Funds and Happiness.
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Money buys the security that allows us to pursue happiness. Sure at a certain point it won't fill whatever "hole" someone has (from seeing some very wealthy family members who are some of the most miserable people i know) but that's irrelevant when most people can't find peace...
Nah, security is a feeling. Money can't buy it. The problem with memes like this is it concedes the notion that money is god. It has all the powers. There are happy poor people and miserable rich people. There are even happy people who still live in hunter gatherer soci...
>Money buys the security that allows us to **avoid consequences for our shitty behavior**. Its not money that would allow us to pursue happiness, it's the removal of their boot from our necks.
Not only security but money is the absolute medium in which a person can fulfill themselves in life. We've been wrongly pandered into consumerism and thinking that buying shit or traveling places and taking pictures for the sake of appearances is how you win in life. Which in ...
Money buys security, and security can put some folks on road to happiness. Problem for some is that they only seem happy when others are miserable
Yah, exactly, its a lot easier to find happiness when you aren't worried about finding a bed for the night.
If you’re born wealthy, then I could maybe see it. But if tomorrow I suddenly fall into millions and can retire and do what I want, you bet I’ll be happy lol.
"you bet I’ll be happy lol." Temporarily. but once your bills are paid, then what?
Money can't buy happiness, but poverty can't buy anything.
Exactly this. Elon is a miserable fuck and look at how much money he has.
And yet the richest man in the world is history's biggest loser ever
He’s defective, he’d be unhappy no matter what.
Sure, but he looks happy as fuck running around tossing out those sieg heils without any real repercussions.
I have legitimately felt murderous rage toward the few people that have said this to me. How dumb and brainwashed can you be? Sure, you will barely be any happier if you go from having a net worth of $25 million to $50 million. There is no functional change in lifestyle outsid...
It's just an incomplete statement. "Money can't buy happiness, \*beyond a certain point.\*" If you're destitute I bet I can guess why you're unhappy. If you make 50k/yr, I can look at your debts/monthly payments and probably guess. If you make 500k/yr I have no fuckin ide...
There is no black/white. There is no left/right. It's all fake. The only thing real is RICH/POOR. Most "mental health issues" are actually financial issues. When I was broke my mental health was terrible. Get rich. I guarantee you most of the bullshit ends.
This. 100%. They rely on being “passionate” about your job to underpay you. It’s why teaching “is a calling”. Soldiers are “honored”. They wrap underpaying you with cutsy words so you won’t riot.
*Cries* in teacher. Somebody build a time machine so I can tell myself not to pursue my passions.
https://preview.redd.it/da0k6ai2n8pg1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=122061976c7f5811599fb87438ee5671670c8cc6 $400,000 is when your daily life doesn't improve and becomes the "more money, more problems" spectrum. Wealth cap.
Having the money to completely pay off all my Student Loans and Insurance Premiums right now would certainly make me happy.
Ask Robin Williams and Chester Bennington if money makes you happy. While I fully agree that a lot of the stress of the working class would be removed by having a lot of money, it doesn’t magically make you mentally healthy. And sometimes all the therapy and counselling on ...
>Robin Williams Wasn't suffering from depression, he had Lewy body dementia. He was staring down his brain creating more and more paranoia and hallucinations until he died a slow and horrific death.
Honestly yeah. Anecdotally I don't even have a lot of money compared to - say - billionaires or multimillionaires. But having a positive liquid net worth at all allows me a great deal of pleasure that I didn't have before. And access to good healthcare and medicine that is ...
It's a dopamine hit when you get an insane amount of money you've never had quickly. But yeah can also leave one feeling like a shell. Just look at notch, creator of Minecraft
money can buy you therapy and medications, and the freedom to take time off when low. (that mental illness is a poor little rich kid's issue is also a big fat lie -- stress can exacerbate issues A LOT and is sometimes the prime issue).
Money can’t buy everything, but pretending it doesn’t solve a huge amount of suffering is one of society’s favorite lies
Money may not buy happiness, but poverty sure does cause depression
Someone should make a list of all lies the lower classes are told
'Money can't buy happiness' is mistakenly aimed at poor people, when really it should be said to the ultra wealthy. In the context of, 'You know that adding another zero to your net wealth isn't gonna make you any happier, right?'
