Play Money
November 23, 2024 11:48 AM   Subscribe

SpendTheirMoney.com is a simulation game where players spend a wealthy individual's fortune in a virtual marketplace. This content is for entertainment and educational purposes only. The simulation uses fictional representations of wealth associated with public figures. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
posted by chavenet (10 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
Doesn't let me buy a senator. Shoot, it doesn't even let me rent a senator!
posted by adamrice at 2:45 PM on November 23, 2024 [10 favorites]


So the Get Out of Jail Free card is still automatic?
posted by BlueHorse at 3:08 PM on November 23, 2024 [2 favorites]


Is "pay their damn fair share of taxes" an option?
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:11 PM on November 23, 2024 [10 favorites]


I'm not seeing any guillotines. Not realistic.
posted by nofundy at 3:31 PM on November 23, 2024 [4 favorites]


With Musk's fortune, I just housed every homeless person in the US for 13 years in less than 30 seconds and there's still 15 billion left over, so once the interest compounds I can just keep doing that.

Was this game supposed to be hard?
posted by pdb at 3:43 PM on November 23, 2024 [19 favorites]


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posted by clavdivs at 6:27 PM on November 23, 2024 [1 favorite]


Previously, related: Jeff Bezos Has Too Much Money
posted by teraflop at 9:06 PM on November 23, 2024 [2 favorites]


How about we take Musk's money, spend in shorter increments to end both world homelessness and hunger, and let the interest on the rest of it allow us to keep going in perpetuity?
posted by stormyteal at 12:49 AM on November 24, 2024 [2 favorites]


Now lets add use of this to the curriculum of every high school age classroom in the world.
Yes, some kids will have fun with it, but then others will so "ok now wait. . . . "
posted by mikeinclifton at 2:39 AM on November 24, 2024 [2 favorites]


Conversation with a finance guy, as reported by a friend: "Damn, if I made $10 million in one year, I'd just retire." "Which is exactly why you'll never make $10 million."
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 5:08 AM on November 24, 2024 [2 favorites]


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