toomanypancakes@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoYou're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on? message-squaremessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down15
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareYou're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on? toomanypancakes@piefed.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square164fedilink
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 hours agoI’d pay to get my roof fixed and if there’s something left I’d buy some tools and maybe upgrade my PC.
minus-squarewetling@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoSend difficult to get your roof fixed in one day.
minus-squareobsoleteacct@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoBut not difficult to pay for in a day. The contracter will happily take a $20,000 deposit.
minus-squareFridaySteve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoIts still cash and you haven’t received anything for it. You just transfered it to someone else’s account. With that logic you could go to the bank and put it in a 30 day CD.
minus-squareobsoleteacct@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoYeah. The challenge was to spend the 20 grand by the end of the day. Not to exchange it for equivalent goods in hand.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoAm I missing something or is exchanging money for something else just spending the money?
I’d pay to get my roof fixed and if there’s something left I’d buy some tools and maybe upgrade my PC.
Send difficult to get your roof fixed in one day.
But not difficult to pay for in a day. The contracter will happily take a $20,000 deposit.
Its still cash and you haven’t received anything for it. You just transfered it to someone else’s account. With that logic you could go to the bank and put it in a 30 day CD.
Yeah.
The challenge was to spend the 20 grand by the end of the day. Not to exchange it for equivalent goods in hand.
Am I missing something or is exchanging money for something else just spending the money?