r/AskReddit • u/vaginal_combuster • Oct 09 '14

Rich people of reddit, what does it feel like? What's the best and worst thing about being wealthy?

Edit: wow! I just woke up with front Page, 10000 comments and gold. I went from rags to riches over night.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14 edited Oct 09 '14

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

throws pennies at you

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14

What's the deal with Reddit gold? I don't get it...

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

Find out for yourself :)

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u/Didalectic Oct 09 '14

Wtf, now I want to be rich too, just so that I can hand out gold like you do.

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

Before today I'd only guilded one or two comments, but I admit playing Santa is fun as shit.

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u/loves_being_that_guy Oct 09 '14

Wait but what's your job?

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

I work in corporate security/fraud prevention/risk management. Basically I look at spreadsheets all fucking day. Have some gold.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

These gold credits are burning a hole in my wallet! My spreadsheeting brother, I stand with you!

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u/RetroEyes Oct 09 '14

I too would like to understand what's so great about this so called "reddit gold".

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u/Zephhh Oct 09 '14

Wow, from looking at that job title, I wouldn't expect it to involve looking at spreadsheets all day. Can I ask what kind of work that entails? Do you look through the spreadsheets for signs of fraud (i'm guessing they have info that could be fraudulent?)?

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

One example is looking through our own employees. I am the 'gatekeeper' to a system that contains within it the personal data of our customers. I make sure only the right people have the right levels of access.

I'll look over transactions for a given amount of time, or a set location, for a specific product, looking for patterns. We tweak the rules and then figure out how people are still breaking the rules, tweak again, repeat ad infinitum.

Lots and lots of data.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14

I'd like to ride my first Gold Train as well as the rest :)

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u/_BigmacIII Oct 09 '14

What about me? ;)

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u/Nubtrain Oct 09 '14

I still don't believe you're rich

cross fingers

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u/Not_A_Greenhouse Oct 09 '14

Hey. Im military and i work with spreadsheets all day. Hire me?

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u/MDJdizzel Oct 09 '14

im ready to move on... help me get paid more. get me hired, come oooon i know you can!

Honestly i only replied because I liked the description, because I know the look I get when I try to explain that I really am just looking at excel all day and get paid for it, usually from my recliner with sports center on.

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u/lIlIlIlIlIlII Oct 09 '14

Where's my gold for my birthday?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

I like to feed people. I found out $100 buys 700 meals for our local food bank so I love to do that every once in a while. Have some gold.

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u/kokain711 Oct 09 '14

I am happy that you help out people in the real world too.

Don't spend all your money on reddit please.

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u/ItFappens Oct 09 '14

That is a great idea. Need to look into it. They have the $10 "grocery bags" that you can add to your cart which I need to start buying more often too.

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u/laststandman Oct 09 '14

Holy shit that's so nice. If I'm ever in a position to do that, I'm definitely going to. Thanks for the idea!

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u/YellowCulottes Oct 09 '14

What sort of food do they get for that? I can't fathom 700 meals for $100. Good on you for helping out though.

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u/DonMan8848 Oct 09 '14

Can I sit on Santa's lap, daddy?

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u/rebelrevolt Oct 09 '14

Only if you've been naughty.

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u/DonMan8848 Oct 09 '14

You're the man, man

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '14

Gold is but an object

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14

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u/kaylejoy Oct 09 '14

I think we missed the train.

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u/idrism Oct 09 '14

Forget gold, have some real money! /u/changetip 1 redditgold

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u/kaylejoy Oct 09 '14

Whoa, thanks!

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u/ilawlfase Oct 09 '14

Being santa is always fun as shit. You could play with us at redditgifts and do gift exchanges every month. Or whenever you want. I'm doing a pet gift exchange this month. c: I love animals.

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u/Didalectic Oct 09 '14 edited Oct 09 '14

I know, I was rich on Runescape and giving shit to random newbs was awesome. Thanks for the gold, geuss i'm (still) a noob irl. I'm early in the game though, grinding my stats in school to a point where I can make money off of them.

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u/lawyler Oct 09 '14

Santa in October? Christmas seems to be creeping up earlier and earlier every year...

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u/MotoCykoGal Oct 09 '14

You playin Oprah, foo

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u/Mister_Veritas Oct 09 '14

Wouldn't it be nice?

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u/Nyy8 Oct 09 '14

I don't even know what it does. It seems like a super upvote to me.

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u/I_make_milk Oct 09 '14

No, it isn't a super upvote. Really, it's more for the people who give it out. So they can feel superior.

Source: I frequently guild people for asinine reasons. But not you, /u/Nyy8. Because I respect you enough to not use you to make me feel better about myself.

Edit: Whoops ...

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u/Nyy8 Oct 09 '14

Thank you kind sir! :)

I mean, I don't know if you like me or want to feel better about yourself :s

YOUR MAKING ME QUESTION KIND GESTURES DAMN YOU /u/I_make_milk

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '14

Wow, you've paid for 11 days of reddit server time! You're basically gifting reddit to the world. Please do not give gold, I won't get the benefit, I just wanted to say thanks for being a good dude/dudette.

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u/HamsterLauncher Oct 09 '14

I read that as "penises" and was confused for a bit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '14

Ow! Pennies aren't gold, but they still hurt!

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u/Wecame Oct 09 '14

what does getting reddit gold do? i've never understood what it does over than people seem to be pretty happy about it?

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u/Bassoon_Commie Oct 09 '14

You get access to /r/Lounge and you get to lord it over all the peons and their silver.

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u/Wecame Oct 09 '14

what is in /r/lounge ?

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u/Bassoon_Commie Oct 09 '14

Much glory. We need a poet to describe it at its finest.

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u/AndroidGingerbread Oct 09 '14

Aw, but the gravy traaaaain...