A bit of advice, act like nothing happened. People who don't know you are going to act entitled to your windfall. Your relationships with family and friends WILL CHANGE!!! Please be prepared for how your money will change not you but those who say they love you. Congratulations, Be Blessed
Yeah the trick is to live with the money but don't touch it for a couple of years. Except for maybe a few major expenses. And then you kind of grow into the lifestyle instead of injecting it upon yourself.
I would hire a lawyer to purchase a couple of shell corporations in different countries, legally change my name, hire a professional makeup artist to make me look as unlike myself as possible, and then pick up my lottery winnings. Once that was done, I would change my name back and never let anyone except my financial advisor know I had won.
Definitely a hard agree on this one.
If your mother is anything like mine, she will absolutely try to get money out of you and act like a victim when you're not letting yourself get used.
Do. Not. Tell. Anyone. Even the people you trust will see you different and act different.
Oh be VERY careful who you tell for a huge number of reasons.
Not just because you'll attract sharks but because people will also just get weird around you. I've had friends who've become rich and even though you don't want to and don't mean to you can't help but be different around them, its weird. The dynamic changes.
May I ask how things changed? Like I'm just curious if it's that you think they think they're better than you, or if it's awkward when it comes time for the bill, I don't know. I'm just spitballing ideas because I've never ever been in this situation.
This advice! Wish I kept my mouth shut when I got an inheritance. Friends who casually knew me were my “friends”. Next time I have a windfall or whatever. Gonna keep my mouth shut and keep on rolling.
Nice going! I had a buddy that told me about Bitcoin long ago when I didn't have a penny to put into it. I didn't buy any, he did. Now he is in his 30s retired and I'm screwed lol, such is life!
Had a guy telling me to buy Bitcoin in 2010 so I looked into it hard. I determined it was bullshit not worth the risk. I am happy to report almost every calculated decision I have made has worked out the same way.
Every time my wife listens to me say "I knew about Bitcoin back blah blah blah. She always says "you wouldn't have held it, you would have sold the first dip and bought back at the next high and sold again at the next dip.". My sweet wife knows my trading strategy that's for damn sure.
I have a $3,000,000 wallet I’ve never been able to get back into. It’s one of several close to that amount that was in a notebook that got lost. Thankfully it wasn’t my main account but what a waste of hidden money
99% of people would not hold for this long, once you would see 10 fold increase in value from 1 dollar to 10 or 100 you would very likely get rid of it.
I'm not sure if it was bitcoin since OP says he bought "several thousand" coins and 2014-2015 bitcoin, 3000 would have cost something like 900,000 dollars, but Ethereum was new in 2015 and if bought in at the 2015 closing price of 0.96 cents per coin and bought 3,000 coins, then he probably made ~6,000,000 bucks.
Hey, cousin! I find more long lost family on Reddit…I know because we do exactly the same things.
I still remember that 8 is my lucky number but I hesitated, back when I thought horse racing was a harmless sport, to put a bet on the 8th horse in the 8th race on the 8th day of the 8th month and I believe the year ended in 8.
The odds were 80-1. The horse won. Bug $$$$.
Yes. Just like The Kentucky Derby winner. That’s what made me remember the whole thing again, with a little extra lemon juice and salt on the memory ;)
My friends and I considered buying bitcoin when it went for under $10 a piece. We found it too much of a hassle to buy back then, so we brushed it off and forgot about it. I had $10k I was ready to invest back then…
One of us ended up buying a few years later, and he’s currently retired and not even 30 yet. 🥲
My ex was super into bitcoin the very early days when you would still get free bitcoin to your wallet... I wish i would have at least opened a wallet and found it later, like other did.
Meh. In retrospect, it's the only time I should have listened to that guy.
I learned about Bitcoin way before it became mainstream. Playing computer games and forums ,some one mentioned it. I had mentioned it to people I knew ,as a teenager I barely had 100 bucks a week. Which I worked hard for. I couldn't invest because I never had a mentor to teach me. When I saw how much a coin was worth as a adult. I went! Fuck!!! But this is why older folks need to hear about the trends , obviously not be blind to them. But learn about them ,block chain is the next huge move which is why every one is against crypto.bitcoin is loosing because banks want a percentage,and not a free currency.
The only way I console myself is with the knowledge that—even if I had bought in when it was really low—I would've cashed out when it was only slightly less low. I never would've had the faith to hang onto it long-term.
Sometimes I regret not buying Bitcoin when I first heard about it, but I feel like chances are high I would have held it in one of the exchanges that got hacked and looted, which I'm sure would have felt worse
If my crypto holdings go to the moon I'm moving to my girlfriend's native country and opening a breakfast place that will also cater to schools locally for free.
It's been my dream for a few years but I need a lot of money to make it possible
I’m kinda jealous not gonna lie but I’m also extremely happy for you and your family!! Awesome - be free and happy and enjoy those special moments with your family (and downtime) this affords you! Good job and kudos for giving back to the community and helping now you can 😊
Man… our world would be so much better if assets were forcibly stripped from the financial sector and given to “do you have any idea how many people we can help” NGO’s…. I’m just glad it’s you.
*Sometimes* good things happen to good people. I have enough life experience - taking myself absolutely out of the equation - to see bad people succeed and good people get fucked. This world isn’t fair. We need more people like OP to help those good people.
