Do you ever fear getting rich will make life emptier?

It's already empty

>>1579335
>dan-bilzerian-plane-hillary.jpg
Is that HRC in the pic?

>>1579335
Nope, but i would give it a try anyways, because bein poor i already know....

>>1579335
>implying my life can get any emptier

No, not really

>>1579335
Yes

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>>1579335
pic related

>>1579336
this

>>1579370
fuck off euroscum

Being rich rents happiness, but doesn't buy happiness.

>>1579335
>Do you ever fear getting rich will make life emptier?

Money can literally buy you substance in your life or provide the opportunity for substance.... if you just put in the tiniest effort.

>>1579370
>limo
>2000 suit
>40,000 watch
it's this kind of stuff in movies that make stupid people stay poor

>>1579406
It's fucking representative for his social and cultural capital, you faggot. People wear luxurious stuff for a reason.

>having more financial security
>less stress of being broke
>emptier

Lol.

>>1579335
I don't fear it, I know it.

my first 4x4 truck was a used bronco ii that I saved for three months to buy. I fucking quit smoking to afford that truck. I scrimped and saved to pay for every single modification on it. It was my blood, sweat and tears built that truck.

I loved it, it had meaning to me.

Now if I want a 4x4 I go buy it. Takes an hour or two tops. I do not love my current truck, it has no meaning to me. The same is true of pretty much everything I own and do. It hasn't ruined things completely, just made them cheaper. Less meaningful.

your mileage may vary.

>>1579398
>Being rich rents happiness, but doesn't buy happiness.

This is like virgins giving advice about sex.

Being rich can absolutely buy you happiness. Move to the silicon valley, SF, or Manhattan and make some rich friends. you'll start to understand.

>>1579383
I'm US faggot

I don't think so. The only way would be if I was sacrificing significant time away from my family and friends in order to make that money.

A few years back I had the opportunity to lead the opening of a remote branch in another country. Awesome money, benefits, and lifestyle, but I'd be working constantly and was 1,000 miles away from my family and friends. I turned it down.

An old Jewish man used to tell me "Make the money, don't let the money make you". He was saying that you shouldn't go against your values or diminish your enjoy and quality of life in order to make money.

>>1579370
You do realise that he was fucking with his audience in that scene? His "gold" Tag Heuer which he throws in the crowd is worth 40k according to him, but it really is not worth even 1000 dollars. This guy was a total scam artist, both in the real world and in that movie.

>>1579461
get out

>>1579429
To make the people who sell it rich too.

>>1579336
/thread

>>1579449
t. someone who doesn't have rich friends
I think procrastination would be my biggest problem if I were rich, with literally nothing stopping me just browsing the chan while deep down I'd rather do some more meaningful shit.

>>1579335
Ok everyone think about is this way...

In life you always focus on what's missing. The missing tiles. For a poor person, their missing tiles are food, security, attracting mates, having friends, etc. Rich people have all that so the missing tiles they focus on is "meaningfulness".

Are rich people happier than poor people? No, it's the same. Your brain is just a bunch of atoms, and being "rich" or "poor" is just a certain arrangement of atoms, your brain has no objective way of determining if you are rich or poor. Humans will always find half of their life bad, and half of their life good. It is all relative. Objectively, we are living more luxurious lifestyles then the richest kings in the past. But it doesn't matter because you will always get used to it. We are programmed to be dissatisfied, always. Even if we have a colony on mars and achieve world peace we will keep improving because we are literally never satisfied.

>>1579445
Yea I agree with this completely. Everything's cheap now. Even regular jobs that I used to be excited about doing seem just like a waste of time.

>>1579336
I was typing out a response but then I read the first post and, oh well

>>1579507
"Doing something meaningful" is pretty meaningless since its different for everyone and is self defined. As an example people would moan that because they're rich if they wanted to do something, like for example renovate a car they could just pay the money for some garage to do it which would give no satisfaction. But theres absolutely nothing stopping you from doing the work yourself and feeling rewarded (being rich just means you could afford tools and fuckups during the process without worries/ruining yourself like a poor person could). Rich or poor you just have to set yourself targets to work towards.

