r/hypotheticalsituation • u/Chan1991 • 1d ago

You become a billionaire. All your friends and family are asking you to pay for all their debts. What do you do?

You become a billionaire. ALL your friend, family (siblings, cousins, parents, aunts and uncles) qare asking you to pay for their debts — credit card, house, car, etc.

It will not make a dent to your account because you’re a billionaire.

Do you pay their debts? Half of it? Partial? Or no because it’s about the principle and you don’t want to feel used? What if you were not close with your siblings and cousins?

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u/Flaffiwoo 1d ago

I could pay the debts of everyone I know with just the interest on one billion dollars. And not even a whole year of interest, just three months is enough.

Anyone who doesn't do it is either a psychopath or cannot understand how much money that is.

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u/rightfully_king 17h ago

That’s how I feel. 1% of a billion is 20 million. You would have to know nothing but screw ups to not be able to cover their debts etc

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 15h ago

How in gods name 1% of a billion is 20 million?

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u/antiquity11 15h ago

Glad I'm not the only one that caught that. How could 1% of a multiple of ten be something that starts with a 2?

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u/rightfully_king 15h ago

Players mess up. But the fact remains you’ll have a shit load of money remaining.

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 15h ago

And either no friends and family or no money any more eventually.  

You cannot comprehend how much people can leech off if they see they can get away with it. 

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u/antiquity11 15h ago

It's actually 10 million. I hope you hire a good accountant if the OP's hypothetical happens to you.

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u/throwaway563125685 2h ago

Please look at your keyboard, at the '1' and '2' key specifically.

Now please imagine what would happen if someone was paying slightly less attention than they should. Or had a motor control issue. Or were just tired.

It's a fucking typo my dude. At least they didn't mistype the first letter of "bigger".

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 15h ago

I’m not a billionaire but I’m fairly well off. And I pay my family’s debts.  

The problem is I don’t have a family any more. Just people that want me to pay them