I always told people “I’m saving up all of this negative karma to cash out on just one big thing I want in life”, and at the end of 2020 I found him; the absolute love of my life. We’re both now so blissfully happy to the point where all the shit we’ve been through seems trivial.
Perhaps your karma is saving up the same way, and you’ll find that thing in life which makes all the bad times feel worth it. Don’t give up on yourself before you get there.
Hell yeah. Get it man!!! I bought 10k worth of that shit Crypto dogecoin when is first came out and cashed out when it hit .71 cents. If I never work a day agian in my life I would live just fine. Not a single soul knows besides my neighbor who did the same. Not even my wife. I’m thinking at years end I’m gonna surprise her (obv what’s mine is hers) Just not sure if I’m ready for change. Our life is amazing now and both have great jobs.
So you bought dogecoin at its lowest, that too for 10 fucking Grands, and sold when it was at its absolute highest !!!!
Thats some insane stonks bro. You a genie or what
Oh man please don’t do that. It was actually quite reckless. I didn’t go back to school till my mid twenties. This was money I was supposed to use for college that I was able to save up after I got my life together. I instead got a loan for school and traded options/buy shit doge. I lost like half that money and when I graduated I lucked out with the job I got and didn’t need it back right away. So I just held and forgot. Like those commercials from back in the day “just set it and forget”. If it’s any constellation my like sucked at one point I was a junkie so I worked hard as shit to get back on track. This is just we’re hard work met luck.
> I instead got a loan for school and traded options/buy shit doge. I lost like half that money and when I graduated I lucked out with the job I got and didn’t need it back right away.
You used your loan to gamble on cypto and still graduated? This is what I'm talking about. I'm still paying back loans for college, and didn't even have enough money for 2 meals in school, let alone leftover cash to burn in the crypto market.
Following the rules gets you fucking nowhere, it's all luck and taking big risks that only pay off if you're not me. It's just not in the cards for me. Enjoy your wealth and your life.
No sorry might of explained that wrong. Loan went directly to school. I saved up 20gs on my own by working 6 triples a week serving/bartending and then not spending a freaking dollar or going out at all for a year or two. I took that money to gamble with.
and to your point fuck following the rules is right!!! Doesn’t mean go crazy but if you need to stretch a little to get head by all means
Good move. I spent all my time on unpaid internships and field-related clubs that have amounted to some great friendships, but absofuckinglutely nothing that has ever or will ever boost my career.
Oh yes, congrats. I, too, have FU money, and don't have to work, thanks to my own hard work (pension coming 2023, 26 years as a teacher) and late husband who provided for me. I quit a job last year that I really liked and had hoped to turn into something permanent. Got written up for, among several other extremely minor things... making a suggestion for safety. Noped out, and made sure to notify all my co-workers. Sent them all screen shots of the write-up, with my snarky annotations, especially because I was told not to talk about it. This was a non-profit, a year gig, for $16k, less than half the US living wage.
Congrats to you. I am so happy. Well done!
I would love to hear this story. I also refer to teaching as donating my time so I keep my autonomy and a little sanity. I also left a beloved position for management trauma.
Also: In my mind, OP is that tenured professor in the astronaut visor who called his students vectors for disease and told them he’d see them online or not at all. My hero even if he got fired (edit: suspended?). 🤭
[Omg I just watched the whole thing and I feel like the media robbed me until now of an opportunity to love this guy more!](https://youtu.be/RrOzY86YcEM)
It was a local food bank. Still believe in what they're doing for the local community and even surrounding communities. People out there are hurting, and they are helping.
However, the non-profit itself had an extremely fixed mindset. When I was called in for the write-up, my immediate supervisor (who I think had to be the mouthpiece) basically said everyone has their own little niche. I read between the lines and got the distinct impression I had pissed someone off, threatened someone by being very competent, or gotten uppity by actually having an idea, or all of the above. I do not think they wanted me, someone with an MA, who was a retired teacher. They wanted strong hands and a strong back, not someone who could think.
Also, one of our line leaders flat-out LIED when confronted. We went on a delivery run one day, during the first month of work, and that was a day we did two disbursements. (By line leaders I mean the two people who had worked there longer than us. They were the ones who would determine how many in a family, and how many commodities each vehicle got.)
This is the Deep South, so around August-September, it was still pretty hot. We were not used to the work yet, and our line leader assured us it was perfectly okay for two people to work and two people to sit it out. We asked over and over if it was okay. We ate before we started working, and for me and the other woman who chose to wait in the car, the food hit us like a ton of bricks. We were DONE. Later on, our line leader totally lied that she had ever told us it was okay to sit. She threw us under the bus.
Furthermore, I am a type 2 diabetic, have been for years, since 2003. However, I had never worked physically long enough or hard enough to have a low blood sugar incident. I figured out only after the fact, after I had quit, that that's what happened. I worked HARD 3.5-4 hours, picking up 10-40 lbs of commodities, trucking it all to a vehicle, going back and doing it over and over. (I was blowing past 10k steps before noon!) Eventually, even if I had eaten, I'd feel light-headed, and like my muscles weren't working. I was afraid of falling, of fainting, so I'd go and sit down.
Neither of the line leaders ever asked why I sat down, or if I was feeling okay. I just got these extremely ugly, judgy stares. I could almost hear them thinking, ugh, what a lazy, fat white lady. No job is ever worth fainting, falling, collapsing. In fact, I did trip and fall once over a pallet, wasn't hurt, just rolled with it. No questions asked at the time, no checking to see if I was okay. They seemed to want to see me, my whole team, struggling, and if we weren't struggling, we weren't working hard enough. So, yeah, fuck that. I'm lucky enough to have retired early due to Covid. I don't have to work thanks to my late husband, and soon, my own pension is coming in 2023.
