Can Money buy you Happiness?

[Requin]

Well can it? I hope that this is one debate that won't go out of control with people shouting at each other...as it's not that kind of topic!!!!

I think this may have been done before, I'm pretty 100% sure that it has been done at least once over the years. :D
So I apologise in advance.

So can it? Personally I don't think it can. Personally, I think that I would be happy if I had a job that I loved doing. End of really. As I've seen what it's like to have a job which you hate.
Of course, if that particular job has lots of money involved..it wouldn't be the worst of things would it?

But then the money itself isn't giving you happines? Is it?
Thoughts?

[Whisper]

Yes
Money = power
It makes the world go round simple as that, without it you cant protect those you love and if you can't protect the people you care about what good are you?
I'm not talking about tearing around with TWENTY TWOOOS MAN
no
I'm talking helping your friend with his/her mortgage, i'm talking buying food and not worrying about having your debit declined, etc.....
I'm working hard to get an education so I'll have cash to spare so I can take care of my family
eventually...

[Requin]

I agree, but disagree at the same time.

Yes, money can help you have a better life. But can it, on it's OWN, make you happy?
I dont' think it can. But I agree with you, I want to have lots of money as well, doesn't everyone?

[ManyPearTree]

He'll yeah!

You can buy what you want when you want t! =D

[Mzor203]

Money can buy only temporary happiness. Whn we purchase something using money, it contributes to our sense of ourself, our sense of 'me', but the ego is a fickle thing. No sooner than it has what it wants, it will want more, so you can nevr be completely content with what you have. That underlying sense of 'me' always wants to improve its image, wants to build up itself even if it's not possible to. Thus you could have all the money in the world and still not be happy. On the contrary, you will have fed your ego so much that it will still hunger and want more.

Money can't buy happiness, on the contrary it is often the lack of money, a sense of transcending that feeling of need that comes from the ego, that can result in true happiness.

I probably sound like a madman, but I believe what I say is true.

[MysticalBurrito]

Love=Come from the heart
Money?
Money come from the pocket damn it
A hug makes me feel all cuddly and warn inside
Money just goes away.
I never feel as loed when someone gives me money i would rather get a hug than money!!

[Camazotz]

Yes
Money = power
It makes the world go round simple as that, without it you cant protect those you love and if you can't protect the people you care about what good are you?
I'm not talking about tearing around with TWENTY TWOOOS MAN
no
I'm talking helping your friend with his/her mortgage, i'm talking buying food and not worrying about having your debit declined, etc.....
I'm working hard to get an education so I'll have cash to spare so I can take care of my family
eventually...

Exactly what Kodie says.

Money=Power. We all know that the more money you have, the more respect you get. You become more popular, and you get more fame. Celebrities and athletes are the most well-known people on Earth. Poor families have now power on society.

Power=Happiness. According to Abraham Lincoln, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." It's hard to trust people with power, because they will grow greedy with the more they get. Power makes people happy.

Therefore, I must conclude Money=Happiness. While people may want to believe that "Love conquers all", the truth is given enough money, you can make someone "love" another person. Money is more important to society than hugs.

[Techno Monster]

Sorry to say it but yes, money can buy happness.
Thats just the way the world works.

[Stevo 69]

Money can buy happiness but only for a period of time.

In the long term yes as you can buy what you want therefore making you happy.
However you can't have money if you keepon spending it, eventually you are going to run out or begin to lose money then you are going to feel less happy.

[Triceratops]

Money can buy only temporary happiness. Whn we purchase something using money, it contributes to our sense of ourself, our sense of 'me', but the ego is a fickle thing. No sooner than it has what it wants, it will want more, so you can nevr be completely content with what you have. That underlying sense of 'me' always wants to improve its image, wants to build up itself even if it's not possible to. Thus you could have all the money in the world and still not be happy. On the contrary, you will have fed your ego so much that it will still hunger and want more.

Money can't buy happiness, on the contrary it is often the lack of money, a sense of transcending that feeling of need that comes from the ego, that can result in true happiness.

I probably sound like a madman, but I believe what I say is true.

I definitely agree with what you're saying.

However, the majority of the most important things in our lives DON'T come from money.
Do you pay for your true friends? No.
Do you pay for a loving family? No.

We need money to maintain a happy life. We pay for our houses, food, water and electricity bills and without a roof to live under, food to eat, water to bathe in and electricity in our homes it would make us miserable obviously. I don't you could say you would be happy without those things. Luxuries such as television, laptops, ipods and games consoles help maintain our happiness for sure, just picture this; on Christmas Day a child tearing off wrapping paper from a gift, and as he opens the gift his eyes lit up and he suddenly has this huge beam across his face because he's just recieved an Xbox 360 he's always wanted. Therefore in a situation like that, money CAN buy happiness of course.

