I will never get rich people.

They seem so pathetic. How can someone rich not have an happy life? You really gotta try hard for it. Their problems seem so meaningless. Its always about relationship problems, problems with their rich daddies, this are just examples.

Do you know that in countries like switzerland, the suicide rate for rich people is very high, even higher than any other people? How? I cant imagine them having any kind of problems worthy of suicide.

Most of the times, even with their problems, they always have a big house with a swiming pool, a fancy car, lots of money, they always have.... how im gonna call it.... a safety net or something.

Then thers other people, that besides having many, if not all of these problems, they still have to worry about having a place to live, food to eat... and so on. We are always on the edge, thers a lot of pressure. They dont have that kind of pressure. They have something like an headstart in their lives, and they seem to not take advantage of it.

But they cant affrord to feel the feeling of starting low and get to the top. Now thats a great feeling.

Thats why i never really trust that much politicians that didnt started trough the bottom. Thers many i do, but if you started at the bottom, you will know how it is to be in other people place. You know how to fix it maybe.

But what is really worst is those TV shows with rich teens and their stupid problems, And they are on, all the time. And by the looks of it, many people watch that crap.

So what you think?

They have to sacrifice a lot to get the quantity of money they possess...usually._en1gma_

Thus the phrase "money can't buy happiness."

I'm betting these rich people who commit suicide have no real friends, noone who likes them for who they are, and they feel used for their money and worthless that noone likes them.

The best way I can put it in perspective is this: Imagine having no friends who actually enjoy your company, so being rich, you have all the things you want but noone who truly enjoys doing them with you. It would feel incredibly bad.

Now personally if I was rich, I'd be so damn happy I wouldn't care, I'd buy my friends, whatever. haha.

>So what you think?Drakes_Fortune

Because there's many more factors in life that determine hapiness than just money. The majority of suicides come from the mentally ill for example.

When people are bored (as rich people always are) they get depressed. The trick is to do just enough work to keep you busy, but not enough to overwhelm you. hamstergeddon

That's a stereotype, everything that I find entertaining is mostly only available through purchase.

the only thing I wonder about being rich is if I have so much money and buy everything I ever wanted...I would be bored to death, I have everything, there's nothing else to live for. But that's not gonna happen to me anytime soon so...mohfrontline

That's exactly what I think.

Like Bill Gates...I wonder what he does all day.

I would never wanna retire.

Still no reason for suicide. And besides having no friends is not only a problem of rich people. Drakes_Fortune

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"]They have to sacrifice a lot to get the quantity of money they possess...usually.Drakes_Fortune

Still no reason for suicide. And besides having no friends is not only a problem of rich people. Drakes_Fortune

Who are you to determine what's a valid reason for someone to commit suicide?

Its relative.

I bet a starving african child would consider your problems pathetic as well

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]>So what you think?EMOEVOLUTION

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]When people are bored (as rich people always are) they get depressed. The trick is to do just enough work to keep you busy, but not enough to overwhelm you. Yandere

That's a stereotype, everything that I find entertaining is mostly only available through purchase.

[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"][QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]>So what you think?Drakes_Fortune

Its relative.

I bet a starving african child would consider your problems pathetic as well

Wolls

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]When people are bored (as rich people always are) they get depressed. The trick is to do just enough work to keep you busy, but not enough to overwhelm you. hamstergeddon

That's a stereotype, everything that I find entertaining is mostly only available through purchase.

I'm 17, and I already know I'm bored with life, that's why I surround my self with media.

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

That's a stereotype, everything that I find entertaining is mostly only available through purchase.

Yandere

I'm 17, and I already know I'm bored with life, that's why I surround my self with media.

[QUOTE="Wolls"]

Its relative.

I bet a starving african child would consider your problems pathetic as well

Drakes_Fortune

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"] Well then you're just the very dandy image of a consumer corporate America has wet dreams about at night. In all seriousness, how old are you? Eventually you will wake up one morning and realize even though you are surrounded by limitless entertainment and media, you are bored with life. Happened to me, and I'm not even rich. _en1gma_

I'm 17, and I already know I'm bored with life, that's why I surround my self with media.

Nor do I want to.

Some people give up lots to get rich like their families.

