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Disagree. The last one is important. You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy.

twodave 10mo ago
This is what I’m talking about. You’re assuming a lot about why and how people move.
- UqWBcuFx6NV4r 10mo ago
  Nowhere did anybody say “moving house for any reason is bad”. Buffet could’ve moved if he wanted to, I presume. So, evidently, he didn’t have any of those ‘other reasons’. What we *can^ say is that he didn’t move, which shows that he didn’t allow lifestyle inflation to extend to his place of residence.
  - twodave 10mo ago
    No they said we can all learn from it. I understood the implication, I just reject the stated idea that that lesson is to “live in one house for your entire adult life”.
brk 10mo ago
Though Buffet has kept that first house, he also bought several others along the way.
KPGv2 10mo ago
It will if you have had four children after 28yo.
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JKCalhoun 10mo ago
It's true (I live in Omaha). He is still in the same house. I didn't grow up here—my wife did. Very early on, when I first visited Omaha, she drove me by his place. After three decades or so in California, I retired and we moved back to her hometown. Buffett is still there.
- theonething 10mo ago
  Like anyone can just drive up to his house? Doesn't seem safe for such a high profile billionaire's residence to be so accessible.
  - matthewbauer 10mo ago
    I went by it a few weeks ago. There's a gate on the driveway, and I assume some kind of security presence. Probably no different than anyone under constant public scrutiny.
  - tstrimple 10mo ago
    Wait until you learn about the Hollywood Hills! I'm so excited for you.
ronbenton 10mo ago
>You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy. Well that seems like an assumption! Plenty of people are happier with nicer things. I don't think we need to tell people what should make them happy.
- incanus77 10mo ago
  Sure, but wisdom can be shared about what is less likely to make you happy.
- dorfsmay 10mo ago
  But commercialism keeps telling people that only nicer things can make them happy.
- joquarky 10mo ago
  That happy feeling only lasts about six weeks. Happiness is unsustainable. However, contentment is an attainable goal.
  - artdigital 10mo ago
    I bought a bigger nicer TV (the biggest I ever bought) about 4 years ago and it still brings me joy to this day every time I use it So no, not only 6 weeks
    - globular-toast 10mo ago
      My 14" portable CRT I had when I was a teenager gave me joy every time I used it. My first car cost me less than 2k and gave me joy for 5 years. You are now unable to get joy from a TV smaller than the largest one you've ever bought. Many people are unable to get joy from a car costing under 10k, let alone 2k. The things you own end up owning you.
      - nl 10mo ago
        You are putting words in their mouth there. You seem very sure about what does and doesn't make other people happy!
inetknght 10mo ago
> You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy. Speak for yourself. There are a lot of aspects to being happy, and having to not want for things certainly helps.
- BuckRogers 10mo ago
  But you can do that without any money.
  - Nevermark 10mo ago
    > You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever > But you can do that without any money. Well... Material things can contribute to happiness, or detract. Balancing the things we spend our life on, relative to an understanding of what makes us happy, is going to be an idiosyncratic exercise. Assuming that X won't contribute to the happiness of person Y is some deep projection. There seem to be many kinds of happiness too. Would I remain happy if I lost my house? Yes. I have gone through enough ups and downs to know that. But would I feel as fulfilled? No. I have gone through enough ups and downs to know that.
    - BuckRogers 10mo ago
      Very disingenuous answer. That's not what I was responding to. I was responding to this- There are a lot of aspects to being happy, and having to not want for things certainly helps. I would give you a better answer here but it appears you thought misquoting the conversation was clever so I'll simply leave you corrected.
- _heimdall 10mo ago
  You will never not want for things, no matter how much you have.
  - spectralista 10mo ago
    It is actually the opposite. The less things you have, the less things you will want. I even experience this with food. If I am on a strict diet for 2 weeks and then have a "cheat" meal, a previously normal meal feels like a satisfying feast. If I splurge on food for 2 weeks, even 3/4th a pizza doesn't satisfy. I just want the other 1/4th. It is really why we have so much wealth as a society but so much discontent. It is like believing there is some amount of alcohol that would satisfy the alcoholic. It just grows the desire for more while contentment is harder and harder to achieve. I am pretty sure this is just a property of the dopaminergic system.
dheera 10mo ago
Meh. If you have the resources, buy whatever makes you happy. If a bigger house makes you happy because you have space for your hobbies and you don't need to fight with your family members for space, buy a bigger house. The whole "money doesn't bring happiness" thing is bullshit unless you are a Buddha. A mansion in Malibu isn't going to make me happy, because I wouldn't know what the hell to do in Malibu. An upgrade from a 2-bedroom to a 4-bedroom home with a garage so I don't have to smell laser cutter fumes anymore and hack a ventilation system out a bedroom window? That very well might.
- scott_w 10mo ago
  > An upgrade from a 2-bedroom to a 4-bedroom home with a garage so I don't have to smell laser cutter fumes anymore and hack a ventilation system out a bedroom window? That very well might. As someone who upgraded from a 2 bedroom flat to a 3 bedroom house with a garage, I concur. Having a place to store my bikes and other “dirty” tools that’s not inside was such an improvement to my quality of life that I tell people to always look for a half decent garage when they buy. Especially if they also like cycling!
dilawar 10mo ago
"Happiness can't buy me money" -- Some actor
cortesoft 10mo ago
Yeah, but if the first house you buy is a two bedroom at 28 when you are single, it isn't bad to buy a bigger house when you have a family and 3 kids.
scott_w 10mo ago
That’s because you haven’t tried buying better bicycles. I assure you that every new bike I buy makes me happier.
- globular-toast 10mo ago
  It doesn't make you happier, it's just that you became unhappy and the new bike was necessary to temporarily make you happy again. Happiness is binary. You're either happy with where you are or where you're heading or you're not.
  - scott_w 10mo ago
    > It doesn't make you happier It sounds to me like you haven’t rode a bike in a long time. I recommend you try it and get back to me.
    - globular-toast 10mo ago
      I own several and have ridden thousands upon thousands of miles. When I got my first bike as a kid, a cheap "mountain bike" with 24" wheels that probably weighed more than my current road bike, I was at maximum happiness. I was not at only 40% happiness because it didn't have a carbon frame or a Di2 groupset from the future. I was at 100. Later when I got my first road bike I was at 100% happiness again. But nothing can make me happier than I was with that first, heavy bicycle-shaped object. It might equal it but it's impossible to surpass.
Jare 10mo ago
Kinda depends on the size of your current one.
chollida1 10mo ago
> You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy. Hard disagree here. Ask a 4 person family stuffed into a one bedroom condo if buying a larger 3 bedroom home would make them happier, I'd imagine to 99.99999% of them the answer is yes. I upgraded my road bike 2 years ago from an entry level one to a nice racing bike and each weekend I ride a 100km route, that sure as heck makes me happier than riding the old slower and heavier bike. We just took our extended family on a vacation for a week. Money sure as heck made us happier in that instance. It is true that cash can't fix all issues in life but any one who says money can't make you happy is either lying or doesn't have money. Run a simple thought experiment in your head. If you woke up tomorrow under crushing credit card and medical debt and it was suddenly paid off, would that make you happier?

