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Money can't buy happiness. - heronz - 2009-01-26
ItachiPower Wrote:Anyways, sometimes I feel financially insecure with my life and am worried. Who says money can't buy happiness? With money, I would have more enjoyable food, education and my parents wouldn't argue as much. My life would be set and I'd be less worried.
That's why I think Money CAN buy happiness; or at least with my opinion of life. So Why CAN'T money buy happiness?
just because you see the problems without money, doesnt mean there arent problems with money. of course having is better than not though.
some problems of ppl with lots money: are always worried about keeping it, expect a certain lifestyle (even when its destructive), worried about getting more of it, can result in a lost of humane perspective, worry about who has more of it, can result in lost of focus of the 'smaller' things, alienation, and if aquire quickly: questioning of real friends.
jsut look at parish hilton and michael jackson.
Money can't buy happiness. - aznegglover - 2009-01-26
I think they mean "happiness" as in a true love/friend
Money can't buy happiness. - heronz - 2009-01-26
aznegglover Wrote:I think they mean "happiness" as in a true love/friend
so ..... With money, I would have more enjoyable food, education and my parents wouldn't argue as much. My life would be set and I'd be less worried. = true love/friend ?
doesn't mention anyone else besides TS and parents...
Money can't buy happiness. - Cancambo - 2009-01-26
I don't need a lot of money to be happy. Seriously sitting here vegging on the compuuter makes me happy. I truly enjoy the many things I can do on this thing. I have access to so much knowledge which I like a lot. If I get bored of that I can game away. You can have good conversations and stuff, too. Sure the computer can't be your whole life, but I am pretty damn happy with it being a major part of it.
Also it is relativly inexpensive comapred to many other people's idea of fun. You buy a computer for one semi-high price and can have a lot of use for it. I spend way less money than most of my friends because I am happy being, may you say, "simple."
For food I am quite happy with hot dogs and oven pizzas. Those are cheap, awesome meals right there. To be a little more healthy you can make pasta or soup. Maybe a sandwhich. Those taste good and pretty cheap.
If I had a lot of money I would probably be less happy. I would most likely turn into a fat self-centered prick and lose all real human relationships. Not only that, if I was famous I would have to live life getting ridiculed by the public. "Leave Matt alone!" anyone?
Money can't buy happiness. - XTOTHEL - 2009-01-27
I quote
Quote:CHORUS X2 [Jelleestone]
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
[Jelleestone]
Wake up in the morning
Try to make a move, everyday gotta work
Blue collar on the bus, just to punch a card
Said, you want to battle poverty nigga get a job
Working 9 to 5, the job is hard
Life is hard, right and left of Rexdale Boulevard
It's just factory jobs, that got most my people sweating everyday
Wipe the sweat from your brow what you gonna do now
Gotta pay your tax gotta pay your rent
Making sure you keeping track of every cent
I always keeps a little for entertainment, 'cause...
CHORUS
[Jelleestone]
Stone Poet, know it, better than Bo know it
When my flow hit, it's gonna motivate the whole pomegranate
Keep your head up, smells like a set up
Too many trying to get down while we trying to get up
So defend yours, I'm a defend mine
Look how this money go my peoples locked doing pen time
I'll see y'all when you get home
For all my nigga's dead and gone, rest in peace
I'll see y'all before too long,
'Til then, I'm a keep building
I'm trying to grow old with enough money to feed my great-grandchildren
'Cause I'm still true, and still ain't nothing move but the money
Nigga's will still kill ya in the streets for a fin dummy
Money hafi mek, money hafi spend
From the Guilder to the Yen to the Benjamin
I lived the hood life, I want to live the good life
With a good wife, to kiss good night like... *kiss*
CHORUS [Jelleestone]
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
1.5 mil, I ain't gots to front
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
Japan to Amsterdam, mic in my hand
[Jelleestone]
Can't buy you happiness, noooo
I came up a poor nigga, raw nigga
Hungry like you ain't never say a nigga
Trust me, I wish I stayed in school
Instead I played the fool
Standin' on the corner choppin' rustys custys
Poliggy want to bust me, cuff me
Kids cross town want to rush me
Cuz they xxxxxxx want to xxxx me
Make me want to holla!
