Man I thought for hours and couldn’t come up with anything. My first instinct was to say I’d want to be the richest person in the world, whoever that is. Because I’m sure money does buy happiness, at least for a few years. But then I realized rich people are probably terrified of losing their money, and at least that’s one hangup I don’t have.
why sh*t, i didn’t realize elon musk used to be THE richest person in the world until 2022.
“Bernard Arnault & family
Bernard Arnault is the CEO and Chair of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and his net worth is $212 billion, he overtook Elon Musk as the world’s richest man in 2022.”
Money IS incredibly important, so I would want to be rich but not that rich that’ll put a target on my back. I just want to be able to do whatever, go where ever, buy whatever, be comfortable and not have to worry about anything. I think just 50M is more than enough lol.
Also, I don’t think ppl understand just how much even ONE Billion is. There’s rich, and there’s obscene. Anything over 1B is obscene.
Meanwhile, The avg person in the US makes $31,000/yr. -_-
My initial sorta answer would have been the “happiest person in the world” but I don’t want to be a monk lol. Why not be the 100th happiest person in the world? That’d be more than happy enough for me. Being top 100 gets you noticed and usually puts a target on your back in some way. Being incognito rich/happy would be cool.
Yeah regarding money, I think there’s a level above which the effects of “buying happiness” work in reverse. In fact there was a study published recently that showed people become happier as their income approaches ~$100k but then drops as they go higher. I think it was based on the amount of suicides or mental health emergencies reported. But yeah that makes sense… Comfortably (modestly) rich is good, but obscenely rich comes with a whole new league of demons.
Then you could always research lottery winners and see how many of them end up in prison, broke, or dead. The overwhelming majority.
I figured monks and religious devotees would be the happiest. Think of it, they have a sense of belonging & a sense of spiritual righteousness (no doubts regarding the meaning of life, afterlife, or the general hopelessness of the world because their god will fix everything). The downside to that comes at the end of their lives, when some of them feel the pain and burden of age and realize (I’m quoting the oldest woman in the world, a nun, who died last week) “god has abandoned me”. And there’s also Mother Teresa whose infamous private journals showed she had crushing doubts at the end of her life. But hey, if you can live most of your life in blissful happiness, what’s a little brutality at the end? Some of us live that brutality every day.
ps I still cant figure out who tf I’d want to be. I feel like I’d be stuck in the same hopeless world no matter what the circumstances are. Honestly I’d just want to be myself but if someone could implant a microchip in my head that makes believe there’s a point to living and I’m on the right path. That would be enough for me.
lol don’t worry, if WEF have their way, we’d all be on our way to being microchipped O_o
eternaldarkness1/26/2023 - 12:59 pm
i’ve always wanted to have superpowers. i know, not realistic at all, but hey, if i could be someone else, might as well be someone with superpowers. both cases are imaginary and pretend. i think i WOULD be happier if I had some kind of superpower, idk what, maybe mind control, super healing, travel through time and space, something. That would make life fun and interesting.
eternaldarkness1/26/2023 - 1:04 pm
i think studies show that after $150k/yr, the happiness starts to decrease (as in coming down from peak), but that point is STILL much happier than someone who’s poor.
ofc money doesn’t make someone happy, but if all else being equal, i’d rather be rich and depressed than poor and depressed. you have more options if you’re rich and depressed.
what you don’t want is to be TOO rich that you stand out. if you’re TOO rich, that’s when ppl come after you for money. that’s why lottery winners wind up broke or murdered. people come after them for money and ruin their lives. they don’t show the stories of the winners who DON’T go public and DON’T show their identity. i’m sure those folks live much happier lives. imagine if ppl found out u suddenly won x millions of dollars? the vultures won’t stop at anything to get what they want from you, so lottery winners generally have a hard time with life. many get murdered. and yes, i’ve watched a lot of documentaries on lottery winners.
yes, i would like to be incognito wealthy. otherwise, you’ll be a target.
idiotpuppet1/26/2023 - 4:52 pm
Actually be someone else who is alive right now? I don’t want to be anyone else or live someone else’s life. I just want my own life to be different, if that makes sense.
I’d be science fiction author John Scalzi. He’s relatively well off, he lives in a pleasant rural environment, he has a kid and a wife, and he’s respected within his profession. Oh and he’s marginally famous, the best kind. I don’t envy people like Johnny Depp or famous politicians, that looks miserable
ah, good one! someone well off, but not TOO well off, someone famous but not TOO famous, has a passion, has respect, has wife and kid and appears happy with life. Yeah, that’s what I always wanted. Nothing glamourous. Just “enough.”