twodave 10mo ago

This is what I’m talking about. You’re assuming a lot about why and how people move.

UqWBcuFx6NV4r 10mo ago
Nowhere did anybody say “moving house for any reason is bad”. Buffet could’ve moved if he wanted to, I presume. So, evidently, he didn’t have any of those ‘other reasons’. What we *can^ say is that he didn’t move, which shows that he didn’t allow lifestyle inflation to extend to his place of residence.
- twodave 10mo ago
  No they said we can all learn from it. I understood the implication, I just reject the stated idea that that lesson is to “live in one house for your entire adult life”.

brk 10mo ago

Though Buffet has kept that first house, he also bought several others along the way.

KPGv2 10mo ago

It will if you have had four children after 28yo.

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JKCalhoun 10mo ago

It's true (I live in Omaha). He is still in the same house. I didn't grow up here—my wife did. Very early on, when I first visited Omaha, she drove me by his place. After three decades or so in California, I retired and we moved back to her hometown. Buffett is still there.

theonething 10mo ago
Like anyone can just drive up to his house? Doesn't seem safe for such a high profile billionaire's residence to be so accessible.
- matthewbauer 10mo ago
  I went by it a few weeks ago. There's a gate on the driveway, and I assume some kind of security presence. Probably no different than anyone under constant public scrutiny.
- tstrimple 10mo ago
  Wait until you learn about the Hollywood Hills! I'm so excited for you.

ronbenton 10mo ago

>You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy. Well that seems like an assumption! Plenty of people are happier with nicer things. I don't think we need to tell people what should make them happy.

incanus77 10mo ago
Sure, but wisdom can be shared about what is less likely to make you happy.
dorfsmay 10mo ago
But commercialism keeps telling people that only nicer things can make them happy.
joquarky 10mo ago
That happy feeling only lasts about six weeks. Happiness is unsustainable. However, contentment is an attainable goal.
- artdigital 10mo ago
  I bought a bigger nicer TV (the biggest I ever bought) about 4 years ago and it still brings me joy to this day every time I use it So no, not only 6 weeks
  - globular-toast 10mo ago
    My 14" portable CRT I had when I was a teenager gave me joy every time I used it. My first car cost me less than 2k and gave me joy for 5 years. You are now unable to get joy from a TV smaller than the largest one you've ever bought. Many people are unable to get joy from a car costing under 10k, let alone 2k. The things you own end up owning you.
    - nl 10mo ago
      You are putting words in their mouth there. You seem very sure about what does and doesn't make other people happy!

inetknght 10mo ago

> You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy. Speak for yourself. There are a lot of aspects to being happy, and having to not want for things certainly helps.

