Mister Ananas wrote:After getting my obligatory mansion, fancy car, personal chef, etc., my honest-to-God answer is that I would dedicate my life to shooting the best porn I possibly could.
101mike101 wrote:Money is power and opportunity to do things and fulfill your wishes. But not everything you desire to do is good for you in the long term. Quite often things that are pleasant and good in the short-term are the things that hurt you in the long term and make your life less than pleasant.
Mister Ananas wrote:101mike101 wrote:Money is power and opportunity to do things and fulfill your wishes. But not everything you desire to do is good for you in the long term. Quite often things that are pleasant and good in the short-term are the things that hurt you in the long term and make your life less than pleasant.
That is partially true, however money can also turn you into a slave to your own wealth. There’s a lot of stuff which comes along with having money that people don’t ever think about, like security, public relations, concerns about accountability, and other stuff. It also does not have as much power as it may appear to have (at least to the uninitiated). There’s only so much you can do with your wealth before you begin rubbing shoulders with other wealthy people, or worse, with governments. Those people may not approve of the way you are using your wealth, and if they want to stop you, then God help you.
Money is the fuel for choices, nothing more or less than that, and there are many choices available to men which come along with incredible burden and responsibility.
Anyway, you are 100% correct that money cannot buy happiness. In fact, nothing can. Happiness is not a commodity. Once your basic needs have been met, there is very little that money can do to address your state of mind. it is up to you to make good choices, build a life for yourself, and create your own happiness.
Mister Ananas wrote:Anyway, you are 100% correct that money cannot buy happiness. In fact, nothing can. Happiness is not a commodity. Once your basic needs have been met, there is very little that money can do to address your state of mind. it is up to you to make good choices, build a life for yourself, and create your own happiness.
nelson_sanchez wrote:why would i want to be a billionear, life is only 42,000 days or so.
i only want to be happy and have the minimun nesecities of a second class family. a car a house clothes, food and little money to spend and give away. and live happy the rest of my days.
101mike101 wrote:Mister Ananas wrote:Anyway, you are 100% correct that money cannot buy happiness. In fact, nothing can. Happiness is not a commodity. Once your basic needs have been met, there is very little that money can do to address your state of mind. it is up to you to make good choices, build a life for yourself, and create your own happiness.
Happiness is an internal feeling that you can have only when everything is right in your life. So, of course you can't buy happiness directly.
But money is something you need to go to various places and to do various things and have plenty of time for it too. When you have no money, then you are very limited and restricted in what you can do. And this is the same as not being free. It's like being a slave of your circumstances, without anybody actually enslaving you.
So, lack of money can make you profoundly unhappy due to the lack of freedom and opportunity and choices associated with that. And that's why I wouldn't dismiss money as being unimportant for happiness. Money is very important for happiness but only up to a point, where you have enough money to do the things that you want.
Mister Ananas wrote:101mike101 wrote:Mister Ananas wrote:Anyway, you are 100% correct that money cannot buy happiness. In fact, nothing can. Happiness is not a commodity. Once your basic needs have been met, there is very little that money can do to address your state of mind. it is up to you to make good choices, build a life for yourself, and create your own happiness.
Happiness is an internal feeling that you can have only when everything is right in your life. So, of course you can't buy happiness directly.
But money is something you need to go to various places and to do various things and have plenty of time for it too. When you have no money, then you are very limited and restricted in what you can do. And this is the same as not being free. It's like being a slave of your circumstances, without anybody actually enslaving you.
So, lack of money can make you profoundly unhappy due to the lack of freedom and opportunity and choices associated with that. And that's why I wouldn't dismiss money as being unimportant for happiness. Money is very important for happiness but only up to a point, where you have enough money to do the things that you want.
Your definition of happiness renders it unattainable to you. Your life will never be 100% right. There are things entirely outside of your control no matter how wealthy you become. The key is to learn how to find peace and achieve self-actualization within the limitations of your circumstances. None of us are free. Freedom is an illusion.
With respect to attaining happiness, money is useful only insofar as it satisfies your basic needs… although technically speaking, it is not the only tool with that power available to you. You could always go primal. Not many people would choose to do that, but it is entirely possible to live that way if it’s what you want.
Mister Ananas wrote:nelson_sanchez wrote:why would i want to be a billionear, life is only 42,000 days or so.
i only want to be happy and have the minimun nesecities of a second class family. a car a house clothes, food and little money to spend and give away. and live happy the rest of my days.
You plan to live to 115?
101mike101 wrote:People, who win a big lottery, often don't stay rich for long. Because they start spending money like crazy and perhaps giving it away to some charities, relatives, and friends. And before they know it, they are poor again.
And people who either make their money in business or inherit it from their family are usually scrooges enough to preserve their wealth. They might give a very small percentage of their wealth to charities for PR purposes. But they make sure that they stay wealthy and perhaps even increase their wealth.
You can't stay wealthy for long, if your spending exceeds your income and you give away money to others. Because no matter how wealthy you are, you can spend the money so quickly that it doesn't last for long.
Some studies have shown that having more money makes people more happy up to a point where all of their needs and wants are fulfilled. But after that, having more money doesn't make you more happy, and it might even make you unhappy. Because you end up worrying about the extra money and what to do with it, instead of enjoying your life.
Benjamin Franklin once said that when you fulfill half of your wishes, then you double your trouble. And good example of that might be Bill Gates. He is getting divorced now, and he is hiding out somewhere away from the public. There are all kinds of stories about him circulating in the media now. Some people say that he pursued hot women in his Microsoft company and outside too. And he got to bang a lot of hot women. But his pleasure and happiness was only temporary. And now he probably isn't so happy, despite still being rich.
Money is power and opportunity to do things and fulfill your wishes. But not everything you desire to do is good for you in the long term. Quite often things that are pleasant and good in the short-term are the things that hurt you in the long term and make your life less than pleasant.
So, banging a lot of hot women might be the thing to do in the short-term, when you are a billionaire. But you will need either to stay single and lonely in terms of companionship, or else get into all kinds of relationship troubles as a result of you cheating on your main partner. Either way, you aren't going to be entirely happy. And it's like this with many other choices, when you are rich. That's why rich people aren't necessarily happy people.
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101mike101 wrote:When you want to be a stud, the way Bill Gates reportedly was
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