Another day another dolla y'all
Check the ring around the collar
xxxx the ray ray and the lay lay
Mek yuh know bluntly seh we'll den
When I work I must get pay
Like everyday, broke niggas get no say
In the streets with no loot, might as well be mute
And dollars make cents so let's talk about this
Money hand over fist the root of all evil
It's diluted all people
Inside your hollow but your pockets is fat
You need to fix that, take control!
What's being wealthy if you ain't healthy
What be it a man to gain the world and lose his soul
I said the world's so cold, it's inter outer international
Anyway it come it gotta go
Anyway it go its gotta come, bring mine in lump sums
I'm talking 'bout the dough
CHORUS [Jelleestone]
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
1.5 mil I ain't gots to front
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
Japan to Amsterdam, mic in my hand
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
I'm trying to buy my Moms a house, I ain't got to front
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
Get high when I want, ha ha, ha ha
Money can't buy me happiness
But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want
Get high when I want
Money can't buy happiness. - nannerz - 2009-01-27
Takebacker Wrote:The story of the medical dude in hunterxhunter who didn't have the money to save his family because medical expenses were too high, and when he tried to go to medical school the tuition was too expensive is why i think money can buy happiness.
Yay for living in a country that provides health care <3 And you don't have to worry about paying for tuition yet...banks are practically begging to lend you money at this point.
I agree with whoever said that money can buy you comfort, yet not necessarily happiness. My parents both said that while their childhood was a hard life, especially compared to how I was brought up, they were perfectly happy children. And perhaps were living a much healthier lifestyle than kids in North America are today...
I think I recall reading the results of some psychology study that did a survey of happiness scores, and found that people who were less better off, whether financially or physically, still scored with similar ratings in terms of happiness with life, and the intensity they felt happiness.
Come to think of it...if you don't stress about one thing, it's something else lol. Even if other things seem far more trivial compared to financial need. So how do you define happiness then? =/
(sorry random rambling...
)
Money can't buy happiness. - Derimed - 2009-01-27
A substinence farming family in China earns roughly $80 a year.
A middle class family in America makes $100,000 a year
Bill Gates owns tens of billions of dollars.
All have problems, needs, and expectations. Reduce or increase their level of income beyond what they're used to and their life can easily go to turmoil. Some German billionaire committed suicide after losing a lot of money, but he was still vastly rich. And many lottery winners testify that they wish they had not won.
Money can't buy happiness. - JezzaRules - 2009-01-28
Money still has some consequences though...
If someone knows you're filthy rich, they'll most likely do anything to get your fortune, even by betrayal or murder :f6: (no I'm serious).
Money cannot buy everything however... for example, it can never bring back the dead, so if you lost someone dear to you, even with all the money in the world you can never get him/her back.
Money can't buy happiness. - BennyTheBull - 2009-02-03
I've never understood how money can buy you happiness. It can only buy you options.
I've come from a wealthy family; my father makes lots of money, I've been given a very large allowance since I was 13 ($500/month) and my dad already set aside money to pay for my college tuition.
However, my father was always attached to his business and as a result I've never had a father figure in my life. He also lied to me and fathered two children in secret, who I never learned about until I was 12. A girl I've always dearly loved was never mine. I've also found a lack of purpose in my life. And, most importantly, money does not allow you go back in time.
Money can't buy happiness. - Harrisonized - 2009-02-08
I'm really not going to bother reading through all this, but one thing is for sure, money can't buy happiness. Real happiness comes from... the release of "happiness" hormones, which I can't really remember what it's called right now cuz it's 3am, but when they are released, your body receives a sensation of good feelings. The release of these hormones comes from love, and you know love can't be bought. Buying a prostitute isn't real love so don't even mention that.
Since you can't buy love, which equals happiness, you cannot buy happiness, it is impossible.
Money can't buy happiness. - Derimed - 2009-02-08
Harrisonized Wrote:I'm really not going to bother reading through all this, but one thing is for sure, money can't buy happiness. Real happiness comes from... the release of "happiness" hormones, which I can't really remember what it's called right now cuz it's 3am, but when they are released, your body receives a sensation of good feelings. The release of these hormones comes from love, and you know love can't be bought. Buying a prostitute isn't real love so don't even mention that.
Since you can't buy love, which equals happiness, you cannot buy happiness, it is impossible.
Having a roof over your head and food to eat are part of happiness, no?
