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Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. And I assume that's what he's trying to do, is find a mature way to spend his mo

Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. And I assume that's what he's trying to do, is find a mature way to spend his money. In a way that makes the world better.

bshimmin 11y ago
He's not doing a brilliantly good job of spending his money maturely so far. Unless spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in night clubs counts as mature.
- Asbostos 11y ago
  That'd be about 0.01% of what he has. Can you honestly say you've never spent more than that fraction of your savings on short term entertainment?
  - bshimmin 11y ago
    Sure, he has lots of money, and so spending the amount some people spend on a house on a single night out makes relatively little difference to him (the equivalent of my buying a sandwich or something). But that doesn't mean it's a mature way to spend his money.
    - omonra 11y ago
      But then again you may spend the cost of a house in some african village when you have a dinner out with friends. Just like a car going at 60mph isn't breaking any speed records - but a human would. It's all relative :)
PhasmaFelis 11y ago
> Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. I thought that was bshimmin's point. Notch thought that Microsoft money would make him happy, and he hasn't yet figured out how to deal with the fact that it doesn't.
- striking 11y ago
  As far as I can tell, everyone around him was pushing him to sell, because Minecraft's maintenance is a burden and because he could be set for the rest of his life. I don't think for a second he needed more money than he already had, or that he thought this would make him happier. And he and ez broke up even before he sold Minecraft anyway, he was never really happy. > bshimmin's point I thought he was being a little mean about it. Just my opinion.
  - bshimmin 11y ago
    I'll concede my final clause absolutely was a bit mean. In my defence, the tweet about the "great girl" who was afraid of his lifestyle rather annoyed me, but I do understand that money doesn't make for happiness - often quite the opposite - and that it can be hard to form new and trusting relationships when you have a lot in the bank.

bshimmin 11y ago

He's not doing a brilliantly good job of spending his money maturely so far. Unless spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in night clubs counts as mature.

Asbostos 11y ago
That'd be about 0.01% of what he has. Can you honestly say you've never spent more than that fraction of your savings on short term entertainment?
- bshimmin 11y ago
  Sure, he has lots of money, and so spending the amount some people spend on a house on a single night out makes relatively little difference to him (the equivalent of my buying a sandwich or something). But that doesn't mean it's a mature way to spend his money.
  - omonra 11y ago
    But then again you may spend the cost of a house in some african village when you have a dinner out with friends. Just like a car going at 60mph isn't breaking any speed records - but a human would. It's all relative :)

PhasmaFelis 11y ago

> Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. I thought that was bshimmin's point. Notch thought that Microsoft money would make him happy, and he hasn't yet figured out how to deal with the fact that it doesn't.

striking 11y ago
As far as I can tell, everyone around him was pushing him to sell, because Minecraft's maintenance is a burden and because he could be set for the rest of his life. I don't think for a second he needed more money than he already had, or that he thought this would make him happier. And he and ez broke up even before he sold Minecraft anyway, he was never really happy. > bshimmin's point I thought he was being a little mean about it. Just my opinion.
- bshimmin 11y ago
  I'll concede my final clause absolutely was a bit mean. In my defence, the tweet about the "great girl" who was afraid of his lifestyle rather annoyed me, but I do understand that money doesn't make for happiness - often quite the opposite - and that it can be hard to form new and trusting relationships when you have a lot in the bank.