What are some useless purchases you would make if you were rich?

[Charcoal Feathers]

Set up scenarios where me and some random woman had to spend time with each other (not creepy). We'd solve problems, work on stuff, etc. Then I'd do this several times until I find someone that likes me. Alternatively, I'd "get my hair did" and buy gf-robots/employ a team to create such.

The first scenario is kind of similar to an episode of Black Mirror. It's called Hang the DJ. I recommend watching it if you're interested in how such a scenario would play out.

 

[clown_17]

A bunch of pets, a giant shed with equipment to grow mushrooms in (any kind even non edible ones), and I'd spend a bunch of money on stuff like bungee jumping and skydiving

I just think mushrooms are cool

 

[netrezven]

In your post you mentioned about meeting friends which is a wonderful idea. However one thing that I believe is true is that some of the rich have a tough time hanging onto friends. Many people may criticize him but recently I was reading about notch (Minecraft inventor for those who don't know ) complaining his gripe about being rich is basically the normies have no free time where he has all the time in the world and he feels that makes friendships off balance.

I'm not rich but I have an obscene amount of free time and I often feel just like notch. Fortunately I'm mostly an introvert so the alone time i can fill in places like this


Another thing in general I think about the rich is they tend to have more sociopathic traits and they are always competitive. Not a lot of camaraderie. The rich talk about materialism A LOT . Golf clubhouse is a great place to see this on display . I don't golf but was exposed to this crap due to having upper middle class background

It really depends on where you are, what is your surroundings. Parts of my business requires me to work only with friends. If anyone of us has a problem, that problem is shared. There is always that line of greed and stupidity, where some people betray their friends and sell them. So i'm glad we are smart enough to not be there. We do talk about business, money and that kind of stuff. It's like working time, but outside of work and we do it very rarely. Nowhere near a golf clubs, haha :)
Clubs- golf, tenis, whatever that has the "word", that rich people go - those are places to stay away. If you wanna play golf, nothing wrong. But those places are full of people who will sell you, the moment they can. And they wont even bargain for it.
Must say, i had my moments of clarity, many times, and last not so long ago, when i wasn't even on the zero of neth worth, i was way bewol it. And my friends were still with me.
But i'm that kind of person, telling all of my multimillion company customers to fuck off, cause i don't wanna pay taxes anymore, or i just lost the mood with them, literally.

Having more time during regular "working" hours, really makes it hard to find people to stick around. When everyone has a job, and you have no idea what is the day of the week, it gets little bit out of order at the start. Had those days, and my solution was to just work more, and party or go out when every one else has the time. Leaving regular job made me wear only sports clothes, even in like official ocasions i'm sporty now. And there is one thing that pissess me off and drives me crazy - other people telling me i should buy myself some new clothes. People who buy suits directly from the showcase, never heard of custom made ones, or wear polyester suits, those thin ties, and ya, 100% chep - handkerchief in the pocket.

 

[Mixo]

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[SuicidallyCurious]

It really depends on where you are, what is your surroundings. Parts of my business requires me to work only with friends. If anyone of us has a problem, that problem is shared. There is always that line of greed and stupidity, where some people betray their friends and sell them. So i'm glad we are smart enough to not be there. We do talk about business, money and that kind of stuff. It's like working time, but outside of work and we do it very rarely. Nowhere near a golf clubs, haha :)
Clubs- golf, tenis, whatever that has the "word", that rich people go - those are places to stay away. If you wanna play golf, nothing wrong. But those places are full of people who will sell you, the moment they can. And they wont even bargain for it.
Must say, i had my moments of clarity, many times, and last not so long ago, when i wasn't even on the zero of neth worth, i was way bewol it. And my friends were still with me.
But i'm that kind of person, telling all of my multimillion company customers to fuck off, cause i don't wanna pay taxes anymore, or i just lost the mood with them, literally.

Having more time during regular "working" hours, really makes it hard to find people to stick around. When everyone has a job, and you have no idea what is the day of the week, it gets little bit out of order at the start. Had those days, and my solution was to just work more, and party or go out when every one else has the time. Leaving regular job made me wear only sports clothes, even in like official ocasions i'm sporty now. And there is one thing that pissess me off and drives me crazy - other people telling me i should buy myself some new clothes. People who buy suits directly from the showcase, never heard of custom made ones, or wear polyester suits, those thin ties, and ya, 100% chep - handkerchief in the pocket.

Yeh one of the weirdest feelings of having a little bit of wealth is when you start being able to not pay attention to the day of the week. It's a surreal feeling

 

[Torschlusspanik]

I would pay as many people as possible to do a terrible job at something, just to cover up my own inadequacies.

