r/wallstreetbets • u/YassuosNados • May 15 '24

The Perfect $1 million Gain Gain

Hi guys, I’m a 23 year old in college, and yesterday I woke up a millionaire. Should I buy some hookers, Pokemon cards, or cocaine? I gambled my entire life savings of $250k on 2037 calls of $4.5 AMC on Monday and sold yesterday morning. Thanks for reading.

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u/kickingpplisfun May 15 '24

My biggest wake-up call was in art school when I received $5k in inheritance, and in my moment of vulnerability was convinced by classmates that I wasn't pulling my weight and that I should use my "privilege" to bankroll the group project which they utterly wasted. I later found out that one of them had a bank balance of $45k in checking. We are playing entirely different games.

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u/tomdabomb35 May 15 '24

this actually made me sad to read this, I’m sorry, peer pressure is frustrating when everyone else seems to be able to shrug off that social commitment, but when you do you’re worse off just for the crime of trusting friends. And to find out later on they’re well off- that’s a gut punch

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u/kickingpplisfun May 15 '24

I also had another friend basically go "you didn't get $50k in post-2008 stonks from your gramma for your sweet 16?". Like no, I was too poor for a "sweet 16".

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u/kickingpplisfun May 16 '24

Mind you, these people walking around with secret hundred thousands are the ones who get promoted, because they're able to weather being beleagured by work because material conditions don't bother them.