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0 pointspurerandomness6y ago0 comments

Because it answers a different type of question: What you would do if you wouldn't have to work for a living, for the next six months.

While interesting, most of us can't relate to this situation. Having half a year worth of "fun money" to spend bootstrapping a business idea, or investng in one, is skipping the first step.

It's like one of these "draw the rest of the fucking owl" jokes:

How to become rich:

1. Get 44k

2. ???

3. Pofit!

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perl4ever6y ago· 2 in thread

You're saying $44K = rich, and that normal income = $88K.

If you make $88K then you can have $44K to blow just by only spending $44K, like the people who only make $44K anyway.

(Yes, yes, ignoring taxes)

Can_Not6y ago

I get $88K by working fulltime for $X months. Getting $44K _for free_ and then also having an entire fulltime of availability to work on a project is quite a gamechanger.

perl4ever6y ago

How can you spend $44K on a project and live off of it at the same time, in the latter case where someone handed you the money?

And if you are saving $44K per year, why can't you work for two years and then take one year off, having both $44K to live on and $44K to spend on a project?

And finally, didn't this start with a $44K loan, not a gift?

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Drdrdrq6y ago

> 3. Pofit!

Was that "Profit!" or "Poof it!"? ;)

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