If I get rich I have some plans of what to do. I'll become a land developer and apply my passion for urbanism and architecture into it. I'll also donate statues to my city

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>>1579335
I do. In my endless struggle to get rich i lost my shit.

Through great loss and vodka i actually lost my fucking mind.

I finally got my shit together.

My wife is happy.

I'm happy.

We are about to buy a shit house in the country. The wifes recently deceased grandfather lived there. God bless that man. There will never be a more caring or positive roll model on this earth. I intend to carry on his legacy by collecting pretty much anything. No matter how much money i make, riding a 4 wheeler 5 miles down a dirt road to my best friend's house ore tinkering with random shit will be my future until i die.

As long as you see money as a tool to freedom and nothing more i think u will be fine.

Took me a lot of years to understand this. But i may actually be happy for the first time in my life. And aside from being a wagecuck my life is perfect.

Money will solve this.

And after that investing will be a hobby and not weigh on my fucking soul anymore.

Good luck anons!

>>1579398
Fuckin nice anon. Im making a poster now

>>1579406
Or i can wear my fucking 30$ walmart shit until i make my $3,000,000 and then just fucking blow 200k a year on stupid shit...

>>1579748
leases* happiness

rent is a poor person word.

>>1579335
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX5Iw-XsWu4

>>1579406
he was making millions a day or week though

>>1579335
not possible.
i think i would enjoy it to no end.

>>1579335
>Do you ever fear getting rich will make life emptier?
No. What I fear is poverty.

>>1579335
>Do you ever fear getting rich will make life emptier?
are you fucking retarded?

>>1579398
I'd rather cry from the top of the world though

>>1579335
Fuck no

>>1579335

All of you faggots who agree with this faggot love poverty just as some slaves love their chains. If massuh ever removed your chains, you wouldn't know what to do with your lives. So you love your chains and hold contempt for anyone who tries to remove theirs.

>>1579857
Fair point.

>>1579429
Having a hundred million dollars and choosing not to waste 40k on a watch doesn't make you any less wealthy than someone who does.

Why would you need to constantly show off how rich you are? The layman wouldn't even be able to tell a watch is worth that much. The only people you'd be impressing are people in your exact same socioeconimc strata--the people above you wouldn't give two shits. You'd basically just be a yuppie faggot.

I don't think its luxury purchases that are keeping the majority of poor people poor.

>no skills
>no business acumen to realize their ideas
>no connections

I would think that those 3 things are what's keeping most poor people poor.

>>1579939
a yuppie faggot with a 40k watch on his wrist, I'll take that.

>>1579762
Not when u own 2 houses and take out a loan for a 3rd like i do faggot.

Owning your home outright is the single stupidest fucking thing u can do.

U dont even really own it. Paying anual taxes on shit i already paid taxes on isnt owning. Its actually renting for a fuckton more money than just paying rent.

Not to mention some faggot can sue u and take it.


If u buy houses and every 6 months borrow against them to buy more houses not only do ubget a fuckton more houses faster, but it creates a liability for faggots that think they will take them from u.


Get on my level mutherfucker. Or be a wagecuck until u die.

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>>1579939
EXACTLY. That is why when i become a rich multimillionaire i will just put my family in dependable homes and cars and have 50 fucking crown vics instead of 5. Piss on it. I fucking love my life. My jobs not even that bad but who the fuck wants to punch a timeclock when u can curbstomp that mutherfucker and light it the fuck on fire.

Pretty good exercise for everyone that I learned from my boss who has a net worth in the low 8 figures.

"Image your dream day, what does it look like, what time do you wake up, what do you have for breakfast, where do you eat breakfast, who are you with? What do you spend your day doing and who do you spend it with? How do you schedule your time in this dream day where everything is accessible and money is not an issue?"

Find out what your dream day is and work towards that. You'd be surprised at the ability to live your ideal lifestyle even on modest means and a part-time income. This is assuming you aren't driving a Maserati to your private jet to fly to Monaco every day.

