Um, I actually feel indifference. I can understand how you could easily have built up a 300K lifestyle just to have it cut short. The expenses don't disappear o

Um, I actually feel indifference. I can understand how you could easily have built up a 300K lifestyle just to have it cut short. The expenses don't disappear once the money does. This has happened time and time again to many who strike it rich and don't realize it can go just as fast as it comes. If you lived simply, and made that money, within a couple years you could retire, and not have to keep up with neighbors, but the neighbors can trigger that competitive bone. I think the $1M question is, what the hell is this doing on Hacker News!!! Please don't make this a general thread for cute NYT topics. I think I was expecting something like: "how to run a startup for a year for 300K" or "How to make an autonomous giant squeaking robotic rodent for only 300K". Anybody else have some interesting interpretations for this subject?