A statement about you.

[LK]

Is this like one of those things where the person who gives the best answer is going to be mysteriously awarded gobs of money? 

[murdoc]

Llava is giving away his fortune to the one who'll spend it the most ridiculously, so all you sensible fucks are screeeeeewed

[Bunk]

Cars - not really. Probably a vette for fun and one nice luxury car
Booze - hopefully not more than I currently drink, as that would be unwise
Women - yea, well, probably.

I'd be spending money on things that made life easier, and travel.

[Sky]

Those unsure of the meaning behind the "women" part of the equation need to understand that it is, by necessity, plural.  If you're spending it on one woman, you're not doing it right.

I'd say from experience that if you spend money on "women" (plural), you're not doing it right.

Free love, baby.

Llava is giving away his fortune to the one who'll spend it the most ridiculously, so all you sensible fucks are screeeeeewed

Oh. In that case...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RDSW-ybm0mg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZfIoKTTZuUo

[Lantyssa]

I might spend a decent amount on a chauffer (probably not), but not on a car.  I would be happy with a Prius or some fuel efficient model.  Treating my friends to dinner on occasion would be nice, and I'm sure booze would be involved.  Ridiculous sums not so much.  I might spoil a girlfriend a little, but if she wasn't somewhat frugal I probably wouldn't like her anyways.

The idea of conspicuous consumption bothers me.  I'm not going to do it and wouldn't want to enable others to parttake on my dime.

[penfold]

Oh, the "If i won the lottery" daydream eh?  I've planned it.... extensively. However, only a few of the biggest wins would cover this lot, so let's say I manage a successful hedge fund/private equity firm for a few years and make some real money :P It's extravagant for sure, but I have family acquaintances on Forbes, and my work involves dealing with people who have far more than this list so I'm accustomed to occasionally stepping into the strange world of billionaires and their nice shiny things.

I love the Med, so an island home off Italy or Greece, or a decent sized yacht/ship.

An English country estate. Landscaped gardens. Inside and outside pools. A mini studio/rehersal room, a martial  arts dojo and gym, games/media room, a library. A lake for fishing. A folly. An orangery.

An apartment or mews in the London. Preferably in those gorgeous art deco apartments up near Lords. Interior would be entirely art deco.

Art - HR Geiger, Hieronymus Bosch, Dali and the like. Watches - a Muller tourbillon, a Chronswiss minute repeater or tourbillon, preferably done by Lang himself, a Grand Complication of some sort. Swords - Are any Masamunes on the market? lol. Plenty of antiques, artifacts, fossils and curiosities. Harrods had some amazing fossils for sale when I went in the other day. It would be quite easy to impulse buy the lot. Hmm collecting stuff hmm

Commission certain authors to finish a series of books they didn't and never will due to commercial/legal reasons.

Cars - A couple of sports cars for the weekend (Ferrari and Atom perhaps), some kind of rally car, a grand tourer, a Toyota Landcruiser, something for trackdays.

Drink i'm not bothered about. If I was single it would take alot of resistance not to head back in to the world of clubs, parties and drugs, then die before i can enjoy my orangery. As I'm not, I guess it would be a life of internet, videogames,  reading, music, hobbies, shopping, cooking and dining. I don't think I would be bored or miss working.
 

[Yegolev]

If you're spending it on one woman, you're not doing it right.

Derrr!

If I had more money than what would satisfy one woman (more money than Oprah has?) then I'd be sure as shit spending it on any whore that wanted any.  Because whores are awesome.

[Llava]

Llava is giving away his fortune to the one who'll spend it the most ridiculously, so all you sensible fucks are screeeeeewed

People who like lots of bent/shabby comics will be especially pleased.

[Righ]

Thanks very much. I'll take that Aston Martin. Stock the trunk with rare whisky. I don't think there's any room in the freezer for the women though.

[WindupAtheist]

Llava is giving away his fortune to the one who'll spend it the most ridiculously, so all you sensible fucks are screeeeeewed

I'll take it in gold doubloons please.  Then off I'll go to see how Scientology's toy navy likes being strafed by Hellcats.

[Murgos]

It all depends.  Are we talking like a guaranteed income of a couple mil a year?  A 500+ mil fortune?  Or just being well off, like senior partner/VP 2-300k money?

