r/AskReddit • u/Previous-Ad3911 • 5d ago

You can have 5000 of anything that starts with Y. What do you choose?

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u/Iriss21 5d ago

5,000 yachts!! Then I would try and sell 4,999 of them

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u/KatzDeli 5d ago

As a former boat owner, trust me, sell all 5000.

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u/Public-Platypus2995 5d ago

I heard Louis CK once say “Don’t buy 1 yacht unless you can afford 10 yachts”

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u/icepyrox 5d ago

Yeah, so if you sell 4999 of them, surely you can afford 1 for a few years...

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u/SeantotheRescue 5d ago

Sell all 5000, then charter for a few weeks when you feel like it

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u/Matasa89 5d ago

This is the way to go - you also get a trained crew with it.

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u/FunkyChromeMedina 5d ago

Exactly. The idea of owning a yacht - even if I had yacht money - isn’t really appealing to me. The idea of renting a yacht for a week or two every year is much more appealing.

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u/Tengokuoppai 4d ago

Everyone says this;but I've seen clips of below deck; having some total stranger with the gall to just toss a used condom on my boats nightstand means if I'm rich enough I'm never renting my boat out.

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u/gsfgf 5d ago

Yea. It's like how I'd rather have a NetJets membership than a plane of my own.

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u/SeantotheRescue 5d ago

Honestly at that level of wealth, you just have a broker that handles flights, yachts, resorts etc

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u/Le-Pretre 5d ago

This is the way.

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff 4d ago

If I have "just sold 4,999 yachts" money, I'm gonna be living on that thing like 6 months out of the year

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u/TruckFudeau22 4d ago

If it floats, flies, or fucks, RENT IT.

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u/BathrobeDave 4d ago

If it flies, floats or fucks- it's cheaper to lease.

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u/Suspicious_War_9305 5d ago

“Average price of a yacht is 1.5 million”

Ok so ball park I make 7.5 billion. After insane taxes and other costs let’s call it a clean 4 billion. I think I can afford a decent yacht forever.

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u/deadheaddavid 5d ago

Yup, and if you can’t afford a new Ferrari, you definitely can’t afford a used one.

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u/PrinceOfLeon 5d ago

A legit metric is to budget 1/7th the cost of the boat every year in maintenance. So you're effectively buying the boat again every 7 years.

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u/twintomelissa 5d ago

I love Louis CK

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u/Tactically_Fat 4d ago

Same advice goes for exotic cars. Even run of the mill luxury cars, too, for that matter.

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u/KMitchell2520 4d ago

I worked at an Auto-Auction when I was 18-19, I was always surprised when I’d drive a 2 year old Maserati through the lane and get zero bids. Less than $30k for a car that was just $70k, and nobody wanted it. because you’re stuck with all of the maintenance and parts-ordering of a 70k car.

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u/Tactically_Fat 4d ago

I can't remember the exact quote or where it came from, but the jist of it is "People who think they have money buy Maserati".

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u/Accomplished-Cat3996 5d ago

Yeah he mentioned that in Comedians in Cars getting Coffee (maybe other times as well).

Off topic but I still feel like Louis CK is a good human being and would be fine with, say, my daughters being around him.

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u/RealKickitupanacho 3d ago

He’s got something cooking that will surely be controversial 

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u/ArtichokeOwn6760 5d ago

Same for French bulldogs.

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u/SobakaZony 5d ago

"If you have to ask the price of the yacht, you probably can't afford it."

  • Bob and Ray (Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding).

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u/RangerDickard 5d ago

I wanted a yacht so bad until I saw the gas bill...

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u/DiscountPast4181 5d ago

Then he got his cock out and started jerking off.