Who says I can't be both? You may not be able to buy happiness, but there's nothing that says you can't achieve each of them independently.SmashBrosLegend
Well I suppose he means if you had to choose :P Duh. Good points though.
I'd...rather be happy I guess. Though having things and being able to buy lots really helps me out of depression alot.
That is a silly question: Happy obviously. Everything else one does is just an attempted means to that end, is it not? Wealth is just what many people see as a means to happiness, however misguided that notion may often be. If it is not making you happy or "less miserable" in some way, what is the point?
Of course you can buy happiness along with friends, and entourage, a house, car collection, fame, respect. Those can come with money but can dissapear as soon as the piggy bank dries up. Id rather have happiness
So can anybody here tell me with a straight face that not having to work, being able to provide to those you love all while doing whatever the hell you want wouldnt make you happy?
I fail to see where in that equation you could even possibly be unhappy. Point it out please.
And dont even bring up all those sob stories about people winning the lottery and then ruining their life. In those cases its stupidity causing the problems...not the money.
The fact is that, Money + common sense = happiness
I chose rich so I could give other people money so maybe that'll make them happy. Because I don't care if I'm not happy, just aslong my love ones and friends are.
Being rich would bring happiness. People who say that money can't buy happiness don't know what their talking about, of course it can. Besides that,you don't need to have money to make firends,find love,and enjoy life, money just makes it easier.
So can anybody here tell me with a straight face that not having to work, being able to provide to those you love all while doing whatever the hell you want wouldnt make you happy?
I fail to see where in that equation you could even possibly be unhappy. Point it out please.
And dont even bring up all those sob stories about people winning the lottery and then ruining their life. In those cases its stupidity causing the problems...not the money.
The fact is that, Money + common sense = happiness
I challenge you to prove otherwise.
Alter_Echo
I agree wholeheartedly, money gives you opportunity.
If you're rich and you're unhappy, it's a lot easier to be happy than when you're poor. Besides, you are the one who deals with relationships, if you can't be happy and are rich you should go see a psychologist.
On the other hand, I would rather be happy with my family than rich by getting their money because they died...
Silly question since you can say anything and still be right.
no one is really happy you'd have to be completely ignorant or self absorbed to be happy. so why not be richgreen_obsidian
That's a terribly pessimistic view. I am neither ignorant nor self-absorbed, yet I am very happy. Just because you have failed to find happiness does not mean others aren't capable of it.
[QUOTE="green_obsidian"]no one is really happy you'd have to be completely ignorant or self absorbed to be happy. so why not be richSmashBrosLegend
That's a terribly pessimistic view. I am neither ignorant nor self-absorbed, yet I am very happy. Just because you have failed to find happiness does not mean others aren't capable of it.
sorry i didnt mean to offend anyone, for where i am in life i am happy its just that with all the suffering in the world there is no way any one can be truly happy, at least if youre rich you can do somthing to help others
[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"][QUOTE="green_obsidian"]no one is really happy you'd have to be completely ignorant or self absorbed to be happy. so why not be richgreen_obsidian
That's a terribly pessimistic view. I am neither ignorant nor self-absorbed, yet I am very happy. Just because you have failed to find happiness does not mean others aren't capable of it.
sorry i didnt mean to offend anyone, for where i am in life i am happy its just that with all the suffering in the world there is no way any one can be truly happy, at least if youre rich you can do somthing to help others
I'm perfectly happy. Other people will always be suffering. Letting yourself be absorbed by that is pointless. Being happy doesn't mean you have to accept and embrace everything that happens in the world.
[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"][QUOTE="green_obsidian"]no one is really happy you'd have to be completely ignorant or self absorbed to be happy. so why not be richWetall_basic
That's a terribly pessimistic view. I am neither ignorant nor self-absorbed, yet I am very happy. Just because you have failed to find happiness does not mean others aren't capable of it.
sorry i didnt mean to offend anyone, for where i am in life i am happy its just that with all the suffering in the world there is no way any one can be truly happy, at least if youre rich you can do somthing to help others
I'm perfectly happy. Other people will always be suffering. Letting yourself be absorbed by that is pointless. Being happy doesn't mean you have to accept and embrace everything that happens in the world.
true its a personal view, which is what was asked for, and like i said i didnt mean to offend
So can anybody here tell me with a straight face that not having to work, being able to provide to those you love all while doing whatever the hell you want wouldnt make you happy?
I fail to see where in that equation you could even possibly be unhappy. Point it out please.
And dont even bring up all those sob stories about people winning the lottery and then ruining their life. In those cases its stupidity causing the problems...not the money.
The fact is that, Money + common sense = happiness
I challenge you to prove otherwise.
Alter_Echo
It doesn't matter. The way that the question is worded implies that you have one OR the other, not both. Seriously, though, if you are happy, you are happy. One has to assume that money is not an issue for you or at least not a significant one, because your happiness is already a given...
I chose rich so I could give other people money so maybe that'll make them happy. Because I don't care if I'm not happy, just aslong my love ones and friends are.
ReverseCycology
Nobody actually "doesn't care if they're happy". What is meant when someone says that is that they're happy when they see other people being happy. Everyone cares whether or not they're happy; you wouldn't do something if you didn't think it would improve your emotional state in some way.
As far as I can tell, this question is asking whether or not you would rather be rich or happy, as if to say that if you pick rich, you will be unhappy. If seeing others being happy makes you happy, that would imply that you would be unable to help others, as otherwise there would not be the rich/happy dichotomy.
If the question implies that you're unhappy for the rest of your life, it doesn't make sense... Anyone is happy sometimes.
I would choose happy if it implies that I would be deeply 'unhappy' like the death of someone, an injury, going to jail. Otherwise, I'd rather be a bit unhappy but get the money (hard job, working for christmas) since the money will bring me a bit of happiness :P
If i was poor and lived on the streets and eat food out of the garbage i would take rich. But if i had my life right now i wuld take happy because like you guys say money cant buy hapiness.
Happy, when my wife worked, she ran a large finance company, we had plenty of extra money and did not have to worry about money a bit. Now she's been home for several years, things are tighter and we are much happier. Now we weren't filthy rich, but well off by Arkansas standards. So I'd say happy.
I think happiness is just an illusion that blinds you from seeing the sadness in the world. I mean, if you take away the things that makes you happy, you'll realize there's so much sadness and sufferings around the world. What would be the point if you're the only one that's happy but the people around you aren't. So I chose rich, at least then, I could provide my friends and family more illusions to make them happy for the rest of their lives and mines.
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