If it's either of the former two I doubt if anyone here actually knows how they would act, if it it's the last then, sure, dress nice, have a decent car, a nice house, a couple of good trips a year, eat well, enjoy your tasty beverages.  Why not?  You can do all that and put 50 k a year away for retirement and 10k a year for your kids college.  Good clothes that fit well and look good on you make you happier, a good car that does the little things right makes driving it more enjoyable, good food is just good and good drinks are tasty and etc...  That's why those things are worth the money they cost.

To everyone going "Ew, yuck, spend money on women!!??? @$)(".  I'm wondering if you've ever dated in your lives.  Dressing nice, having a nice car, eating at good restaurants, being able to indulge in fun weekend trips, having a nice pad, having the free time to spend on athletics and sports and etc... is attractive.  Period.  It's asinine to think that being attractive somehow makes the people you attract less worthy of your attention.

Taking a girl out on a really fun date to a really great spot that costs a lot of money doesn't get you laid because it costs a lot of money, you got you laid because the date was a really great time.  That's right, taking a girl back to your doublewide to smoke a bowl and eat cheetos isn't a good date, and if she puts out it doesn't mean she loves you for who you really are, it just means she's just as much a sad-sack as you are.

[schild]

Did I mention I'd fly women to my island on a private jet?

Maybe I should have.

[Mrbloodworth]

If you had ridiculous amounts of money to spend on cars, booze and women, would you spend ridiculous amounts of money on cars, booze and women?

Does it have to be those items?

[schild]

Oh, also, if I had ridiculous amounts of money, I'd buy a second island, just to play The Most Dangerous Game.

I'd also buy people.

[WindupAtheist]

I'll sell you the survivors of Sea Org's mysterious series of "accidental" sinkings.  For cheap.

[Moosehands]

I don't think there's any room in the freezer for the women though.

You'll need a hacksaw. 

[Mortriden]

I'd build a fucking zepplin and fly around the world in it.  I'd buy a decomissioned aircraft carrier, refit it, hire a bunch of those crazy WW2 "warbird" pilots to serve as my air wing, and be a fucking pirate.  I'd make Richard Garriot and his "I claim the moon for Lord British!" routine look positively sane.

This is entirely too full of win.  Let me know when you sail.  I have extensive "fuel handling" experience.

[Merusk]

If it's either of the former two I doubt if anyone here actually knows how they would act, if it it's the last then, sure, dress nice, have a decent car, a nice house, a couple of good trips a year, eat well, enjoy your tasty beverages.  Why not?  You can do all that and put 50 k a year away for retirement and 10k a year for your kids college.  Good clothes that fit well and look good on you make you happier, a good car that does the little things right makes driving it more enjoyable, good food is just good and good drinks are tasty and etc...  That's why those things are worth the money they cost.

To everyone going "Ew, yuck, spend money on women!!??? @$)(".  I'm wondering if you've ever dated in your lives.  Dressing nice, having a nice car, eating at good restaurants, being able to indulge in fun weekend trips, having a nice pad, having the free time to spend on athletics and sports and etc... is attractive.  Period.  It's asinine to think that being attractive somehow makes the people you attract less worthy of your attention.

Taking a girl out on a really fun date to a really great spot that costs a lot of money doesn't get you laid because it costs a lot of money, you got you laid because the date was a really great time.  That's right, taking a girl back to your doublewide to smoke a bowl and eat cheetos isn't a good date, and if she puts out it doesn't mean she loves you for who you really are, it just means she's just as much a sad-sack as you are.

Please note that the above are all your opinion.  Some of us are happier in slouch crap as we muddy up in the yard than wearing fitted shorts sipping daiquiris by our perfectly maintained pools.  I don't look good in that state, and certainly am not comfortable, but I'm damn happy.  If anything, wearing those 'well fitting' clothes makes me uncomfortable and agitated, as I find them restrictive and bothersome. Not to mention it's a bitch to maintain them.

   As to the dating blather.. no, it's attractive to a subset of people.  I never cared about 90% of what you list above, and certainly don't find it attaches some sort value that makes someone more attractive to me. You do. Good for you.

Way to display your classisim and cluelessness about people in that last paragraph, though. Grats.

[Llava]

If you had ridiculous amounts of money to spend on cars, booze and women, would you spend ridiculous amounts of money on cars, booze and women?

Does it have to be those items?

Women can be substituted for your gender of choice, but otherwise yes.

[Engels]

If you had ridiculous amounts of money to spend on cars, booze and women, would you spend ridiculous amounts of money on cars, booze and women?

Cars, definately. Right off the bat, a Maserati.

Booze, not so much. The ole irish genetics has blessed me.

