# You now have gigabucks, how would the money not change you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 13, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-now-have-gigabucks-how-would-the-money-not-change-you/683637 "2014-03-13T19:50:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-now-have-gigabucks-how-would-the-money-not-change-you/683637/61 "2014-03-14T23:27:05Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> Barmah (when I wear a hat), mashup tshirt (tucked), jeans and cheap walking shoes, but I’d still be wearing that sort of thing if I was a billionaire. I fucking hate suits.
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> But yeah, I would buy a complete tuxedo with tails, top hat and a monocle, just for giggles. Show up where some of my friends were and talk in a phony semi-British accent about how dull and pedestrian their pathetic peasant lives were before laughing myself silly. 😛

You sound like you would be like Zoidberg in Futurama when everybody gets the $300 Nixon fun bux.

“ONE ART PLEASE!”

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-now-have-gigabucks-how-would-the-money-not-change-you/683637/62 "2014-03-15T00:25:40Z")

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Yes, monocle!

I’m not saying I wouldn’t change. But my cheapness would keep me humble. I still would not shop at Whole Foods. If I needed a t-shirt, I’d buy a 6 pack at Costco or on Amazon. I’d never drop [$120 for a plain white t-shirt because someone famous threw money at it](http://www.okayplayer.com/news/style-kanye-west-apc-120-plain-white-hiphop-t-shirt-sells-out.html) (no you are not missing some subtlety, secret logo, or included $100 bill. I might start buying $40 jeans instead of $20, but $100+ would be an insult to my sensibilities. I never really cared about labels, and I wouldn’t start. I would just not be as picky about, say, whether I should buy the $300 iThingy instead of the $200 and save money.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-now-have-gigabucks-how-would-the-money-not-change-you/683637/63 "2014-03-15T00:32:06Z")

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I would use it to facilitate my creative impulses, so it would not change me by letting me be the creative person I am.

I would also remain a hermit, something I have come to treasure as time has gone on, where only stupid obligations prevent me from being entirely cut off from humanity for weeks at a time. Money would eliminate most of those obligations, and even give me new ways to avoid people.

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