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And yes you have to spend it all

Edit: There are a lot of little good things in these answers that I often ignore. Thanks everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 109 points 5 months ago (3 children)

15$?

Register a domain name based on some hair brain fantasy for the year.

Then spend the year ideating and fantasizing about what might be while doing nothing.

Thats a whole year of value for 15 bucks.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This feels like a personal attack

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 79 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Cat cafe, you can chill in there for ages slurpin on coffee surrounded by the lil gremlins

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I want rat cafes. Sadly there's only one, and it's in japan.

I just want to pet chaos potatoes while eating food that they are stealing from me

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There’s the New York Subway if you can stomach the smell

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Give it to someone that needs it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A big breakfast burrito and a latte.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)

I think I'd buy some bugs for my lizard. Maybe some hornworms? They're very good for hydration and basically every reptile that eats bugs goes absolutely crazy for them!

If my buddy is happy, then I'm happy, too.

Here's a picture of my ugly boy, PΔ…czki.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An icecream for me, one for my wife, and enough fuel to drive to the waterfront so we can eat them while sitting at the edge of the pier, swinging our legs.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's very sweet. I guess I'd do something similar: buy a crab bucket and a rope, and head down to the waterfront where I'd swim under piers and see how many people's dangling legs I can hook and pull under with the rope

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

10 bucks weed 5 bucks ben and jerrys

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Who's going to sell you a spoonful of BJs?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It depends on what I'm trying to maximize.

If I just want the happiness spike ASAP, then I would just buy $15 worth of Magic cards, or maybe a booster pack or three, depending on the set.

If I'm trying to maximize my overall happiness over any amount of time, I think spending $15 on something reusable, like a nice pair of socks or a hat would work out for me.

If I want to maximize happiness in general, then spending it on someone else I care about does double duty. It makes someone else happy, and I get happiness from being involved in the process.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's so hot right now I'd probably spend it on ice cream and/or frozen custard. Then be in the bathroom an hour later because I'm lactose intolerant.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're not gonna grab some lactase pills with part of the cash, or spend that $15 on dairy free ice cream?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Go to the zoo. See some owls.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Go to the country. Eat a lot of peaches.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Buy Minecraft, which apparently is on sale for $14.99. It's not quite as fun when all your friends have the official version and get to play together while you're stuck with an - *ahem* - unofficial version.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You know those machines that dispense stickers for quarters?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I sat here and thought about it, and I truly think I'd go to the dollar store, buy a few cheap water guns, and have a water fight with my sisters and their kids. Remember how fun water fights are??? Even those cheap little water guns; doesn't have to be fancy. Leftover money would go to popsicles.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Fam sounds like you need to get out there and make this a reality. $15 is cheap compared to a good memory like this

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

An edible

A 40

A little Caesars pizza, crazy bread

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Fellow lemmings, I, for one, would spend that 15 dollars on a copy of the "Barbie" movie on Blu-ray and digital, because nothing would make me happier.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

convert it to $1 and $2 coins. get the best super glue I can for $12

buy a $1 bag of popcorn (go pop it at home)

glue the remaining $2 coin to the path somewhere visible and near a bench so I can watch.

sit, with popcorn, and watch people try to pick up the glued $2 coin for as long as I feel entertained

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

Give it to your dad for last night!

Haha, got 'em!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Stardew valley could bring you hundreds of hours if you already have something to play on

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ecstacy.

Some of my happiest times were rolling at a concert. Im empathetic, happy, social, and my anxiety is pretty much gone.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Send a gift to a friend. I don't know what I would send, but it would make them happy and it would make me happy, so it's a win-win. Mind you,I should actually just do that

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Straight to the casino baby.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

I'd give it to a homeless person or another person in need

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I invest it in the next stupid crypto fas and either lose $15 or become a millionaire.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Put it towards a stupid sounding investment scheme that will turn those 15 into 5 within the month

I never had the income to do that. It sounds exciting. It's like gambling except it's considered classy instead of trashy.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I will spend it educating people that we write fifteen dollars as $15.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I would campaign for fifteen dollars to be written as 15$. The other way around makes no sense. Dollars is the unit, and you say "fifteen dollars" and not "dollars fifteen". That we landed on the backwards convention is a travesty.

Sure, 15$ wouldn't get me far, but it's a start!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If I have to spend money to be happy, then I’m already unhappy.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Do like GeoWizard. Pocket the money and start walking in a direction. See how far you can get on the money. Buy simple needed items like water and snacks. Accept charity. Speak with people. Seems extremely fulfilling!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Honestly, one month of a service like Netflix or Disney. I'm against these services but I feel $15 will give great value for a month.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can you even get a month for $15?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Approximately ~7 different packs of Haldiram's Minute Khana.

It'll keep me going another week or so, and is (hopefully) a little healthier than ramen! Certainly more flavorful, at least

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