Women...I'd like to think that I'm above that, but that's because women aren't flinging themselves at me atm. If I was rolling in it, and a bunch of money grubbing hussies flung their ripe bodies in my direction, who's to say if I'd be the stronger man.

[Roac]

Women...I'd like to think that I'm above that, but that's because women aren't flinging themselves at me atm. If I was rolling on it, and a bunch of money grubbing hussies flung their ripe bodies in my direction, who's to say if I'd be the stronger man.

If you have enough money and are willing to share, you will find attractive women who portray interest. 

[LK]

I would like to be able to go into a strip club and just have a good time without worrying about the money component of it.  This from someone who spent $50 in about 3 minutes and left in disgust since, well, I didn't find a lot of value in the expenditure.  This was just getting in and buying a drink.

[Murgos]

Please note that the above are all your opinion.  Some of us are happier in slouch crap as we muddy up in the yard than wearing fitted shorts sipping daiquiris by our perfectly maintained pools.  I don't look good in that state, and certainly am not comfortable, but I'm damn happy.  If anything, wearing those 'well fitting' clothes makes me uncomfortable and agitated, as I find them restrictive and bothersome. Not to mention it's a bitch to maintain them.

Way to read your own class prejudices into what I said.  Where did I say you couldn't work in your garden/yard in whatever?  I did imply you would probably be happier if you went out to dinner not in the jeans you just wore in the garden but I wasn't talking about cleanliness, I was talking about well made clothing that FITS.  Not form-fitting, just clothes that fit YOU, not a hypothetical average person with average proportions but that were actually made to YOU specifically.  They can be jeans and t-shirts but guess what?  When they are made to fit you out of good material and proper dyes they look good.  Regardless of what you do in them.

   As to the dating blather.. no, it's attractive to a subset of people.  I never cared about 90% of what you list above, and certainly don't find it attaches some sort value that makes someone more attractive to me. You do. Good for you.

Riiight, so when a girl in old sweats who smells like cheese walks up to you and smiles with a mouth full of butter teeth and looks at you with jaundiced yellow eyes and her hand out for bus fare you're thinking to yourself, "I see her inner beauty!"?  Or, when you see a woman who wears clean clothes that look good on her, shows signs of good health like good teeth, nice hair, skin tone, bright eyes and maybe shows a bit of personal affluence like nice ear rings or a necklace that indicates she is capable of supporting herself and her own wants you are completely turned off?

The only classism in my post was what you put into it.  What you look like does indicate who you are, they may be false indications but you won't know that until you've gotten to know someone.  But I can pretty much guarantee you that the first person I described is a lot less likely to be a 'good' person and worth getting to know than the second one.

I've posted elsewhere on here about growing up poor.  Being poor doesn't mean having no self-respect, you can be poor and still take care of yourself to the extent you are able and quite a bit of that shows in the way you look and that is attractive.

[Morat20]

I'd buy a boat. And by "boat" I mean "the sort of boat that has another, smaller boat attached to get around in". And I'd sail it wherever the fuck I wanted.

And by "sail" I mean "Tell the man I hired to captain the boat where I wanted to go" and then I'd tell the chef I hired what I wanted to eat, and have the general janitor/cleaner/waiter fellow I hired bring me my drink while I went for a swim on the pool on my boat.

But frankly if I had that kind of money, I'd probably feel too guilty to enjoy my booze and "I think I'm sailing to Finland so I can finally see what the hell a Fjord is, but fuck if I can remember what I told the Captain when I was plastered" attitude unless I'd also used a similiar amount of cash to set up a nice educational charity.

[Sky]

Hey, a boat would be nice!

[Paelos]

Given enough money I would buy a large piece of land in south Georgia for my own private golf course, and my own farmhouse on the land.

It's good to have land.

[WayAbvPar]

But you would still be in Georgia. Fail. 

[Polysorbate80]

The car would be third on the list, after a monocle and top hat so I can pretend to be Lord Tweedsmuire of Bumfukistan.

It would have to be a Model J, with a bevy of stunningly attractive women--not for sex, just to drive me around and feed me scotch.  And perhaps wash my balls.  Not to mention the incessant polishing of the car after it runs down yet another peasant child.

[Phildo]

I'd buy the movies.  And also cars, booze and women.

I was trying to avoid the shallowness thread because I'm very, very shallow, but I'm bored so I'm shallowly throwing my shallowness hat into the shallowness ring.

[Paelos]

But you would still be in Georgia. Fail. 

