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by _yb2s 594 days ago
One hardly needs $2B to slack off on a boat in the Caribbean… many people do so on surprisingly nice ~30 foot sailboats you can buy with a few months work at minimum wage, and wild seafood is free

I see a lot of people that say “If I won the lottery I’d….” and then describe something they could definitely do without winning the lottery… which makes me think they still would not actually do so if they won
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gardenhedge 594 days ago
If you win the lottery there's no risk in doing it
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_yb2s 594 days ago
Sure there is- opportunity cost, the real dangers and skills required to operate a vessel at sea, etc. You can pay a professional crew to do everything for you, but then you'll probably feel pretty useless, and be looked down upon by the people you meet along your journey that do it themselves.

The sea doesn't care how rich you are, and being a helpless dependent is boring and infantilizing no matter how big your boat - and you don't develop skills without taking risks.

Ultimately, I don't think people are often that conscious of their real goals and motivations. It's easy to say you have no choices in life because of financial and time constraints, but I don't think those are the real reasons most people choose to do or not do things.

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computronus 594 days ago
Lawrence: Well, what about you now, what would you do [if you had a million dollars]?

Peter: ... Nothing.

Lawrence: Nothing, huh?

Peter: I would relax, I would sit on my ass all day ... I would do nothing.

Lawrence: Well you don’t need a million dollars to do nothing, man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lmW2tZP2kU

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