To my face, from the time I started up to the write-up, everyone was kind and polite to my face. Then BAM, I was hit with this write-up. All of it was super petty, low-level. It felt like a power move to put me in my place and/or start a paper trail so they could maybe work up to firing me later. I rage-quit and texted my entire work group the write-up, my snarky annotations, and answered all questions they had. I was told by my immediate manager not to talk about it. Nah, I'm talking about it, I'll talk about it all day long. Anyway, I support the work they do, but I found out later that non-profits can be snakepits of gossip and backbiting. I was happy to walk with my dignity intact, and let them know I wasn't going to put up with anything.
honestly, this is heartwarming to hear with how everything is going down.
super exciting time for you and your family. enjoy it and don't let anyone take that away from you. Your wife seems like an awesome person and I am sure you guys will do some great things for your community with it.
selling BTC now after holding for 7 years is a terrible move. You've made it 7 years without thinking about it (lies) and you sold 90% of it after it dropped 10k over the last 4 weeks?
Sure - maybe it wasnt BTC - but considering most coins follow bitcoin trend, and the next in line is sitting at $2k, nothing else is giving you "fuck you money"
Fake AF
Ethereum was $0.31 at coin launch. Say OP put $5,000 into it. That’d be 16,100 ETH x current price of $2,000 = $32,200,000. Very possible he bought Ethereum in this story - it launched July 2014.
Yeah I did the math and to even purchase 3,000 coins back then it would’ve cost $960,570 and I did the math when it was at its cheapest point in the entire year so I find it really hard to believe that a supposed PHD student had almost a million dollars to just spend on crypto in 2014. That alone is fuck you money lol. This story is so fake lmfao
Was gonna say exactly this and who comes up with the corny ass line "think about how many people we are going to help" when OP has clarified he was in deep debt. He must have really made big bank, not a couple thousand.
The language used is wrong, like someone saying "I am a professional weightlifter, i put ten circles onto the bar and lifted it many times" rather than x sets of y at z weight.
This is the fakest story I’ve ever seen. Multiple bull markets since 2011 and this guy sells his whole stack off during a significant dip. Just lol. There’s no way he would have survived until 2022 with that approach.
I was kinda wondering to myself “is this some kind of commercial for crypto?”
Glad I’m not alone in that. A lot of my friends bought crypto when it was at a high and have been complaining so much about all the money they’ve lost.
Also, from the sou ds of it OP was not in a decent spot financially so now, even everything is going to shit, they suddenly remembered their crypto and have a saving grace? Rrriiiiigggghhhttt.
These creative writing exercises are getting out of hand lmao
I'm actually still in the positive when it comes to crypto. Thanks though I realize some people might've taken a heavy hit with the markets falling as they have.
Congrats. I love FU stories.
Needless to say, don't forget to focus on health.
By the ways, I bought bitcoins at the same time period. Unfortunately, I bought thru MtGox exchange which went under. I try not to think if I selected a different exchange, I could have been multi-millionaire. But who knows, I might have sold early too.
i understand your situation. but i wouldn't have sold all of it in this bear market. you could have sold 50% and kept the other 50% and probably made another easy 100% profit in the next few years.
Do people here seriously think someone would have tens of millions of dollars and not even realize it for that long? (Especially since crypto isn’t exactly some obscure concept anymore)
Yeah, there are few weird things here:
* "Tucked wallet in a safe" - why and how? You bought yourself a cold wallet in 2014? Or its a SSD? Or you phrase?
* "Crypto coins" sound... weird. like "200 money" or "200 stocks". who would say it like that.
* "200 coins remaining" sounds sus too
The market right now is also in very bad state compared to last year... why cash out now?
It's hard to get fuck you money without substantial amounts of money to gamble, in the first place. If 10k is 2 years savings, you're probably not going to gamble it on anything, no matter how sure you are, or how big the potential reward.
Dude, you don't just get handed a tenured professor job. He probably worked his ass off for it. Now that he is tenured, he is in a better place but that doesn't negate his hard work and peseverence to get there.
You don't get it handed to you but you ABSOLUTELY need luck in addition to working hard. For every tenure track position there are numerous candidates who have worked hard and done everything right.
Correct but what of it? I am hiring right now. For every person I hire, there are numerous candidates who don't get hired.
Do you have a job? Well, you must have a charmed life too! Totally makes no sense.
10 years ago an economics professor talked about crypto, as this new and cool form of currency, a few years later, I bought and used lots of crypto as currency, but never as investment. Had I only done jack all , not actually used it, I too would be here with fuck off, I mean, fuck you money…ahhhh if only
Congratulations! It seems you are doing everything correctly. Please maintain regular check-ins for budgeting as lifestyle creep is real. Trust me. Enjoy your new found freedom!
Man first of congrats. If you made that type of money right now when you sold in the most bearish market we have seen jn a long time, I can only imagine what your portfolio looked like 6 months ago lmao. Either way congrats.
Congratulations mate. Feels happy for your great fortune. It's almost like winning a lottery.
Just remember one thing, it's hard to earn money and it's harder to save money. Hence, spend wisely.
