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Seriously? There is no amount of money I would be willing to serve two years in prison for. She has no money, can’t get a job, and is going to be IN PRISON for
by cortesoft 2y ago
Seriously? There is no amount of money I would be willing to serve two years in prison for.
She has no money, can’t get a job, and is going to be IN PRISON for two years.
I never understand people who seem to think any amount of jail time is trivial. I wouldn’t serve 30 days in jail for a billion dollars.
- MichaelNolan 2y ago> I wouldn’t serve 30 days in jail for a billion dollars. Prison isn’t that bad. Especially a federal minimum security woman’s prison. It’s basically like a summer camp, but with nothing fun to do.
- balls187 2y agoNever been, but I suspect GP’s comments has to do with the stigma and limitations once you are a convicted felon.
- mikestew 2y agoIn the context of GP's quoting, you'd be a convicted felon, sure. But you'd also be a billionaire, and which point I'd not be terribly concerned about "stigma".
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoMy understanding that being a convicted felon is terrible because it can make it difficult to ever secure a decent job. Does she ever need to work again?
- ryandrake 2y agoBingo. For as little as, say, $10 million, you wouldn’t even have to work again or voluntarily interact with other humans. So who cares if you can’t get a job due to “stigma”? I’d sit in my living room collecting my monthly interest checks, not giving a single shit about what anyone, including employers, thought about me. Enough money insulates you from ever having to care about what anyone thinks of you.
- rqtwteye 2y agoHaving a billion will override any stigma of a convicted felon. Throw a few million at charity and you will be a celebrated and respected member of society. You will get more respect than most people who work a regular job without breaking laws.
- nobody9999 2y ago>Throw a few million at charity and you will be a celebrated and respected member of society. You will get more respect than most people who work a regular job without breaking laws. Yep. cf. Michael Milken[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milken
- rqtwteye 2y agoThat’s who came to mind when I wrote the comment.
- balls187 2y agoI suppose that's the same mindset that governs people who are fine with getting tickets driving in HOV lanes.
- quesera 2y ago> I never understand people who seem to think any amount of jail time is trivial. There's "jail" (colloquial for generic/television "prison" and all the real and fictional horrors that evokes), and then there's "minimum security womens' prison". These are qualitatively different things, and Ms Ellison is headed for the latter. > I wouldn’t serve 30 days in jail for a billion dollars. Interesting. I suspect that for a lot less than that, most people would even consider serving 30 days in a supermax. Or solitary confinement. We have a few regular posters here on HN who have spent much more than 30 days in some version of "prison". I am not one of them, so my thoughts are of little value, but I would be very curious to hear theirs.
- bigstrat2003 2y agoNobody said that jail time is trivial. I take it very seriously, but you're going way overboard in saying you would refuse $1 billion to spend 30 days in jail. That is such a large amount of money that you are set for the rest of your life, never have to worry about any needs again. 30 days of pure concentrated misery is something a lot of people would be willing to pay for that kind of reward.
- adriand 2y agoA lot depends on the individual and the likelihood of something terrible happening to you in jail. Assault and sexual assault are common, and some people are more vulnerable to that than others. You may not be willing to endure PTSD for any sum of money, for example. Let’s also consider the fact that in terms of day-to-day experience, a billion dollars is not worth much more than a few million. I have floated in an infinity pool at a five star resort and I’ve also floated in a temporary aboveground pool in my backyard and the experience is 95% the exact same. A billion dollars sounds like a lot but what exactly is it good for? SBF had billions and also said he derived no pleasure from anything. I’d rather have my unjailed normal experience.
- anomaly_ 2y agoYou can try to justify it all you want, but we all know if you were genuinely offered that deal, you'd take it.
- adriand 2y agoIt’s true, I would. But everyone is different. I have a probably uneducated belief that I am charming enough and resilient enough to get through a month in jail without too much harm coming to me.
- hyperhello 2y agoUnless they knew you were going to have a billion dollars once you got out.
- jlarocco 2y ago> I wouldn’t serve 30 days in jail for a billion dollars. I certainly would. $1 billion is well into "never work again" territory, and lots of people spend much more time in jail than that, have far fewer resources waiting for them, and turn out just fine.
- wepple 2y ago> I wouldn’t serve 30 days in jail for a billion dollars. You’d rather spend 50 years _totally free_ in your cubicle?
- mikestew 2y agoI served 30-ish days in jail for a lot less than that. Not that I had a lot of choice in the matter.
- mozman 2y agoCorporate america is like a prison. Only you have the illusion of choice.
- fuzztester 2y agoAnd American prisons are corporate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_...
- rqtwteye 2y ago"I wouldn’t serve 30 days in jail for a billion dollars." That would be a no brainer for me. I would do a year, no problem. Probably more.