Even though Mrs. 77 would hate it and I’d never hear the end of it. It’s choose the million.
What would I be famous for? I supposed I should ask first. It could be something really unbecoming. But what the hell, I like to double down on stupid life choices!
Depends on what the fame is for. If it's something I could easily make more money off of, then I'd choose the fame. If it was for something unsavory like getting my dick stuck in a vending machine and having a video of it go viral, then I'll take the 100K thank you.
I would want a million x 4 or more. If I was famous like Elon Musk, no problem. I can talk about terraforming Mars with nukes as well. Who knows who gave him the idea? We might be having secret meetings in our dreams.
I'm not sure how the current life on Mars might react if the planet suddenly warmed up. If it was microbial life that was toxic to humans at warm temperatures , could be a problem. Assuming there is no life already on Mars just because we haven't found it would be arrogance on our part. If there was a secret alien base on Mars and we nuked the ice caps where one base was located, they might decide to destroy our planet. as a tit for tat. Steven Colbert asked Elon Musk whether he was a super hero r super villain.
I'm already used to everyone I know plus several whom I don't know talking about me for one reason or another. What would be worse would be to be famous without much money. Then you may not have the money to buy any privacy.
I would not like reporters waiting outside my door to talk to me. I was once in the background on the news a few times. Stuff just kept happening where I was. I'm glad no one had a camera filming me on a couple of occasions many years ago or I probably would be famous.
I’d take B, but only bc it’s a huge difference in money. I can’t imagine why anyone would want fame, but if it came w 1m, I could go live off the grid and not worry ab it. Or at least hole up in a nice little beach front condo.
Only rh48hr and Cashman get it .... almost like these guys have been there, done that, and no thank you for fame.
No chessmaster - you only get to pick one !
Let me break it down for fellow TUSCLers who are opting for the Million.
Yeah - Million is great. But it comes with fame. For a gentleman who like girls, girls and more girls - fame is poison. fame is shackles. And as easy as it feels - no you cannot buy privacy. Ask any famous person !
I can picture this:
RamPaige = Arnold Schwartznegger
max_starr = Hugh Grant
MackTruck = Bill Clinton
orionsmith = Ashton Kutcher
Dominic77 = Tiger Woods
shailynn = David Letterman
Uprightcitizen = Kobe Bryant
AnonymousJim = Jesse James
DC9428 = Donald Trump
justme62 = Willie Smith Kennedy
Read up on the above guys - all decent looking. Got their first woman easily and quickly. Prison after that.
In fact the only famous people that have not got in woman trouble are those that never had a second woman, let alone a third or a fourth or a fifth. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are good examples.
So really the options were (A) $100K or (B) $1M with one girl of your choice and no more forever.
Question was meant for us PL and mongers who like lotsa women all the time
my observation based on all famous people is - fame kills mongering. And for die-hard TUSCLers - its girls, girls, girls or death.
Money - really it comes and goes. Time with a mesmerizing woman - priceless and peerless.
I don't really think I would have fame with a million dollars. Maybe if I had a method to grow a million into several million but that does not guarantee fame. I've had people say well you had your 15 seconds of fame after I won some little contest and won $25 on a stage. In today's society fame doesn't last very long unless you stay in the spotlight in my opinion and won like hundreds of millions or became a famous actor or actress or a well known elected official or famous sports or rock star. A million dollars is not that successful if that's all you got out of it. These famous people make millions. Some do it every year. All the less famous people maybe make a million over years which generates questions like who? So in my opinion, this question is like a high school class debating over whether you would rather have a 100 dollars with no fame or 1000 dollars and be famous. While the high school student thinks making a 1000 dollars would make him famous in his own little circle, to everyone else with real money, it's nothing. I think a million dollars is not anywhere close enough to get to the famous level that generates lasting fame. People would be going who? After a year or two. Just my opinion of the dollar amount.
I looked up Ashton Kutcher, he makes about 755000 a year. That's several million over less than 10 years. The question only said a million. I've already made a million over my lifetime but that is nothing and spent most of it on bills. I've been interviewed by a school reporter becaus I won $25 dollars in a contest. Some people said I was famous. Yep I made a million. It took all my life. Already spent almost all of it on a mortgage and daily living expenses. The question said nothing about the time frame. I took it as a one time lump sum. In my opinion, you need routine high income to be famous. Just clarifying my position.
