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JBKlyde 01-11-2011 05:11 PM

"Money". Is it Worth it?
 
Despite the recklessness of my own self destruction, I don't see money as the driving force behind my motives. Yes it would be nice to have money, but at what point is the line drawn and self seeking millionaires declared hell bound???????

limey 01-11-2011 05:17 PM

Now that is a question indeed ....

HungLikeJesus 01-11-2011 05:23 PM

That all depends on the exchange rate.

sexobon 01-11-2011 06:32 PM

Money is just a medium of exchange, though during hard times it's medium rare.

skysidhe 01-11-2011 09:29 PM

You can do more with it than without it. For myself, pretending there is some higher purpose and some spiritual lesson to learn is better left to the Gandhi's of the world.

GunMaster357 01-12-2011 05:00 AM

Money doesn't make happiness...


...but it makes sadness bearable.




Just ask any heir to a fortune. ;)

Happy Monkey 01-12-2011 11:17 AM

Just like anything else, the more you need it, the more it is worth.

Lamplighter 01-12-2011 12:37 PM

There's a level of $ that is needed to provide what you believe are the necessities of life.
After that, it becomes wants, and then luxuries, then power,
and then greed, and finally more is never enough.

glatt 01-12-2011 12:57 PM

I think greed is out of order. Anything after the necessities is greed. If you want it, but don't need it, it's greed. We all have greed.

Flint 01-12-2011 02:03 PM

There is a line that can be drawn and a line that can be seen, but a line that can be drawn isn't always a line that can be seen, and a line that can be seen isn't always a line that should have been drawn. Also, sometimes lines are different lengths, widths, etc.

Shawnee123 01-12-2011 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint (Post 705209)
There is a line that can be drawn and a line that can be seen, but a line that can be drawn isn't always a line that can be seen, and a line that can be seen isn't always a line that should have been drawn. Also, sometimes lines are different lengths, widths, etc.

Flint just can't hide his line eyes.

Bullitt 01-12-2011 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 705284)
Flint just can't hide his line eyes.

:facepalm:


When you're making $10/hr cleaning up blood, vomit, and splinting bones, yes it is worth it.

Clodfobble 01-12-2011 09:13 PM

Anyone who feels their money isn't worth it, I will gladly take the burden off their hands.

Flint 01-12-2011 09:19 PM

Nobody "has" money. There is no concrete aspect to the experience of "having" money. You can do or buy things with money, and the value is exactly the value of those things. You can hold some money in reserve for the purposes of doing or buying future things, but at no point does the value of the money cease to be a function of those proposed future things. People who don't have any money think that there is a point where you will "have" some money, but the fact is: that never happens. Money has no intrinsic value. You can't eat it, etc.

monster 01-12-2011 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBKlyde (Post 705041)
at what point is the line drawn and self seeking millionaires declared hell bound???????

At the point where they have no immediate need for more money and their earning will hurt someone else.


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