Saying you feel like a million bucks is like 'meh' in today's economy.

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• NessD@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gee, spot the billionaire 🙄 /s

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• manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Shit a million bucks will at least buy you a house and then some

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  • GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In my area you could buy three!

    I feel like three houses!

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    • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In my area it will buy you a family home, but not a particularly special one.

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  • dandroid@dandroid.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Depending on where you live. I moved away from the Bay Area because $1M wouldn’t get you a starter home an hour drive away from the city.

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• Chainweasel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A million bucks isn’t what it used to be, but it would still solve basically all of my problems and that would make me feel pretty great

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• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean, it’s not as great as it used to be, but if you have any extra million bucks, feel free to give them to me if you feel like it’s meh.

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• doleo@lemmy.one [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Still sounds catchier than, “I feel like a month’s rent”.

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  • Clent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I feel like a starter home in a high cost of living area.

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• ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You people can’t fucking math. 1M is more than enough to retire on if you want to live stingy.

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  • KaiReeve@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This isn’t how retirement works.

    If you try to retire on $1M you’re going to end up in a medicaid facility. Interest rates are high right now, so $1M in the bank may get you as much as $5,000/mo if you’re lucky. This is $60,000/yr and can be supplemented with social security to allow a person to live well enough at today’s cost of living.

    However, inflation is a constant and is ideally restricted to 2-3% per year. This means that every year you live after you retire, your spending power is reduced by at least 2%. So even if interest rates stay high (they won’t) then by the time you hit 85 your $60,000/yr will feel more like $24,000. This will still be supplemented by social security, but you will also find that your needs are increasing by this age and you will likely need to start using your savings to pay a lovely nurse or two to help with, well, everything. In-home care and even nursing facilities are quite costly and will eat away at your savings, so if you only have $1M you better start dying soon after needing them.

    This all assumes best-case-scenario. It doesn’t account for runaway inflation rates, pandemics, recessions, catastrophic events (it’s not uncommon for the elderly to accidentally set things on fire), or other possibilities that can take a bite out of your retirement savings.

    When your money runs out you won’t be kicked out on the streets, thankfully. But a medicaid facility in the US can be nearly as dangerous for the elderly.

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    • AlDente@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re ignoring that your balance will increase over time through interest and stock gains. I believe this is historically around 8%, exceeding inflation.

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  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Think about it.

    Even twenty years ago, $1 million meant you could buy a great place for yourself and a business that would let you live large.

    In 1960, $1 million meant a Beverly Hills mansion, a dozen cars, and a place by the beach.

    Kind of a giant leap from that to ‘living stingy.’

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean we’re splitting hairs at the point. It’s still a perfectly good middle class income, especially if you own your house already.

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  • 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    1M is like way too much money for anyone to own

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Absolutely not. It’s enough to provide you with any $4000 a month of retirement income.

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• Zolidus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe to you Captain Richiepants

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• Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s meh, but put it in saving account with 3%p.a. mean you’re getting 2.5k per month from doing nothing. It’s meh money as well, i know, but you won’t goes hungry in a stable economy at least.

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  • banana_meccanica@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Till prices rises and you need 5k for the rent, and need to go back to work, even if millionaire.

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    • Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      and need to go back to work

      Well, that’s the issue. The dividend of 2.5k from investment obviously won’t allow a comfortable living and should be treated as something extra. It’s pretty ridiculous to live in a big city with rent higher than the dividend and without job lol.

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    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You think a millionaire doesn’t own their estate?

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• macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel like I could almost buy a detached house in a major metropolitan area!

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “I feel like a million bucks” = “I’m OK” “I feel like a thousand bucks” = “I’m one misfortune away from total collapse”

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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s wild when you watch a show like ‘The Rockford Files’ because Jim et al were always using specific sums when they talked. Someone boasting about owning a $1 million house in Beverly Hills or spilling their guts for $20 is pretty mindboggling.

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• schmaustin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel like a hundred bucks!

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• thecam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I feel like a million-gazillion-bajillion bucks today.

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• Twig@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A million Zimbabwe bucks from 2009?

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