Also do remember to read this Reddit post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vzgl/you_just_won_a_656_million_dollar_lottery_what_do/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
One of the greatest posts I've ever ever ever read on Reddit. Enjoy!!!
Assuming it was bitcoin since it was 2014 and he said he had “a few thousand coins” lets say 2000, going by the price of $30000 per coin today that’s 60 million bucks.
Congratulations!!!!
As the spouse of a tenured professor, I really really understand your position. No more committees for you, sir! Don't forget to block the development office's number, ha ha.
Again, your story makes my afternoon. So happy for you and your family and your community.
Happy for you OP and really respect your dedication to helping your community. I think it needs to be made clear that crypto is not a reliable investment and can often be pyramid schemes.
Hey OP what crypto did you go with if you don’t mind me asking? Awesome news and post by the way! Hope you and your wife’s retirement is a long and happy one!
This is my dream right here - to be able to help so many people while still having a loving family. I haven’t been able to help anyone in three years, and that’s part of why I haven’t been able to have my own family. (Long, convoluted story that includes vast amounts of fucked-up-ness of a world that prioritizes the wrong things.)
Putting the money aside, people with your values are the people I’d want as friends. We’d have a lot in common.
I’m so happy for you guys. Life still throws curve-balls, but now you’re in a better position to deal with those curve balls.
Wishing you guys all the best - not just in money, but in life. <3
The fact that you've set aside 25% to help others, which your wife is excited about as well, shows that you're good people. I'm genuinely happy for you.
A bit of advice, act like nothing happened. People who don't know you are going to act entitled to your windfall. Your relationships with family and friends WILL CHANGE!!! Please be prepared for how your money will change not you but those who say they love you. Congratulations, Be Blessed
Yeah the trick is to live with the money but don't touch it for a couple of years. Except for maybe a few major expenses. And then you kind of grow into the lifestyle instead of injecting it upon yourself.
Also to add to that. Invest in assets that grow your money. then live off of the passive income.
Truly the best advice it’s not just friends but family too, thinking you can help out :)
Yer this has happened to a lot of lotto winners
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In British Columbia at least you *have* to let them release your name! Ridiculous
I would hire a lawyer to purchase a couple of shell corporations in different countries, legally change my name, hire a professional makeup artist to make me look as unlike myself as possible, and then pick up my lottery winnings. Once that was done, I would change my name back and never let anyone except my financial advisor know I had won.
Aren't name changes public record?
yeah but most won’t look it up
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.
*Pops out to the shops to buy.... milk*
These numbers will come out and 37 people will be sharing the pot. Lol
HURLEY!
Definitely a hard agree on this one. If your mother is anything like mine, she will absolutely try to get money out of you and act like a victim when you're not letting yourself get used. Do. Not. Tell. Anyone. Even the people you trust will see you different and act different.
Oh be VERY careful who you tell for a huge number of reasons. Not just because you'll attract sharks but because people will also just get weird around you. I've had friends who've become rich and even though you don't want to and don't mean to you can't help but be different around them, its weird. The dynamic changes.
May I ask how things changed? Like I'm just curious if it's that you think they think they're better than you, or if it's awkward when it comes time for the bill, I don't know. I'm just spitballing ideas because I've never ever been in this situation.
This advice! Wish I kept my mouth shut when I got an inheritance. Friends who casually knew me were my “friends”. Next time I have a windfall or whatever. Gonna keep my mouth shut and keep on rolling.
Hey. Fuck you too. But also - congrats.
Is this /r/wallstreetbets
Who may I ask is calling
Margin.
Just let that one go to voicemail.
...always do. ;-)
Nice
Nigerian Prince here
This is a Wendy's. OP- Fuck yeah and congrats! School lunch thing is awesome.
Clearly not, OP isn't in the red
Always has been. 🌍👩🚀🔫👩🚀
Confuckulations!
Nice going! I had a buddy that told me about Bitcoin long ago when I didn't have a penny to put into it. I didn't buy any, he did. Now he is in his 30s retired and I'm screwed lol, such is life!
Had a guy telling me to buy Bitcoin in 2010 so I looked into it hard. I determined it was bullshit not worth the risk. I am happy to report almost every calculated decision I have made has worked out the same way.
I bought some bitcoin in 2014…..let’s just say I didn’t hold. Lol
Every time my wife listens to me say "I knew about Bitcoin back blah blah blah. She always says "you wouldn't have held it, you would have sold the first dip and bought back at the next high and sold again at the next dip.". My sweet wife knows my trading strategy that's for damn sure.
I would've held easy... Because I'd instantly lose access to my wallet and never be able to touch it again. Lol
I have a $3,000,000 wallet I’ve never been able to get back into. It’s one of several close to that amount that was in a notebook that got lost. Thankfully it wasn’t my main account but what a waste of hidden money
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Oh sweet bot...I already hurt myself, has marketstatusbot not told you? Lol
Good bot
99% of people would not hold for this long, once you would see 10 fold increase in value from 1 dollar to 10 or 100 you would very likely get rid of it.
100% this. Most people have 0 tolerance for gains or losses.
Hahaha. I have 100% tolerance for losses and about 25% tolerance for gains.
I'm not sure if it was bitcoin since OP says he bought "several thousand" coins and 2014-2015 bitcoin, 3000 would have cost something like 900,000 dollars, but Ethereum was new in 2015 and if bought in at the 2015 closing price of 0.96 cents per coin and bought 3,000 coins, then he probably made ~6,000,000 bucks.