 

[waitingforrest]

I would buy all the candy in the world! MUAHAHA!!! CANDY MONOPOLY!!

(On the more serious note, probably just try to use it to make the world a little bit less shit.)

There are fun, yet depressing simulations of spending billionaires money on the web. The amount of things you can buy with their money is unfathomable.

 

[callme]

I am so poor, I don't know. I am beginning to think not only it's impossible to be rich, but unnatural and unneeded. Guess I'm going to pay with my life for it. But I hate it anyway.

To be serious, I would buy a huge cheese farm. Not cheese as the yellow cheese, but cottage. Because how much cheese is too much cheese, seriously?

Also:
Russell Crowe's jockstrap from Cinderella Man.
A dress made of condoms.
A vintage wine bottle from 1904, for my guests, full of gas station wine.
A pool shaped like a dollar sign.
An armadillo pet.
I'd pay people in queues keep my place for a few thousand, so I could watch them fight it out over who gets the money.
Buy a chocolate fountain present for a rich asshole's birthday. A slanted one, slanted towards his luxury suit.
A strip of a California interstate. Speed limit: 15 MPH
SNL so they rehire Darrell Hammond and Will Ferrell.
A baseball team of prolifers: the Podunk (NY) fix the 26'ers. Just so they could never have a winning game for 50 years straight. I would finance them to fail and fail until their miserable lifes boil down to what they forbid people to do.

 

[LADY007]

I am so poor, I don't know. I am beginning to think not only it's impossible to be rich, but unnatural and unneeded. Guess I'm going to pay with my life for it. But I hate it anyway.

To be serious, I would buy a huge cheese farm. Not cheese as the yellow cheese, but cottage. Because how much cheese is too much cheese, seriously?

Also:
Russell Crowe's jockstrap from Cinderella Man.
A dress made of condoms.
A vintage wine bottle from 1904, for my guests, full of gas station wine.
A pool shaped like a dollar sign.
An armadillo pet.
I'd pay people in queues keep my place for a few thousand, so I could watch them fight it out over who gets the money.
Buy a chocolate fountain present for a rich asshole's birthday. A slanted one, slanted towards his luxury suit.
A strip of a California interstate. Speed limit: 15 MPH
SNL so they rehire Darrell Hammond and Will Ferrell.
A baseball team of prolifers: the Podunk (NY) fix the 26'ers. Just so they could never have a winning game for 50 years straight. I would finance them to fail and fail until their miserable lifes boil down to what they forbid people to do.

LOVE THE POOL IDEA !!!

 

[Conker]

Build this place somewhere out in the world.
You'd expect some of the mega rich to be creative instead of settling for dickwaving contests with their generic mega yachts.
Makes you wonder if they have all been droned by a parasitic subterranean race known as the Vrill.

I guess that would explain their dullness.

 

[completely-done]

Lots of plants!

 

[gottago222]

jetpacks, a helicopter, the finest kitchen appliances, 7 dobermans and like 3 freezers to store the meat i would feed them and myself

Lots of plants!

i would love to make a giant public garden

 

[Wrennie]

I would purchase a massive yacht and place it somewhere in the desert just to flaunt my wealth and ability to waste exorbitant amounts of cash on something that is considered a luxury to possess but would serve zero purpose to own in the manner I'd chosen

/jk
(I'd donate to charities. There's nothing material that entices me).

 

[Manaaja]

I'd instantly give money for all who need it so no one would be homeless or hungry or without good wi-fi or clean water or good home.

Then I'd renovate all the houses in the world so mold wouldn't exist anymore (I'd fund researches to erase all the molds in the world). Then I'd get every house/apartment an air vent cleaning and new water pipes. Everyone deserves to live in a healthy good home.

Then I'd get everyone a personal assistant. Oh, and dogs for everyone too!

And to be selfish, I'd buy Elden Ring.

But all in all, I wish everyone was wealthy. I never again want to see anyone suffer because of money or because of lack of money.

Oh, you said useless? Didn't notice. Ehh, Elden Ring. And Digimon Adventure Blue Ray box and PS5 and RTX 3070ti.

 

[Looooser]

I'd love to build my own self sustained space station/ship. Something like an imperial star destroyer to explore the universe and beyond. Who's with me?

jetpacks, a helicopter, the finest kitchen appliances, 7 dobermans and like 3 freezers to store the meat i would feed them and myself

i would love to make a giant public garden

You had me at jet pack!

The first scenario is kind of similar to an episode of Black Mirror. It's called Hang the DJ. I recommend watching it if you're interested in how such a scenario would play out.

I love black mirror. One of the best weirdest shows ever

 

[noSuffering]

I would spend a lot of money to ensure that I kill myself instantly and painlessly as quickly as possible. It's not that simple, as everyone here knows.

