{"id":130,"date":"2017-11-30T02:27:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T05:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:09:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:09:47","slug":"what-do-you-meme-if-i-were-super-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/2017\/11\/30\/what-do-you-meme-if-i-were-super-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Meme? (If I Were Super Rich)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1178\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/03-Billionaire-feat.-Bruno-Mars.m4a'>03 Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars)<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.colby.edu\\\/ofmiceandmules\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/03-Billionaire-feat.-Bruno-Mars.m4a\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"03 Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars)\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"03 Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars)\\\".\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"3:31\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.colby.edu\\\/ofmiceandmules\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/03-Billionaire-feat-Bruno-Mars-m4a-image.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":1391},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.colby.edu\\\/ofmiceandmules\\\/files\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/03-Billionaire-feat-Bruno-Mars-m4a-image-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Alright. Here we go. We all had this thought one way or another. &#8220;What would you do if you were rich?&#8221; Or, &#8220;What would you do if money wasn&#8217;t an issue?&#8221; Blah blah blah. We always go off on a list of things we would buy starting from a Ferrari to a mansion to a private jet&#8230;You know? All the cliche? And then we come back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208akg-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208akg-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208akg.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To reality. Where we realize and accept the fact that we are just broke college kids trying to invest a lifetime of our savings to get an education.<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/download-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/download-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/download.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is unfortunate that we all don&#8217;t start out our adulthood with a small loan of a million dollars from daddy so that one day, we can run for president. We all learned that you need two things to be a president of the United States. Money and a twitter account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089rj-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089rj-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089rj.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mean a president is still better than having this guy lead your country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a5z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a5z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a5z.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, politics aside, let&#8217;s talk about what I would do if I were $Rich$.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a2w-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a2w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a2w.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a57-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a57.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First of all, I came to peace with the theory that the only way I would become rich would be by winning a lottery. Not poetry. The lottery. My best shot. To become rich. Or if Oprah feels like sharing her wealth with me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089kv-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089kv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089kv.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If I were rich first thing I would do is to set my boundary. It is unfortunate how greed comes into play to ruin people&#8217;s lives when they suddenly become wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-139\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089hz-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089hz-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/2089hz.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would set aside enough savings for me to have enough money to pay for my parents&#8217; retirement fund and my future kids&#8217; college savings. And a few more bills for myself in case I financially fall apart or have a midlife crisis and suddenly decide I want to audition for American Idol. But just enough so I don&#8217;t go bankrupt. What would I do with rest of the money? Okay. Here is the thing.<\/p>\n<p>Back in junior year, I took a winter term (Equivalent of Jan Plan here at Colby) course on philanthropy. During the class, each of the students were representing a non-profit organization. We were required to prepare a presentation to sell a pitch to our donors to win $2000 for the organization we were representing. I was representing The Greater Boston Food Bank. If you don&#8217;t know the organization, you just have to know their super powerful slogan: &#8220;$1=1Meal&#8221; And when I met with the representative of the organization, I promised them that I would win them the $2000. I didn&#8217;t. My presentation came in 3rd place out of the 4 people in the class. If I were rich and had the financial stability to share my wealth, I would like to keep my promise to the organization and make a donation. Because the philanthropy class taught me the importance of giving back, because sharing can go a long way like a ripple effect.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208aax-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208aax-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208aax.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208aht-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208aht-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208aht.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I would probably donate some money to Brooks and Colby so that students can continue to get their education without worrying about the tuition. And I would hopefully be back in Great Pond Road, North Andover MA one day and be teaching. And occasionally writing poetry. But not making enough money out of it. But that&#8217;s okay. Because I had that money I set aside. Remember?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a5l-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a5l-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ofmiceandmules\/files\/2017\/11\/208a5l.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright. Here we go. We all had this thought one way or another. &#8220;What would you do if you were rich?&#8221; Or, &#8220;What would you do if money wasn&#8217;t an issue?&#8221; Blah blah blah. 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