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Please Donate to the Poor Millionaire

ercoerco Posts: 20,259
edited 2012-03-16 22:39 in General Discussion
'Cuz he ain't sure if hiz idea iz any good!

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/millionaire-hits-gamers-fund-game-idea-184034258.html

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  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2012-03-15 11:32
    If his idea involved plywood would (ha ha) you help fund it?

    C.W.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-03-15 11:50
    I'm in..I'll donate a treadmill, as it looks like it is needed. :)
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2012-03-15 12:23
    I might be wrong but I think the magic figure is about 5 million dollars. Above that, most rags-to-riches primates suddenly experience a panic of sorts. The panic stems from the fact they have more money than they ever thought possible, and yet they are still the same dorky person with the same kinds of dorky problems. So, the obvious answer is that more money is needed to really effect a change. And when they get that next 5, 10, 15 million, they experience the same panic attack all over again. So obviously even that's not enough money. Nor is the first 100 million. Or the first billion. Or the second....

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2012-03-15 13:47
    Apparently 5 million dollars = a LOT of bacon double cheeseburgers!
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2012-03-15 13:51
    Come on you guys.

    You're all nicer than this.

    It's not unusual for a wealthy person not to want to take all the risk in a project themselves. I will agree that using KickStart is unusual.

    It's also unusual for a computer game developer to bad at math (which (being bad at math) is required for playing the lottery).

    Come on Duane, you're nicer than this.
  • idbruceidbruce Posts: 6,197
    edited 2012-03-15 19:04
    So if I seek funding for my venture, are you guys going to laugh at me? :) Although I don't have his millions.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2012-03-15 21:02
    try to not look down on a person, unless I'm reaching down to help them back up...but, we gonna need more help...
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2012-03-16 09:55
    Lottery winners do not have a reputation for being successful money managers.
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2012-03-16 12:55
    Ttailspin wrote: »
    try to not look down on a person, unless I'm reaching down to help them back up...but, we gonna need more help...

    hehehe, that's not very nice sir.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2012-03-16 14:07
    Only because is seems there are so many cat people here on this forum, I myself one of them with 2 cats and a dog ... The skinny one must belong to the millionaire.
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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2012-03-16 22:39
    Five million USD is about the minimum amount that you can get managed by a Swiss private bank and hide from the the US government.

    It used to be enough to allow you to immigrate anywhere in the world, but the US government is now trying to tax people that want to leave the US with their money. That seems to indicate that the US government is a bit worried about the dollar. Buy gold, go gold mining, or just go broke and don't worry.
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