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[the_batman]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

BTFO

 

[Tacitus_]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

oh wow

 

[niahbvgpq]

I drove a Ferrari. Don't know the model, something like F400, numbers like that. A family friiend came visit and wanted me to try it, but I couldn't care less. Maybe he thought that every 20 something italian male likes cars. It was fun, kinda scared me at the beginning.

 

[milanbaros]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

God damn son. Haha.

 

[Aselith]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

Soon: "what's the most opulent Gaf thread you've posted?"

 

[Nathan_Drake]

I cord cut this year. So I balled out and got HBO Now and the standalone series of Preacher because I wanted to!

Volunteered at the Pebble Beach Concours D'elegance. That made me realize how different the wealth gap is in privelage and in behavior. I could have taken out Jay Leno and I saw Arnold S auction some stuff.

But travel wise:
I did a study abroad in Innsbruck Austria. I went out with a few European girls. One date me and a girl from Italy went all out. We went to a nice restaurant ordered bottles of wine, went to multiple nice bars and drank cocktails, and then continued drinking outside since World Cup was going on. We both spent about 250 Euro (this was when the exchange rate sucked for Americans).

Not the most money i have spent kn something but definitely to just live a way I think is irresponsible and wasteful. Kicker is I didnt sleep with her. Ha FML

 

[sinxtanx]

Finland ferry restaurant

 

[grumble]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

I don't understand why you're doing this. It seems kind of vindictive to force someone to spend their money in a way that pleases you.

 

[Mascot]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

Only a grand? That's tip money for T-Money.

 

[Nomadic Sparks]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

Damn

 

[_Nemo]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

I initially thought this was sarcasm, but actually I'm not really sure now lol.

 

[AppleBlade]

As a kid who grew up in apartments with rats and roaches in the ghetto I've been pretty blesssed with my experiences. Nothing too amazing but I've had quite a few...

- Stayed at multiple 5-star resorts and hotels including the Ritz Carlton in Puerto Rico and a couple that were on the beach in Dominican Republic including the one where I got married.

- Went to a party at Dean Kamen's (famous inventor) mansion and it was basically like the mansions I'd imagine as a little kid. He even had the beauty and beast type library with a secret door that led to his wine cellar. Heck, we ate lunch in his helicopter garage.

- Have been to about half a dozen conferences in places like Phoenix, Orlando, Dallas, Washington D.C., most where in nice hotels and included fancy banquets.

- My job (I'm a teacher) paid for me to do a California road trip visiting schools that we wanted to model (Sacramento, San Diego, Chula Vista, etc.)

- Have ridden in Limo's many times.

- Did Study Abroad in Italy so I lived there for 4 months. The guy who ran the program was independently wealthy and he paid for a spring break trip for our group and would give us several hundred dollars every month to buy food and even threw a party at his mansion (He was a art conesseuir and had stuff like multiple Salvador Dali originals). He was also are art history teacher and it was awesome studying that in Florence. A typical class would be us talking about Michelangelo's David and then we'd walk to the real one and inspect.

- Did a cruise to Bermuda. Normal for most middle-class americans but definitely opulent for my upbringing and most of the world.

- Got tickets to see In the Heights on Broadway (from the same guy who did Hamilton) and Hillary and Bill Clinton were there . . . and I had better seats!

- I've been to Paris and had a magical whirlwind night on the last day that ended with eating delicious crepes and atop the Eiffel tower hours before we had to go home.

- Visited the Island of Capri in Italy, it is one of the beautiful places I've been too.

- I went to a charity benefit in New York City at the Cipriano Ballroom. I was rubbing shoulders with the CEO's and VP's of companies like Apple, AT&T, Citibank, Lenovo, etc. The food was amazing. The revolving doors had guys that would spin them for you and the bathroom had the old fashioned attendant with the mints, towels, and cologne. For entertainment we had Lang Lang, the world famous pianist.

- Not exactly opulent in a luxury sense but MIT invited me to a panel on teaching app development to high schoolers due to early success that I've had with it. It was very flattering to be in a board room with all of these professors and researchers from MIT and having them listening to what I had to say intently (and feeling like my input was genuinely helping them). BTW, this was related to MIT App Inventor in case any of you use it.

 

[Ray Wonder]

I was able to pay all my bills on time like 4 months ago. Opulent af for me.

No but really the most opulent thing I can think of in my entire life was having a $200± dinner that included 2 entrees and other shit. Lobster, Filet mignon, probably some broccoli.

It was for a wedding.

