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I went a similar road (from $50 a month in an underground windowless garage with no utilities whatsoever, to a 200m2 penthouse). I'd put an accent on your poin
by dsirijus 13y ago
I went a similar road (from $50 a month in an underground windowless garage with no utilities whatsoever, to a 200m2 penthouse).
I'd put an accent on your point #2 - it really makes a huge difference to just shoot up some money into trivialities and mundane annoyances in your life just to make them magically go away. Because there's so many of them, most cannot afford that.
I'd like to add a point though, maybe the most important in my list.
6) increased appeal to other sex.
And as far as buying stuff goes, all my wordly posessions fit in one box less than in this picture https://www.dropbox.com/s/us8bavsdjldd029/2013-08-16%2005.42.28.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/us8bavsdjldd029/2013-08-16%2005.42...
- hkmurakami 13y agoWas #6 because of how you dressed, or because you could host events at your new place, or some other factors? I'm curious since I have some acquaintances who are morbidly afraid of having members of the opposite sex approach them for their substantial wealth. They go out of their way to mask their material status.
- dsirijus 13y agoI think most of the other points made are just a resultant from desire to appeal to other sex. Security, stuff, housing, all that. It is relatively trivial to sustain oneself, without family and other people dependant on you. Family is hard. And, spoken like a true life form, furthering our gene makeup is what it's all about, for the most part for the most of us. We can do Maslow's hierarchy here or some other model of motivation, but for me, this is the core of it in today's times. Disclaimer here being that I'm speaking from male perspective (and there's an obvious significant difference in motivations accross genders). As for your acquaintances, I'd doubt that it could be generalized to whole "rich" population. What your acquaintances have problem with is, well, their problem. Not a trend.
- bluecalm 13y agoWhy gender neutral language ? I think it makes big difference for men and women. Women are way more attracted to status/wealth than men are and I think it's important for yours (or parent's) point to specify their sex.
- 01Michael10 13y agoUmmmmm No... Really? Men are not attracted to status/wealth? Come on, dude. Odd, I personally know more men sponging off their female counterparts then the other way around. It will never cease to amaze me people who will go out of their way to display their total ignorance.
- 01Michael10 13y agoHow the hell is my comment being down voted and not the parent?
- gaius 13y agoThere's a difference between having money, which appeals only to the most shallow, and making money, which is a proxy for a range of universally desirable attributes (motivation, confidence, tenacity, intelligence, etc).
- Joeboy 13y agoIn my case making money correlated only with my willingness to be a capitalist drone for a few years. The attributes you mention surely correlate with success at most things. Admittedly money is quite popular, so assuming that its pursuit is a primary goal for everybody is probably not a terrible approximation of reality.
- gaius 13y agoSure, it's just a proxy signal. But don't discount "willingness to be a capitalist drone for a few years". For many people, taking on a multi-year commitment and seeing it through is beyond them. Such a signal would be attractive to someone who wanted kids, for example.
- lhnz 13y ago>> morbidly afraid of having members of the opposite sex approach them for their substantial wealth That sounds a lot like counter-signalling. Do these people avoid buying Ferrari's or are they all wearing second-hand clothes?
- sanoli 13y agoJust get the 200m2 penthouse and you can stop worrying about #6 ;)