[QUOTE="FragStains"]Yes, it can. I can't think of a single instance in which my having unlimited resources would be a bad thing.Mochyc
I believe having unlimited money would be a bad thing. You would have everything at your disposal without any work; you would quickly grow bored of practically everything. Haven't you every gotten bored at the end of the summer vacation? It's like that, except at a higher scale. I would rather be rich while having a job rather than have everything thrown at me freely. if you had unlimited money i think the good you could do for others would far outweigh your own boredom...
Yes and no. We (my wife and I) were making over 200k several years back, now she stays home with our twins, and I make much less. So we do have financial stress now, but it's not too big of a deal.
I don't think it can buy happiness. Happiness does not come from getting what you want, it only comes with being satisfied with what you have. That is my life's motto. Every night before I go to bed I thank god for all my day's blessings. You don't even need god, you can just thank the earth. I really do feel like I'm the happiest person in the world. If you are proud of who you are, are appreciative of life and follow a healthy lifestyle (both mental and physical) you will be happy.
Yes. I can purchase things that make me happy. And of course money does not solve all problems.Nifty_Shark
First reply pretty much summed it up. You can get a certain amount of happiness by having money. I'm always a bit happier when I have a fresh bottle of rum for example, but without having a lovely wife that brings me rum and coke refills when needed I would be less happy. Money can buy a lot of material happiness. I'd say having a lot of money can get you 60% or so of the way there, but then the rest comes with having friends, family, fun gaming sites to visit...etc. :)
I buy food. I'm happy. I buy video games. I'm happy. Money does buy you happiness. Does it buy you meaning in life? Depends on how materialistic you are.
Money cannot buy happiness, as happiness is not a material possession you trade currency for. However, there are many things one can buy that can make one quite happy and provide a permanent boost to one's happiness. If I was given/won $20000, what I would use that money on would make me quite happy for a very, very long time, for instance.
Short term happiness maybe, but it can never buy you lasting inner peace and joy. Money will always be spent, and always leave a gap that you feel you need to fill by spending more money.
In a lot of the ways it will and can.. Things are part of what makes us happy and money can get those.. Although it can't get the people we need, or solve our problems.. It gets 1/3 of our happiness
My wife grew up poor, and believe me, she's much happier now that she has a good job and doesn't have to worry about rationing water or an empty refrigerator.
I'm sure we're all familiar with the saying, but do you think it's true? Can money "buy" happiness?
Personally, I feel it can. I can assure you my life would be far different, and far more enjoyable if I had money, so in that case I do feel money could buy me happiness.
What about you? Would a large some of money buy you happiness or can happiness only be obtain through other means?
Pixel-Pirate
I think what that saying means is that money won't solve all of your problems. Money can indeed buy happiness.
No, it can't. But it can buy stuff. And stuff makes me very, VERY happy. Sure, it's not the same "ooo, I'm soooo enlightened" hapiness, but I don't care, since I got a lot of stuff. Stuff rules.
More money More problems, Life is balanced, its %50 happiness, %50 sadness, money might make you happy for a while but it will also bring you problems later on in life.
To an extent, but there are cases where you'll never find enough money to be satisfied. I would be happy just living comfortably and working hard. Plus, hyper inflation makes money all but useless.
I'd say more precisely that lack of money can buy you misery; I'd consider financial security to be necessary but not sufficient to happiness for many people, myself included.
No, No, and No. Money will never buy me happiness. I cant believe the amount of Yes and maybe in this poll. There are far more important things to buy you happiness, and money is not one of them. I only require to be able to sustain a reasonable level of living, after that nothing related to money matter that much.
I'd say more precisely that lack of money can buy you misery; I'd consider financial security to be necessary but not sufficient to happiness for many people, myself included.xaos
I'd say more precisely that lack of money can buy you misery; I'd consider financial security to be necessary but not sufficient to happiness for many people, myself included.xaos
I think that it can if it's required to pay for life's necessities. Some luxuries, like vidya games, I believe can provide a shallower sense of happiness, but it's still happiness nonetheless. I do, however, agree with the philosophical musings of the Beatles: "Money can't buy me love."
Money alone can not buy you happiness, if you have a great life already money can no doubt make it better, but if you just throw money on top of a crappy life then life will still stink.
Money could buy me happiness indeed. With enough of it I could bring my boyfriend over. Thus, bringing me love, thus bringing me happiness. So yea. It can. Theory disproved.
Well you use money to mak someone fall in love with them (dates aren't free). You buy stuff and use it with your frieds... Maybe not everything but most thing.
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