I know if i was rich I wouldnt have a care in the world. Id would just hang out in my mansion all day and pay someone to post for me on GS

I'm no expert, but I'm guessing that a rich person can think to him/herself this....."is this as good as it gets? Whats the point? We're all gonna die anyway. Everyone likes me for my money and that includes my whore wife."GrindingAxe

They seem so pathetic. How can someone rich not have an happy life? You really gotta try hard for it. Their problems seem so meaningless. Its always about relationship problems, problems with their rich daddies, this are just examples.

Do you know that in countries like switzerland, the suicide rate for rich people is very high, even higher than any other people? How? I cant imagine them having any kind of problems worthy of suicide.

Most of the times, even with their problems, they always have a big house with a swiming pool, a fancy car, lots of money, they always have.... how im gonna call it.... a safety net or something.

Then thers other people, that besides having many, if not all of these problems, they still have to worry about having a place to live, food to eat... and so on. We are always on the edge, thers a lot of pressure. They dont have that kind of pressure. They have something like an headstart in their lives, and they seem to not take advantage of it.

But they cant affrord to feel the feeling of starting low and get to the top. Now thats a great feeling.

Thats why i never really trust that much politicians that didnt started trough the bottom. Thers many i do, but if you started at the bottom, you will know how it is to be in other people place. You know how to fix it maybe.

But what is really worst is those TV shows with rich teens and their stupid problems, And they are on, all the time. And by the looks of it, many people watch that crap.

So what you think?

Drakes_Fortune

Actually, rich people overall commit suicide at a higher rate than the less wealthy. Emile Durkheim did a study on suicide that said as much. His methodology has been called into question, but his study has been repeated and teh results were the same. he concluded that the common factor between all the groups that suicide at the highest rate was isolation. Rich people have the ivory tower effect many times, whereas poor people generally have better support systems.

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

I'm 17, and I already know I'm bored with life, that's why I surround my self with media.

Yandere

Nor do I want to.

"I don't care too much for money, cause money can't buy me love" -Paul McCartney

I know many rich people worked hard to be rich. Im not talking about those. Im talking more about rich kids, that havent done **** to deserve what they have beside having a daddy that worked hard for it. Or a grandparent or whatever.Drakes_Fortune

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

I'm 17, and I already know I'm bored with life, that's why I surround my self with media.

Yandere

Nor do I want to.

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

I'm 17, and I already know I'm bored with life, that's why I surround my self with media.

Yandere

Nor do I want to.

I think you are generalizing rich people. It's not exclusively them who have this problem, and to be honest, it's more of a problem of what kind of worldview they have and what they view themselves as capable of. Sometimes it's something as simply not having a direction in life. Everyone has their own unique needs and values. It can also depend, but not mutually exclusive to, the happiness that they've had previously in life.

And similarly, while I don't agree that money itself buys happiness, what you do with it can help lead you to happiness. It can help you live the life you want to live. You can live completely under the radar, modestly, like a hardly working king, or a hard working philanthropist. Or it can be anywhere between any of these options. The choice is yours. But doing this while keeping your integrity and a feeling your life has a purpose often takes a rather considerable amount of discipline, direction, worldview, which many people, rich or not, don't seem to have.

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]I know many rich people worked hard to be rich. Im not talking about those. Im talking more about rich kids, that havent done **** to deserve what they have beside having a daddy that worked hard for it. Or a grandparent or whatever._en1gma_

Actually, they're a tremendous majority.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"] You have not even begun to experience life... :?Drakes_Fortune

Nor do I want to.

That's nice, I don't see any reason to dislike someone over that though.

They seem so pathetic. How can someone rich not have an happy life? You really gotta try hard for it. Their problems seem so meaningless. Its always about relationship problems, problems with their rich daddies, this are just examples.

Drakes_Fortune

You say that their problems seem meaningless, and then go on to say that they have relationship problems, which are among the most fundamental and difficult problems any human can have, regardless of how much money one has.

A sufficient quantity of money can be a facilitator of happiness if applied well by someone whose compass points them in the right direction, but it is not exactly by any means a guarantor of that happiness. One of the biggest problems people have who are born into rich families is the inability to experience loss, struggle, or hardship, experiences that develop a critical sense of understanding and empathy and which are absolutely necessary for a person to truly be a whole human being.

