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[–] captainlezbian 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The thing is you can really only buy sycophants and pleasure, and the thing is that those aren’t love and happiness. Love and happiness are more easily found by finding equals

[–] Famko 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To a shallow person, it may as well be the same.

[–] captainlezbian 7 points 1 month ago

And yet he remains miserable and lonely

[–] AA5B 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You can also buy yourself fewer hardships, less need, more choices. These may not directly be happiness but you’re removing obstacles to hapiness

[–] Valmond 1 points 1 month ago

Ya, but that only works up to maybe a million or so.