[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  shaquille o'atmeal [@crypt0e](/creator/twitter/crypt0e) on x 16.5K followers Created: 2025-07-21 19:00:11 UTC That sounds great on paper until you run the numbers with reality in mind: "10% on any bad asset" is a contradiction. Bad assets don’t return XX% consistently. And even good ones don’t deliver that linearly. Volatility, taxes, and inflation eat into that return fast. $200K/year sounds great, but that assumes you're willing to spend your full XX% return every year without reinvesting which kills compounding. If you want your capital to last, you can't just extract the full nominal return. "Just XX% a year" isn’t low. That’s near the long-term average of the S&P XXX and it includes brutal drawdowns, lost decades, and underperformance. Ask anyone who went all-in in 2000 or 2021 how that worked out. "He’s 20" is actually a risk amplifier. If you’re young and blow it early chasing yield or assuming eternal growth, you don’t get those years back. Time compounds, but so do mistakes. wealth doesn’t “keep outgrowing you” automatically. You still have to protect it. Once you hit $2M, every percentage point becomes a serious dollar risk. “Set and forget” is how wealth erodes. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [$200kyear](/topic/$200kyear) [inflation](/topic/inflation) [volatility](/topic/volatility) [Post Link](https://x.com/crypt0e/status/1947371042894152169)
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Created: 2025-07-21 19:00:11 UTC
That sounds great on paper until you run the numbers with reality in mind:
"10% on any bad asset" is a contradiction. Bad assets don’t return XX% consistently. And even good ones don’t deliver that linearly. Volatility, taxes, and inflation eat into that return fast.
$200K/year sounds great, but that assumes you're willing to spend your full XX% return every year without reinvesting which kills compounding. If you want your capital to last, you can't just extract the full nominal return.
"Just XX% a year" isn’t low. That’s near the long-term average of the S&P XXX and it includes brutal drawdowns, lost decades, and underperformance. Ask anyone who went all-in in 2000 or 2021 how that worked out.
"He’s 20" is actually a risk amplifier. If you’re young and blow it early chasing yield or assuming eternal growth, you don’t get those years back. Time compounds, but so do mistakes.
wealth doesn’t “keep outgrowing you” automatically. You still have to protect it. Once you hit $2M, every percentage point becomes a serious dollar risk. “Set and forget” is how wealth erodes.
XXXXXX engagements
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