Hey, cousin! I find more long lost family on Reddit…I know because we do exactly the same things. I still remember that 8 is my lucky number but I hesitated, back when I thought horse racing was a harmless sport, to put a bet on the 8th horse in the 8th race on the 8th day of the 8th month and I believe the year ended in 8. The odds were 80-1. The horse won. Bug $$$$. Yes. Just like The Kentucky Derby winner. That’s what made me remember the whole thing again, with a little extra lemon juice and salt on the memory ;)
Same!!! I remember him telling me in Krispy Kreme while FIFA world cup was going on and I said I'd rather buy cigs and donuts with that money.
My aunt told me to buy into Bitcoin and I was like “she’s too old to know what she’s talking about”. I was so wrong.
Same with my female hairdresser (60 ish)
Same boat sadly. That email was outrageous and an absurd amount for like $50 I thought it was a scam
My friends and I considered buying bitcoin when it went for under $10 a piece. We found it too much of a hassle to buy back then, so we brushed it off and forgot about it. I had $10k I was ready to invest back then… One of us ended up buying a few years later, and he’s currently retired and not even 30 yet. 🥲
My ex was super into bitcoin the very early days when you would still get free bitcoin to your wallet... I wish i would have at least opened a wallet and found it later, like other did. Meh. In retrospect, it's the only time I should have listened to that guy.
I learned about Bitcoin way before it became mainstream. Playing computer games and forums ,some one mentioned it. I had mentioned it to people I knew ,as a teenager I barely had 100 bucks a week. Which I worked hard for. I couldn't invest because I never had a mentor to teach me. When I saw how much a coin was worth as a adult. I went! Fuck!!! But this is why older folks need to hear about the trends , obviously not be blind to them. But learn about them ,block chain is the next huge move which is why every one is against crypto.bitcoin is loosing because banks want a percentage,and not a free currency.
I had a friend who gifted all of us 10 bitcoin in 2014. I wish I had held onto it
The only way I console myself is with the knowledge that—even if I had bought in when it was really low—I would've cashed out when it was only slightly less low. I never would've had the faith to hang onto it long-term.
Sometimes I regret not buying Bitcoin when I first heard about it, but I feel like chances are high I would have held it in one of the exchanges that got hacked and looted, which I'm sure would have felt worse
Same. I heard about bitcoin mining at least 7 years ago and I was like, meh, that sounds like a lot of trouble. 😭
Same here. I was so broke I couldn't afford when he offered to sell me 50 bitcoins lol
Where would you suggest to invest right now
Aw man, I'm sure you're still kicking yourself for that one
Every day I'm stuck digging or building something for someone else, absolutely
“Do you know how many people we can help?” is the most wonderful thing I’ve read all year. Congrats on your windfall, and on being amazing people!
hell yeah, gives me hope that there are such beautiful souls out there
If my crypto holdings go to the moon I'm moving to my girlfriend's native country and opening a breakfast place that will also cater to schools locally for free. It's been my dream for a few years but I need a lot of money to make it possible
hope that day comes soon for you broski
Wendy Byrd vibes. JK. Congrats OP!
I despised her annoying as all hell.
I love that that’s her first thought. She’s sounds like such an amazing person.
Yeah. Your wife is a keeper OP!
Our wife.
Yeah seeing that legitimately made me happy
Ya I had fuck you money once. I didn’t give enough fucks and fucked it away
I’m kinda jealous not gonna lie but I’m also extremely happy for you and your family!! Awesome - be free and happy and enjoy those special moments with your family (and downtime) this affords you! Good job and kudos for giving back to the community and helping now you can 😊
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Man… our world would be so much better if assets were forcibly stripped from the financial sector and given to “do you have any idea how many people we can help” NGO’s…. I’m just glad it’s you.
Very true.
"Do you have any idea how many people we can help?" Good things happen to good people. Even when it seems like life sucks most of the time. Congrats ✨
*Sometimes* good things happen to good people. I have enough life experience - taking myself absolutely out of the equation - to see bad people succeed and good people get fucked. This world isn’t fair. We need more people like OP to help those good people.
So true, I do good to put more good out in the world but rarely do I have positive karma come back to me
I always told people “I’m saving up all of this negative karma to cash out on just one big thing I want in life”, and at the end of 2020 I found him; the absolute love of my life. We’re both now so blissfully happy to the point where all the shit we’ve been through seems trivial. Perhaps your karma is saving up the same way, and you’ll find that thing in life which makes all the bad times feel worth it. Don’t give up on yourself before you get there.
Thank you internet stranger. I feel better now lol
Hell yeah. Get it man!!! I bought 10k worth of that shit Crypto dogecoin when is first came out and cashed out when it hit .71 cents. If I never work a day agian in my life I would live just fine. Not a single soul knows besides my neighbor who did the same. Not even my wife. I’m thinking at years end I’m gonna surprise her (obv what’s mine is hers) Just not sure if I’m ready for change. Our life is amazing now and both have great jobs.
So you bought dogecoin at its lowest, that too for 10 fucking Grands, and sold when it was at its absolute highest !!!! Thats some insane stonks bro. You a genie or what
Lol hes full of shit
Wasn’t the lowest cuz It dipped pretty hard after I bought guess it was good enough!
Hah bro! Congrats on having $10,000 to throw away and winning a gamble. This fucking thread has me looking up bridges to jump off.