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Man I thought for hours and couldn’t come up with anything. My first instinct was to say I’d want to be the richest person in the world, whoever that is. Because I’m sure money does buy happiness, at least for a few years. But then I realized rich people are probably terrified of losing their money, and at least that’s one hangup I don’t have.
idk man who would be your pick?
why sh*t, i didn’t realize elon musk used to be THE richest person in the world until 2022.
“Bernard Arnault & family
Bernard Arnault is the CEO and Chair of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and his net worth is $212 billion, he overtook Elon Musk as the world’s richest man in 2022.”
https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#5467ec7f3d78
#1- Bernard Arnault- $215B
#2- Elon Musk- $168B
Money IS incredibly important, so I would want to be rich but not that rich that’ll put a target on my back. I just want to be able to do whatever, go where ever, buy whatever, be comfortable and not have to worry about anything. I think just 50M is more than enough lol.
Also, I don’t think ppl understand just how much even ONE Billion is. There’s rich, and there’s obscene. Anything over 1B is obscene.
Meanwhile, The avg person in the US makes $31,000/yr. -_-
My initial sorta answer would have been the “happiest person in the world” but I don’t want to be a monk lol. Why not be the 100th happiest person in the world? That’d be more than happy enough for me. Being top 100 gets you noticed and usually puts a target on your back in some way. Being incognito rich/happy would be cool.
https://www.google.com/search?q=happiest+person+in+the+world&oq=happiest+per&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i512l2j46i512j0i512l6.2902j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Yeah regarding money, I think there’s a level above which the effects of “buying happiness” work in reverse. In fact there was a study published recently that showed people become happier as their income approaches ~$100k but then drops as they go higher. I think it was based on the amount of suicides or mental health emergencies reported. But yeah that makes sense… Comfortably (modestly) rich is good, but obscenely rich comes with a whole new league of demons.
Then you could always research lottery winners and see how many of them end up in prison, broke, or dead. The overwhelming majority.
I figured monks and religious devotees would be the happiest. Think of it, they have a sense of belonging & a sense of spiritual righteousness (no doubts regarding the meaning of life, afterlife, or the general hopelessness of the world because their god will fix everything). The downside to that comes at the end of their lives, when some of them feel the pain and burden of age and realize (I’m quoting the oldest woman in the world, a nun, who died last week) “god has abandoned me”. And there’s also Mother Teresa whose infamous private journals showed she had crushing doubts at the end of her life. But hey, if you can live most of your life in blissful happiness, what’s a little brutality at the end? Some of us live that brutality every day.
ps I still cant figure out who tf I’d want to be. I feel like I’d be stuck in the same hopeless world no matter what the circumstances are. Honestly I’d just want to be myself but if someone could implant a microchip in my head that makes believe there’s a point to living and I’m on the right path. That would be enough for me.
lol don’t worry, if WEF have their way, we’d all be on our way to being microchipped O_o
i’ve always wanted to have superpowers. i know, not realistic at all, but hey, if i could be someone else, might as well be someone with superpowers. both cases are imaginary and pretend. i think i WOULD be happier if I had some kind of superpower, idk what, maybe mind control, super healing, travel through time and space, something. That would make life fun and interesting.
i think studies show that after $150k/yr, the happiness starts to decrease (as in coming down from peak), but that point is STILL much happier than someone who’s poor.
ofc money doesn’t make someone happy, but if all else being equal, i’d rather be rich and depressed than poor and depressed. you have more options if you’re rich and depressed.
what you don’t want is to be TOO rich that you stand out. if you’re TOO rich, that’s when ppl come after you for money. that’s why lottery winners wind up broke or murdered. people come after them for money and ruin their lives. they don’t show the stories of the winners who DON’T go public and DON’T show their identity. i’m sure those folks live much happier lives. imagine if ppl found out u suddenly won x millions of dollars? the vultures won’t stop at anything to get what they want from you, so lottery winners generally have a hard time with life. many get murdered. and yes, i’ve watched a lot of documentaries on lottery winners.
yes, i would like to be incognito wealthy. otherwise, you’ll be a target.
Actually be someone else who is alive right now? I don’t want to be anyone else or live someone else’s life. I just want my own life to be different, if that makes sense.
Boring reply lol, sorry.
lol it’s not boring, it makes sense.
i would want a better version of my own life too.
I’d be science fiction author John Scalzi. He’s relatively well off, he lives in a pleasant rural environment, he has a kid and a wife, and he’s respected within his profession. Oh and he’s marginally famous, the best kind. I don’t envy people like Johnny Depp or famous politicians, that looks miserable
all the same, some respect would be nice.
ah, good one! someone well off, but not TOO well off, someone famous but not TOO famous, has a passion, has respect, has wife and kid and appears happy with life. Yeah, that’s what I always wanted. Nothing glamourous. Just “enough.”