And that gets the big "Up Yours!" for the day.

The only place I'd rather live than Georgia is Colorado. At least in the 48 states.

[Llava]

I'd buy the movies.  And also cars, booze and women.

I was trying to avoid the shallowness thread because I'm very, very shallow, but I'm bored so I'm shallowly throwing my shallowness hat into the shallowness ring.

I don't think it's necessarily a statement about shallowness.  Perhaps about hedonism, but there's nothing inherently shallow about hedonism.

[Paelos]

I'd buy the movies.  And also cars, booze and women.

I was trying to avoid the shallowness thread because I'm very, very shallow, but I'm bored so I'm shallowly throwing my shallowness hat into the shallowness ring.

I don't think it's necessarily a statement about shallowness.  Perhaps about hedonism, but there's nothing inherently shallow about hedonism.

How do you figure that? There's a deeper version of hedonism? I'll admit I'm interested to see where you are going with that.

[Llava]

Shallow, to me, implies lack of forethought- action based largely on impulses without thought as to the consequences.

Some people, however, are rational hedonists.  They've considered morality and what makes a "good life" and come to the conclusion that a life avoiding harm of others and seeking pleasure for its own sake is the best way to live.  It's a perfectly legitimate choice of lifestyle, albeit one alien to those of us who've been trained from birth to seek a "higher purpose".  Personal growth is an admirable goal, but if you're already happy with who you are then rational hedonism is a valid choice.

It's only when that hedonism comes at the expense of the self or others that it becomes, in my opinion, shallow and irresponsible.  Tom Leykis is what I'd consider an example of a rational hedonist.  He does what he feels like doing (and whom), but he's certainly not a stupid man.  Not a man I personally agree with on many things, but not stupid.  Most of all, he's happy with his life.  I can't criticize that.  It wouldn't work for me, but it works for him and that's really all that counts, isn't it?

Consider it like retirement.  Is it shallow for someone to retire after many years of work deciding just to play golf and spend time with his wife?  Certainly not.  But why not?  Is it because he's married?  Is it because he put in his time before retiring?  It's not marriage, because we don't criticize a widower for retiring.  It's not the time put in, because early retirement is considered a worthy pursuit- those who achieve it are even given some extra respect.  So if you could essentially "retire" right now, what would be wrong with it?  As far as I can tell, nothing.

That's assuming, of course, that there's no Final Judge on what is and is not a valid choice of lifestyle.  I don't believe there is one, and neither does Tom Leykis- one of the few points on which we agree.  If you're happy and don't obtain that at the expense of others, you're ahead of the game in my book.  Whether you derive that from tasting rare wines, meeting beautiful women (or men), collecting expensive cars, getting the Tempest of Chaos from Archimonde, teaching yourself Japanese, working out, or spending time with family, you win.

To differentiate that from shallow hedonism again very quickly, a shallow hedonist often does obtain pleasure at the expense of others, and his happiness is often short-lived.

[stray]

Not to knock the basic gist of your post, but I never liked the word hedonist. It doesn't make any sense to me to have a label for liking material things when the entire universe that every creature interacts with is, as far as I can tell, material. Or at least I should say that it's a very redundant label. Indulging on the material is the natural order of things. Going the other direction, asceticism, is the unnatural path. There is nothing deep or higher purposed about it. It just means you're a bit of a hater and need to get with the fucking program.

And I definitely don't think liking cars and girls makes one a hedonist. I mean, what happened to just simply liking cars and girls? Why is it deeper than that? And why shouldn't they be liked? A car is a machine to travel fast in, preferably faster, preferably with comfortable furniture, and preferably with the marvel of air conditioning. It's exterior can also function as art. There's nothing hedonistic about understanding and appreciating good engineering and art. In fact, that's downright noble as far as "higher purposes" go. The greatest, "higher purposed" minds in history, be it Da Vinci, Newton, or Archimedes would think that cars kick ass in all kinds of ways. 

And as far as sex goes, until someone calls a dog a shallow hedonist, then I don't think they should call a human one either. Doesn't prevent one from ignoring a higher purpose either.. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Beethoven, Einstein, Martin Luther King? They all had the company of many women.

[Riggswolfe]

I don't do drugs or anything but I might just do blow off a hooker's ass in this hypothetical situation. I don't give a shit about car's I'd probably have a limo though. Gotta fit the image. As for booze? Sure. For awhile until I got tired of it.

As for the rest of you, you're either liars or pussies.