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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's the thing, paying bills doesn't make you happy, it just temporarily eliminates the drop in happiness that would occur if you didn't pay those bills.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Happiness is just a lack of unhappiness

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well no. My point is that while money can't buy happiness, it can mitigate sources of unhappiness.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

I dunno, money can also buy a jet ski

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Money can't directly buy happiness, but it certainly smooths out the path. Also, money may not be able to buy happiness, but not-money can't buy anything.

I agree with you that the pursuit of an ever-increasing bank account is probably not a route to happiness (or more importantly contentedness, happiness is fleeting), but the reality of our world is that not having a livable amount of money tends to put direct blocks in front of your contentedness, which having money tends to dissolve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

You're taking the piss.

But there is some amount of genuine truth to this simple statement.