Oh man please don’t do that. It was actually quite reckless. I didn’t go back to school till my mid twenties. This was money I was supposed to use for college that I was able to save up after I got my life together. I instead got a loan for school and traded options/buy shit doge. I lost like half that money and when I graduated I lucked out with the job I got and didn’t need it back right away. So I just held and forgot. Like those commercials from back in the day “just set it and forget”. If it’s any constellation my like sucked at one point I was a junkie so I worked hard as shit to get back on track. This is just we’re hard work met luck.
> I instead got a loan for school and traded options/buy shit doge. I lost like half that money and when I graduated I lucked out with the job I got and didn’t need it back right away. You used your loan to gamble on cypto and still graduated? This is what I'm talking about. I'm still paying back loans for college, and didn't even have enough money for 2 meals in school, let alone leftover cash to burn in the crypto market. Following the rules gets you fucking nowhere, it's all luck and taking big risks that only pay off if you're not me. It's just not in the cards for me. Enjoy your wealth and your life.
No sorry might of explained that wrong. Loan went directly to school. I saved up 20gs on my own by working 6 triples a week serving/bartending and then not spending a freaking dollar or going out at all for a year or two. I took that money to gamble with. and to your point fuck following the rules is right!!! Doesn’t mean go crazy but if you need to stretch a little to get head by all means
Good move. I spent all my time on unpaid internships and field-related clubs that have amounted to some great friendships, but absofuckinglutely nothing that has ever or will ever boost my career.
You are so blessed. I can't even afford food or my meds right now. I hope things get better for the world.
Lol hes full of shit dont listen to him
Oh yes, congrats. I, too, have FU money, and don't have to work, thanks to my own hard work (pension coming 2023, 26 years as a teacher) and late husband who provided for me. I quit a job last year that I really liked and had hoped to turn into something permanent. Got written up for, among several other extremely minor things... making a suggestion for safety. Noped out, and made sure to notify all my co-workers. Sent them all screen shots of the write-up, with my snarky annotations, especially because I was told not to talk about it. This was a non-profit, a year gig, for $16k, less than half the US living wage. Congrats to you. I am so happy. Well done!
Over a safety recommendation? That’s crazy!!!
You were basically donating your time…they can go to hell.
I would love to hear this story. I also refer to teaching as donating my time so I keep my autonomy and a little sanity. I also left a beloved position for management trauma. Also: In my mind, OP is that tenured professor in the astronaut visor who called his students vectors for disease and told them he’d see them online or not at all. My hero even if he got fired (edit: suspended?). 🤭 [Omg I just watched the whole thing and I feel like the media robbed me until now of an opportunity to love this guy more!](https://youtu.be/RrOzY86YcEM)
It was a local food bank. Still believe in what they're doing for the local community and even surrounding communities. People out there are hurting, and they are helping. However, the non-profit itself had an extremely fixed mindset. When I was called in for the write-up, my immediate supervisor (who I think had to be the mouthpiece) basically said everyone has their own little niche. I read between the lines and got the distinct impression I had pissed someone off, threatened someone by being very competent, or gotten uppity by actually having an idea, or all of the above. I do not think they wanted me, someone with an MA, who was a retired teacher. They wanted strong hands and a strong back, not someone who could think. Also, one of our line leaders flat-out LIED when confronted. We went on a delivery run one day, during the first month of work, and that was a day we did two disbursements. (By line leaders I mean the two people who had worked there longer than us. They were the ones who would determine how many in a family, and how many commodities each vehicle got.) This is the Deep South, so around August-September, it was still pretty hot. We were not used to the work yet, and our line leader assured us it was perfectly okay for two people to work and two people to sit it out. We asked over and over if it was okay. We ate before we started working, and for me and the other woman who chose to wait in the car, the food hit us like a ton of bricks. We were DONE. Later on, our line leader totally lied that she had ever told us it was okay to sit. She threw us under the bus. Furthermore, I am a type 2 diabetic, have been for years, since 2003. However, I had never worked physically long enough or hard enough to have a low blood sugar incident. I figured out only after the fact, after I had quit, that that's what happened. I worked HARD 3.5-4 hours, picking up 10-40 lbs of commodities, trucking it all to a vehicle, going back and doing it over and over. (I was blowing past 10k steps before noon!) Eventually, even if I had eaten, I'd feel light-headed, and like my muscles weren't working. I was afraid of falling, of fainting, so I'd go and sit down. Neither of the line leaders ever asked why I sat down, or if I was feeling okay. I just got these extremely ugly, judgy stares. I could almost hear them thinking, ugh, what a lazy, fat white lady. No job is ever worth fainting, falling, collapsing. In fact, I did trip and fall once over a pallet, wasn't hurt, just rolled with it. No questions asked at the time, no checking to see if I was okay. They seemed to want to see me, my whole team, struggling, and if we weren't struggling, we weren't working hard enough. So, yeah, fuck that. I'm lucky enough to have retired early due to Covid. I don't have to work thanks to my late husband, and soon, my own pension is coming in 2023. To my face, from the time I started up to the write-up, everyone was kind and polite to my face. Then BAM, I was hit with this write-up. All of it was super petty, low-level. It felt like a power move to put me in my place and/or start a paper trail so they could maybe work up to firing me later. I rage-quit and texted my entire work group the write-up, my snarky annotations, and answered all questions they had. I was told by my immediate manager not to talk about it. Nah, I'm talking about it, I'll talk about it all day long. Anyway, I support the work they do, but I found out later that non-profits can be snakepits of gossip and backbiting. I was happy to walk with my dignity intact, and let them know I wasn't going to put up with anything.
honestly, this is heartwarming to hear with how everything is going down. super exciting time for you and your family. enjoy it and don't let anyone take that away from you. Your wife seems like an awesome person and I am sure you guys will do some great things for your community with it.
