You have been given $50,000 USD by...

[Jedoro]

I'd open up a shooting range/gun store after getting an FFL.

 

[Particulate]

I'd open up a shooting range/gun store after getting an FFL.

I'm sorry but $50K is barely enough to cover start up business costs let alone stock said business with guns, ammunition, and then staff the place.

 

[C117]

I'll smile like the devil at him. Then I'll start my own videogame company.

 

[doggie135]

Buy some games, get a powerhouse computer, donate about $10,000 to charity and leave the other $25k for college fees

 

[Dracowrath]

25k goes to charity right off the bat. The remaining 25k I'd split up, giving a portion to my mom, a portion in the bank, and the remainder I'd spend on video games.

 

[Leemaster777]

Let's see, I'd:

1. Pay off my credit card and my car.

2. Buy a 3DS

3. Donate remainder to charity.

4. ???

5. Profit

 

[Korolev]

Pay off my ridiculously large student loans.

 

[kickassfrog]

Two words. Stock Market.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

I'd bank a lot of it, but I'd definitely invest in a laptop for myself and I might take out small chunks now and again to fuel my gaming addiction.

 

[thelonewolf266]

Invest. Eventually sell and fund a science team to invent a time machine. Go back in time to '95, and tell my father to invest in Apple.

Considering you would have a time machine investing in apple is a bit unambitious.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

£30,000? Simple - set up an ISA for my god-daughter.

 

[Bassik]

Get a better apartement, maybe one where the kitchen, living room and bedroom don't occupie a the same, small area.

 

[Particulate]

Invest. Eventually sell and fund a science team to invent a time machine. Go back in time to '95, and tell my father to invest in Apple.

Considering you would have a time machine investing in apple is a bit unambitious.

Agreed... why not go WAY back and give it all to Nikola Tesla and set yourself up as his financial manager. Because $50K at that era would be worth MILLIONS and maybe then we'd all be enjoying flying cars and infinite power and your ancestors would be rolling in it for eternity.

 

[Outright Villainy]

I'd spend a grand on a godly rig, about another hundred or so on games, then invest the rest.

Or

Have my own casino, with black jack. And hookers.
In fact, forget the blackjack.

 

[hotacidbath]

Pay off my debts, buy a truck, and the rest in the bank.

Get a better apartement, maybe one where the kitchen, living room and bedroom don't occupie a the same, small area.

You, my friend, are an idea man. Add this one to my list too!

 

[Vidi Kitty]

This is completely off topic, but I just finished watching Spice and Wolf before clicking on this thread... So OP, you caught me off guard with your picture.

 

[Thundero13]

Well, you seemed to have the best idea so... no point me saying anything, I guess i'd just get like, I dunno, I really don't need that much money so yeah, childs play...
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[dillinger88]

Pay off my ridiculously large student loans.

$50000(£31000) would basically pay off my course (all 4 years of it) and would get me a shiny new laptop for next year at uni. i don't care if he gave me it, then id rent a house with my girlfriend for the next couple of years with the rest buy a reasonable second hand car and party the rest away.

Can I just say, assuming you're at university in the UK and funded by student loans company, if you ever do get a load of money, DO NOT pay off all of your student load. The amount of interest you're paying is below the rate of inflation, therefore it's not really 'costing' you anything to drag it out.

I think I'd use the money to make a video game where you play a parent of child and actually do your job and make sure you know what your kid is playing, watching or listening to, rather than using the TV or games as a baby sitter.

Seriously though? Deposit on a house, some to my parents and friends. Maybe the token bit to charity to say I did, like most people do.

 

[Jedoro]

I'd open up a shooting range/gun store after getting an FFL.

I'm sorry but $50K is barely enough to cover start up business costs let alone stock said business with guns, ammunition, and then staff the place.

I'd get loans, but I decided leave out how exactly I'd open it up so I didn't bore people with all the details.