>>1580035

>This is assuming you don't drive a Maserati

I lose

>>1579370
>>1579406
>not spending the $42,000 on self sustainable property.

>>1579999
But you are poor and are roleplaying on a childish forum kek

I'm a 19 year old NEET, my life's already as empty as it gets.

>>1579406

Plenty of people live this life style already.

One of the best philosophy i've read that can be related to op's question goes like this "money can't buy happiness, but it can buy away unhappiness" i hope these words give you the answer ur looking for

>>1579335
>Do you ever fear getting rich will make life emptier?

There are two ways to get what you need in life: consume more or desire less.

>>1579530
I also feel this way and this is why I drink.

>>1579530
i don't think scraping for food and security makes anyone happy anon. sure life is struggle for something always.
if you are rich you can choose your obstacles in life if you are poor they are chosen for you.
this is a fundamental difference.

>>1579370

What year is this quote from?

A measly $2k suit and a pathetic $40k watch would get you laughed at these days.

>>1579336
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>>1579336
There is nothing else to add

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>>1579530
>We are programmed to be dissatisfied, always
Not far from the truth, but your perspective is disturbing. Get your head checked.

>>1579370
Not to sound egocentric, but I wholeheartedly agree with this.

>>1579939
It makes you $40000 richer.....Am I missing something here?

>>1579530
Fuck that yourr so wrong. Rich kings had it fucking dope, i could have peasants wait on me hand and foot, sit in my thrine and just throw orders out, have a jester be my personal comedy act. I assume by having it better obkectivly you mean having an iphone and shit, well fuck id trade my phone any day to be a god damn king.

>>1580941
i wouldn't trade modern health care for medievil witch doctors.

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>>1579335
>people in this thread worrying about how their lives will be WHEN they become rich
>are not currently rich
>will most likely NEVER be rich

why even think of such things? get to fucking work. get rich. then think of these things. but who am I kidding? you're all dreamers who will be dreaming of riches till the day you die with nothing.

>>1581099
>why even think of such things?

These are poor, lazy, unskilled losers who are trying to justify their shitty lifes and feel better about themselves.

This thread is basically a loser hugbox.

>>1579370
But can you really enjoy them if you're dead inside?

>>1579335
nah it would just give me more free time to do fun stuff

I'm 28 years old and have ~210k net worth, rising by about 30k/year.

I will never be rich. I will, however, be free. I will have fuck you money.

That's all I want. Enough money that I know for godamned sure I won't be 50 years old and absolutely stuck wherever I am.

1. I'll never have to worry about any problems associated with being rich
2. Who gives a shit about being empty when you're rich as fuck
3. I'm empty already

>>1579336
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>>1579370
The real Jordan Belfort is this slimy looking Jew

there is no net happy life. for every high there is a low. its like a love, at the beginning of a relationship everything is awesome, you feel happy, great, every single bit of life is perfect. then you break up and you end up in hell.

>>1579336

/biz/ you have made me proud today

>>1581558

Is he Jewish? Belfort is not a Jewish name.

>>1579337
>dan-bilzerian
Because of his lavish lifestyle and heavy drug abuse, he reportedly suffered three heart attacks before the age of 32.

>>1581612
So did Zyzz, but you don't hear him complaining after the first.

>>1580709
>A measly $2k suit and a pathetic $40k watch would get you laughed at these days.

>implying people laugh at Patek Philipe.
lol

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>>1579335
No, first of all no one of us will become THAT rich and secondly only idiots fall for the "uhappy because rich meme". Also >>1579336

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>>1582273
not with that attitude.


i never say i "can't"

i say, "how can i?"

>>1579335

If I had Dan Bilzrians wealth Id have destroyed my marriage, contracted multiple sexual diseases, spent 99% of it and commited suicide within 5 years.