Although, money cannot buy you the most desired happiness such as a loving wife/husband and kids, amazing friends or your dream career. Money can bring happiness to only a certain extent.

[upright_citizen]

Money can buy only temporary happiness. Whn we purchase something using money, it contributes to our sense of ourself, our sense of 'me', but the ego is a fickle thing. No sooner than it has what it wants, it will want more, so you can nevr be completely content with what you have. That underlying sense of 'me' always wants to improve its image, wants to build up itself even if it's not possible to. Thus you could have all the money in the world and still not be happy. On the contrary, you will have fed your ego so much that it will still hunger and want more.

Money can't buy happiness, on the contrary it is often the lack of money, a sense of transcending that feeling of need that comes from the ego, that can result in true happiness.

I probably sound like a madman, but I believe what I say is true.
couldn't have said it better myself.

I'd never want to be rich. I would enjoy having the money and being able to buy all the things I want but I'd eventually become unhappy and bored with buying things. I'd be much happier with a decent amount of money to where I can afford my needs but at the same time be able to spend a little on a want/luxury item once in awhile that isn't necessary for me to have but isn't bad for me to treat myself with.
money makes people do bad things anyways. it really is evil.

[Church]

Money can by happiness, do you see hobos happy?

[Whisper]

Walk up to anyone who's house has just gone into foreclosure how happy they are
Or in America anyone who can't pay there health bills so they don't receive the necessary treatment
Go to any parent who's forced to take there children to a shelter for food because they either have food or shelter but not both

then come talk to me about happiness
nobody wants to say moneys important to be happy because society frowns on talking about money "only the greedy care about such things"
which is complete bull
Money is a fact of life in the western world

we reap what we sow

[MysticalBurrito]

Which would you rather have money and love no one or have love and live with what you need?

[adam dockery]

well how much money are we talkin about,
alot of money, yes
like $100 hell no

[Church]

100 can buy happiness, its called a video game

[NeverTooLate]

No money cant last forever

[Oblivion]

Money = No financial problems
No financial problems = Carefreeish life
Carefreeish life = Happy

Money can also do great things for others, in donation, etc.

[IAMWILL]

OK, first off, you can't buy happiness!!!!!!!!

You can't go up to someone and say, "Oh, I would like one sack of happiness please".

You can only buy/pay off things that make you happy.

I believe it can buy items that make you happy. For example, if I bought my dream car (Koenigsegg CCXR Edition) I would be INCREDIBLY happy. But it's the car that makes me happy, not the happiness..... i guess......

Short answer: Yes, money can buy you things that make you happy.

[Oblivion]

OK, first off, you can't buy happiness!!!!!!!!

You can't go up to someone and say, "Oh, I would like one sack of happiness please".


Money buying happiness is a figure of speech, it's not meant to be literal :P

[phish]

Well can it? I hope that this is one debate that won't go out of control with people shouting at each other...as it's not that kind of topic!!!!

I think this may have been done before, I'm pretty 100% sure that it has been done at least once over the years. :D
So I apologise in advance.

So can it? Personally I don't think it can. Personally, I think that I would be happy if I had a job that I loved doing. End of really. As I've seen what it's like to have a job which you hate.
Of course, if that particular job has lots of money involved..it wouldn't be the worst of things would it?

But then the money itself isn't giving you happines? Is it?
Thoughts?



Well it depends. If your son died it dose not madder how much money you have you will feel the same. Other wise I think yes. If you want to make me happy you would put me in a house in florida on the water give me a boat and all the rods I need I will be happy.

[Mzor203]

Part of the problem here is that money has become an absolutely essential thing in this world, for whatever reason. If you looked back a few hundred years, back to when everyone was working on farms, and some people had no money to speakof, but lived for themselves and grew their own food, money wasn't requred in any way for happiness, and things like depression and other mental illnesses were MUCH less common. Partly because of natural selection, since things like that weren't treatable, but people can still work and maintain a life with just depression. So even though there was more disease, people valued life much more. They actually made use of it and enjoyed it.

Now, I think some of the happiest people in the world these days are those who either give up most of their life to helping other people, or those who have just enough money to get by, but nothing extra to get as much stuff with. These are the people who generally value life the most. If you have a billion dollars, you're eventually just going to bore yourself because you have nothing left to achieve in life. You buy everything you want, but eventually just get bored of it, and eventually you'll just go back to working and doing what you love to do, for the most part.

If you want your happiness to be limited by money, then you can do that. However, if you can find a way to bing yourself higher than that, you'll be happier than you ever were before, because your happiness would not be influenced by an outside source, but rather from yourself.

[-Silence]

Most of you guys are young, how do you know? How would you know?
Money to you guys is buying a new video game because mom and dad pay the rent and so forth.

Money to me, is keeping this house. Keeping the water and power on, keeping the cable.
Making sure the pets have food, that they have their vet appts, there heartworm, they're frontline.

