# Ask me what it's like to be rich **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908 "2010-02-06T04:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/201 "2010-02-09T16:46:41Z")
Is the world a better place because of your presence in it? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/202 "2010-02-09T16:53:43Z")
Re: suits–I think that fit is more important than having a brand name. I have a 10 inch drop (hey-o!), so I get suits custom made. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/203 "2010-02-09T17:38:05Z")
havng been a Chicago-based attorney for the past 2+ decades myself, the OP sure sounds enough like enough folk I interact with every day that I see no reason to think he is anything other than what he presents himself to be. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/204 "2010-02-09T17:46:55Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > havng been a Chicago-based attorney for the past 2+ decades myself, the OP sure sounds enough like enough folk I interact with every day that I see no reason to think he is anything other than what he presents himself to be. I’m very, very sorry for you. My condolences for your work days. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/205 "2010-02-09T18:03:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’m very, very sorry for you. My condolences for your work days. For whatever reason, law school does seem to attract a certain personality type, which is concentrated even more within big city private firms. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/206 "2010-02-09T19:22:43Z")
Well what are predator drones for, if not for targets like that? ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/207 "2010-02-09T19:35:29Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Re: the sniff of arrogane–fiscal liberals like their rich guys to hand their cash over willingly, just like guys that work at the slaughterhouse like the cows to walk in an orderly line to the slaughter. Any suggestion that fiscal liberals don’t have a valid claim to as much of my money as they want smacks of arrogance to them. Why do people think this sounds insincere? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/208 "2010-02-09T20:20:05Z")
Me: > [@](#): > > There is, however, a sniff of arrogance in some of your posts Mr. Rover: > [@](#): > > Re: the sniff of arrogane–fiscal liberals like their rich guys to hand their cash over willingly, just like guys that work at the slaughterhouse like the cows to walk in an orderly line to the slaughter. Any suggestion that fiscal liberals don’t have a valid claim to as much of my money as they want smacks of arrogance to them. You are presuming an awful lot in my remark, dude, and you’ve manufactured a response to address a point that I never made. I’m starting to think you’re running for office. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/209 "2010-02-10T00:14:43Z")
**Mean Mr. Mustard** said it better than me. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/210 "2010-02-10T00:27:22Z")
Might as well get around to it… 1. What’s the secret to Life in your opinion? And Happiness? 2. If you could snap your fingers and change the world in some omnipotent way for tomorrow, what would you change to better the world? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/211 "2010-02-10T01:49:00Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Me: > > Mr. Rover: > > You are presuming an awful lot in my remark, dude, and you’ve manufactured a response to address a point that I never made. > > I’m starting to think you’re running for office. You know, you’re right. I’m sorry. I hate when people nisrepresent what I say, and that’s what I did to you in that post. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/212 "2010-02-10T01:53:27Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > Might as well get around to it… > > 1. What’s the secret to Life in your opinion? And Happiness? > 2. If you could snap your fingers and change the world in some omnipotent way for tomorrow, what would you change to better the world? 1. I don’t Know. 2. I’ve read enough Sci-fi to appreciate the law of unintended consequences, so I’d play it safe and change whatever my wife has made for dinner to meatloaf (unless it is already meatloaf, in which case I’d change it to a larger and tastier meatloaf). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/213 "2010-02-10T03:50:48Z")
Arrogane[sup]®[/sup] - what objectivists use when they get a bald spot on their ego. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/214 "2010-02-10T04:24:32Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 1. I don’t Know. > > 2. I’ve read enough Sci-fi to appreciate the law of unintended consequences, so I’d play it safe and change whatever my wife has made for dinner to meatloaf (unless it is already meatloaf, in which case I’d change it to a larger and tastier meatloaf). I like both of your answers. Probably the best #2 I’ve heard yet. Though I’d wish for lamb gyros. Well played, RR. -R ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/215 "2010-02-10T05:33:02Z")
> [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > **Mean Mr. Mustard** said it better than me. Either that, or he’s really Alexander Ovechkin. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/216 "2010-02-10T16:05:48Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > I like both of your answers. Probably the best #2 I’ve heard yet. Though I’d wish for lamb gyros. > Well played, RR. > -R Update–when I got home last night, my wife had indeed made meatloaf! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/217 "2010-02-10T21:28:12Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Re: suits–I think that fit is more important than having a brand name. I have a 10 inch drop (hey-o!), so I get suits custom made. I thought you had reached your bullshit limit . . . but you proved me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/218 "2010-02-10T21:32:35Z")
So are you rich enough to afford therapy to deal with your painfully obvious insecurity issues? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/219 "2010-02-10T21:46:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I thought you had reached your bullshit limit . . . but you proved me wrong. What? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908/220 "2010-02-10T21:51:34Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Update–when I got home last night, my wife had indeed made meatloaf! Good call. Either she wasn’t going to, or you almost got a smaller, less tasty meatloaf than you would have otherwise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-what-its-like-to-be-rich/527908.md?page=12)