Let's say you hit the lottery for 200 mil. Would you still waste your time here?

Haha…sure, I’d still be around. Morning coffee Fluthering, before bedtime Fluthering, rainy day today Fluthering.
I’d just be sitting in a bigger house and expensive chair. haha Yes, I’d give away a lot of the money, who the hell needs 200 million. I’d keep about 25 million and retire, I’d give my daughter 25 million and the rest I would re-appropriate to good causes.

Yep, I would probably hang around too, maybe not so much since I would be outside a lot more.

And no, I wouldn’t be mentioning it on Fluther or even Facebook.

OPPS. $200 Mill is a lot of bucks. But it would only be about half that after taxes. But I’d still waste my time here for sure.

@gondwanalon The amount given is 200 million. Yep, 2 million isn’t much these days.

Yup. It’s a movable feast. I can Fluther as well from the deck of a yacht off St Tropez as I can from my living room.

^With all your friends from Fluther joining you on that yacht?

Damn betcha! :-D

Yep.

It would have to be a mighty big boat. I imagine the list might expand when that sort of money appears.

Not that big, @stanleybmanly, lots of people here don’t like me. ;-)

@canidmajor Well…we’ll just pump everyone full of champagne, that’ll make everyone more likable, maybe, then again, maybe not.lol

I’ll keep the invite list fairly short. :-)

Yes because this is where all my friends are.

I wish I was joking

I’d probably continue to hang around here. I do find it relaxing.
And I learn something all the time – even when I least expect it.

I’d set up a fund with the following 3 goals:
Help some folks in need.
Give a bonus to the mods who so selflessly give us their time
Provide enough funds to maintain and improve the site.

I would. But what I would NOT do is build a gigantic house.

(My cousin hit it for 90 mill. She had to drop out of sight for a while, change her FB account and everything!)

I would buy a real Fluther mansion. I would pay travel expenses for everyone to attend the housewarming party.
There would be gifts for all, including cash bundles.
My years left breathing is limited, so I could afford to share.

Make it only a buck and I’m in.

Fluther is my family. I would stay.

Probably waste even more of it

Hmmm, interesting, I asked Carstairs this very question & he swore blind he’d remain in loyal service to his dying day…I suspect this to be a lie of sorts.

Even if it’s only $100M after taxes…

I would not only Fluther, I just might buy Fluther. I’ve often fantasized about buying a passenger railcar or three and having a traveling rolling Fluther live tour.

$200 million? Wow.

Sure, I’d still visit. I might even have some other suggestions for the occasional “how can I make money in an interesting way” questions.

@Strauss I know someone who bought a large luxury motorhome and traveled the country for 2 months.visiting friends he met online on a prostate cancer support site. He spent 10 days at my house. It was a blast!

I’d still drop by. Maybe life could give me the money to make sure….

I’d still participate with Fluther. I like it here. I’m sure even if I had $2 million, I’d still get bored and have free time.

And no, I wouldn’t tell you I’d won. Put your own ticket in.

(I would invite a few of you to join @canidmajor and I on our respective yachts.)

Ooooh, we can raft our yachts and be Floating Party Barge!!!

Please invite @Espiritus_Corvus. He knows a lot of interesting places.

And invite @LuckyGuy because he knows cool engineer type things.

I kind of thought I’d hire the Raven to captain my yacht. I’m planning to be the foredeck bunny.

We could have a flotilla and @E_C could be the admiral!

There isn’t enough anime to keep me busy all the time…

Have not yet read the other answers, will do so after posting. Heck yes! I enjoy my time here on Fluther. I would not tell anyone here that I won the money, and I would be very limited with who I told IRL. You’re just asking for trouble when you tell people, because they are likely to try to hit you up for a loan or a gift. I would give lots of gifts and some loans, but I’d rather do it before the person found out I had won the money, and I’d ask them to keep it quiet.

But the other part, I’m still gonna be the same Kardamom, and I really do enjoy interacting on this site. The only difference is that I might get a bigger screen computer : )

I do not consider my time here wasted.

@stanleybmanly why you asking? Got something to share??

If I hit the lottery for 200 mil, I’d have lots of free time, other than managing my money. So I’d be on Fluther a whole lot more than I am now, other than traveling, crafts, etc.

@Stinley Share? As in news? Or more cynically, my winnings? Well I’m one of those folks who upon winning would keep his mouth decidedly shut. That doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t confuse several people here with some surprises out of the blue.

I like that you got my double meaning :-)

And @canidmajor Upon your receipt of ostentatious wealth, nothing will amaze you so much as the discovery of how much you are actually loved and adored by those you presume despise you.

Hahaha, @stanleybmanly, we have very different definitions of “loved” and “adored”. :-D

and…sometimes, you can be the object of envy and jealousy that might ruin a friendship as well. That happened to me once upon a time when I was still enjoying a lengthy phase of prosperity. A friend I had had for years became increasingly bitter towards my good fortune and we finally parted ways. Money has a way of bringing out the worst in many. Just look at all the family rifts that arise from inheritances.

I don’t know

Sorry Sweetie…YES I would stay & NO, I wouldn’t tell ANYONE not even my family. Still IF I knew someone who truly needed help, I’d do my best to help them probably anonymously. I’ve read a lot about winners who brag ’& the horrible things that happened to them. One guy won 16 mil & within the first year his brother tried to kill him because he assumed he’d be the beneficiary of the estate & he was afraid his brother would spend it all before he’d die naturally. Actually, he was right. Within the first 5 years the winner couldn’t even afford to pay to have his grass cut. I don’t think that I’d spend it that fast!!!

I would start my own science foundation and documentary channel. I would pay my rent 50 years in advance just in case I blow it all. I would eat take out three times a day. I would Fluther more and hire a tutuor for grade school to ph.d.. I would live on campus and audit philosophy classes.

@RedDeerGuy1 I find it interesting that you’d pay rent 50 years in advance instead of paying cash for a nice little home that would be ALL yours!!!

@LadyMarissa I wouldn’t be able to afford the property taxes. Good to have a fall back position that I can’t lose. I might buy a nice penthouse suite in Edmonton. Next to the hockey rink.

@RedDeerGuy1 What kind of property taxes do you guys have??? With 200 mil, I would hope that you could work out a deal to pay your property tax 50 years in advance at a reduced rate!!! Greedy local governments will jump on ready cash now in place of maybe collecting it later!!!

@LadyMarissa Expenses and distress from running a house-hold might hold me back from owning a McMansion. I would stick to a penthouse suite paid for in full for long enough then I would live. I’m still learning how to run a one bedroom apartment.

who revived this thread? It’s distressing to see how many folks have vanished in a year.

It looks like @LadyMarissa is the guilty party.

@stanleybmanly I gave Lurve which triggered the new answers. I go over the old questions when ever I have new information to update. I go over old and new answers all day.

Nope, NOT me!!! Somebody had given it a Great Question & I followed the GQ link out of the Community Feed. As @chyna knows, I’m not proficient at noticing dates & frequently get caught up responding to the moldy oldies!!! Been trying to break myself of that & thought I had but…obviously NOT!!! :)

I was reading down through the thread.
Where is @Pachy?

I was wondering the same thing

His account is gone.

I didn’t mean to make anyone sad. I got here quite by accident. Maybe it’s one of those “meant to be ” moments. Remember the good times & smile in the memory!!!

I never noticed that most of the jellies on this thread where gone. : (