[LockeWatts]

I couldn't even imagine what that much money would look like, let alone feel like to pay back- at that time, it was as equally mysterious as $10,000 or $1,000,000.

Really? You were so disconnected from numbers that you couldn't tell the difference between 10^4 and 10^6?

I've never understood that argument. I'm 19, and last year I could comprehend this. It's not particularly difficult to run the math versus your expected salary, cost of living, etc.

[stevencorona]

Yes. Maybe you're a particularly savvy 19-year old, but when I was 18 those two numbers were as equally unfathomable to me. I'm not saying I couldn't tell the difference, I'm just saying that they were so large and incomprehensible, it didn't matter.

It's the equivalent of trying to wrap your head around the difference between 1 billion and 1 trillion dollars. Sure, I can SEE the difference, but really can't comprehend it, even though they are orders of magnitude apart.