If you had to choose either friends and family or $1.5 billion,

The money.

why would i lose my freinds and family?
if i had that money id just buy my family houses

>would you rather have 1.5 billion for free or get nothing

The money
I don't have friends anyway

I already have no friends and family. I'll take the money and use it to get friends and family or more likely, I won't

>>389284480
A better question would be
>Would you kill your friends and family for 1.5 billion?

Can I take 250k and remove a few friends?

>>389284778
Yes but they will plot various schemes to steal that money from you for the rest of your life.

>>389284480
Money hands down. Family and friends are a drag that doesn't allow you to reach your fullest cocaine and hooker fueled potential.

>>389284480
>1.5 billion
I'd ditch my family in a heart beat if someone offered me that

>>389284480
I'd just buy friends and family with 1.5 billion you retard.

>>389284480
>do you want to have family or a bunch of fiat currency
golly gee, I don't know

>>389284480
$1.5 billion
Not like I have friends anyways and family is a shit

>>389284480
Wait, is notch estranged from his family too?

Also why doesn't he just start a new company. Your employees think of you as rich from the start and you don't become close friends with them. But you have something to do. Funny how the ultra rich spend so much money on luxury items but instantly stop caring about making what they chose as a career path in the first place. Oh I have money now? No need to realize those video game ideas I had. I'll sit in an empty house.

>>389284480
Notch is a billionaire and doesn't have friends.

Most tech people get tons of money and either travel or start looking for their next venture.

Notch sits in his giant house alone and shitposts on twitter.

1.5 billion.

I have no friends already and the only family you owe anything to is your parents. Buy them a nice house and that's the end of it. If they still hate you then oh well.

>>389285142
Because at that point the really rich people realize that you make most money by investing in other companies instead of building your own.

>>389285198
living the dream

>>389284480
Money
Then I'd get a slave from /v/ to play local multiplayer with

>>389285142
>Wait, is notch estranged from his family too?
his dad is dead and I think his mom is bipolar or some other obnoxious shit, but that had nothing to do with being rich as fuck

>>389285198
implying we wouldn't all do the same.

>>389284778
Or just take 750k if you don't have friends.

>>389284480
I'd actually spend money to keep my friends and family. I happen to be happy with them

My dad's dead and I have no friends, so the money.

I would just buy a family with the money I received

Take the money, design and build my own comfy house on a private island with a bunch of roller coasters and other shit, turning into Neverland Ranch for adults, complete with dickings.

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>>389284480
Money.

I could always go incognito to a different third wold country and look for new friends without telling them about my fortune.

>>389284480
1.5 billion. I can donate 99.9% of it to charity and then go live a happy, normal life with my friends and family again.

>>389285198
So... He's loving a pretty fucking good life then

>>389285198
That's because everyone else needs to make connections in order to advance their career. He is already at the top and doesn't require none of that. All that's left for him to do is to leave his mark on history, something people will remember him for, which is arguably minecraft for autists and the new generation.

>>389284480
Do I have to spend time shitposting on Twitter if I take the money?

>>389285315
You don't understand. He bought a house for 70 million. Yes it appreciates but I don't know how far you'd get with the property taxes, utilities, maintenance etc. It's a poor investment vehicle. By your logic he should've bought a typical rich dude house and invested 69 million in the market.

So if he's willing to buy an empty house for 709 million, why not buy a hobby for pocket change? Guess which one he needs.

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I would buy 4chan and implement usernames, logins, memberships, and a visible admin hierarchy to make it as shit as possible.

Can I take the money, but live the same life I have now, just stupid fucking rich?

>>389285973
Why? There's a billion other chans people would migrate to in a heartbeat.

>>389284480
Honestly, friends and family
Maybe because I was born with enough money so I never felt like I was missing on anything, got all the body's I wanted as long as I kept wig school and sport activities, travel, a chance for good education and good contacts to get easily into a good job...all the perks of having money. And all those things would be pointless if I were alone. Most people choosing money would only waste it on vices and a quick trip to the grave.

>>389286120
Because lots of people wouldn't and would just stay here and complain, making me happy.

>>389284480
I've already learned to live without the former, so the latter.

>>389285315
Anon the really rich, really really rich, no longer worry about making money, they are looking for ways to change the world, look at bill gates, Zuckenberg and the rest, they are looking for ways to change the infrastructure of the entire world, so it reflects more to their way of thinking, Money it's just a means to an end.

>>389286806
Notch is only worth 1.5 billion. He can't buy himself that far up the food chain for a long time even if he was lucky.

>>389286956
he could make (publish) some kickass video games though

>>389284480
>$1.5 billion
I'll take just $1 billion if I'm allowed to keep one person.

>>389286184
This is the Dogbert-est thing I've ever read on /v/.

>>389284480
>friends
They were gold digging asskissers from the start, notch was a /v/irgin, he didn't have friends.

>>389284778
>>389285587

Niggers can't math.

