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@jeremycherfas I also noticed the dichotomy between those two headlines. As Hamlet would tell us..something is rotten in the state of..
@wfm I also find myself completely unable to understand the lure of even more money, beyond a certain threshold. But I accept that others may consider me weird. I’d also feel a lot better if those banks were partnerships so that bad times were shared too.
@jeremycherfas I lived in a "Powerball" lottery state where the jackpot once climbed over $100 million, and people started lining up to buy tickets. I asked a couple of them "How would $100 million be any different from $10 million in your life?" They looked at me blankly.
@JMaxB Guilty as charged. And the difference, for me, is that I know I’m throwing my money away, but I am doing so very infrequently and I could happily give 90 million away.