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I have no idea why, but I'm not obsessed with getting rich. I AM obsessed with doing whatever the hell I want to do, which I've basically been able to do for m

by nerme 16y ago

I have no idea why, but I'm not obsessed with getting rich. I AM obsessed with doing whatever the hell I want to do, which I've basically been able to do for most of my twenties. Hell, I've been dead broke and still been able to do whatever I want to do. Don't worry about money. It's a silly thing to fret over. You think you need it to travel, to eat nice food, to be comfortable... but the most traveling I've ever done was while I was the most broke... and I got to see the world while playing music! When I have had my most steady, high paying incomes, I've been content, but not really feeling all that free. See, you can worry about money, and then work really hard to get it, and be around other people who want to work really hard for money... but... people who only care about working hard for money are ridiculously boring. They are so boring, in fact, that they have to use their money to buy things and pay for interesting people to spice up their lives. Whereas the people who are more interested in just living life typically have pretty interesting friends who do, and most importantly, make interesting things. Gourmet dinner potlucks! Hanging out at a friend's art studio! Touring with a friend's band! How do you get friends like that? You have to do and make interesting things as well! I hope everyone actually does take offense to this: When I hear someone say they want to be filthy rich, I hear it as them saying they want to be a boring douche bag.

oz 16y ago
"I hope everyone actually does take offense to this: When I hear someone say they want to be filthy rich, I hear it as them saying they want to be a boring douche bag." Straw man. Nobody wants to be a boring douche bag. I agree with Ramith Seti when he says:"I never want to have to make a bad decision because of money (e.g., staying at a job I don’t love because of car payments). Isn't that the situation of most people? They stay in bad situations because the rent has to be paid and the kids have to be fed. I just don't want to have to worry about that. Besides, many of history's great artists were able to achieve what they did because they had patrons. What if daVinci had to work. Look what happened to van Gogh.
- nerme 16y ago
  It is not a straw man. I am not replacing "person who spent a lot of time and effort to attain monetary wealth" with "boring douche bag", and then attacking "boring douche bags". I am merely pointing out the unintentional consequences of a lifetime in pursuit of the only object whose only purpose is to allow you to do or get things. I'll put it another way: If you can't figure out anything interesting to make while you're alive, make money instead. If you want to talk about a straw man argument, how about the fact that you're substituting "being filthy rich" with "having enough money to pay rent and feed children", and then opposing someone who is opposed to "having enough money to pay rent and feed children"?
aliston 16y ago
The more time I spend doing things my parents would approve of, the more momentum I feel like I have holding me back from doing "whatever the hell I want"... Any tips on how to break out of that?
- nerme 16y ago
  Your parents probably love the hell out of you. Do enough stupid shit, and they'll end up just being happy that you're alive. That's what I did. :)
orblivion 16y ago
When I hear someone say they want to be filthy rich, I hear it as them saying they want to be a boring douche bag. To each his/her own? Maybe the guy just isn't that interesting and would rather make money.

by nerme 16y ago

oz 16y ago

"I hope everyone actually does take offense to this: When I hear someone say they want to be filthy rich, I hear it as them saying they want to be a boring douche bag." Straw man. Nobody wants to be a boring douche bag. I agree with Ramith Seti when he says:"I never want to have to make a bad decision because of money (e.g., staying at a job I don’t love because of car payments). Isn't that the situation of most people? They stay in bad situations because the rent has to be paid and the kids have to be fed. I just don't want to have to worry about that. Besides, many of history's great artists were able to achieve what they did because they had patrons. What if daVinci had to work. Look what happened to van Gogh.

nerme 16y ago
It is not a straw man. I am not replacing "person who spent a lot of time and effort to attain monetary wealth" with "boring douche bag", and then attacking "boring douche bags". I am merely pointing out the unintentional consequences of a lifetime in pursuit of the only object whose only purpose is to allow you to do or get things. I'll put it another way: If you can't figure out anything interesting to make while you're alive, make money instead. If you want to talk about a straw man argument, how about the fact that you're substituting "being filthy rich" with "having enough money to pay rent and feed children", and then opposing someone who is opposed to "having enough money to pay rent and feed children"?

aliston 16y ago

The more time I spend doing things my parents would approve of, the more momentum I feel like I have holding me back from doing "whatever the hell I want"... Any tips on how to break out of that?

nerme 16y ago
Your parents probably love the hell out of you. Do enough stupid shit, and they'll end up just being happy that you're alive. That's what I did. :)

orblivion 16y ago

When I hear someone say they want to be filthy rich, I hear it as them saying they want to be a boring douche bag. To each his/her own? Maybe the guy just isn't that interesting and would rather make money.