 

[Celerity]

Years ago when I visited London, I bought a delicious rose-flavored drink from Harrods. I have been unable to locate it in anywhere in the US. If I had more money than I knew what to do with, I would fly back to London and roll up on Harrods with a few trucks-worth of suitcases and take their entire stock for myself.

Then, I'd contact the maker of this drink and offer a business partnership to sell in the US. I'd push it at high-end grocery chains like Whole Foods and coffee joints like Starbucks. Profit. I'd also start my own peanut butter brand and push it in the UK where those sad sacks have the most disgusting peanut butter imaginable (seriously, it's like prison food). I'd hit up all the British food magazines and websites with delicious peanut butter recipes. The Great British Bakeoff would be inundated with peanut butter cheesecakes, pies, and cookies. And then I'd profit some more from my sprawling PB empire.

 

[Spiritual survivor]

Dang I thought I would have had some, but the truth is, as an older mature person, I would want to use ecxess money to help out the people who need various types of assistance. As a young person I would have definitely found useless things to spend money on which are selfish and vain. I would want to build a community for disabled people with tiny homes for individual use. There would be no rules other than, u can't disturb the peace. U can have drugs but if the drugs are disturbing the peace and u cause problems u would have to go.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I would pay for a composer to write me a kickass theme like Darth Vadar or The Phantom of the Opera has. Kind of pointless seeing as I don't go anywhere for anyone to play it on my arrival but, I like the idea of it.

I also love how the pavement lights up in the Michael Jackson video 'Billie Jean'. It would be cool if that happened in my house.

Makes me sound like a narcissist though doesn't it? Hmm- maybe not then.

I'd like it if all my domestic aids- vacuum cleaners, dusters, cooker, pots and pans etc were enchanted (like in Beauty and the Beast) but were either happy in their work or non sentient and they all looked after me by magic.

 

[tiger b]

Moar guitars! At least 50 more.

I'd have a Super Cobra gunship. Without weaponry as it would be too tempting accidents happen.

Maybe a T-34 to pop to the shops in, painted in tiger stripes.

I'd create the worst anime you could ever imagine and pay a studio to make it and TV companies to screen it. It would be so bad it would be great. It would make people's eyeballs bleed.

But the best thing would be not having to work and have to deal with insufferable dickheads ever again.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Heavy construction equipment and supplies to build an underground lair. Alternatively: tools and other hardware to build a spacecraft capable of traveling to Pluto... spoiler: the spacecraft explodes fives minutes after its launch.

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

Idk it's so hard to imagine. I would buy a ranch and create a home for old and neglected horses. Would donate money to charity too.

 

[Boller Bryant]

I would probably buy:
-Smallest house posible but still comfortable and having enormous garage
-Highest quality headphone
-Fastest WiFi money could buy
-Unlimited supply of Marlboro cigarettes and Cuban Cigars
-Ferrari F40
-Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 M-SPEC Nür
-Nisaan Skyline GT-R R32 V-SPEC II N1
-2024 Nissan GT-R T-Spec
-Subaru Impreza 22B STi
-BMW M1 Procar
-Ferrari LaFerrari
-Rolls-Royce Phantom
-Saleen S7 Twin Turbo
And many more, although it'll mostly cars.

 

[loopdaloop]

build an arcade room, order machines from around the world ig

 

[space-jester]

i would want to make a real life luigis mansion. i think it would be cool to just walk around and be like "OUGH THIS IS WHERE THAT SHITTY GRANDMA GHOST WOULD BE LOLOLOL" as i do my stupid little sewing and knitting projects.

oh also a popcorn machine

 

[psp3000]

-a movie theater so then I can have private shows and viewings of horror and art house and drama films

-land for a farm with a few cats

-Hewlett Packard ice cream

-a library

-a kei truck

-a cafe that is also a record/gaming/comic shop

I'd like it if all my domestic aids- vacuum cleaners, dusters, cooker, pots and pans etc were enchanted (like in Beauty and the Beast) but were either happy in their work or non sentient and they all looked after me by magic.

this reminds me of the Ray Bradbury story There Will Come Soft Rains

 

[natthebrat]

I'd move to a cool area of a city I like, in an apartment big enough for my extensive video game collection and closet. I'd have season tickets to every one of that city's local pro sports teams (except the handegg team), and spend most of my time either at one of their games or an underground concert of some kind. Lastly, I'd take lots of Udemy/Coursera/Udacity courses so I can dedicate the rest of my life to learning cool stuff.
However, more than anything else, I'd just be happy to not have to go to work anymore; all the other things I just mentioned, I could easily do without.

 

[real person]

its crazy to me how people can concern themselves with materialism like this