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> They often say that there's no one more hopeless than a rich junky. If they have a very large amount of money, they never hit rock bottom until they're dead.
by GDC7 5y ago
> They often say that there's no one more hopeless than a rich junky. If they have a very large amount of money, they never hit rock bottom until they're dead.
Why doesn't anyone make the argument of quality vs. quantity when discussing such examplers
5 years spent as a rich junkie must be worth a lifetime as a 9-5 cubicle worker
- Waterluvian 5y ago"5 years spent as a rich junkie must be worth a lifetime as a 9-5 cubicle worker." This claim demands great evidence.
- GDC7 5y agoI don't think there is a measurement who'd satisfy the requirement of statistical evidence. Empirically it seems to me that people nowadays are more scared of death than they are euphoric about life. All sorts of problems happen when this condition presents itself in vast pockets of the population. The fact that nobody makes a quality vs. quantity analysis is further proof of this
- sangnoir 5y ago> Empirically it seems to me that people nowadays are more scared of death than they are euphoric about life. Have you not talked to a teenager lately?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoTeenagers today are definitely less rebellious and less hedonistic: they have less sex and take much less intoxicants than previous generations. I don't agree that it's because they're "scared of death," but they do seem to be less euphoric about life, for whatever reason.
- manquer 5y agoIn theory if you value variety of experiences than 5 years as junkie may be better outcome than the a desk job. Most people don't value variety all that much which is why 9-5 workers are lot more common than perpetual travellers etc.
- WJW 5y agoNot saying that your "may" is invalid but in practice I don't think most junkies vary their experience all that much. Getting high/stoned/intoxicated/etc every day does not variety make.
- schnevets 5y agoRomantics yearn for a life where the highs are higher and the lows are lower... until they hit that first low.
- selimthegrim 5y agoJohn McAfee is not here to testify but I think the last few years of his life are certainly evidence - whether for or against that proposition I’m not sure
- tata71 5y agoToward end, he apparently said he regretted nothing. That's different from not being sad etc. He can still be satisfied that his decisions were best they could be within his parameters.
- sb057 5y agoOf course, you're assuming that a quality life is measured by the amount of worldly pleasures experienced.
- inawarminister 5y agoHedonists vs Utilitarians in a nutshell.
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- agustif 5y agoTell that to your (non-existent) kids