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I could be unemployed for a long long time. Years to care for myself and heal from all the hurt piled onto me from all the abusive employment.

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About 90k Euros. Could almost get me an entry level Porsche Taycan in Germany. But that would be a pretty stupid decision as the upkeep and insurance would ruin me. Also with German entry level cars you can be lucky if it has windshield wipers.

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Tell us more about the windshield wipers.

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It was a joke obviously but German cars often start with just the absolute basics, almost forcing you to pay up for extras that should be standard, especially in higher classes.

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Depends if you can sell it

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I remember attending a trade convention in Toronto where they were showcasing this block of pure gold around the size of a loaf of bread. It was surrounded by Mounties but they welcomed me to come forward and even asked if I wanted to try and lift it. My God that thing was heavy!!

Then as I was about to leave, they said “Hold on sir, show us your hands.” I did and they said I was good to go. I asked what that was about and they said some people try to scrape a bit off under their fingernails as a souvenir since gold is one of the softer metals.

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So like straight up several Dudley Do Rights?

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Yeah pretty much! They were in full dress with the red coats and boots and the wide brimmed hats and all that. No horses though. There was also a fair bit more security that day than usual with swat team-looking guys around the exits and stuff.

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Whelp, now I know what to do next time I touch one.

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A kilo of gold is worth about $193k currently, which depending on where you live and how old you are means different things. For example, if that was your whole net worth and you are a Baby Boomer in the US you’d be about $1.5M below the average family. If you’re under 35, though, you’d be slightly above average. (Via kiplinger)

FWIW because the top 1% have so much wealth they skew the average significantly - overall the median net wealth in the US is right around that $193k number, but the average is just over $1M, which is pretty amazing.

$200K in net wealth would just about put you into the global top 10% and into the top 1% if those were your earnings for the year.

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the median net wealth in the US is right around that $193k number, but the average is just over $1M, which is pretty amazing.

I’d say that the median is the average in this case. The mean usually works as a mathematical average, but in this example, it’s clearly skewed.

The difference isn’t between median and average, but between median and mean.

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You added $100k by typo.

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Ah damnit so I did. The rest of the numbers are true, just not as close to the 1kg’s worth as noted.

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