WoefulWombat
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Aug 26, 2017 7:32 AM
WoefulWombat
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JustinArnold
Money cannot buy happiness, but it makes a good down payment.
fairybug
@OP The reply to which is, "But it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle."
ItWasMeIWasTheTurkeyAllAlong
Neither does poverty.
qthegoodtimes
Money doesn't buy happiness but poverty buys nothing
tcgl
My nephew is the same way, thinks minimum wage will make him happy & is dropping out of HS. He's going to just have to learn the hard way.
tcgl
And I've even been saving for his college expenses - hopefully some day he'll wise up and do trade school.
ISayFuckAllTheTime
A lack of money can sure as fuck prevent it.
SecretlyThreeDucksInAManSuit
The correct quote really should be 'Money can't prevent sadness.'
theyar
That's even less correct.
DontLookAtMePenis
Perception buys happiness but that's harder then getting money
Volpe42
But living on the streets digging in trash cans for food doesn't make happiness either
FoxKeegan
Money can't buy happiness, but it can sure as shit can buy a better kind of misery!
boaja
I like this.
Daeyelle
A lot of unhappiness is caused by stress which can almost always be alleviated through being able to buy whatever you damn well please
benjaminisdoom
Money can buy health insurance that can prescribe drugs that can replace happiness every 6 hours taken with food
KuteKittenKoats
I was always told money wouldn't buy happiness, then I got some money and realized I was lied to allot.
SovietRusalka
Lol. I slacked off on my last year of high school. Senior slide is real.
toomuchchoice
What money does buy is security, comfort, and peace of mind and that basically translates to happiness.
GeneralBullshit
Spending money on trips and with people, as well as paying others to do tasks you do not want to, brings happiness
mjjt
You're on the right track - tell them stories instead of sermons if you want to move them
NukeItFromOrbitMan
Somebody's got to flip burgers for the rest of us
InnerUniverse
"Money can't buy happiness" - no financially stable person ever.
Wormbo2
Money can't buy happiness... but I aint ever seen a sad motherfucker on a jetski!!
TheInternetShouldHaveAClosingTimeSoICouldSleep
Uhlume
Or Alternatively, there's a Dutch song about this, loosely translated it says: Money doesn't buy happiness, but it helps a great deal.
tobiassolem
Being uneducated and poor as shit doesn't buy happiness either tho...
noctynight
@op challenge their pride. Make them go a few weeks or a month paying for everything themselves using a budget of a few hundred dollars.
BigBearLover
Easier to say: Lack of money brings you unhappiness
Uhlume
To quote the Simpsons: Money can be exchanged for goods and services
scuba7jb
RawDogginChixSince2000Six
I've never been.. but I feel like i wholly agree with this statement
Jet3444
There's a study that says making at least $75k a year makes you happy. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2019628,00.html
WoefulWombat
Then I'm $35k away from happiness.
Jet3444
There's also two different types of happiness when it comes to money. Which they explain in the article as well. @OP
Jet3444
@QualityQuiche
Naiirita
True, but being poor buys less happiness.
WoefulWombat
That's what I'm TRYING to get through their thick skulls!
fistermatic5000
Remember when we were kids and adults were trying to teach us shit and we just brushed it off and ignored it?
imnotthatblonde
lay it out in terms of bills and outgoings for a basic standard of life then ask how they intend to pay it
VerdantApollo
Drop them off in a Venezuelan favela with 9 dollars and no passport, and sing "money doesn't buy happiness" as your taxi drives off.
Luxaeus
From experience, lived paycheck to paycheck at my last job because job gave none of the monies. New job, I can afford luxuries like 1/2
Luxaeus
A self-cleaning litter box. Trust me, nothing says happiness like not having to deal with poo every day.
Bootsy81
"nothing says happiness like not having to deal with poo every day". That's some Confucius level wisdom right there.
TECHNICALLYC0RRECT
I poo every day and I'm pretty happy.
Merovean
Sorry last few generations are incapable of learning. They already know better, after all they've been told they're smart their whole lives.
imnotthatblonde
oh some of us are capable, and good at it... im now in a job market where demand is so huge im in a wage bubble and loving it
vixvox
Yes, if you are a young, druven person you should do really well right now, particularly in cities with shortages. 1/2
vixvox
Unfortunately we get a lot of 19 & 20-year-olds applying who have never had a job.
imnotthatblonde
yeh those would be an issue,im a young engineer who found the defence sector,its mad how keen companies are for anyone my age with a masters
Daddy1C3
Best dad advice I can give: Life is like a shit sandwich; the more bread you have the less shit you have to eat.
boaja
You're a fucking shit eating dad.
