• IWW4@lemmy.zip
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    20 hours ago
    • Money doesn’t buy happiness. YES IT DOES
    • Everything happens for a reason. Yeah sure and the reasons are because of someone’s action or inaction. There is no all knowing benevolent deity effecting things in our lives.
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      10 hours ago

      Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you’re stupid and make bad decisions.

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      16 hours ago

      I always say money doesn’t buy happiness, but it is a prerequisite. Starving homeless people don’t have a lot of opportunity to seek whatever makes them happy.

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      18 hours ago

      Money buys stability, not happiness. The second you get savings you start worrying about it. The more money you get the bigger prick you seemingly become. It’s like the second you can afford a BMW the switch flips to being a public asshole. Get the high score and you get to be an absolutely miserable billionaire. Show me a truly happy billionaire whose jollies don’t come from hurting everyone around them.

    • PhenomenalPancake@lemmy.worldOP
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      19 hours ago

      I’d say that people often misunderstand the “Money can’t buy happiness” thing. I think the saying should be “Money BY ITSELF can’t buy happiness.” Happiness is bought by being smart with the resources you have. There are happy poor people and miserable rich people because even though money helps, it’s not the main deciding factor as to whether or not you’ll be happy, it’s your decisions and personal mental framework.

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        18 hours ago

        Below a certain threshold, it is a big deciding factor. Doesn’t matter your outlook if you can’t afford to go to the doctor, or eat healthy foods.

        Everyone returns to their baseline happiness 3 months after something big happens, but when you’re poor, hard things happen more often than every three months.