Fact is, people grow numb to whatever they have after prolong exposure to it. They need change. For example, finding out you won the lottery, im sure you would be the happiest man in the world initially, but aftera couple of months of indulging, im sure you would go bored. I've experienced this before, though its on a smaller scale.

The thing that bring lasting happiness to people is the accomplishment of achieving it. Most of us have to save up to get whatever material possesions we want,once we finally getit, you feel happy because you accomplished something. And we have alot of wants so this can go on and on.I figuired that many rich people are unable to find anymore things to do after they could fufill all their wants with no effort, and grew bored and depressed as a result. In this case, i think friendship/family is very important to them and those with none could be driven to sucide.

[QUOTE="_en1gma_"][QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]I know many rich people worked hard to be rich. Im not talking about those. Im talking more about rich kids, that havent done **** to deserve what they have beside having a daddy that worked hard for it. Or a grandparent or whatever.theone86

Actually, they're a tremendous majority.

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]

They seem so pathetic. How can someone rich not have an happy life? You really gotta try hard for it. Their problems seem so meaningless. Its always about relationship problems, problems with their rich daddies, this are just examples.

GabuEx

You say that their problems seem meaningless, and then go on to say that they have relationship problems, which are among the most fundamental and difficult problems any human can have, regardless of how much money one has.

A sufficient quantity of money can be a facilitator of happiness if applied well by someone whose compass points them in the right direction, but it is not exactly by any means a guarantor of that happiness. One of the biggest problems people have who are born into rich families is the inability to experience loss, struggle, or hardship, experiences that develop a critical sense of understanding and empathy and which are absolutely necessary for a person to truly be a whole human being.

the real rich people are the ones pushed by their parents to do really hard in school and not have a fun social life and so when they are finally of age to live on their own and when they do collect in money they pertain no social skills and so they feel lonely and cannot get a girl/guy and then they feel like they havent lived life and one of the funnest times of their lives has gone to waste.Snake_raider

I was talking more about love relationships, the way they get all screwed just cause of a relationship went wrong, or their bf/gf is cheating on him. Big deal, move on, Im sure you can find someone else. And besides, the point is that its not only rich people that have those problems. Dont you think poor people have those problems too? But besides having to worry with these problems, wich may be more than enough already, they have even worst things to worry about. Its one hell of a pressure.Drakes_Fortune

I don't really know what you're talking about here. Of course poor people have those problems. That wasn't what you were talking about, however; your opening post was declaring basically that rich people should be happy and that these problems are meaningless... a declaration that you now seem to be going back on?

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]I was talking more about love relationships, the way they get all screwed just cause of a relationship went wrong, or their bf/gf is cheating on him. Big deal, move on, Im sure you can find someone else. And besides, the point is that its not only rich people that have those problems. Dont you think poor people have those problems too? But besides having to worry with these problems, wich may be more than enough already, they have even worst things to worry about. Its one hell of a pressure.GabuEx

I don't really know what you're talking about here. Of course poor people have those problems. That wasn't what you were talking about, however; your opening post was declaring basically that rich people should be happy and that these problems are meaningless... a declaration that you now seem to be going back on?

[QUOTE="Snake_raider"]the real rich people are the ones pushed by their parents to do really hard in school and not have a fun social life and so when they are finally of age to live on their own and when they do collect in money they pertain no social skills and so they feel lonely and cannot get a girl/guy and then they feel like they havent lived life and one of the funnest times of their lives has gone to waste.Drakes_Fortune

And the reason why maybe these rich people killed them selfs is the exact thing I stated.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"]I was talking more about love relationships, the way they get all screwed just cause of a relationship went wrong, or their bf/gf is cheating on him. Big deal, move on, Im sure you can find someone else. And besides, the point is that its not only rich people that have those problems. Dont you think poor people have those problems too? But besides having to worry with these problems, wich may be more than enough already, they have even worst things to worry about. Its one hell of a pressure.Drakes_Fortune

I don't really know what you're talking about here. Of course poor people have those problems. That wasn't what you were talking about, however; your opening post was declaring basically that rich people should be happy and that these problems are meaningless... a declaration that you now seem to be going back on?

...Evidently you did not make yourself pretty clear, as I have no idea what point you're trying to argue in favor of. :P