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Can Money Buy Happiness?
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 (October 27, 2024 at 7:50 pm)Silver Wrote: Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. ~ Benjamin Franklin I disagree with the part about having "more want of money". I guess growing up piss-poor makes me satisfied to being able to meet my needs, now.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
 (October 27, 2024 at 8:33 pm)Fireball Wrote:(October 27, 2024 at 7:50 pm)Silver Wrote: Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. ~ Benjamin Franklin Yeah, I believe he means the grossly rich who hoard it and amass more out of an insatiable greed.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
Poverty acclimates us to poverty. It's not great - but I guess it's better in absolute terms than everyone being as miserable as their situation would suggest they ought to be.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
I know that you know that none of us ought to be impoverished. I have enough to live on now, but that was barely the case for a lot of years. My feet are fucked up from wearing ill-fitting shoes bought from the Salvation Army, for example. Luckily, I ended up with good insurance to cover those five surgeries, with more to come. Poverty sucks, that's for sure. Once I graduated HS and got a job, I could afford more food outside than what was available at home, and gained a bunch of weight and height by age 20, when I joined the Navy. Should have done that right out of HS.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
 (October 27, 2024 at 8:37 pm)Silver Wrote:(October 27, 2024 at 8:33 pm)Fireball Wrote: I disagree with the part about having "more want of money". I guess growing up piss-poor makes me satisfied to being able to meet my needs, now. IIRC Ben purchased some very pleasing adventures while in France,....... nudge-nudge.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
Money can't buy the most important thing (sex) unless you're willing to pay for a prostitute and that's a terrible option.
"Imagination, life is your creation"
(October 27, 2024 at 10:39 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Money can't buy the most important thing (sex) unless you're willing to pay for a prostitute and that's a terrible option. I'm not sure you've thought this thru completely.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
 RE: Can Money Buy Happiness?
October 27, 2024 at 10:47 pm
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Money can buy books and thus money can buy happiness.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin. 
Now, but it can rent it.
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