<prompt> Human: Hi, Okay so Im new to investing in stocks and Ive been spending the last few months simply reading about investing and learning before I start doing anything. Ive been curious about dividend paying stocks and Ive seen a bunch of posts about people making a living off dividends or earning 2000month on dividends and I feel like thats very unrealistic which makes me think that I dont understand dividend stocks very well so I wanted to ask if Im way off or not. Heres what I think dividend stocks mean: Assuming the above example of 2000month: Lets say a stock pays a quarterly dividend every 3 months of 2share. That would mean that if I were to earn 2000month I would earn 6000 for those 3 months off of dividends alone. That would require me to own 3000 shares of that one stock or multiple stocks which average a 2share dividend. If we assume the stock costs 50share then that would mean that I would have to somehow invest 150,000 in that stock or across multiple stocks to make that target dividend. Is that correct or am I way off? I know that dividends dont remain constant forever but lets just leave that out of the equation to keep the math simple. Thanks in advance!  <response>: A stock that pays 8share of dividends per year is going to cost way more than 50 in this market, unless that dividend is unsustainable from cash flows ie, the stock price will most likely fall, or the dividend most likely be cut over time.It would cost way more than 150k to consistently generate 2kmonth 24kyear of dividends, as thats an ABSURD 16 payout ratio.But, other than that, yes, you understand dividends. 