Save up, go on a nice holiday overseas.
Save up, buy a house.
Take up a new expensive hobby like cycling or photography.
Donate to charity.
Donate to worthy political causes.
Get a dopamine hit from seeing number go up.
So many options.
Anon is out of ideas
Submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Omgarm@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fund a random Twitch streamer’s life while you stay at home doing nothing.
turtlepower@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Donate to worthy political causes.Buy a politician and actually change shit.
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
That’s a slightly more direct way of phrasing it, yes.
muix@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Put money into retirement.
On average people need over $1,000,000 in it to retire comfortably now.
ed_cock@feddit.de 9 months ago
Become a patron of the arts and help some students through university.
Work less.
Withdraw it in coins to throw at poor people.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes. Buy lots and lots of options.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Start playing Magic. Your money will go POOF in no time.
archon@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
See also: 40k minis, aka plastic crack.
RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Alternatively DnD minis, they are mostly cheaper, so you can buy even more!
skeeter_dave@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Homeboy needs to start collecting titans, they make the minis look cheap.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ah, a man of culture!
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Dunno I made 12k selling my cards back in 2019. Played back in the revised/ice age days
beetus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“time travel to 1994 and play mtg, save the cards for 25 years then sell!” Great advice for anon :)
Neil@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
I’ve been in this situation.
Get married to a single mom and you’ll be broke again in less than a year and in debt the next. That’s the quickest way to lose all of your money.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Didn’t go the single mom route, but a wife and kids takes care of the free time and money problem.
DoomBot5@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Single family cruise costs as much as everything OP purchased put together.
arin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ugh plz don’t
minibyte@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Max 401k, Roth IRA, and HSA contributions. Buy a fleshlight.
grue@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There are way too many comments in this thread for it to be okay that yours is the only one mentioning investing for retirement.
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Just goes to show you how few of your peers are actually saving for retirement
slaacaa@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Right? I’m baffled I had to scroll down this far for a mention of investing, which was my immediate answer, after reading the greentext. And it’s absolutely the thing everybody should be doing with part of their money
sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m just thankful someone finally mentioned buying a fleshlight
Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Don’t forget the kids’ 529
Kimjongtooill@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I don’t think Anon will have to worry about that one…
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 9 months ago
Also, if you are technically self-employed, 401k + self-employed IRA provides a lot of room for more tax benefits. If you manage to fill those, then you can always open a brokerage account to put additional savings.
Broad market index funds are a popular choice.
Eventually retire so you have time to play those video games and get sleep.
Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Could even pay for porn at that point, crazy!
miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
I’m all for it.
Support ethical porn sites that meet their actresses and actors with the respect they deserve.
Kraivo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Depends on character traits of anon.
Some invest/gamble
Some hoard wealth
Some uses it fight boredom like going to places, travelling, hobbies, etc.
Some try sharing with others or straight up doing charities
psivchaz@reddthat.com 9 months ago
This list is missing hookers and cocaine.
Kraivo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s hobbies
theangryseal@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If all of my money had gone into a charity it would have been, “Junkies Helping Junkies Not Get Dope Sick No More”. :p
Here at junkies, we split shots. We don’t get high. You found some dope on a gas station floor? Three people won’t get sick today. Or, Brenda will convince you that her tolerance is insane because of a recent stay at the hospital, she’ll get half and we’ll split half. She’ll nod out and she won’t be welcome at Junkies Helping Junkies Not Get Dope Sick No More no more.
For real though, been sober for at least a decade at this point. It is crazy how much money people burn through with that little hobby. I don’t miss that life and I’m thankful to be away from it, so if I did accidentally become wealthy I’d give some back to the community that helped me get here. I’d drop by some local AA and NA groups and drop a pile of money under the 1s pretty often.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
I’ve never tried it, but I love this comment.
BudgieMania@kbin.social 9 months ago
If you are young and there's nothing you really want to do with a significant amount of money, your emergency savings are decently big, and you don't intend to make a significant purchase in the near to mid future, then you find yourself a tax-free retirement account, a world index fund and an S&P 500 index fund and distribute money across them with the priority being reaching whatever is the max in the first one
vsh@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Gambling is a great wallet drainer 👍
Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
But what if they win and just get more money?
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Keep gambling. The secret is that the house always wins it back eventually.
danielbln@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Also, ladies of the night and nose clams.
Pieresqi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Gacha games are better. At least you get something 👍👍
intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Got?
fury@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Save an emergency fund of 6-12 months of expenses. You never know when the rug will get pulled out from under you. Pay off all debts. Save at least 15% of income into retirement accounts (not counting any matches). Give to charity or random internet persons. Buy a house. Pay it off. Max all retirement accounts, invest in some mutual funds, give more.
spujb@lemmy.cafe 9 months ago
consider also investing in your community. find local organizations or mutual aid networks, help friends out and in general find ways to build other people up so that they can be there for you if you ever fall on hard times.
shani66@ani.social 9 months ago
Unironically anon has cracked the big secret of capitalism; the end goal doesn’t matter until someone is trying to steal it from you, and they will try because some people are sick in the head
wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 9 months ago
the big secret is that money is not the end goal. money is merely a tool to let you do other things you want to do. it's not an end, just a means.
shani66@ani.social 9 months ago
I was going to disagree based on culture, but my disagreement really just boils down to that being a way bigger secret. So i guess you right.
WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not really, there’s plenty of things you can spend your money on if you have goals and hobbies.
shani66@ani.social 9 months ago
Anon already did that, good hobbies don’t necessitate a constant flow of cash
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Invest it until you can quit job. The old people call that retiring.
DoomBot5@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Vacations, where every trip costs like a mid range gaming pc.
Etterra@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Give some of it to poor people. Being disabled in this country sucks.
franklin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Use the money to lobby politicans to pass social assistance for the disabled
PunnyName@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Anna give some money to the disabled, since they need it faster than that.
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 9 months ago
What country? There are other countries than the US “the greatest country in the world”
/s
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Much easier to give it to some rich people. They’ve got money disposal services all over the place.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Send me $400 to buy a telescope lmao
jaybone@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Buy some more avocado toast?
Blackmist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Buy a house and stop mooching off your parents?
EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 9 months ago
Be like me: so anxious at the prospect of running out of money you just never spend it.
Need new clothes? Is that really a need?
Want to try a hobby? If you don’t like it you’ll feel pretty silly having invested in it.
But a gaming PC? The parts will be obsolete in a year anyways.
Nice cookware? What’s wrong with ye older stuff, it still works just don’t use the bad side of the spatula or you’ll scratch the pan.
Evotech@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Google house
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
People when yoh tell them about saving your money
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 9 months ago
cocaine
Rosco@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Travel around.
unreasonabro@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Dildo collection
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Well, life keeps kicking me in the balls and I currently need about $5000 to get back on track thanks.
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 9 months ago
Donate to Lemmy :)
DaDragon@kbin.social 9 months ago
Enjoy the fact that there’s more and more money in your bank account? I personally find solace in that fact.
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Don’t let it sit in your bank account, you’re wasting its value. After you built up an emergency fund, invest the rest.
kworpy@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Hop on Kickstarter, go to the D&T section and back the first thing you see, the greatest way to melt money.
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
House Car Vacations Retirement
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 9 months ago
EA has entered the chat.
wellee@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You could move out of your mother’s basement
THE_ANON@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
He said rich not billionaire rich
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Wait you can?
metaStatic@kbin.social 9 months ago
not in this economy
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s crazy talk!