DrClaww
This is by far the worst advice I've ever heard of, dad..."ah yes, but you have heard it!" - Dad
Actualdeadpool
That doesn't sound right. At all.
hotelfrontdeskfather
Have you lifed at all?
payamsaid13
Less shit relative to the amount of bread***
DarthZartanyus
Why don't we just use the bread to make some delicious reubens, instead?
Madhouse5213
but you still eat the same amount of shit
SugarSmack
But it goes down easier.
TECHNICALLYC0RRECT
When you have cotton mouth from the bread, the shit acts like a lubricant. YAY!
theyar
Well no you can just eat the bread.
oscillatingdogfan
I'm gonna ask my wife to put this into needlepoint.
oscillatingdogfan
Also as a side note, best dad advice I ever got was "Never tell someone you love them for the first time while you're both naked or drunk."
PonytaRider
Money can buy things that make you happy. Or at least make it so you don't have to worry about things.
fairycheese
Money is good, but an education that gets you into a job you actually enjoy is way more important
pugofstardock
Money can buy a jet ski. Nobody's sad on a jet ski.
TooManyPixels
Money doesn't buy happiness but being broke sure buys a lot of misery.
doraemon1987
Transient happiness
MarikaOniki
I'd take transient happiness over omnipresent debt.
Typohime
Money would buy me a house with a yard, a garden, and a second dog. and pay off my debts, that'd make me pretty happy.
yaymyownimguraccount
Money can't buy you happiness, but there's something to be said for financial security...
boaja
At what cost? Not worth it if you're gonna blow your brains out from stress.
Jet3444
There's a study that says making at least $75k a year makes you happy. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2019628,00.html
Jet3444
But there's two different types of happiness when it comes to money. Which they explain in the article as well.
Timmahhhh
In southern California that's about 125.
Jet3444
Oh no doubt haha
RadarRacecar
Like whooers.
blairmichod
Money can buy heroin.
crimson26
Travel makes me very happy
andthedicestoppedrolling
Money can't buy happiness, but it can bribe misery
PoppinLochNessHopster
Money can just straight up buy happiness. That old wives tale is just blatantly wrong.
theyar
It can buy you out of certain kinds of unhappiness. But not usually buy happiness.
PoppinLochNessHopster
Show me the person who is sad driving a bugatti home from a $500 dinner to their mansion and I'll show you someone with chemical imbalances.
theyar
That's pretty ignorant.
LoveTheShiningWire
The older I get the more I realize that money can absolutely buy happiness.
AprilHamLincon
You're not old enough.
LoveTheShiningWire
Sure I am. You're not old enough to judge that.
AprilHamLincon
See, that's immature
LoveTheShiningWire
No it isn't. You just give move value to your judgment then other people do.
lonelylinguist
Yup. Being able to cover your bills & buy whatever food you want goes a very long way toward happiness. Beyond that are diminishing returns.
BadHorsesMare
So much yes
keyonne
Omg I've been barely scraping by on my single income for two years. My husband has work now and makes more than me. Idk what I'm going to do
keyonne
with all this money. I was nearly in tears when he told me the hills for the month were already paid and we still have another check coming.
lonelylinguist
My advice would be to not let it change how you live too much. Dunno your age, but you’ll thank yourself later if you save & invest. 1/2
lonelylinguist
I spend my money on simple pleasures like food & mini-vacations, & split extra between retirement, stock, and high-yield savings accts. 2/2
imnotthatblonde
yup, this... i have enough for the bills and a chunk extra, dont actually want any more or the inheritance ill get one day as feels like 1/2
imnotthatblonde
ill have more stress because higher net worth...
theyar
You have to learn how to be rich. Anyone can be poor.
imnotthatblonde
i think so, also this would be rich with responsibilities, not just handed down massive wealth
ColoradoSky
imnotthatblonde
well most of what inherit means i become landlord(lady) and responsible for the several hundred people who live on the estate and the 1/2