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(DIR) Post #ArbnFcaowHkKN1UMYi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-03-01T11:00:15Z
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A sum of money is deposited in your bank account without strings. What is the smallest sum that would cause an immediate change in how you choose to live *your* life?Numbers in USD.
(DIR) Post #Arbngs1pepvY3u7Hea by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-03-01T11:05:10Z
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@futurebird I am having a hard time figuring out how I'd react to getting money without strings attached. I've read an awful lot of fantasy novels, but they did not prepare me for this.
(DIR) Post #ArbnwwXqdLLIhckups by RolloTreadway@beige.party
2025-03-01T11:08:02Z
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@futurebird A few thousand would put me into a position where I could look to buy a house immediately (I'm saving up a deposit, but I'm not quite there yet). A few tens of thousands would mean I could buy with a much larger deposit, which in turn would give me greater freedom in finding the ideal place.Right now, that's by far the biggest potential change to my life that I can actually control. So that's my answer. I'll stop being reliant on the rental market and I'll buy a house.When do I get my few thousands? I'll be awaiting the cheque with bated breath.
(DIR) Post #Arbo8TqLAhyXA1uHQW by vfrunza@cosocial.ca
2025-03-01T11:10:08Z
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@futurebird $10,000 would give me stability, but I probably wouldn’t do much to change my lifestyle.$100,000 would dramatically change my ability to pay off debt. Which would result in substantial extra money every month.
(DIR) Post #ArboBNGm4KTjdqePyq by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-03-01T11:10:39Z
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@futurebird Since I'll most likely be reliant on a meagre state pension, even hundreds of $$$ would just get swallowed up into the retirement fund. But I still chose the second option as it would certainly make a difference to my quality of life in old age.But that doesn't really address your question. A million pounds sterling, left in the bank, would be £45,000 per year interest, an amount that wouldn't keep up with inflation but would be an immediate change of lifestyle.
(DIR) Post #ArboDf4yp7PzSOE0JM by greygoo@corteximplant.com
2025-03-01T11:11:01Z
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@futurebird I don't need money to change. I need a vision that is strong enough to make me change.
(DIR) Post #ArboEXF7Rdc9RTNrc0 by stveje@mstdn.social
2025-03-01T11:11:10Z
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@futurebird I think I'd need around $70k for it to be an immediate and significant change to how I live. Less than that and I'd just keep living the way I do now, but with fewer worries and more luxuries.
(DIR) Post #ArboZjRdH2NbMnLPXs by btuftin@social.coop
2025-03-01T11:15:01Z
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@futurebird I almost answered that no amount would change how I live my life, but with several millions I would probably change how I work. And at this particular time in history I'd probably leave the US and live a few years or months at a time in various European cities.
(DIR) Post #Arboko8aAOLR6eiOjQ by Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz
2025-03-01T11:17:01Z
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@futurebird I often think about this sort of thing. The first big step change would be enough money to pay off my mortgage (a few hundred thousand). The next big step change would be enough money to live modestly on the passive income of a lump sum (on the order of a few million, probably?). After that? I would have literally no use for more money than that.
(DIR) Post #ArbonSgyM9IdSo4B6W by Aileen22@mastodon.social
2025-03-01T11:17:33Z
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@futurebird With several millions we would have enough money to go to New Zealand despite having an Armada of diseases and being on early retirement die to them instead of being stuck in a Germany that is moving more and more to the extreme right.
(DIR) Post #Arboq3SgcQXG57cXgm by jannem@fosstodon.org
2025-03-01T11:18:02Z
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@futurebird I wavered between 10k and millions. It depends so much on what I'd take to mean with "change" in our life. Ultimately we're older and financially stable; we'd basically keep living the way we already do. Perhaps "no amount" is the right answer...
(DIR) Post #ArbpXaLEFTGiVZtCHQ by veronica@mastodon.online
2025-03-01T11:25:53Z
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@futurebird A million or two would be enough for me to quit work and instead work full time on stuff I like. But that's about it. Maybe buy a house.
(DIR) Post #ArbqHGElKOoxTce1Ng by NaN@mastodon.green
2025-03-01T11:34:07Z
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@futurebird basically whatever my mortgage balance is
(DIR) Post #ArbqNWFugUHgtYAQ2i by moozer@mastodon.social
2025-03-01T11:35:15Z
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@futurebird This resembles playing the lottery.You really need to win big for it to have a lasting effect.
(DIR) Post #ArbsPJTNNi5BjlRnIe by hazelnot@sunbeam.city
2025-03-01T11:57:59Z
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@futurebird honestly even a few thousand
(DIR) Post #Arbsz7WfHFnZ6q3ldg by enqfila@mastodon.com.br
2025-03-01T12:04:26Z
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@futurebird any amount of thousand USD goes huge here.Could probably get me to mentally afford (as it's monetarily free) a masters degree.
(DIR) Post #ArbtmAr1gtzjcbyT4a by morph@morphnet.de
2025-03-01T12:13:18Z
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@futurebird I've sent you my credentials. Transfer until Monday is much appreciated.
(DIR) Post #ArbvrfSVX04btdFl3o by OhOkKay@beige.party
2025-03-01T12:36:43Z
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@futurebird With no strings attached I'd go for millions and really change my life, along with those I love.
(DIR) Post #ArbwkGsQcz7DaGPkv2 by katzenberger@mastodon.de
2025-03-01T12:46:26Z
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@futurebird I'd say the question is rather "What is the smallest sum that would cause an immediate change in how you can choose to live your life?"
(DIR) Post #ArbzJfb6uOZIIVJyWu by Karen5Lund@mastodon.social
2025-03-01T13:15:24Z
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@futurebird My Dad liked to play the lottery, but as he got older he couldn't always get out to buy tickets and would ask me. One time there was a big payoff (around $500 million), so I took a flyer... But talking with Dad later I said it was fun to think about, but I didn't know what I'd actually do with all that money if I won. "Oh, you'd give most of it away." One of the nicest things he ever said about me.
(DIR) Post #Arc2d3DJczr2uG7mMa by VampiresAndRobots@writing.exchange
2025-03-01T13:52:30Z
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@futurebird I'm stepping down from full time to part-time this month for my physical and mental health. A couple thousand bucks in the bank would make me feel a heck of a lot better about that.
(DIR) Post #Arc4P7ggOk2ydSLaXw by Meowthias@mastodon.world
2025-03-01T14:12:24Z
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@futurebird If I won 10k in the lottery I would leave red state hell the next day.
(DIR) Post #ArcDbrnFhb2mh1ZUau by SiliconFarmer@mastodon.social
2025-03-01T15:55:33Z
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@futurebirdSeveral $100,000 would be the same life with no debt.Several $M would be a different life
(DIR) Post #ArcSbbUDpUsTQk0EvQ by mattmcirvin@mathstodon.xyz
2025-03-01T18:43:35Z
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@futurebird Been thinking about this lately for very specific reasons. I think you need much more money to feel secure or able to retire in the US than in a country with stronger public services. And the precarious situation right now makes it hard to feel that way regardless. They could kill the FDIC, the banks could fail, your money could become worthless. We have billionaires buying islands to be apocalypse bolt holes.
(DIR) Post #Arch2ikOLC9r7tOHXk by sbszine@dice.camp
2025-03-01T21:25:23Z
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@futurebird Several $100,000s: own a flat outright, no change to lifestyleSeveral millions: buy housing & pay off debts for loved ones, no change to lifestyleMore: retire early, travel, etc