually creating (kind of like the Chelsea Hotel). Outfit the place with a recording studio, some editing bays, and a theatre that would alternate between showing stuff other theatres around don't show and stuff made by the people who live there.

give a sizeable amount to my family so they never have to worry about $$ ever again.

pay off the debt load of everyone i consider to be even a casual friend.

fund film projects i find to be worthwhile and not care if they ever make any $$.

buy my poker-playing friends into the ME every year.

give my close friends important jobs like "Chief Executive in Charge of Alcohol Consumption and Distribution" so they won't have to go to their real jobs.

travel a lot.

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I like most of Pryor's ideas. Regarding the main event I'd also sponsor poker playing friends with the one condition that they'd have to wear funny apparel with my name on it. Swede's biatches with a big Limecat on the front, etc.

I also like Patrick's idea of owning a sports team, probably an NBA team.

Swede

[JuntMonkey]

Start a videogame company. Make a game out of a popular 80's movie (I won't name it) in the style of Grand Theft Auto. Repeat the next year with another 80's movie-licensed game. I know exactly what both are and how they would play. After that start branching out into crazy [censored], such as a Mario 64ish Dr. Seuss game suitable for adults.

Expand to television. Own an HBO-like network who will give great creators free reign - David Lynch, David Chase ,etc.

Take over the world with my entertainment empire.

If I'm lazy though, I'll just do the tournament circuit. Would that still be any fun with the money being almost meaningless?

[vanwely]

1) Challenge all the top poker players in the world to a no limit match for enormous sums.

2) Have a thread about me in 2 + 2 saying that I am just rich and NOT A POKER PLAYER

3) Buy 2 + 2 and ban everyone who has ever disagreed with me.

[kutuz_off]

Set up a private nature preserve or five.

[Suigin406]

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Nuke the middle east.

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good choice.

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u'd spare the world of a lot of future pain.

[Suigin406]

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Im amazed at how many people say drugs
If i had that much money my goal would be to live as long as posssible and [censored] as many hot [censored] as I could not die at 45.

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definitely agree. what could be better than [censored] hot girls all day??

[Disturbance]

Buy a new lathe

[FatalError]

I would buy a small country and then who knows what

[jackdaniels]

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I would buy a small country and rule with an iron fist

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