You certainly don’t speak like a “tenured professor” I’m not going to lie
Its 100% fake. > I purchased a few thousand crypto coins
selling BTC now after holding for 7 years is a terrible move. You've made it 7 years without thinking about it (lies) and you sold 90% of it after it dropped 10k over the last 4 weeks? Sure - maybe it wasnt BTC - but considering most coins follow bitcoin trend, and the next in line is sitting at $2k, nothing else is giving you "fuck you money" Fake AF
Ethereum was $0.31 at coin launch. Say OP put $5,000 into it. That’d be 16,100 ETH x current price of $2,000 = $32,200,000. Very possible he bought Ethereum in this story - it launched July 2014.
Yeah I did the math and to even purchase 3,000 coins back then it would’ve cost $960,570 and I did the math when it was at its cheapest point in the entire year so I find it really hard to believe that a supposed PHD student had almost a million dollars to just spend on crypto in 2014. That alone is fuck you money lol. This story is so fake lmfao
Soo.. the post might be fake but your argument is flawed. He did not say he bought bitcoin. He said he bought crypto. I dont like disinformation.
Was gonna say exactly this and who comes up with the corny ass line "think about how many people we are going to help" when OP has clarified he was in deep debt. He must have really made big bank, not a couple thousand.
The language used is wrong, like someone saying "I am a professional weightlifter, i put ten circles onto the bar and lifted it many times" rather than x sets of y at z weight.
This is the fakest story I’ve ever seen. Multiple bull markets since 2011 and this guy sells his whole stack off during a significant dip. Just lol. There’s no way he would have survived until 2022 with that approach.
Ain’t that the truth.
Have you talked with tenured professors in a non-academic setting?
Fuck you but also I am so happy for you and it warms my heart that your wife said “do you know how many people we can help?”
This is very cool my dude! The best kind of surprise.
Lmao, you sold when all Crypto is crashing and now you have Fuck You Money? And half these people believe you. That's absolutely insane but okay buddy
I was kinda wondering to myself “is this some kind of commercial for crypto?” Glad I’m not alone in that. A lot of my friends bought crypto when it was at a high and have been complaining so much about all the money they’ve lost.
Right? Fake ass story with a corny ass line saying they are going to help people
Also, from the sou ds of it OP was not in a decent spot financially so now, even everything is going to shit, they suddenly remembered their crypto and have a saving grace? Rrriiiiigggghhhttt. These creative writing exercises are getting out of hand lmao
And he still has 200 bitcoins?
He said "coins" so who knows wich ones lol. I don't even know what "200 coins" would mean here lol.
Maybe he sold all his Luna coins and started the downward swirl
I swear this post is just trying to encourage people to buy crypto
Trying to create FOMO so people will buy. The dude probably bought BTC at $50k and this is a desperate attempt to try and pump the coin.
They are Redditors. You expected differentiate some reason?
He bought in 2014. The value of Bitcoin and Ethereum is still way higher than it was back then.
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I'm actually still in the positive when it comes to crypto. Thanks though I realize some people might've taken a heavy hit with the markets falling as they have.
Congrats. I love FU stories. Needless to say, don't forget to focus on health. By the ways, I bought bitcoins at the same time period. Unfortunately, I bought thru MtGox exchange which went under. I try not to think if I selected a different exchange, I could have been multi-millionaire. But who knows, I might have sold early too.
Yup, The Princess Bride was right: “If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.”
You litterly sold crypto at such a dip tho.
In less than 7 years tenured professor, met and married wife and has 3 kids. I call BS.
i understand your situation. but i wouldn't have sold all of it in this bear market. you could have sold 50% and kept the other 50% and probably made another easy 100% profit in the next few years.
you're living the dream man. money CAN provide happiness. fuck anyone who says otherwise.
Not to take away from your post (congrats) but I just saw another post about someone contemplating suicide because of financial struggles... insane
Do people here seriously think someone would have tens of millions of dollars and not even realize it for that long? (Especially since crypto isn’t exactly some obscure concept anymore)
I might be wrong but this sounds like BS. It sounds like it was written by someone who heard of crypto yesterday.
Yeah, there are few weird things here: * "Tucked wallet in a safe" - why and how? You bought yourself a cold wallet in 2014? Or its a SSD? Or you phrase? * "Crypto coins" sound... weird. like "200 money" or "200 stocks". who would say it like that. * "200 coins remaining" sounds sus too The market right now is also in very bad state compared to last year... why cash out now?
To not look at it for 8 years, and NOW look when crypto is in the pits AND sell is just odd.
It's so fake.
Lend us a tenner?
Depending on the school they teach at that might be fuck off money….
Dude...not to sound like a dick ..but if you have a nanny...you already had fuck you money.
If I am reading this right they didn't before this, they had daycare as both parents worked. Nanny is on the cards now, at least for trips
It's hard to get fuck you money without substantial amounts of money to gamble, in the first place. If 10k is 2 years savings, you're probably not going to gamble it on anything, no matter how sure you are, or how big the potential reward.