I'm broke. Help pls.

 

[Mr Waluigi]

I use almost all of my student welfare to go to the US every Summer to be with my girlfriend.

We don't travel or anything though, we just stay home for two months.

Alternatively, I was so hungry I ate two McDonald's menus once. (that was 20+€ and I felt sick afterward)

 

[Exodust]

Dropped a grand on non profit charities for every night I spent at a brothel.

 

[hazukash]

I have a working class background and I was raised by a single mother on minimum wage/welfare so nothing really. The closest to opulence I ever get yearly is when I go (by bus) to the dentist's office in an upper middle-class/rich neighbourhood and see houses with at least two garage doors and a giant pool. Also, I took a 10pm flight to Paris last year, and they served us an unexpected dinner at 11pm. I felt like a million bucks and I was in the worst economy seat next to the toilet.

 

[Dennis]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

I still remember when the price for keeping your account was $50.

We have come a long way.

#FreeFistful

 

[the_batman]

I have a working class background and I was raised by a single mother on minimum wage/welfare so nothing really. The closest to opulence I ever get yearly is when I go (by bus) to the dentist's office in an upper middle-class/rich neighbourhood and see houses with at least two garage doors and a giant pool. Also, I took a 10pm flight to Paris last year, and they served us an unexpected dinner at 11pm. I felt like a million bucks and I was in the worst economy seat next to the toilet.

that's kind of sad. where do you live?

 

[milanbaros]

I have a working class background and I was raised by a single mother on minimum wage/welfare so nothing really. The closest to opulence I ever get yearly is when I go (by bus) to the dentist's office in an upper middle-class/rich neighbourhood and see houses with at least two garage doors and a giant pool. Also, I took a 10pm flight to Paris last year, and they served us an unexpected dinner at 11pm. I felt like a million bucks and I was in the worst economy seat next to the toilet.

That is depressing. An economy flight meal? Why was it unexpected? Sorry man.

 

[poppabk]

Old world opulence - Had a formal dinner at St John's Oxford. I just remember that we had to pick the menu beforehand and half of the stuff we didn't even know what it was.
New world opulence - my car has heated and chilled seats.

 

[itsbenoclock]

I was invited to a house party of a classmate. I turned up with a few beers only to find out it was an open bar with a champagne waterfall feature and everything. I dropped the beers somewhere and quickly walked away.

 

[hazukash]

that's kind of sad. where do you live?

Montreal suburbs. It's affordable so my life isn't miserable, but I've always felt the wealth gap. My neighbourhood is working class with a high unemployment rate, but there's a golf course for the local rich and an upscale mall within 1 km of my building so I'm always reminded of socioeconomics. My goal in life is simply being middle class and helping my mom on welfare and I'm doing well so far. One day I might eat at a restaurant that costs more than $25 per person!

 

[neurosyphilis]

I got a pornhub membership once.

 

[the_batman]

I got a pornhub membership once.

now that's just wasteful.

 

[Busty]

I once drank a £500 ($734, apparently) bottle of whisky all by myself (in two sitting admittedly) a few years ago.

It was a present from a

Spoiler

producer

who I'd done some work for.

*shrugs shoulders*

 

[Ethelwulf]

I happen to have very, very rich relatives in The Netherlands. I once visited them and they took me to a bike ride around their properties and invited me to their gulf club to have lunch. It was a very cool experience I admit. Might visit them soon

 

[SallyIsNow]

One time me and a friend went halfsies on a hundred sack. My memory of the following weeks is pretty hazy. But good times were definitely had.

 

[v1lla21]

Whoa...
And you saw it??? In person I mean?!!

No, my cousin sent me a picture through our carrier pigeon.

Most opulent thing I saw was a client who owned a house with hidden entrances to his secret basement. There were no stair or any other access to go down besides the two secret entrances. He owned 4 cars. A Mercedes G63, BMW M3, Infiniti Q50, and a Mercedes S550. He was such a nice dude with an incredible house. He tipped me for no reason too lol. If I had money, I'd be like him.


I have a few rich family members but I've never been to their places. One of them lives in Texas and the other in Tijuana. The one in tijuana is in the baseball scene in Mexico and US and knows some very important people. I only see him about once a year to two years though.

 

[Frodo]

I went to McDonald’s and ordered something other than the Saver Menu the other day.

 

[thelatestmodel]

Went on a hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti when I was about 16 or 17. I saw giraffes, wildebeest, gazelles, elephants, everything. We had to get up at like 4:30am so they could get everything set up, but it was so worth it, the sunrise was absolutely staggering.

