But Notch's problem isn't things to do, it's people to do them with. Your cash-spending ideas may be enjoyable to you, but you're doing them alone. That's fine if that suits your personality type, but many people want to do things with friends. When you're suddenly rich, all your current friends are stuck at work so they aren't available to go on adventures.

And if you do meet people who can accompany you, you'll always question their true motivations; are they hanging around you because they truly like you, or your cash? If you're generous and throw elaborate parties for your friends, pay for their jaunts with you, and put their kids through college, then you may not realize it but they'll come to fear you. Don't annoy him or he'll take it away. Everyone with less money than you will become a yes-man.

That's what Notch has come to realize. He can only trust the motivations of other rich people because they're the only ones who don't want anything from him. Hanging out with the rich and famous becomes a necessity instead of a perk. Sure, it's a nice problem to have... but it still sucks, and it doesn't just affect the mega-rich. Even us 99%'s will see it between our friends in different socio-economic classes.