If the question was 100k a year with no fame or 1 million a year with fame, then it would have been more clear.
In that case, I would have to think about it because I do not care for fame. However if I was already famous, might not care. I might still take the million a year because then I could buy my own strip clubs and it would be no big deal. As owner of the strip clubs, I could help audition the girls. On the other hand I could be like Hugh Hefner and run a different version of the Playboy Mansion. I could have hot girls wanting to be featured. I disagree that fame prevents someone from being with multiple girls.
I've heard that famous rock stars get groupies or groups of girls free passes that routinely go back stage and sleep with the rock stars. I bet they were famous and had lots of different girls. Even Bill Clintin, was able to get the secret service to sneak girls into the White House while married and you can't get more famous than that.
Depends what kind of fame. If it’s Justin Bieber fame where you can’t go anywhere without being being mobbed, then I’ll take the 100K. If it’s like a C list actor fame, then I’ll take the million.
You probably answer the question differently if you already have a 100K or more saved. I think a lot of you mongers do. I don’t. Not even close. I have 0.404K. Truthfully, mongering isn’t in the cards no matter which option I choose.
To quote Svetlana from the article the other day: “In Russia we have an expression: “If I’m hungry and you’re full, you won’t understand me.”” I don’t think Rogertex understands me.
The $100K one-time-gift option represents I pay off my mortgage at $103K. That frees up $550-600 month in my budget, but doesn’t yet allow for mongering. But it allows to perhaps change jobs or careers where I can temporarily accept a job at a lower salary to build my career.
The $1MM one-time-gift option represents what Mr. Money Mustache stands for. I invest it, the “pull down 3-4% per year: (9% gains, -2% inflation, -1% taxes, etc.) That gives me an extra $30,000 year in extra income after taxes, while keeping the nest egg intact. This represents paying off my house in 3 years, 4 months. That frees up $550-600 month in the budget, too, same as option A. Option B also pays for some needed home improvements in year 4, and a new garage in year 5. Year 6 and on is gravy. My wife and I can do well with that.
What is mongering except fucking your wife with a different color wig on anyway??
So, you can see, neither option gives me mongering nor sleeping with women on the side. That was never the point. But option B gives me a jumpstart on a nice life for my Swedish ex-model wife and I. Is that right, Elin?
@rogertex said: “I can picture this: Dominic77 = Tiger Woods”
First of all, Mrs. 77 says thank you for comparing her to Swedish model Elin Nordegren. She’s a cutie.
Second, I have a question. Is Tiger more famous for playing golf or for having the most expensive divorce in the history of, well, all divorces ever. At this point Mrs. 77 interrupts that says she’s trying to plan how to spend her 1/2 BILLION dollars in divorce money. lol
Third, But serious, if I have a Swedish model at home, why would I need anyone else? Who would cheat on that? Hell, I’d never leave the house!
in closing, I did notice most of the people above writing “fame is overrated” already have money or sizable incomes. Just saying!
Sometimes I do think that not having the means cheat (money, time, resources) does keep me honest. also, since you're new around here, I'm sort of different from the others in that I read Tuscl with my wife. I don't hide anything from her. She does think that once I have the resources (once my career and savings take off) that I will seek out other women on the side. She thinks it is inevitable since I'm been faithful for so long (14 years) and life is short. In fact, shes OK with it and looks forward to being "bought off." lol
Not all of the guys had the same upbringing I did. Supposedly my father cheated an got another woman pregnant less that a month after she was pregnant with me. I don't know who he is and my birth certificate under father says, "DECLINES TO STATE." But as luck would have it, he apparently registered on a Tuscl in the month or two!
My step dad used to cheat a lot on my mom and had a kid with another woman outside of wedlock. He used hit her. I think he thought he was hiding the affairs well. But the lesson there is you don't really hide "obtainable variety" very well. Trust me, in most cases the wife either suspects or knows. And being a kid in that situation, even the kids know. I'm really doubtful the guys on here are hiding their outside activities NEARLY as well as they would like to think. Trust me, she probably suspects but just looks the other way thinking it's the price for family and security. But it hurts the women, emotionally to keep quiet.
