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Another great thing about life: a billion dollars couldn't buy you an acute understanding of every line of Finnegans Wake.

For the same reason that a billion dollars couldn't buy you a number that was prime and factorable.

Finnegans Wake absolutely has meaning. It's just an abrupt pain that refuses to go easy on you.

But a billion dollars could buy you more spare time to try to understand Finnegans Wake.