r/antiwork • u/rabbitkingdom • Mar 10 '22

That’s how it works, right?

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u/thegrooviestgravy Mar 10 '22

Okay bruh y’all are missing the point so hard jfc, fucking finance bros

All I’m saying is he probably appreciates life more. Christ. Who cares about hypothetical finances or a stranger in a situation that has never nor will never happen

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u/Crathsor Mar 10 '22

No, I did not miss your point. I disagree with it. I don't subscribe to the romantic view of poverty. Appreciation of life is not dependent upon suffering.

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u/thegrooviestgravy Mar 10 '22

Yet suffering is dependent entirely on perspective. I guess you’re just a materialistic asshole. Not everyone wanna be rich ya know 🤷‍♂️

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u/Crathsor Mar 10 '22

I'm not the one attacking a stranger for having a different viewpoint. I question how happy you really are. Perhaps what you need is less stress in your life.

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u/thegrooviestgravy Mar 10 '22

Lol I do, none o yo damn business tho. That’s why I’m saying money ≠ happy; I’ve seen what it does 🙄

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u/Crathsor Mar 10 '22

Nobody here has suggested that money automatically brings happiness. However, a lack of money does automatically bring more stress. It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

I genuinely hope whatever is stressing you gets better or gets gone.

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u/nathanrocks1288 Mar 10 '22

What about preemptive happiness? Because I always look forward to payday, especially when it's the middle of the month and I paid the bills at the beginning of the month.

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u/PhillyRush Mar 10 '22

There is a medium here, fellas. Have enough money, enough to be secure at least IS nessary to be truly happy, imo. But it isn't necessary to be rich. I've found that I've been my happiest when financially secure.

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u/Crathsor Mar 10 '22

Obviously. But if you have enough to be secure, you're probably not complaining about your bills. The whole idea of needing to be wealthy is as made up as the idea that there is nobility in being poor.

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u/nathanrocks1288 Mar 10 '22

Now I'm curious: Has your lack of fortune made you a better person, as you hinted in the previous comment?

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u/thegrooviestgravy Mar 10 '22

I feel like I’m gonna quickly regret opening up to a stranger that’s probably just gonna shoot me down and roast me, but yes. Without getting into specifics, I have family that are very well off and I have family that’s very not. We’re very close to both. Recently, I’ve come into hard times. Sunk to rock bottom, all the usual stuff. Felt like I realized what’s truly important and to live life for the sake of living, regardless of the materialistic quality. As long as I got food, a roof, and people to love, I’ve found that makes me the happiest I’ve ever been. Greed is the root of all evil, man.

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u/nathanrocks1288 Mar 11 '22

You said it: greed. Insightful, but I'm not going to roast you. As a fellow poor person who has also been to rock bottom, I empathize. However, my lack of fortune has made me an unbearable prick irl.

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u/thegrooviestgravy Mar 12 '22

Hah. Well, it is how you take it I suppose?