BuckRogers 10mo ago
But you can do that without any money.
- Nevermark 10mo ago
  > You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever > But you can do that without any money. Well... Material things can contribute to happiness, or detract. Balancing the things we spend our life on, relative to an understanding of what makes us happy, is going to be an idiosyncratic exercise. Assuming that X won't contribute to the happiness of person Y is some deep projection. There seem to be many kinds of happiness too. Would I remain happy if I lost my house? Yes. I have gone through enough ups and downs to know that. But would I feel as fulfilled? No. I have gone through enough ups and downs to know that.
  - BuckRogers 10mo ago
    Very disingenuous answer. That's not what I was responding to. I was responding to this- There are a lot of aspects to being happy, and having to not want for things certainly helps. I would give you a better answer here but it appears you thought misquoting the conversation was clever so I'll simply leave you corrected.
_heimdall 10mo ago
You will never not want for things, no matter how much you have.
- spectralista 10mo ago
  It is actually the opposite. The less things you have, the less things you will want. I even experience this with food. If I am on a strict diet for 2 weeks and then have a "cheat" meal, a previously normal meal feels like a satisfying feast. If I splurge on food for 2 weeks, even 3/4th a pizza doesn't satisfy. I just want the other 1/4th. It is really why we have so much wealth as a society but so much discontent. It is like believing there is some amount of alcohol that would satisfy the alcoholic. It just grows the desire for more while contentment is harder and harder to achieve. I am pretty sure this is just a property of the dopaminergic system.

dheera 10mo ago

Meh. If you have the resources, buy whatever makes you happy. If a bigger house makes you happy because you have space for your hobbies and you don't need to fight with your family members for space, buy a bigger house. The whole "money doesn't bring happiness" thing is bullshit unless you are a Buddha. A mansion in Malibu isn't going to make me happy, because I wouldn't know what the hell to do in Malibu. An upgrade from a 2-bedroom to a 4-bedroom home with a garage so I don't have to smell laser cutter fumes anymore and hack a ventilation system out a bedroom window? That very well might.

scott_w 10mo ago
> An upgrade from a 2-bedroom to a 4-bedroom home with a garage so I don't have to smell laser cutter fumes anymore and hack a ventilation system out a bedroom window? That very well might. As someone who upgraded from a 2 bedroom flat to a 3 bedroom house with a garage, I concur. Having a place to store my bikes and other “dirty” tools that’s not inside was such an improvement to my quality of life that I tell people to always look for a half decent garage when they buy. Especially if they also like cycling!

dilawar 10mo ago

"Happiness can't buy me money" -- Some actor

cortesoft 10mo ago

Yeah, but if the first house you buy is a two bedroom at 28 when you are single, it isn't bad to buy a bigger house when you have a family and 3 kids.

scott_w 10mo ago

That’s because you haven’t tried buying better bicycles. I assure you that every new bike I buy makes me happier.

globular-toast 10mo ago
It doesn't make you happier, it's just that you became unhappy and the new bike was necessary to temporarily make you happy again. Happiness is binary. You're either happy with where you are or where you're heading or you're not.
- scott_w 10mo ago
  > It doesn't make you happier It sounds to me like you haven’t rode a bike in a long time. I recommend you try it and get back to me.
  - globular-toast 10mo ago
    I own several and have ridden thousands upon thousands of miles. When I got my first bike as a kid, a cheap "mountain bike" with 24" wheels that probably weighed more than my current road bike, I was at maximum happiness. I was not at only 40% happiness because it didn't have a carbon frame or a Di2 groupset from the future. I was at 100. Later when I got my first road bike I was at 100% happiness again. But nothing can make me happier than I was with that first, heavy bicycle-shaped object. It might equal it but it's impossible to surpass.

Jare 10mo ago

Kinda depends on the size of your current one.

chollida1 10mo ago

> You can buy a bigger and bigger house car tv stereo whatever, but it will not make you happy. Hard disagree here. Ask a 4 person family stuffed into a one bedroom condo if buying a larger 3 bedroom home would make them happier, I'd imagine to 99.99999% of them the answer is yes. I upgraded my road bike 2 years ago from an entry level one to a nice racing bike and each weekend I ride a 100km route, that sure as heck makes me happier than riding the old slower and heavier bike. We just took our extended family on a vacation for a week. Money sure as heck made us happier in that instance. It is true that cash can't fix all issues in life but any one who says money can't make you happy is either lying or doesn't have money. Run a simple thought experiment in your head. If you woke up tomorrow under crushing credit card and medical debt and it was suddenly paid off, would that make you happier?