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>>1579336
yep

>>1582277
I agree that people could do better if they tried and took more risks. I also agree that some of us may be millionairs one day, but I don't think everything is possible. We will never have the lavish lifestyle filled with huge houses, yachts and private jets we so on TV.
Of course I will try to make as much as I can but realistically, it wont happen.

>>1581188
>>1579335
how much you enjoy yourself or how fulfilled you are has nothing to do with money. the entire idea behind making you think wealthy people are braindead is to excuse them from taking any responsibility while boosting your ego.

by the way, if you can comfortably eat and sleep at your convenience, you were always rich.

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>>1582423
>you were always rich
can you come with me on my next date and vouch for my financial abundance to these grimy ass souless hoes of today?

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reminder

Bilz: trust fund babby
Bieb: self-made, earned his money

Bilz: basic looking escorts only have sex with him if he pays extra using money from the trust fund daddy set up for him
Bieb: hot women want sex with him backstage just because he is Bieber

Bilz: juices up, now has heart problems and will probably die earlier than his wealthy father
Bieb: ottermode, works out, all natural

Bilz: neurotic because he failed to achieve the strength of character of his father from whence all his wealth came
Bieb: actually going his own way, he simply woke up one day and decided to be awesome and superior to everyone else

Bilz: fans are multi-level marketing scheme "distributors", gamblers, walter mitties, people who read self-help books, balding 40 year old men going through a mid-life crisis, people who dream of getting rich with no effort like Bilzerian did
Bieb: fans are giggling popular fashionable 18 year old girls and young women with pert breasts

>>1582446
you must be a very bored and lonely person to do this .

>>1582446
The Bieber phenomenom is just insane, more than half of the girls between 16 and 25 would literaly pay to suck his dick

>>1579336
First post, best post.

>>1582487
Not really. I have always been under the impression that it is mostly true. Although, this guy isn't really giving him enough credit for his ability to market himself which is probably how he sustains his lifestyle. Guy has millions of IG followers, regularly engages in various marketing partnerships with the likes of draftkings, vacation companies, and clothing/merchandise companies. He has also done a good job representing himself in the general media (at least in a way that gets him a lot of attention). So overall, there isn't much to hate about the guy. He had an opportunity and is capitalizing on it. That is all you can really do in this world.

With that said, the dude still has to charter out his jet (not even sure if its his), so don't go around thinking he is god tier wealthy. People like Howard Stern run circles around him

>>1581576
He is Jewish.

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>>1579335
If you have no hobbies or anything to enjoy your money with, sure. If you like collecting cars, watches, art, rare/vintage stuff, etc. or enjoy traveling and sightseeing; as long as you invest in life experiences, life will never feel empty.

>>1582499
but who cares?

>>1582487
do what, posting a copypasta pales in comparison to the amount of time Bilzerian fanboys spend shitposting about their /r/theredpill alpha fantasies

>>1582493
he has the right attitude and he is the one we should follow

>>1579335
You don't have to live in luxury just because you are rich. Just life a normal dude's life with the bonus of not having to care about money. Get your dream job, marry a nice wife who doesn't want you for your money and don't tell your children that you are rich until they are in their twenties so they don't become spoiled brats. Best of both worlds.

>>1579336
First post always best

I just want to never worry about money so long as I'm being reasonable. Taking away stress is basically the opposite of an "empty" life.
For me "empty life" would be working 8 hours with 2 hours of commute just to make ends meet. That'd be fucking empty as fuck and depressing, I just don't know how people do that shit, blows my mind.

>>1581576
Lot's of non-Jewish origin names are used as cover ups by Jews. Like Cohen => Cowen, despite Cowen being a legitimate and commonly used Irish surname

>>1579335
fuck no. the more richer i am the more i will travel

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This board was intended for legitimate business discussion in an anonymous setting. In theory, this is ideal for millionaires and aspiring millionaires. However, the reality is that it's flooded by the NEET /r9k/ user who is willing to do any scam necessary to make millions of dollars overnight by selling his integrity. These people are mixed with people who are just interested in stocks. With a couple of people genuinely interested in business and some millionaires who seldom contribute for reasons you can see.

