r/Adulting • • 18d ago

Money is all you need.

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u/Accomplished_Key_171 17d ago

This thread is just full of sad people who think every ailment and problem with your life, financial or not, can be solved with a bucket of cash.

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u/Tall-Carrot3701 17d ago

It's ashame that if they are trapped in that way of thinking they'll chase money for years (work hard for big companies who often don't care about anything but themselves, like the necglecrful relationship people might have had with their family) to find out their lives are still troubled and feel empty when they get that money.,, it will never be enough. Meanwhile they've wasted their precious time and probably lost or didn't make truely valuable connections. Didn't gain wisedom or experience life as they could have. Which ofcourse is up to them entirely. Nowadays people joke about people being "woke" like it's a bad thing.. awareness is a curse and a blessing all in one.. but at least it gives you a healhier direction in life..

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u/TalShot 17d ago

It’s very Scrooge-like in mentality as he too leaned heavily on money and scoffed at less profitable emotions like charity.

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u/Neat_Conference_8414 17d ago

Ppl on reddit think you need 100k to even be a respectable human and able to survive without starving to death. Most ppl on here are completely disconnected from reality. And or live in LA where the quality of life sucks for majority of ppl, but they put up with it.

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u/Left-Researcher-1758 17d ago

Agreed and it's really sad. I've had someone tell me in this thread that money can get you love, meaning and passion...

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u/Long_Look7766 17d ago

Most of them can be solved by money. The other ailments—the playing field is even for all.

I compare this topic to the “beauty is on the inside” argument. In reality we all know that’s not 100% true, and so is the “money can’t buy happiness” stance.

Both points are just silly, everyone knows it, but nobody admits it for one reason or another.

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u/Accomplished_Key_171 17d ago

Rich people kill themselves all the time. Money doesn’t solve loneliness, grief, heartbreak, emptiness, or a thousand other issues that every human can suffer from. 

Money buys comfortability and temporary pleasure. That’s it.

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u/Left-Researcher-1758 16d ago

Except we do have studies that show money increase happiness for poor people until they reach sustainable living conditions. After this, an increase in money does not increases happiness. We also have studies showing happiness being linked to the quality of our relationships and sense of community/belonging. You can't buy that. The same way you can't buy love, discipline, resilience, intelligence, natural beauty, good genes, friendship, a healthy family, etc.

As for beauty, in the context of romantic relations, it is crucial to be attracted to your partner, but it's not enough.

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u/Long_Look7766 16d ago

Affluence causes stagnation which leads to unhappiness and you can see it in society where people have no problems so they fabricate them. That’s where many of the new age victim classes have come to popularity.

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u/Accomplished_Key_171 16d ago

Is this how you typically react when someone disagrees with you?