Was expecting to see that tweet convo between him and that indie dev posted by now. Always a good laugh.

Also, the money.

>>389284480
The money.

>>389287082
That's what I'm saying. He just calls the shots and hires someone to manage the day to day bullshit of making a video game.

Plus you can hire hot girls and fuck them. Actually less likely to get gold diggers this way because women crave bosses more than money.

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>>389286184
wew what a post

>>389284480
The money. Even if it meant I couldn't be happy, I could at least do something with it to make the world a little less shitty for some people before I killed myself.

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Neither.
Your family and friends will poison you eventually.
Money is a poison by itself.

>>389285198
He's rich, he could do whatever he likes.

With $1.5B I could start my own family, with blackjack and hookers.

>>389284480
the money, it can be used to buy love

As an antisocial introvert, the money. Easily.
Buy a decent home and travel like a motherfucker in between gaming binges. Maybe buy houses/property is countries I like and sell them off later for more.

>>389284480
friends and family

>>389287906
>buy houses/property is countries I like and sell them off later for more
that's not how housing and real estate work, anon
you'd know this, if you weren't a fucking retarded antisocial "introvert" shut in autistic faggot

>>389287985
>property doesn't increase in value
You're an absolute full blown dumb fuck if you think that

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>>389284480
I already don't have a family or friends, so pick a wild guess.
But really I'd be surprised if anyone wouldn't pick the dough.

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>Notch is the only billionaire who can't get laid in Los Angeles

>>389284480
Could I get the money and then buy back my friends?

>>389284480
Fuck the friends.

But I would never forsake my family and relatives. They are the reason I still feel safe and comfortable in this world. I always know that if I have a problem I will always have someone to fall back on and love.

If I had no family I'd take the money, but close loved ones trump everything you can buy.

>>389285142
That isn't true at all, Trump was rich yet still thought 'screw it ill become POTUS', Branson still works so does Alan Sugar, so do the majority of rich people.

Notch made a game and got lucky but he isn't the archetypal rich man, that goes to people who work for workings sake because they are high energy.

>become a lonely old scrooge, abandoning the only people you like
or
>give up on the opportunity of a hundred million lifetimes
delete this thread, it's upsetting me

>>389288089
>houses increasing in value
>in 2006+11
how little do you know, you silly autistic faggot

>>389284754
Dagda plz

>>389288286
What bumfuck desolate shit hole you come from that you think land doesn't increase in value lol

>>389288089
It doesn't just magically increase in value. If you buy at the top of the market and then the market crashes, like it did in 2007, you could be waiting a decade or more for your property values to recover. If you own property in a bunch of countries, what the fuck are you going to do when you suddenly owe a few million in taxes to various governments for 10 years instead of 3 - 5 like you had originally planned?

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For 1.5 billion dollars I would punch every single person I know in the face including my mother. You would be an utter retard to choose friends/family over a literal billion dollars

>>389284480
I care not for my friends and I want to getthe hell away from my family. 1.5B will help to achieve my goals in that regard

>>389288089

Taking in inflation, maintenance cost, tax, and utility, a house is not a great investment.

>>389285775
>minecraft for autists and the new generation
what a wonderful legacy

>>389288224
wisdom
at least if your family is a normal, caring one

>>389284480
Can I do it for free?

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>>389288246
u mad?

why do i need friends?
you're all fucking bastards anyway

>>389288436
>It doesn't just magically increase in value
No shit you fucking mong
>instead of 3 - 5 like you had originally planned?
Where did I say that?
m8, I'm in my 20s and land ownership is a long game unless you're like >>389288286 and live somewhere with little to no development

>Live my dream life of being a rich NEET or cut ties with my parents
Can I just buy back their love because it's hard to turn down a lifetime of comfort.

The money.
I would buy a house in the buttfuck of nowhere, have some fibre optics laid down to it so I have super fast internet.
I would play video games and fuck hookers for the rest of my life.
I would give each of my family members a million, just to see what they do.

>>389284480
Money in a heartbeat fuck my family and friends
1.5 bil? Fuck yeah

He did give his old employees money. He offered every single one like 300 grand for their part when he sold the company. They just wanted more, which is fucking bullshit. Just because you work for a billionaire doesn't mean you get a huge chunk of his money.

>>389288642
Yeah.

It's honestly very sad that many people here didn't have caring and loving parents. And by that I mean parents that would literally give up anything for you and they let you know it. There's no feeling that compares to that comfort. I dread the day that my parents die and I'm left alone. I literally don't know what direction my life will take when that happens.

>>389288860
His old employees deserved nothing since they were getting hired on by Microsoft

>>389284480

Friends are overrated, I'd rather have financial freedom.

>>389285142
He is working on other games they're just not nearly as popular. He had some other game that basically flopped. He probably does entertain himself with investments and shit.

I'm not much of a family person, but I'd probably still take my friends, family and nice working place etc. over 1.5 billion $.

