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[–] captainlezbian 25 points 1 week 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 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] captainlezbian 7 points 1 week ago

And yet he remains miserable and lonely

[–] AA5B 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 2 days ago

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