As soon as we landed, we were served a very generous champagne breakfast under a nearby tree. That right there is one of those moments that stays with you forever.

 

[Buzzati]

I fed caviar to my dog once.

 

[Solo]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

This is the most opulent post.

 

[Ray Wonder]

The most opulent thing I've ever experienced was witnessing evilore post one of his checks in a thread for like 10 seconds before deleting it. That was a great moment in my life.

 

[skynidas]

The most opulent thing I've ever experienced was witnessing evilore post one of his checks in a thread for like 10 seconds before deleting it. That was a great moment in my life.

what was the amount?

 

[Hindl]

I don't understand why you're doing this. It seems kind of vindictive to force someone to spend their money in a way that pleases you.

You don't understand Tabris

 

[Ace Harding]

I flew on a private jet. It was amazing. No security, just walked out onto the runway and onto the plane. Flight was perfect and fast, had a car waiting for us on the runway at our destination. When we returned, we drove the rental car right up to the plane, got out, one person took our bags into the plane and we boarded, and someone else came and took the car.

 

[Ray Wonder]

what was the amount?

It was a lot and I don't want banned lol

 

[Marvie_3]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

Bravo

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

:lol :lol Amazing

 

[Unhandled Exception]

Frankly if this was the experience of your life, the pinnacle of your existence, the 0/3 of your cup finals appearances, you should probably just pack it in now. Definitely never have kids as you don't want to pass on the same disappointment to them when they realize staying at a hotel is the pinnacle of human existence.

Matter of fact make damn sure you never have kids period.

 

[Amory]

I don't understand why you're doing this. It seems kind of vindictive to force someone to spend their money in a way that pleases you.

Well, he could just not post any more brag threads...

 

[Tabris]

EvilLore, I sent you a PM to work out a donation plan

But on the topic of "bragging". Is there a monetary value where sharing a life experience becomes boastful?

If someone posted a thread asking people about their best vacation and then talked about their fantastic vacation to Disneyland - how is that different then talking about their fantastic vacation to Dubai? or made a thread about their $30 Italian takeout vs eating at some Michelin-level restaurant. All of those things are great things and it's fun to hear about the things people enjoy!

Why is it frowned upon to share some of my life experiences because some of them may be expensive? I'm able to afford those because I don't spend much on a lot of things - I don't spend thousands on video games, I don't have a car, I'll eat on the cheap when not going to nice restaurants, I don't save for retirement, I use the fantastic Ikea brand for a lot of my furniture, etc. I just have different priorities and focus my money on great life experiences and it's fun to share them with people and also see what great life experiences others have had. This thread was fun hearing a lot of the cool things people have done like flown in private jets, met presidents, been to F1 race, etc.

 

[Kyne]

Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

 

[mxgt]

EvilLore, I sent you a PM to work out a donation plan

But on the topic of "bragging". Is there a monetary value where sharing a life experience becomes boastful?

If someone posted a thread asking people about their best vacation and then talked about their fantastic vacation to Disneyland - how is that different then talking about their fantastic vacation to Dubai? or made a thread about their $30 Italian takeout vs eating at some Michelin-level restaurant. All of those things are great things and it's fun to hear about the things people enjoy!

Why is it frowned upon to share some of my life experiences because some of them may be expensive? I'm able to afford those because I don't spend much on a lot of things - I don't spend thousands on video games, I don't have a car, I'll eat on the cheap when not going to nice restaurants, I don't save for retirement, I use the fantastic Ikea brand for a lot of my furniture, etc. I just have different priorities and focus my money on great life experiences and it's fun to share them with people and also see what great life experiences others have had. This thread was fun hearing a lot of the cool things people have done like flown in private jets, met presidents, been to F1 race, etc.

Jealousy is an ugly thing.

 

[spekkeh]

Went on a speed boat trip around the Costa Smeralda. Every hour equaled 250 euro in gasoline, lol.

The most opulent feeling thing I paid and arranged all by myself was actually comparatively really cheap. But we rented a yacht and spent a week sailing and anchoring for the night around the Whitsundays in Australia. Putting shrimp on the barbie on the deck of your private yacht with this view.

It's pretty much the same price as staying in a medium priced hotel for a week, so if it isn't already on your bucket list, put it on there right now.