Money can't buy happiness. - kIkO - 2009-02-08
Cheesecake Wrote:Money can buy happiness.People just don't know where to shop.[COLOR="Red"]
He's totally right[/COLOR]
Money can't buy happiness. - Orit - 2009-02-08
Harrisonized Wrote:I'm really not going to bother reading through all this, but one thing is for sure, money can't buy happiness. Real happiness comes from... the release of "happiness" hormones, which I can't really remember what it's called right now cuz it's 3am, but when they are released, your body receives a sensation of good feelings. The release of these hormones comes from love, and you know love can't be bought. Buying a prostitute isn't real love so don't even mention that.
Since you can't buy love, which equals happiness, you cannot buy happiness, it is impossible.
Well, if you're going to define happiness that way, money certainly can buy drugs that cause the release of these same hormones. Or the research to produce such drugs or equipment (electrodes in the brain, anyone?), in case the exact thing doesn't exist yet.
Money can't buy happiness. - Kabanaw - 2009-02-08
The phrase to me says that if your life revolves around money, you won't be happy. If you spend your entire life earning money, but in the end you have no real friends or family, you won't be happy. But if you spend time with friends and making a family, even if you don't end up rich you'll still be happy.
Money can't buy happiness. - GMSInfighter - 2009-02-08
Harrisonized Wrote:I'm really not going to bother reading through all this, but one thing is for sure, money can't buy happiness. Real happiness comes from... the release of "happiness" hormones, which I can't really remember what it's called right now cuz it's 3am, but when they are released, your body receives a sensation of good feelings. The release of these hormones comes from love, and you know love can't be bought. Buying a prostitute isn't real love so don't even mention that.
Since you can't buy love, which equals happiness, you cannot buy happiness, it is impossible.
He's probably the most right person in this thread >_>
Happiness isn't an item, it's an emotion. Now maybe you can buy something that makes you happy, but you didn't buy the emotion, only the item.
Money can't buy happiness. - Harrisonized - 2009-02-08
Orit Wrote:Well, if you're going to define happiness that way, money certainly can buy drugs that cause the release of these same hormones. Or the research to produce such drugs or equipment (electrodes in the brain, anyone?), in case the exact thing doesn't exist yet.Actually, it does in fact exist. There was an experiment conducted in which rats had electrodes attached to certain "pleasure centers". When they pulled on one of the levers, the experimenters would stimulate that pleasure center and they would "love" pulling this lever, just for the electrical shock. After trying it once, they become hooked and started pulling the lever up and down at surprising speeds.
For those interested, here is a VERY good website about this topic:
http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/0155060678_rathus/ps/ps02.html
The negative side of using money to buy drugs that release those hormones, is that overall, you'd be less happy. After becoming conditioned to become an addict, being off the drug will make you more depressed than if you had never tried the drug at all. Thus, it would be a "false" sense of happiness because you'd only be happy when you're on the drug, and over time, you would habituate to that drug and then you'd need a higher dose until you finally poison yourself in it. And every time you're off that drug, you'd probably be so depressed that if you had graphed and averaged your "happiness levels", if you can call it that, the average would be lower than normal.
Further elaboration on drug usage:
http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/drugs/wanna_feel_good.htm
Adding this:
Throws Wrote:Some of the happiest children I've ever seen were dirt poor in a third world country, playing games barefoot and outdoors with an empty soup can. Then you see American kids with their Nintendo DS, their cell phones, their Hollister clothes, and you have to ask yourself: are they really happy?into my reply, the only way to truly experience "true happiness" is from having new experiences that have positive results. The reason I say this is that while my examples used pertained to "love", it's not truly the "love" that makes you happy, it's the new experience. For me, and many people on SP, "love" is something that is yet to be experienced, thus is the source of the happiness. Later on in live, it'd be generativity vs. guilt, satisfaction vs. regret, and on and on and on.
Throws' quote reminds me of when I used my Chaos scroll on my pendant, many people told me how "stupid" I was to do so, when I could have used one on a PAC and potentially make a lot more money. I told them that using it on a PAC would not give me the same euphoria I experienced when I used it on a Chaos scroll, and then they responded by saying, "by using the money made from a 6atk PAC, you can go on to make more PACs, and when you have finished making as much as you feel like, you can sit down and use a Chaos and reloot however many times you want."
What's wrong with that is that there is some sort of... illusion that these... monetary gains give you happiness when it doesn't. It's just flawed logic that had become the common attitude of today's world.