It’s taking the premise of Brewster’s Millions, which required that he not only spend the money, but that he has to have nothing left at the end, including assets. So, buying a house doesn’t work because you still own the house.
Obviously there are still plenty of ways to drop millions on stuff without having anything to show for it. Hell, it’s probably easier now than ever before. Just become a whale for a mobile game and you’re there.
I wanna say they specifically called out property destruction as being against the rules. And overpaying as well iirc, so you can’t offer someone millions for a sandwich that you then eat.
Plus, if we’re being pedantic, burning the money isn’t spending it, which is what he is supposed to do.
The movie also has the advantage of having a contract that presumably covers any other loopholes the audience thinks of, but which they don’t explicitly address in the script. Once you take it out of a movie and start treating it like a challenge to be solved, you can no longer hide behind some unseen fine print.
they specifically called out property destruction as being against the rules
Not in this meme, which is what I’m referring to.
And overpaying as well
So that rules out spending them in the US and several other countries…
In under-regulated capitalism, prices aren’t set at what’s fair, they’re at the maximum that they can get away with without losing too many sales/clients.
That’s by definition overpaying from the perspective of the buyer/client.
Plus, if we’re being pedantic
We are indeed. Carry on, good sir/madam/cuttlefish
burning the money isn’t spending it, which is what he is supposed to do.
Damn, you got me there. Good point 😁
The movie
Again, I was referring to the meme only, not the movie that inspired the premise
also has the advantage of having a contract that presumably covers any other loopholes the audience thinks of
That’s a mountain sized presumption…
Once you take it out of a movie and start treating it like a challenge to be solved, you can no longer hide behind some unseen fine print.
Mobile game, uhg! Think of the services: a month’s worth of the best eats: 90 meals from the world’s 100 most famous chefs, each flown in to serve you. (Presumably 10% would decline even $1m for a single meal.) Concerts from semi-famous bands every three nights. Boom, $100m spent!
I grew up on a farm, I’ve killed and slaughtered my own food my whole life and I always felt good about eating meat because of that fact.
As I get older I’m really starting to hate killing things, I don’t want to end a life at all. My couple of vegetarian days might turn into a whole lifestyle.
You’ve got this! There are a ton of benefits to going plant-based. Dominion is a great documentary to show how most (~90%) are treated, which emphasizes the importance for us to shift away (it doesn’t sound like the way you did it was as bad as this, but this is the info that made me swap away recently).
Most homes in the US don’t break a million in up front cost, unless you’re buying in one of the very popular “reality warp” locations that are in absurdly high demand (SF Bay area, Redmond, Dallas, New York, etc).
THANK YOU for reminding me about rjd2
I was trying to find his music the other day and I couldn’t remember. (specifically the music video for The Horror)
Also Metronomy, Little Dragon and Amon Tobin. For the aging hipsters in the crowd.
Al’s I saw Kid Koala a couple times in the mid 2000s including a little bar show that was fucking amazing. We played bingo at the little show. I just found my bingo card a few days ago.
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