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

Had a business related trip to Singapore. With all my frequent flyer business class points and other travel hacks I flew the Singapore Airlines A380 suites. It was well worth it, a very friendly, personable and attentive stewardess looking after my every need. Incredibly comfortable seat and bed with lots of room. Great food and a never ending flow of alcohol( Dom Perignon champagne and Hennessy Xo included). Nothing beats being pampered at 35000 feet.


Once in Singapore, we were staying at Marina Bay Sands and I splurged for the upgrade to one of the Straites Suits there which was spacious, comfortable with all the modern amenities. Also came with excess to the hotels lounge with all the usual perks that brings. Ate and drank at all the top restaurants in the hotel and even made a trip over to Raffles to have a couple Singapore Slings at the famous Raffles Longbar.

 

[milanbaros]

EvilLore, I sent you a PM to work out a donation plan

But on the topic of "bragging". Is there a monetary value where sharing a life experience becomes boastful?

If someone posted a thread asking people about their best vacation and then talked about their fantastic vacation to Disneyland - how is that different then talking about their fantastic vacation to Dubai? or made a thread about their $30 Italian takeout vs eating at some Michelin-level restaurant. All of those things are great things and it's fun to hear about the things people enjoy!

Why is it frowned upon to share some of my life experiences because some of them may be expensive? I'm able to afford those because I don't spend much on a lot of things - I don't spend thousands on video games, I don't have a car, I'll eat on the cheap when not going to nice restaurants, I don't save for retirement, I use the fantastic Ikea brand for a lot of my furniture, etc. I just have different priorities and focus my money on great life experiences and it's fun to share them with people and also see what great life experiences others have had. This thread was fun hearing a lot of the cool things people have done like flown in private jets, met presidents, been to F1 race, etc.

When you do it over and over and over again. Sometimes subtly, sometimes overtly.

 

[Mascot]

Went on a speed boat trip around the Costa Smeralda. Every hour equaled 250 euro in gasoline, lol.

The most opulent feeling thing I paid and arranged all by myself was actually comparatively really cheap. But we rented a yacht and spent a week sailing and anchoring for the night around the Whitsundays in Australia. Putting shrimp on the barbie on the deck of your private yacht with this view.

It's pretty much the same price as staying in a medium priced hotel for a week, so if it isn't already on your bucket list, put it on there right now.

Ooh yeah, I spent a week sailing around the Whitsundays 15-odd years ago. Truly paradise on earth.

 

[Milksheikhs]

EvilLore, I sent you a PM to work out a donation plan

But on the topic of "bragging". Is there a monetary value where sharing a life experience becomes boastful?

If someone posted a thread asking people about their best vacation and then talked about their fantastic vacation to Disneyland - how is that different then talking about their fantastic vacation to Dubai? or made a thread about their $30 Italian takeout vs eating at some Michelin-level restaurant. All of those things are great things and it's fun to hear about the things people enjoy!

Why is it frowned upon to share some of my life experiences because some of them may be expensive? I'm able to afford those because I don't spend much on a lot of things - I don't spend thousands on video games, I don't have a car, I'll eat on the cheap when not going to nice restaurants, I don't save for retirement, I use the fantastic Ikea brand for a lot of my furniture, etc. I just have different priorities and focus my money on great life experiences and it's fun to share them with people and also see what great life experiences others have had. This thread was fun hearing a lot of the cool things people have done like flown in private jets, met presidents, been to F1 race, etc.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I work for an engineering firm. I regularly set foot in residences and office towers and condos intended for rich elites, meet with politicians and the people who actually get things done for them, design projects that cost more to build than I will ever earn in 1000 lifetimes, fly on private jets to inspect jobsites, have vendors from international companies buy me lunch at the most expensive restaurants in town - and in New Orleans they're usually worth it, and get to set foot in parts of historic buildings no one else would be allowed - like 100+ year old medical specimen jar storage hidden permanently from view which no one has used in 50 years full of things no one would preserve in this day and age, and Museum basements where millions of dollars worth of culturally significant art are stored in carefully controlled environments.

I also meet the little people who make all these fancy, relevant, exclusive places actually function. Stepping into a Mechanical or Electrical room and realizing the heart of the most elite multi-million dollar projects look the same as the heart of a McDonald's, only with some bigger and more robust equipment. A heart which if not maintained by a guy making $50k a year would render the entire building a miserable cave.

It's like taking a look under the skin of a rich, self-important celebrity and actually seeing first hand that deep down they're just as much an illusion held up by parasite-ridden trash as the rest of us. This, and being able to casually walk through places I'd never be considered worthy or able to afford to visit are the most satisfying parts of my job.