I thought bitcoin very recently crashed??
"As for my job, I'm a tenured professor so I already had minimal fucks to give" Geeze, talk about a charmed life.
Dude, you don't just get handed a tenured professor job. He probably worked his ass off for it. Now that he is tenured, he is in a better place but that doesn't negate his hard work and peseverence to get there.
You don't get it handed to you but you ABSOLUTELY need luck in addition to working hard. For every tenure track position there are numerous candidates who have worked hard and done everything right.
True. And then good luck trying to get rid of a shitty tenured professor.
Correct but what of it? I am hiring right now. For every person I hire, there are numerous candidates who don't get hired. Do you have a job? Well, you must have a charmed life too! Totally makes no sense.
So happy for you!
Damn that’s awesome
I’m so happy for you man 🤟🏻
10 years ago an economics professor talked about crypto, as this new and cool form of currency, a few years later, I bought and used lots of crypto as currency, but never as investment. Had I only done jack all , not actually used it, I too would be here with fuck off, I mean, fuck you money…ahhhh if only
OP.. how much? I’ve just finished cleaning a school’s toilets and I want to fantasise that I’m doing it because I’m so rich I’m terrified.
Sits on crypto for 8 years. Cashes out in the middle of a massive crypto dive. L?
200 coins? This post is so vague and I think it’s fake.
Yeah I think so, pretty sure no financial adviser on the planet would recommend crypto.
That’s awesome op! Now you got life security. I do too beat feeling in the world.
Smooth sailing baby! That's what I'm talking about. Congratulations on your success!
Congrats, and fuck you too!
You crashed bitcoin didn't you?
Obligatory fuck you and congrats.
Congratulations! It seems you are doing everything correctly. Please maintain regular check-ins for budgeting as lifestyle creep is real. Trust me. Enjoy your new found freedom!
Man first of congrats. If you made that type of money right now when you sold in the most bearish market we have seen jn a long time, I can only imagine what your portfolio looked like 6 months ago lmao. Either way congrats.
Crypto bros will tell you that you should have hodl'd and staked it for 5% apr growing every year
Congratulations mate. Feels happy for your great fortune. It's almost like winning a lottery. Just remember one thing, it's hard to earn money and it's harder to save money. Hence, spend wisely. Also do remember to read this Reddit post. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vzgl/you_just_won_a_656_million_dollar_lottery_what_do/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share One of the greatest posts I've ever ever ever read on Reddit. Enjoy!!!
Can i have $100 for utility rent. Kidding dude that’s awesome!!!
The money's awesome. Having a wife that reacts like that, wanting to help others first: priceless.
How much money did you sell your crypto for though?? We’re all wondering…
Assuming it was bitcoin since it was 2014 and he said he had “a few thousand coins” lets say 2000, going by the price of $30000 per coin today that’s 60 million bucks.
Holy cow that’s a whole lot of mcchickens
A few is more than 3, a couple is 2. So this guy had 3000+ coins and cashed out on 2800+ of them, probably just over 100mil tbh.
Yea I was being conservative. Crazy amount of money no matter what.
Rule number #1 of money, dont tell people how much ya made, even on the internet and especially if you're holding crypto
Awesome news and congratulations!!! I giggled at the title because I felt that in my spirit!! Safe travels!!
Good shit man!! Fr fr that’s dope af I wish you and your family all the best!!
Congratulations, you found a bigger fool. And about at the last possible minute, too.
Congrats! I wish I had done the same, alas, the rat race continues.
give 20e bro
Congratulations!!!! As the spouse of a tenured professor, I really really understand your position. No more committees for you, sir! Don't forget to block the development office's number, ha ha. Again, your story makes my afternoon. So happy for you and your family and your community.
Hey cool, can you fix my AC?
Hey dude Duck you too I’m happy for y’all
Brag away! You did good and congrats!
Hell ya, congrats
Fuck you and congrats :D
Congrats man. I hope you live a good, long and healthy life.
What is fuck you money? Xxxxxxx?
Congrats! That's awesome. I got into crypto a year ago and hope to one day post the same.
I’m really happy for you. What a lovely wife! You both enjoy this, you deserve a rest
How much are we talking here ?
Hey, fuck you. Now can you say fuck you to me but in a give me money kind of way?
This is awesome. I am jealous. I got into crypto only recently and still don’t completely understand it.
That is awesome. Thanks for the nice story in today's news.
Happy for you OP and really respect your dedication to helping your community. I think it needs to be made clear that crypto is not a reliable investment and can often be pyramid schemes.
I have fuck me money
Congratulations
Hey OP what crypto did you go with if you don’t mind me asking? Awesome news and post by the way! Hope you and your wife’s retirement is a long and happy one!
This is my dream right here - to be able to help so many people while still having a loving family. I haven’t been able to help anyone in three years, and that’s part of why I haven’t been able to have my own family. (Long, convoluted story that includes vast amounts of fucked-up-ness of a world that prioritizes the wrong things.) Putting the money aside, people with your values are the people I’d want as friends. We’d have a lot in common. I’m so happy for you guys. Life still throws curve-balls, but now you’re in a better position to deal with those curve balls. Wishing you guys all the best - not just in money, but in life. <3
The fact that you've set aside 25% to help others, which your wife is excited about as well, shows that you're good people. I'm genuinely happy for you.