I always see these threads whenever I stop by. They're so depressing. If you're unhappy now, you will be unhappy when you're rich. Here's an example for you. Let's say you want an <object>. You work hard and save up your money for <object>. You want the latest and greatest version of <object>. You finally get it. You accomplish your goal. Now you have said <object>, but you get bored of it soon enough. Then you'll be able to next <object>, but this one is better because it has <generic feature>!

Once it's the norm in your life, you will get used to it. When you get used to it, you'll go to something else. The void will never be filled. You have to trust me on this. I swear this on everything. May I get cancer if I'm wrong. That's how sure I am. For one, I went through it myself. Two, everyone goes through it and you won't be any different than millions of people before you. Three, you already went through it. Think about a situation like this in your life. Scale it up and it's the same.

It's all mental health. Something no one seems to respect. It's fine to like lavish things, I'm not saying you should live in a hut, but put things in perspective. It's empty happiness and you shouldn't live for materialistic things. You should care about your health, relationships, and important things like that. Everything else is secondary.

Also this:
http://www.businessinsider.com/i-made-15-million-before-i-was-30-and-being-rich-wasnt-as-awesome-as-youd-think-2014-7

>>1583287
Listen up you fucking neets, this guy is right. You guys that think you'll just rent a small studio apartment and invest $1 million and live off that are living in fucking la la land. It doesn't work like that. Everything scales with your wealth and you will always want more. My own mental health and personal development has honestly declined since making a shit load of money. At least beforehand I had this delusion that more money would fix everything but the realization of that not being true has just made things worse.

>inb4 some brokefag from syria who tells me im a retard because he could barely afford bread and i am complaining about having money not being that great

>>1582273
whats the point of that balcony on the top left? there isn't even a door that opens out on it

>>1582065
>So did Zyzz
He only had one.

>>1583287
This, so much.

The only reason I try to accumulate wealth is for security. I put away as much as I can every month, and have no intention of ever spending the money.

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Wrooooong. Money is everything. You single handedly eliminate stress, get unlimited free time and have access to unlimited opposite sex. You kids will learn this when you will turn 30 if you haven't earlier.

>>1579406
Are you retarded

>>1579335
Better to be rich and empty than poor and empty

>>1579530
fuck you, ignorant piece of shit, no.
being rich grants you free time, you can do what you want. being poor leaves you forced to act within the means that are set by those youre working for. you cant do what you want. you cant even always stay home when youre sick. fuck you, imbecile.

>>1583364
this

>>1583287
Ty anon, I really needed to read this right now

>>1580310


It will get worse from here

>>1583302
This is true. Generally your appetites scale with your income. Everyone thinks it won't happen to them, but inevitably it happens to almost everyone as they make more and more.

By all means, stay frugal, but most people even frugal people tend to scale up thier lives ( and spending) as they develop higher incomes

>>1584281
>even frugal people tend to scale up thier lives ( and spending) as they develop higher incomes
if you keep your savings ratio it's all good. more income more spent more saved.

>>1579336
fpasffgsds

>>1584281
They key is to not spend more in the first place. I'm not doing this to live like a king for a year, I'm doing this to live like a prince for the rest of my days.

Richfag here. It entirely depends on what you do with yourself really.

If you reduce yourself to limos, stupid gold watches or other pointless displays, you will feel pretty empty after some time. The novelty wears off and you quickly realise you don't do this for your enjoyment but rather to impress others and instead of envying your style and taste they really just think you're a jerk. Been there, done that, wouldn't recommend.

Nowadays I really just live a very comfortable and carefree life. I buy quality products, not flashy ones, I go on a nice vacation twice a year, found a hobby that I actually enjoy, go out for a nice dinner every Sunday, that sort of stuff.

>>1579335
I'd like the opportunity to find out. Being poor is no fun.

>>1582440

"A woman is not an investment"

>>1579335
Life can't possibly be any more empty than it already is.

