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“$40 million…a small fortune” — inflation has gotten out of hand!

• sudoshred 4mo ago
  nearly retired
  • gessha 4mo ago
    A couple more gigs and I can FIRE
• m463 4mo ago
  That's only like 8 houses in mountain view.
  • esseph 4mo ago
    Or one house in Beverly Hills.
    • rbanffy 4mo ago
      Not even a decent jet.
      • pixel_popping 4mo ago
        My daughter is spending more than this on her birthdays.
      • m4ck_ 4mo ago
        You can definitely get a decent jet in that budget, there's a popular tech youtuber who recently bought one for considerably less. I'm pretty sure you could get like 6 houses in mountain view and still have money left over for a jet.
        • brk 4mo ago
          We clearly have differing opinions on what constitutes a decent jet. Are you buying your jets used??
          • jagged-chisel 4mo ago
            Check out the Cirrus Vision. About $3 million. Very decent jet. Seven people, easy to fly, nifty safety features.
            • rbanffy 4mo ago
              The Vision is tiny. It doesn’t even have a bedroom. Not even a single bathroom.
              • 542354234235 4mo ago
                That is an "its technically a jet" jet, not a jet that anyone would picture in their mind if you told them "I own a private jet".
                • m463 4mo ago
                  I think if you take a selfie with your phone at just the right angle and don't show your forked tail, you might pull it off. It's a tried and true internet technique.
                  • rbanffy 4mo ago
                    You can easily do that at airshows as well.
        • pseingatl 4mo ago
          It's not just the acquisition costs, it's the employee payroll--two pilots, one flight attendant, engine overhauls every six months, other maintenance. See the Amalfi Jets video on costs.
  • devmor 4mo ago
    That could buy like, 30 houses here in Atlanta! Wow I have it good.
    • embedding-shape 4mo ago
      Probably about ~35-40 apartments in Barcelona. Going out to Spanish rural areas, you could probably buy ~4-6 abandoned villages with that, you'll get multiple houses, municipal buildings and whatever administrative stuff they had too.
      • dgacmu 4mo ago
        But then you'd have to keep stealing more gold bars for the upkeep, and who has time for that?