So @taxi_driver and @rogertex, a young Dom made a promise to himself that when he grew up he wouldn't be like that. If I got something on the side, I would be honest about it. But I would also be discreet. Think Russian society from the novel Anna Karenina, by Tolstoy.
The 1 Mill with good fame. Fame by itself gets you pussy(albeit with the drama). Don't like that? Fame recedes with time... and I still get to compound the money.
Tough one. I am a very private person, but the $1M would get me a very nice house which I would like over my current house. The fame may leave me open to blackmail or hustling by close by extras dancers though. One could argue with all that money, one could just fly to Europe, Cancun or Tijuana for long weekends to get their jollies. $1M after taxes isn't nearly enough these days to quit your job though, so the $1M just makes normal life easier at the cost of potential headaches at getting extras.
^it isnt. The guys are probably afraid of their wives or something. Stop care what others think. Or just grab it by the horns. People (wives included) care about it for a day or two then they get over it. The public is the same way. Here’s a hint. Nobody cares.
insightful comments from dominic, taxi_driver and orionsmith. Have to agree with your perspective.
Dominic - you are lucky to have Mrs 77. In casino-speak you have 777 by your side !
Unfortunately rest of USA is not that lucky - as evidenced by over 50% divorce rate.
Clubber - you like neither option?
DeclineToState - can we call you father of the nation?
BJ99 - that link did not work, but I know which episode of Southpark you meant - it was funny - but we TUSCL guys don't see "too much of sex and love" as a problem. Blissfully in denial.
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What would I be famous for? I supposed I should ask first. It could be something really unbecoming. But what the hell, I like to double down on stupid life choices!
I'm not sure how the current life on Mars might react if the planet suddenly warmed up. If it was microbial life that was toxic to humans at warm temperatures , could be a problem. Assuming there is no life already on Mars just because we haven't found it would be arrogance on our part. If there was a secret alien base on Mars and we nuked the ice caps where one base was located, they might decide to destroy our planet. as a tit for tat. Steven Colbert asked Elon Musk whether he was a super hero r super villain.
I would not like reporters waiting outside my door to talk to me. I was once in the background on the news a few times. Stuff just kept happening where I was. I'm glad no one had a camera filming me on a couple of occasions many years ago or I probably would be famous.
No chessmaster - you only get to pick one !
Let me break it down for fellow TUSCLers who are opting for the Million.
Yeah - Million is great. But it comes with fame. For a gentleman who like girls, girls and more girls - fame is poison. fame is shackles. And as easy as it feels - no you cannot buy privacy. Ask any famous person !
I can picture this:
RamPaige = Arnold Schwartznegger
max_starr = Hugh Grant
MackTruck = Bill Clinton
orionsmith = Ashton Kutcher
Dominic77 = Tiger Woods
shailynn = David Letterman
Uprightcitizen = Kobe Bryant
AnonymousJim = Jesse James
DC9428 = Donald Trump
justme62 = Willie Smith Kennedy
Read up on the above guys - all decent looking. Got their first woman easily and quickly. Prison after that.
In fact the only famous people that have not got in woman trouble are those that never had a second woman, let alone a third or a fourth or a fifth. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are good examples.
So really the options were (A) $100K or (B) $1M with one girl of your choice and no more forever.
Question was meant for us PL and mongers who like lotsa women all the time
my observation based on all famous people is - fame kills mongering. And for die-hard TUSCLers - its girls, girls, girls or death.
Money - really it comes and goes. Time with a mesmerizing woman - priceless and peerless.
In that case, I would have to think about it because I do not care for fame. However if I was already famous, might not care. I might still take the million a year because then I could buy my own strip clubs and it would be no big deal. As owner of the strip clubs, I could help audition the girls. On the other hand I could be like Hugh Hefner and run a different version of the Playboy Mansion. I could have hot girls wanting to be featured. I disagree that fame prevents someone from being with multiple girls.
