• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    15 days ago

    Personally, if I had GabeN money to spend on a yacht, I would commission something similar to S/S Delphine, S/S Norrskär or / S/S Storskär, I love the classic lines of a late 1800s, early 1900s small ship.

    Modern yachts/ships look so boring…

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        14 days ago

        Why specifically $5M and not say $1M? Building a house should apparently cost you half of that, and I assume the rest is for investing into passive income?

        I agree with the other guy, talk is cheap. I probably don’t need a 4k TV or multiple consoles, but I immediately started planning and buying after a raise.

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          14 days ago

          I would agree that 1M is enough to live comfortably, everything on top of that you are seeking luxury that you don’t really need like an house in a fancy area or way to big

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          14 days ago

          I have three kids to support, and $1M would only produce about $30k/year in income if I use 3% withdrawal. I can’t realistically use a higher withdrawal rate given how far I am from retirement.

          I probably only need $2-3M (current spending is $60k or so), but $5M gives me plenty of cushion and lets me donate generously to causes I believe in. At $2-3M, I need to be careful when the economy is bad, $5M means I’ll never need to worry about money again.

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      15 days ago

      If I were a billionaire I would buy an old ass ship (forgive me IDK much about naval history) like an ironclad, retrofit it with a nuclear reactor and then full horsepower it through a yacht yard

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      14 days ago

      would commission something similar to S/S Delphine, S/S Norrskär or / S/S Storskär, I love the classic lines of a late 1800s, early 1900s small ship.

      if you show up with one of these other billionares would think you got it from a ship breakyard

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        14 days ago

        Nah, they would be restored to perfection and upgraded with modern tech