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I don't mean to pry but I often see people make statements along the lines of 'if Id been rich when I was younger I wouldve died' and I never quite get it. Just

I don't mean to pry but I often see people make statements along the lines of 'if Id been rich when I was younger I wouldve died' and I never quite get it. Just drugs stuff?

paulpauper 2y ago
money leading to drugs, riskier behavior, suicide, etc.
retrac 2y ago
The story of lottery winners is sometimes an unhappy one. A windfall can ruin relationships, lead to a loss of normalcy, make one a target for crime, and as you say, enable vices.
- akira2501 2y ago
  If you win the lottery put it in a living trust. If you don't have experience managing large sums of cash the likelihood of you navigating that challenge correctly is basically zero.
johnrob 2y ago
Living a healthy life requires discipline and a certain amount of humility. Both of those traits are hard to maintain after a financial windfall IMO.
- copperx 2y ago
  Elon Musk is living proof of this.
  - getlawgdon 2y ago
    I feel compelled to ask: what side of that outcome do you think Musk exemplifies?
    - copperx 2y ago
      I'm surprised by the question. He isn't humble by any stretch of the imagination.
matwood 2y ago
Early 20s is when people peak at risk taking behavior. Add a large amount of money into the mix and the types of risks can go way up. Think go from sitting around playing beer pong, to doing coke and speeding around in a Ferrari. Even later in life, large amounts of money can cause people to do stupid things (see many famous people), but maturity has a chance then.
- dullcrisp 2y ago
  I dunno you can always drink beer and speed around in a Ford Fiesta. Irresponsibly is free.
  - fordfastlane 2y ago
    Sure but that's has a somewhat less consistent feedback loop.. When I was new to driving I tended to drive around the ex-highways in the outer burbs and end up in little drag races at each light in the beater I could afford.. One time I looked over at the guy with the aggressively gunning the engine in his VW rabbit(?) and realized how utterly sad that was. Plenty of Ferrari drivers, when they get negative feedback, probably get feedback that seems cool to rebel against instead of people exhibiting utter shame of association.
  - gwbas1c 2y ago
    You can drink a lot more beer if you don't have to show up for work.
    - dullcrisp 2y ago
      I think that’s what it is. Unemployment, and especially a lack of opportunities, can be dangerous whether it’s because there are no available jobs where you are or it’s because you made 20m in bitcoin when you were 22 and don’t know what to do with it.
    - immibis 2y ago
      I don't, and the worst I've been doing dancing for a whole weekend, staying awake until I get visual hallucinations. If I was 20, I would've played video games and worked on software side projects all day. That's what I was doing for the first 6 months of not going to work, after all. But it does depend on the person.
freestyle24147 2y ago
I have no idea. Likely just a combination of complete hyperbole and extrapolating a few poor decisions when young.
kiloshib 2y ago
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jamal-kumar 2y ago
Yeah actually, I did a lot of travelling&living outside of such culture (Like a decade) on other earnings and while I was gone not fucking my life up with drugs stuff I watched a ton of my friends die or end up really messed up because of exactly that so your comment wasn't far off the mark like whatsoever. Some ended up in the news for shit like attacking paramedics or murder after fucking their minds up badly enough. Very North American/European kind of problem with the way I seen people go hard and the sort of things being used here, primarily the appetite for stimulants and opiates that I'm glad I never stuck around to develop in the culture I was from. I have a few other friends who have managed to spend most or enough time away from the continent who feel the same. I think there's a lack of family cohesion as a huge factor of difference here. Ties into shit like higher suicide rates jn the developed world and other sad shit

I don't mean to pry but I often see people make statements along the lines of 'if Id been rich when I was younger I wouldve died' and I never quite get it. Just drugs stuff?

paulpauper 2y ago

money leading to drugs, riskier behavior, suicide, etc.

retrac 2y ago

The story of lottery winners is sometimes an unhappy one. A windfall can ruin relationships, lead to a loss of normalcy, make one a target for crime, and as you say, enable vices.

akira2501 2y ago
If you win the lottery put it in a living trust. If you don't have experience managing large sums of cash the likelihood of you navigating that challenge correctly is basically zero.

johnrob 2y ago

Living a healthy life requires discipline and a certain amount of humility. Both of those traits are hard to maintain after a financial windfall IMO.

copperx 2y ago
Elon Musk is living proof of this.
- getlawgdon 2y ago
  I feel compelled to ask: what side of that outcome do you think Musk exemplifies?
  - copperx 2y ago
    I'm surprised by the question. He isn't humble by any stretch of the imagination.

matwood 2y ago

Early 20s is when people peak at risk taking behavior. Add a large amount of money into the mix and the types of risks can go way up. Think go from sitting around playing beer pong, to doing coke and speeding around in a Ferrari. Even later in life, large amounts of money can cause people to do stupid things (see many famous people), but maturity has a chance then.

dullcrisp 2y ago
I dunno you can always drink beer and speed around in a Ford Fiesta. Irresponsibly is free.
- fordfastlane 2y ago
  Sure but that's has a somewhat less consistent feedback loop.. When I was new to driving I tended to drive around the ex-highways in the outer burbs and end up in little drag races at each light in the beater I could afford.. One time I looked over at the guy with the aggressively gunning the engine in his VW rabbit(?) and realized how utterly sad that was. Plenty of Ferrari drivers, when they get negative feedback, probably get feedback that seems cool to rebel against instead of people exhibiting utter shame of association.
- gwbas1c 2y ago
  You can drink a lot more beer if you don't have to show up for work.
  - dullcrisp 2y ago
    I think that’s what it is. Unemployment, and especially a lack of opportunities, can be dangerous whether it’s because there are no available jobs where you are or it’s because you made 20m in bitcoin when you were 22 and don’t know what to do with it.
  - immibis 2y ago
    I don't, and the worst I've been doing dancing for a whole weekend, staying awake until I get visual hallucinations. If I was 20, I would've played video games and worked on software side projects all day. That's what I was doing for the first 6 months of not going to work, after all. But it does depend on the person.

freestyle24147 2y ago

I have no idea. Likely just a combination of complete hyperbole and extrapolating a few poor decisions when young.

kiloshib 2y ago

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jamal-kumar 2y ago

Yeah actually, I did a lot of travelling&living outside of such culture (Like a decade) on other earnings and while I was gone not fucking my life up with drugs stuff I watched a ton of my friends die or end up really messed up because of exactly that so your comment wasn't far off the mark like whatsoever. Some ended up in the news for shit like attacking paramedics or murder after fucking their minds up badly enough. Very North American/European kind of problem with the way I seen people go hard and the sort of things being used here, primarily the appetite for stimulants and opiates that I'm glad I never stuck around to develop in the culture I was from. I have a few other friends who have managed to spend most or enough time away from the continent who feel the same. I think there's a lack of family cohesion as a huge factor of difference here. Ties into shit like higher suicide rates jn the developed world and other sad shit