>>1583287
i agree but i dont necessarily care about materialistic things like that. i like experiences. i would love to be like "i want to go to disney world and not have to worry about money" or "i wanna go travel to another country without having to worry about money". stuff like that. if i made lets say 50k a year (after tax, fees, added money for inflation) after investing say 1 million USD, i would only buy used cars and live in a modest 1 story house in a nice area (not SUPER nice). i just like the freedom being rich brings and dont really care about the expensive shit.

>>1583319
There could be on the side of the house facing the water.

>>1579530
>we are living more luxurious lifestyles then the richest kings in the past

Lmao fuck off you 12 year old

>>1580973
>Praising modern healthcare

Jesus please be a meme

>>1581118
Enlighten me faggot what do you do? Other than shill memecoins and talk down to people on an anonymous mongolian furtradinf forum.

>>1581099
The problem is that 90% of the population is imagining how they will SPEND the millions. If you're instead imagining how you will MAKE the millions, you're already ahead of the pack, so get to it.

>>1587519
>Praising modern healthcare
it's a hell of a lot better than what was available in the past. it has it's own problems everywhere.

>>1587545
i like how people still talk about millions like ti means anything nowadays.

>>1587719
I always say: $10 million is where you *start* to have some good money.

Even then, I'd feel empty inside. The problem is deeper than cash, y'all. I think experiences are better.

>>1579336
yeah

>>1587719
>>1587773
Thats bull
A million dollars is a great amount that you can comfortably grow.
Also if you're not a spoiled hedonistic brat(buying 40k$ watches and useless garbage like this) you can comfortably live on a million for a while.

>>1587780
It's not about comfort, it's about growth potential. The battle is still very uphill with a million dollars.

>>1587784
Really depends on what you are collecting money for. If you want to be rich at some point, i.e. never having to think about expenses, a million is ok to grow. If you know what you are doing a mil is enough, lots of people have began with less and ended up with more than they need.
If you want to grow it to an amount where you have access to political power, govt tech, loli slaves or other shit like that it is inadequate - but then you can say it about almost any amount.

>>1579335

Got a good job where I was making triple what I was while working and attending classes full time. I still live in the same apartment and drive the same car, but now there is something left for me at the end of the month. I'm not rich, but I'm richer than I've ever been before now.

As long as I don't go overboard with my hobbies, and keep asking myself, "Do I really need this?" before making major purchases, life is rewarding. I can afford to indulge my hobbies, enjoy a social life, volunteer. Not having to constantly worry and plan on how I was getting to next payday has freed me to explore and enrich myself.

I'm nowhere near the top, but for the first time in this rather limited existence, I'm moving up in the world instead of sideways.

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>>1582446
>Bilz: trust fund babby
>Bieb: self-made, earned his money

Never thought about it that way. I have newfound respect for Bieber. Kill me now.

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>>1588487
theres no such thing as a "self made"
white male.

only varying degrees of prividledge and luck.

>>1587780
it's more pronounced in my country
millionaire used to meant something then we had hyperinflation and people still throw the word around. even tho almost everyone is a millionaire technically.

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I think what most people don't get is that most of the guys who "made it" did not just do it for the money. Richness beyond imagination was just a by-product of their drive to excel.

Look at this old hungarian fuck here. Why does he still go to Davos or talk to people at all? He could've stopped sometime in the 80's. But he likes business and the markets. He wanted to excel, and succeeded, but didn't stop there. Same thing with Buffett and other investors and entrepreneurs.

I'd say most rich people are the same in this regard. Sure, their belongings may be high class, and they go on vacation on barbados a few times a year. But the rest of the time, they work, because they want to.

Bragging Idiots like Bilzerian are a sad minority among the rich.

>>1588487
he's wearing heightening shoes in that picture. still respect him?

>>1588774
nobody whos esteem matters, has respect for clowns like that. let it go.

>>1582273
Your post made me change my mood. Fuck you and your philosophy anon.

