Does money buy happiness?

Does money buy happiness?

  • Yes, absolutely.

    Votes: 25 18.1%

  • Yes, to a degree.

    Votes: 74 53.6%

  • Yes, temporary happiness, just like a drug.

    Votes: 22 15.9%

  • No, not at all.

    Votes: 14 10.1%

  • Money is overrated.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Happiness is overrated.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Money and happiness are both overrated.

    Votes: 3 2.2%
  • Total voters
    138
Not drowning in debt gives you the opportunity to pursue many things that can make you happy.

Will suggest marriage is a lot smoother when you don't have to worry about money.
 
It does,to a degree.

There's some things money cant solve.

Its the lack of money that really means anything,though. As long as you have enough money to do what you need to do,who cares how much of it you really have? As long as its there when you need it.
 
Money absolutely buys happiness.

It gives you the ability to help the people you love in ways that can not be replaced, it allows you to make time for the events that are important to them and you, and that needs, both basic and exceptional, can be met.

This doesn't mean everyone with money will be happy; there are people who will be miserable with money, but they would be miserable without it, too.
 
Money DOES buy an opportunity to be extremely happy!

People who say shit like "rich people are unhappy" are fucking copers.

Money buys you so much opportunity for you to get out of so many bad situations, the ability to help someone out which allows you to feel valued in the eyes of that person. It can also give you an ability to combat someone who is after you because you can afford various methods of defense. It also gives you the power to help a family or loved ones at need.

The only super power superior to money is omni-potent in which you have many super powers. Its insane how diverse your life options are. You can use money to hire the best trainers in boxing and martial arts. The best scientist for anti-aging and performance. Hell you can pay to custom design a PED that is inline with your genetics so that you avoid side effects + gain health abilities with performance increase.

The angriest, the most bitter and resentful human beings I have ever met are poor people. They are angry because they lack the resource to capitalize on their time and your time is your life. They see it being wasted. Pre-social media, you were not exposed to rich people. Now you are and you see that they are not unhappy. They are also not all in to super facial activities. You see rich folks getting trainers and having the best diet in which they have a very impressive before and after. Lot of them work for what they have. This includes things that might be vain. They also express gratitude. I believe this has made poor people extremely bitter and resentful in modern times. They see the people with money having a great time and their time is going to waste. They are aging which means the clock is ticking. They feel like their life is being slowly snuffed out. For most, its easier and more addicting to get stuck in a rage cycle than to find a way to overcome the bitterness.
 
It’s the root of all evil and I want more

I’m not rich, but I’m pretty comfy.

my head was in such a better place when I had fuck all and me and my wife were living off crisps and dip than I am now so figure that one out.
 
Of course it does.
If you mismanage it it can be devastating though. Hire the wrong accountant to trust with your taxes you could be fucked and in jail.
 
ferrisjso said:
My stance on this has always been the Citizen Kane line "money is...to buy things". Money is a social construct people use to acquire things once it ceases to do this it ceases to give you anything but status.

Once people reach a certain amount of wealth it takes more and more money to result in tangible lifestyle changes because there is a finite amount of things people can buy and/or want to buy. Hence this is why rich people spend such a small percentage of their income.
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Quoting Citizen Kane on the dog...love it.
 
If I took the 10 wealthiest guys I know, they're no happier on average than the idiots I know that still work entry level jobs and are scrapping by paycheck to paycheck.

With money, there generally comes responsibility unless you're gifted said money. Most people that have money have stressful lives.

In my experience, self employment is the greatest indicator of happiness. The people I know that mow lawns for a living or own a food truck are happier than the lawyers and doctors because of the freedom they have over their lives.
 
StonedLemur said:
Quoting Citizen Kane on the dog...love it.
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This is a pretentious, hipster, socialist dork who lives with his parents who was whining yesterday that he can't get paid to do nothing.

Just wait till the guy who has never had a job in his life starts lecturing about the evils of capitalism and the exploitation of workers again LOL

I could go on, he really is a clueless joke.
 
Contempt said:
This is a pretentious, hipster, socialist dork who lives with his parents who was whining yesterday that he can't get paid to do nothing.

Just wait till the guy who has never had a job in his life starts lecturing about the evils of capitalism and the exploitation of workers again LOL

I could go on, he really is a clueless joke.
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The quote was good sir, apt even.
I wasn't trying to date the kid lol.
 
Hatorade said:
If I took the 10 wealthiest guys I know, they're no happier on average than the idiots I know that still work entry level jobs and are scrapping by paycheck to paycheck.

With money, there generally comes responsibility unless you're gifted said money. Most people that have money have stressful lives.

In my experience, self employment is the greatest indicator of happiness. The people I know that mow lawns for a living or own a food truck are happier than the lawyers and doctors because of the freedom they have over their lives.
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Exactly, no one is thinking about that because all they think is money will fix all their problems.
 
And yes, money DOES buy happiness. Anyone who says it doesn't is probably poor.

Ask the minimum wage worker who can barely pay their rent much less take a holiday or the guy spending a month or more every year travelling around Europe and staying in luxury hotels etc about relative happiness levels.

Anyone that thinks it doesn't are just deluding themselves into thinking that as a coping mechanism.
 
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It doesn't buy happiness but it eliminates many problems and stressors that can contribute to unhappiness.
 
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