I’ve heard some crazy things about how people prepared for the end of the world. Some people just stayed inside and watched apocalyptic movies while eating the most delicious (and unhealthy) foods imaginable. Others partied the night away at one of the innumerable “End of the World” parties.
Then there are the select few that did some really stupid things. Let’s just say, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt learned quite the lesson, and they learned it the hard way.
In 2010, the reality TV stars declared that they lost all of their money and were on the verge of bankruptcy. They even moved in with Heidi’s dad to save up some money. In that time, they’ve accumulated a 10 million dollar fortune… a fortune destined not to last very long.
The couple took the Mayan’s word and truly believed that the end of the world was coming on December 21, 2012. Because of this, they decided that they should celebrate their last days by going on a shopping spree. I mean, what good is money when the Earth has just been destroyed by an astroid? He would give his friends obscene amounts — I’m talking like $15,000 — of cash in an envelope for their birthdays or tip people a couple of hundred dollars to, for example, open doors for them.
Spencer told OK! Magazine:
We made and spent at least 10 million dollars. The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, we have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits. Here’s some advice, definitely do not spend your money thinking asteroids are coming. But the world didn’t end. [via SFGate]
Ouch! It must have hurt to realize that perhaps you did not make the wisest of end-of-the-world investments, but that sounds like some pretty sound advice, Spencer. I’ll be sure to take it into consideration the next time the world is supposed to end… maybe the upcoming revival of the Y2K virus?
I hope none of you spent all of your money because you thought the end of the world was coming, but I do want to know: what did you do to celebrate the event?
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I wouldn’t go to that etent, I was a critic from the beginning. However, the idea of leaving this world with a mound of cash unspent.. drives me insane. So I like to treat myself, clothes, books, whatever it may be. I’m not a fan of money just sitting around. I still manage my money, but it doesn’t stop me from thinking about what would happen should it go unspent. To solve this problem, any money left behind should I depart the world and the world not end, will be given to my expenses and the remainder to family and charity.
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I just went about doing what I usually do and that was nothing. The world didn’t end. Life goes on. Now to Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, may I say, “Gullible!”
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@BreakingArizona@xanga - I feel the same way. I don’t want to have any money left over when I pass from this world here in about 10 years. You better believe I’m going to spend every last penny of it before I die, if I can help it. I have no children, next of kin, family etc. so what would the point be in keeping it? It’s all going to go to the government anyway. That said, if something happens to me before “my time” so to speak, I’ve willed my assets to my animals for their care and well being. That’s the only thing I could think of to do that made sense since I have no family member(s) who I deem worthy of inhering my assets.
That said, doomsday predictions are just idiotic and for those who fell for them and spent their fortunes in anticipation of the world ending, I have no sympathy. If you’re that gullible you deserve it.
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Idiotic. That’s really all I have to say about them.
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:/
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They’re idiots anyways.
People still need to manage the money they have, instead of trying to beat the Jones at their game. It’s one thing to treat yourself. But bills should come first.
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this is what is known as survival of the fittest. animals as stupid as Heidi and Spencer need to die off and be removed from the gene pool.
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Is this for reals? It sounds really idiotic to me and more of a publicity stunt, which makes more sense since this couple is notorious for sticking themselves out in the public and posing for the paparazzi. How a couple that has accumulated so much money just piss it away? Don’t they have financial advisors or at least other people around them that will be out of a job when they go broke?
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Uhm…it’s Spencer and Heidi…we’re talking about this like their not the attention grabbing couple that we know they are. Probably just trying to make their lives sound more interesting.
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I spent the “end of the world” in a 15 passenger van on the way home to Louisiana from New York. Then we got stuck at a McDonald’s in Alabama for about 2 hours and we thought maybe it really was the end of the world (kidding).
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Now, I wouldn’t take anything that Heidi and Spencer said too seriously. I didn’t believe anything was going to happen at the supposed end of the world date. Has anyone considered that the Mayans just ran out of room? I just continued on as usual, just as I did for the whole Y2K situation. The only thing that happened wrong on New Year’s in 2000 was the calendar on my cell phone. For some reason it thought it was Jan 1, 1900.
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LMAO
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the sad part about this whole article is that these two HAD that money to begin with.
i honestly didn’t even realize it was dec 21st until the next day when all of my friends were posting “survived 12/21/12!” but to each their own.
daffodil / 1615 posts
No joke I graduated from college on the day the world was supposed to end hahaha
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LMFAOROTFL you have GOT to be kidding me.. didn’t anyone tell them that whatever they bought would be just as useless after an apocalypse, unless they bought a bomb shelter and supplies??? Oi, they deserve to be poor. Although I do like how a lot of their money was spent tipping large amounts or giving gifts. At least they weren’t like, “OMG we have to blow 10 million dollars on crap!!!!”
I don’t think I would even know how to blow 10 million dollars in a few short years.. Poor people problems.
I was working when the world was supposed to end. I figured it was fitting, I was pretty sure that job would be the death of me, anyway.
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Wow seriously. People are that idiotic.. I was too busy celebrating my 21st in Vegas instead
orchid / 191 posts
most people spent most of their money anyway at the time – christmas was right around the corner!
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People can do whatever they want with their own money. At least part of what they did was good in that they gave generous tips and birthday gifts.
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Fail.
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Publicity Stunt.
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@babybug329@xanga - Nice. Now that would’ve been interesting if it were true.
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I wonder how they got 10 million dollars to begin with in the first place.
I definitely wouldn’t be blowing money. You think they would have gave the money to charity or whatever.