Let's talk about <3 Part II - Page 663

I need to watch Serenity

Money makes us happy up to a satiation point. ($75k I think) Most studies indicate the more money we have, the more secure we feel, the happier we can feel.

Most don't know how to monetize their personal interests. Either it be music or other hobby, it's really tough to execute monetization of your personal interest.

It really depends on personality. It would be silly to try to pinpoint an amount to make someone happy, but I do believe its more common to be happy if you atleast have the basics(food,shelter,clothing). 75k seems a bit excessive though.

By basing your career on interest I didn't mean the one thing you love to do, just some type of interest. I see people trying to become engineers when they hate math, or nurses when they hate people.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/sex/a/gold_digger.htm

Ignore the fact that it might be a prank because it is full of valid economic points....

Money does make people happy. There is no arguing this, however, even too much money can be a bad thing. Plus poor people + a lot of money is never a good combination. Take a look at people who won millions in lottery, lots of them are bankrupt now.

How long will that happiness last though

People who make money are never happy. They always want more. There is always something to chase. I mean most pro athletes go broke and they end up with multiple marriages. It is rare to find a dude that is settled with one person for a long time. They always have skeletons in the closet.

Thats a very arbitrary thing to say flying because you are invoking your own judgement here. What is happy anyways? And what is what makes a person happy defined? Its hard to say, listening to X music makes me happy but that X music might cause you depression or vice versa. If we stay in the subject of money, money can make some people happy. But it might make people the opposite. If your born into a poor family, money might make you happy. As you grow, you begin to associate your families problems and their solution with money. "we can't afford this... oh that is too expensive... we can't sent you to a good school.... if only we had enough to afford that operation" you start to associate having money = having a solution to your problems. But even then, it really depends on how you are raised. Instead of telling your kids you can't afford that, you could say something like you don't need it. This way, kids start to associate unattainable things are unattainable not because of money but because there is no necessity for it.


I am pretty sure if we were given say 100 billion dollars, we would become bore of it and eventually become astray because we wouldn't know how to handle 100 billion dollars. Not even 1 billion. We just weren't raise with that mentality but what if you are raised with that mentality where money has always been abundant? Then money isnt a key factor in your happiness because you have always fueled by a constant supply of never ending money. Does does the statement Money makes people happy true then? Is money a key factor for their happiness?



So, it really depends how one is raised and shaped with what makes one happy.

Thats a very arbitrary thing to say flying because you are invoking your own judgement here. What is happy anyways? And what is what makes a person happy defined?

HA?

Its hard to say, listening to X music makes me happy but that X music might cause you depression or vice versa.
then it doesn't make you happy. You like to experience that nostalgic feeling that the music gives you. It is not a happy feeling. It is like that Adele song. It didn't make people feel happy. But people liked to cry to it. It is like Mexicans who cry to Vicente Fernandez. We don't just listen to music for happy feelings but for sad feelings too. We attach songs to moments and relationships and stuff like that. So those songs start to represent break ups and sad shit like that.

If we stay in the subject of money, money can make some people happy. But it might make people the opposite. If your born into a poor family, money might make you happy. As you grow, you begin to associate your families problems and their solution with money. "we can't afford this... oh that is too expensive... we can't sent you to a good school.... if only we had enough to afford that operation" you start to associate having money = having a solution to your problems. But even then, it really depends on how you are raised. Instead of telling your kids you can't afford that, you could say something like you don't need it. This way, kids start to associate unattainable things are unattainable not because of money but because there is no necessity for it.

I 100% agree with you on this

I am pretty sure if we were given say 100 billion dollars, we would become bore of it and eventually become astray because we wouldn't know how to handle 100 billion dollars. Not even 1 billion. We just weren't raise with that mentality but what if you are raised with that mentality where money has always been abundant? Then money isnt a key factor in your happiness because you have always fueled by a constant supply of never ending money. Does does the statement Money makes people happy true then? Is money a key factor for their happiness?



So, it really depends how one is raised and shaped with what makes one happy.

I agree but then we are going to s1k18 point that there are certain parameters depending on your background

My argument basically was that for most people that come from nothing (such as athletes) Money will never really make them happy. It give them things that make them happy temporarily (women and things) but in the long run they always want more. However, they never really have good money management skills and end up broke. I think a couple of million used to make people want to retire and but now people want to reach a billion.

Did you copy this from some place Piano? It does not seem like your style of writing.

Woah, I've never seen Piano type this much. Flyin, what did you do?! Lol