I have no desire to be a famous politician.
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/267347/tur…
Ergo, I'll go for option B!
You probably answer the question differently if you already have a 100K or more saved. I think a lot of you mongers do. I don’t. Not even close. I have 0.404K. Truthfully, mongering isn’t in the cards no matter which option I choose.
To quote Svetlana from the article the other day: “In Russia we have an expression: “If I’m hungry and you’re full, you won’t understand me.”” I don’t think Rogertex understands me.
(source: https://medium.com/matter/sex-is-sex-but… )
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The $100K one-time-gift option represents I pay off my mortgage at $103K. That frees up $550-600 month in my budget, but doesn’t yet allow for mongering. But it allows to perhaps change jobs or careers where I can temporarily accept a job at a lower salary to build my career.
The $1MM one-time-gift option represents what Mr. Money Mustache stands for. I invest it, the “pull down 3-4% per year: (9% gains, -2% inflation, -1% taxes, etc.) That gives me an extra $30,000 year in extra income after taxes, while keeping the nest egg intact. This represents paying off my house in 3 years, 4 months. That frees up $550-600 month in the budget, too, same as option A. Option B also pays for some needed home improvements in year 4, and a new garage in year 5. Year 6 and on is gravy. My wife and I can do well with that.
What is mongering except fucking your wife with a different color wig on anyway??
So, you can see, neither option gives me mongering nor sleeping with women on the side. That was never the point. But option B gives me a jumpstart on a nice life for my Swedish ex-model wife and I. Is that right, Elin?
а Я голоден, и вы полны, вы меня не поймете.
First of all, Mrs. 77 says thank you for comparing her to Swedish model Elin Nordegren. She’s a cutie.
Second, I have a question. Is Tiger more famous for playing golf or for having the most expensive divorce in the history of, well, all divorces ever. At this point Mrs. 77 interrupts that says she’s trying to plan how to spend her 1/2 BILLION dollars in divorce money. lol
Third, But serious, if I have a Swedish model at home, why would I need anyone else? Who would cheat on that? Hell, I’d never leave the house!
in closing, I did notice most of the people above writing “fame is overrated” already have money or sizable incomes. Just saying!
Sometimes I do think that not having the means cheat (money, time, resources) does keep me honest. also, since you're new around here, I'm sort of different from the others in that I read Tuscl with my wife. I don't hide anything from her. She does think that once I have the resources (once my career and savings take off) that I will seek out other women on the side. She thinks it is inevitable since I'm been faithful for so long (14 years) and life is short. In fact, shes OK with it and looks forward to being "bought off." lol
Not all of the guys had the same upbringing I did. Supposedly my father cheated an got another woman pregnant less that a month after she was pregnant with me. I don't know who he is and my birth certificate under father says, "DECLINES TO STATE." But as luck would have it, he apparently registered on a Tuscl in the month or two!
My step dad used to cheat a lot on my mom and had a kid with another woman outside of wedlock. He used hit her. I think he thought he was hiding the affairs well. But the lesson there is you don't really hide "obtainable variety" very well. Trust me, in most cases the wife either suspects or knows. And being a kid in that situation, even the kids know. I'm really doubtful the guys on here are hiding their outside activities NEARLY as well as they would like to think. Trust me, she probably suspects but just looks the other way thinking it's the price for family and security. But it hurts the women, emotionally to keep quiet.
So @taxi_driver and @rogertex, a young Dom made a promise to himself that when he grew up he wouldn't be like that. If I got something on the side, I would be honest about it. But I would also be discreet. Think Russian society from the novel Anna Karenina, by Tolstoy.
And if I don’t spend it all I bequeath the remainder at death to my offspring @taxi
I think I would still chose the $1M option.
Dominic - you are lucky to have Mrs 77. In casino-speak you have 777 by your side !
Unfortunately rest of USA is not that lucky - as evidenced by over 50% divorce rate.
Clubber - you like neither option?
DeclineToState - can we call you father of the nation?
BJ99 - that link did not work, but I know which episode of Southpark you meant - it was funny - but we TUSCL guys don't see "too much of sex and love" as a problem. Blissfully in denial.