I've been both, broke as fuck and very well off before. Life was empty when I was broke, life was empty when I had lots of money. Being "rich" didn't really give me a sense of accomplishment or much more happiness, but I'd lie if I said it didn't make life much more comfortable. More money still adds quality to your life (at least up to a certain point) and you don't want to miss out on that, even if it doesn't give you fulfillment or more happiness. You can find that in other things.

>>1579530
>Are rich people happier than poor people? No, it's the same.

Really though? Maybe if you're born into money. I've been poor and had a liveable amount of money (not even rich) and I can tell you, shit was way brighter when I had money. I had less to worry about in life. When I had no money, that's all I would think about. It would haunt my life. Will my internet get shut off? Will I have enough for gas or food this week? Will I get evicted? That's all you think about, all day long. When I had money? I could do things I wanted to do. I had the ability to enjoy my life, rather than just try and survive it.

>>1580035
We already fucking do that. My dream day isn't waking up with a blowjob and flying to Miami or some shit, it's just a couple steps above a regular day. Why? Because that's actually accessible. I set my goals and dreams according to what I know is possible. When that is accomplished, I change the dream and keep moving forward.

Like what kind of fucking stupid ass advice is this?
>This is assuming you aren't driving a Maserati to your private jet to fly to Monaco every day.

Guess everyone's dream that isn't a regular day is fucked then. Like fuck your stupid boss. I swear rich people say some of the dumbest, pseudo-intellectual bullshit.

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No. After years of subsisting on a modest income in an extremely dull job, I'm now comfortably off and training towards a very highly paid and interesting field, as is my partner. My income allows me to do things that I previously couldn't afford - eat at nice restaurants, take regular holidays, buy any book or videogame that I want, buy the latest technology and purchase nice gifts for others. Eventually I'll be in a position to purchase a house in the New Town in Edinburgh, where I lived briefly as a child and have always wanted to move back to.

All of these things may be materialistic - the fact is, I've experienced the alternative, and it's fucking shite. My father went bankrupt twice and I spent much of my childhood moving all over the country - that lack of security is nerve-wracking. Relative affluence on the other hand brings stability and comfort alongside the means to enjoy things that hitherto I couldn't afford.

Yes. It can and will depending on what your idea of being "rich" and your fantasies are.
It's like being good looking. At first the attention is nice.. then you realize how shallow and depressing it is. "One day when my looks fade, the girls won't get wet over me.. They're only being nice to me because I look good. These people assume things about me because I look like xyz."
And you'll be focused on how much richer/better looking the people around you are. How you're not as fit, energetic, and full of life and an innocent naivety to the world. Everyone around you suddenly only seem to be super loving and caring. They shun you if you don't help. They feel entitled.

>>1588932
what do you do now, and how did you get there?

>>1588949
It's probably not everyone's idea of 'very highly paid' or indeed 'interesting' but I am a graduate quantity surveyor with a large construction firm. I got a first in BSc Quantity Surveying whilst working part-time as a mature student. My partner is a junior doctor.

I'm sure that by some people's estimation I will never become rich with this job, even if I move on to commercial management or director/associate, but compared with what I was doing previously (customer services) I certainly feel well-off and the prospects are pretty decent.

>>1579335
No, if I would win the lottery I would secure a lifestyle to create passive income, and then I would travel. Not needing to participate in the soul-crushing wheel of working (in Spain in even implies overtime work with no extra payment, even though it's illegal) I would be able to pursue any target in life, or even just relaxing and chill.

>>1579336
>>>/r9k/

>>1580310
fix that, pronto.

the mistakes you make as a teenager cripple you when starting your adult life. and a crippled adult life can only achieve so much, no matter how hard you believe in the "work hard" meme

>>1579335
Why would it? If I didn't have to work, I'd still probably work part-time just to feel like I'm doing something useful.

Money won't solve the problems with my life, but it'll stop me worrying about money.
As I'm currently on minimum expenditure until payday because I made a big purchase, money would solve that problem but not a lot else.

My life has meaning because I actively fight depression. Even if my routine is sleep/work/sleep/work, I try to do things when I have time.

Lol, don't fall for poor people memes