Originally posted by: Vic
What will you do without Bush to scapegoat for all the problems you see in the world?
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
I honestly think pure love can make someone happier than money can in certain situations.
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: SSSnail
No poll, I want to see HOW money would make each of you happy. Everyone has their ways of thinking, live the dream!
Money buys freedom. Freedom is the ultimate happiness.
Freedom from a job. Freedom to choose from a wider selection of partners. Freedom to pursue your hobbies. Freedom to travel and discover new things/places/people.
Anyone who says money does not buy happiness is doing it because it's cliche and fashionable.
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Would it? We're talking an absurd amount of money.
You can do nothing all day, or you can already "do nothing all day" right now?
You can get two chicks at once, "the type of chicks that would go for a dude like you with money".
You can feed the homeless, get rid of diseases and spend towards world peace?
How would this mountain of money make YOU happy?
Damn straight! I'd build a brew pub in New Zealand and kiss Bush goodbye!
What will you do without Bush to scapegoat for all the problems you see in the world?
Nope, I understand it perfectly, and you (ironically) demonstrated. You really think that Bush and Bush alone is responsible for all the things you blame him for? Hey, I hate him as much as the next guy (and I've never voted for him, thank you), but he is clearly a scapegoat.Originally posted by: tangent1138
I think you don't quite understand the definition of scapegoat. A scapegoat is one is who is punished for the errors of others. Bush has clearly made mistakes, huge mistakes, which have considerably weakened the United States.Originally posted by: Vic
What will you do without Bush to scapegoat for all the problems you see in the world?
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Would it? We're talking an absurd amount of money.
You can do nothing all day, or you can already "do nothing all day" right now?
You can get two chicks at once, "the type of chicks that would go for a dude like you with money".
You can feed the homeless, get rid of diseases and spend towards world peace?
How would this mountain of money make YOU happy?
Damn straight! I'd build a brew pub in New Zealand and kiss Bush goodbye!
What will you do without Bush to scapegoat for all the problems you see in the world?
I'd brew great beer, serve great food and shake my head over the crazy antics of American politics. Hell, I might even learn to like cricket!
Originally posted by: Vic
Actually, no, money does not buy freedom. Because (with an absurd amount of money as the OP said) you will never free of the nagging fear of losing that money, nor of the inability to trust those around you.
Originally posted by: Vic
Actually, no, money does not buy freedom. Because (with an absurd amount of money as the OP said) you will never free of the nagging fear of losing that money, nor of the inability to trust those around you.
Originally posted by: Ausm
I sure as hell don't thing being obscenely rich would make someone depressed ;P
Ausm
Originally posted by: K1052
But it is patently false to say that money alone can solve all your problems and get you everything you desire. Some things, people, and ideas are simply above price.
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: K1052
But it is patently false to say that money alone can solve all your problems and get you everything you desire. Some things, people, and ideas are simply above price.
Give me an example, I'll prove you wrong.
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: K1052
But it is patently false to say that money alone can solve all your problems and get you everything you desire. Some things, people, and ideas are simply above price.
Give me an example, I'll prove you wrong.
The term we usually use is attachment, not jealousy.Originally posted by: her209
Actually, I got mine from hereOriginally posted by: Atheus
Suffering leads to hate.Originally posted by: her209
Desire leads to wanting.
Wanting leads to jealousy.
Jealousy leads to suffering.
Hate leads to fear.
Fear... leads to the dark side...
</yoda>
Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
with money i could
get some health insurance and start getting yearly physicals again
go back to school
get the balljoints fixed in my jeep so I'm not worrying about losing a wheel
get my cats tumors fixed
get dental coverage and start going to the dentist again
get new glasses so i can read without getting headaches
yeah, money would definitely buy me happiness
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: K1052
But it is patently false to say that money alone can solve all your problems and get you everything you desire. Some things, people, and ideas are simply above price.
Give me an example, I'll prove you wrong.
What happens when you run into someone your wealth won't influence? Such people exist.
Originally posted by: K1052
What happens when you run into someone your wealth won't influence? Such people exist.
Originally posted by: Vic
Pardon me, but what you're talking about is peanuts pay-the-bills-and-rent kind of money. The OP specifically said "We're talking an absurd amount of money."
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Give me an example, I'll prove you wrong.Originally posted by: K1052
But it is patently false to say that money alone can solve all your problems and get you everything you desire. Some things, people, and ideas are simply above price.
Five pirates on an island have one hundred gold coins to split among themselves. They divide the loot as follows: The senior pirate proposes a division, and everyone votes on it. Provided at least half the pirates vote for the proposal, they split the coins that way. If not, they kill the senior pirate and start over. The most senior (surviving) pirate proposes his own division plan, and they vote by the same rules and either divide the loot or kill the senior pirate, as the case may be. The process continues until one plan is accepted. Suppose you are the senior pirate. What division do you propose? (The pirates are all extremely logical and greedy, including you, and all want to live.)