I live a mostly calm and enjoyable life, have a decent income and enjoy my work.

>>389288918
He was still willing to give them that and I think he also made Microsoft agree to keep everyone on for X number of years when they bought it. So basically he offered them a severance package without the severance part, guaranteed their continued employment in an unstable market under a major company, and deuced out.

>>389284480
I would have both. You'd have to be a tremendous fuckup to be that rich and be unhappy.

>>389288898
You make your own family and try to pass down what your family taught you. At least you won't be alone with your family

>>389289003
maybe he should make actual games instead of glorified programming exercises
some AA game from notch with lots of competent employees and massive polish (due to the "i don't give a shit about maximizing profit"-level of cash he has) would be absolutely guaranteed to be popular unless he's retarded

>>389284754

I would.

>>389284480
1.5 billion, i don't have any friends or family anyway because i live alone on a monthly tugboat from the government, $1.5 billion would just let me buy more nice things to live alone with.

>>389284480
Not sure, it would be kind of a dick move to do that to my family after how much I've been supported. But with 1.5 billion I'd be happy and could play guitar and read all day, I dunno.

>>389287715
>don't worry about the past or the present
>t. some hobo who lived on a mountain

>>389287985
>that's not how housing and real estate work, anon

Damn, someone should tell all those Chinese billionaires that keep buying premium property in NYC and California that Anonymous post number 389287985 says they're doing it wrong.

>>389289716
>mind cucklet who knows nothing about taoism open his mouth to show the world his ignorance

>>389284480
Money.
I can pay my friends and family a percentage to get over it.

>>389285198
I'd start shitposting under a trip.

>>389284480
>gets 1.5 billion
>sits in his mansion alone bitching on twitter

really makes me think.

>>389290000
>buy 4chan
>make it so all your posts are quads or more

$1.5 billion. My friends and family will understand.

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>>389284480
>tfw i don't remember what having a friend feels like since 10 years ago.
I don't know, this thread really made me think.

>>389284480
Notch owes us reparations for shilling/building his game in indev

>>389290342
I'd do that, too, and I'd change nothing else.

>>389287189

The next time you see that person, tell them they are worth 500m to you.

>>389284480
what friends? he negotiated really good contracts for them all and they expected tens of millions for adding in fucking cats

>>389290885
>posted in the same threads a future billionaire did
>it couldve been you making a shitty java game

Fate sure is cruel.

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>>389292028
literally both of my friends met him on the subway independently of each other before minecraft hit the mainstream

>>389285198
Well, better than him writing even a single additional line of code.

>>389284480
>perheesi kuolee

>>389285697
almost every single charity is a scam in how they use the money so it'd be money wasted unless you started your own charity, but thats more work.

>>389284480
friends and family

>>389284480
The money. I don't have too many friends anyway. Just some rain-coated lovers' puny brothers

>>389284480
money, easy

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Neither.

>>389284480
>have 1.5 billion
>buy my best friends and close family members all kinds of cool shit

wow, so difficult.

>>389284480
if i decline the money do i magically get friends and family?

>>389284480
1 million

>>389293730
Mitä vittua

>>389287547
>Plus you can hire hot girls and fuck them
>how to lose all my money in a lawsuit

>>389284480
I don't have any friends, so I take $750 million.

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>>389298807
>implying some girl being fired for some vague apparent reason will win a court case against a billionaire
unless you literally hold down and rape them they can't do shit

>>389298987
are you serious? sexual harassment claims against corporations are fuckeasy to win, as long as you have proof.

Is 500 mil enough to build a 3-story bunker in north texas?

Then the money.

>>389284480
i'll take 500 million and only immediate family.

>>389297789
The choice was between the two so you wouldn't have friends or family, you fucking idiot

>>389299102
>as long as you have proof.
Like what? Hitting on your employees doesn't have to include grabbing their asses.

I don't have any friends and my family finds me annoying. Taking the 1.5b would be the best outcome for everyone.

>>389299279
either a recording or witness of being propositioned for sex in a workplace environment

You can bet your ass that Notch is under big guv surveillance for the rest of his days. Any illegal browsing activity and everything gets taken away while he gets to enjoy prison.

>>389284480
Notch is what happens when you give a /v/irgin money

>>389299375
what if you just invite them to your billionaire mansion and take it from there instead of going HEY EMPLOYEE DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH ME

I would rather have friends and family. I wouldn't take the money. I cannot be bought

Has Notch tried to find fulfillment in making a philanthropy organization? That's what some billionaires and ex presidents do with their money, and they seem to find satisfaction within that.

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>>389299897
>Notch
>Philanthropy

Nah, he just bought himself a room filled with gumball machines and candy.

>>389300324
based notch

>>389284480
With 1.5 billion my friends and family would never have to worry about money ever again.

>>389299897
philantropy is retarded
just move to saudi arabia or something and get 10 wives and 50 children if you want to feel like you're helping someone