But it doesn't. as others have said it allows you the security to pursue happiness but happiness simply cannot be bought. Of course, on the contrary, having no money burdens you with stress which is an "unhappy" feeling. But happiness itself can only come from things wi...
80,000 brings happiness - 400,000 brings problems. That's the amount you need to enjoy life on the daily and have an overall feeling of accomplishment upon reflection.
I ended up poor and lonely. Don't have the money I need to take care of my needs. This means I can't afford to help others to find fulfillment. I don't have enough to pursue much of anything. No one wants to be with some one without any money or the ability to be a partner ins...
It's not that money makes you happy, but not having money makes you misreable and desperate.
Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys the right to pursue it.
After having enough money to not care at all about your spending, it will not bring you more happiness. Still need a strong base.
This was supposed to be said to rich people, I don’t know when it turned into something being said to poor people?! It was a lesson to rich people, that you can buy all the fancy cars and million dollar houses, but you can’t buy true happiness. This saying was never about po...
Given how unhappy the Epstein class is that they feel like exploiting workers is a must for them. I would say money doesn’t buy happiness. Money does buy food, roof over your head, time for self-care, freedom to choose what you want, healthcare which is essential for humans. ...
IMO money can buy you the ability to better look for happiness and to have security which are both very important. But if you have a deep seeded greed or insatiable want for people to suffer then yeah you'll never really be happy no matter the money you have
This saying is meaning true happiness doesn’t come from money, which is true. If you had millions tomorrow you’d have a whole bunch of new problems you don’t realize you’d have now. Being poor and someone saying money doesn’t buy happiness is obviously going to cause a reactio...
People love to romanticize and money is absolutely one of those things. Perfect example is within Goodfellas. Henry is monologuing about how money and the freedom of being a mobster brought him happiness and he wouldn't have it any other way. In the framing of the shots, he...
Yeah just look at how happy all the rich folk are, just so grateful and content with their lot and not wanting for more.
Money can't buy happiness. But money can rent it.
For the rich money buys comfort by distraction (entertainment, drugs and simulated thrill of danger/risk). Just look at Vegas and Venice. For the poor money buys comfort by stressor reduction (late bills, a functional car or public bus, a roof over your head), just look at a ...
No one thinks this and the saying is over simplified. What it actually means, after you have your necessities met, more money is not going to make you happy. It only gets misconstrued in dire times to point out injustices. The fortunate are not going around telling the unfortu...
People who say money can’t buy happiness don’t know where to shop.
Far too many people look at this one dimensionally. * Money cannot buy happiness. The fact that there are incredibly depressed wealthy people proves that. * However, if you cannot meet your needs, then it tends to make you miserable. It's important to be able to meet your nee...
money cant buy 100% of happiness but it sure can buy a lot of it.
It's true that wealth doesn't buy you happiness. But poverty doesn't buy you shit
I always say: "I'd rather cry in a Ferrari than on a bike."
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The studies show that it with happiness and income it plateaus once you're at a point you don't need to worry about your bills anymore. Once you're financially stable enough that you don't need to worry about missing a bill payment or buying enough food your happiness is more ...
It doesn't buy happiness, but it absolutely decreases distress. What we do after that is up to us
I believe it's only true to a certain extent. Obviously some people are flat broke and can't afford life's basic necessities which is a miserable existence. Honestly though, I've seen some miserable af rich people too. Seems like it involves a lot of sucking up to other rich...
(More) money can't buy happiness (once you have enough to be comfortable).
David Lee Roth’s manager once told him that money can’t buy happiness. Roth replied, “No, but I can buy a boat big enough to sail right up next to it!”
It may not buy literal happiness but it will help eliminate several stressors in my life, therefore making me happier overall.
Up to a point. Once you make half a million it plateaus and eventually starts going down again
I can tell from Elon Musk that money is not buying him happiness. Excess can't buy you happiness, it just leaves you empty
It used to be $100K/year. Now it's probably double that. Every milestone you reach up to that amount has a significant impact on your life. After that cutoff you need 3 time or more for a change to your lifestyle. Money absolutely buys happiness when you're struggling.
“Money can’t buy happiness” idiots watching as a family drives their paid off car to their paid off house to pack their bags to go on a month long paid off international vacation, while they have another 10 hours of their shift
There is a reason basically 99% of philosophy tells you that running after money will only make you unhappy and leave you dissatisfied. But hey, sure, do your thing, I am sure it will turn out great for you