So, Yes, I believe money can.
I've got everything else that I need but money.
And let me tell you, not having money makes you feel like you have nothing at all.
When I'm scrounging up quarters and dimes and shit to get gas so I can go to work, it gets pretty depressing.
Or when I use my last bit of money on dog food when there isn't any food in our refrigerator.

When you work your ass off 40 hours a week, instead of going to school, which you should be doing anyway, and get a measly paycheck that gets turned around right into bills and you don't see a dime of it, and even worse it didn't take care of all the bills. Money gets pretty damn important.

Money takes a load off of your chest which induces happiness.

[Triceratops]

You can't go up to someone and say, "Oh, I would like one sack of happiness please".

If only things were that simple!

[Gumleaf]

i know exactly what brings me happiness and money doesn't buy it. i need to feel loved by my girlfriend, friends and family to be happy. someone can give me $1000 and i'll be happy for a while. but a good friend or a girlfriend too in my case is priceless. sharing laughs, good times and bad times, hugs and kisses and feeling the good feeling that brings on the inside and the smile those people can bring to your face on your worst days, proves that money can't buy you what people can give you.

[INFERNO]

Money does buy you happiness. Ever see someone out there begging for money, lying in the sidewalks or working minimum wage, hardly able to pay for food, electricity and clothes? They're not having the time of their lives. So yes, it can buy happiness.

Or, if you aren't so poor, it can give you want you want. It gives power, fulfills your wants, such as buying a fancy car, laptop, etc... . It can pay for supplies for education, repairing a house, etc... . Money is power.

So yes, it does buy you happiness.

[Wayvrn]

Money = Power then Power = Happiness hehe.

But, it passivley makes You happy, earning something You like which adds to what You got which then adds to Your happiness, but at the end of the day...You just got more...than others which then makes You happier haha jokes. BUT, it seriously does make People happier like as I said before, adds to Your happiness.

[Zephyr]

Due to the current world condition, we're all slaves to money.

Love and friendship bring TRUE happiness.

[MisterAndrews]

Well at the moment, money = car = happiness. However, i CAN live without a car, because i have other things to keep me happy like friends and stuff. If you took away my friends then the car wouldnt matter to me, so I dont think it can buy you happiness, i think it can aid happiness, but not cause it.

[MysticalBurrito]

^_^ totally agree with you vamp

[The Batman]

Well you could always buy it on ebay http://catalog.ebay.com/Happiness_031398702337_W0QQ_fifptsZ1QQ_pcatidZ1QQ_pidZ3291686QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec 0Q2em271

But really though it can't being happy for me is being loved.

[Narwhale343]

Money can by happiness, do you see hobos happy?

Umm, Yeah as I recall hobos are quite happy with living on the streets. You're thinking of homeless people. I don't believe money=happieness. Mainly because money only resorts to violence, and murder. Money is basically nothing. SOciety just tells us it is something. But in the end it is just paper that you can't hug and expect it to hug to hug back. That would be silly :)

[Hyper]

I think most of you need to re-evaluate the meaning of happiness

Also the question was; can money alone ''buy'' You happiness?

Fact is it can't, but its also a fact that you really can't be truly happy if you don't have enough money to pay your bills, buy food and have a little extra left for something else..

So no. Money alone is just a piece of paper, printed in a factory to run a way of life designed by some genius in some ancient civilization

Heh this so reminds me of a past election campaign slogan..

'' Happiness is not measured in money ''

Heres my sarcastic version of the slogan; '' Happiness is measured by the amount of money ''

[INFERNO]

Umm, Yeah as I recall hobos are quite happy with living on the streets. You're thinking of homeless people.

"Hobo" is an encompassing term for homeless people. It meant before hopping on trains because they were immigrants with no homes, or during the Great Depression, had no homes and had to beg. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo).

Do you really think they're happy? Living out on the streets, begging for loose change, sleeping on the streets, and when lucky, in shelters? I'm sure they're not having the time of their lives. I can only hope you were being sarcastic.

[DarkWingedAngel]

no
you can not buy happiness
yes you can get whatever you want
but that doesn't mean your happy
it doesn't mean you will get married or get in a relationship
it just buys things
and things are not happiness

[Sage]

no
you can not buy happiness
yes you can get whatever you want
but that doesn't mean your happy
it doesn't mean you will get married or get in a relationship
it just buys things
and things are not happiness

I'd be happier if I had more material objects. A loving relationship would be better, but it's not to say objects are of no importance.

[Prince_of_Peace]

Money can buy you happiness...but not true joy coming from within. Lust, fame and vanity are temporary happiness and ends in the grave. Joy is priceless and death is just the beginning. Happiness can not give life, but JOY can.

[The Resurrected One]

Money can buy you happiness...but not true joy coming from within. Lust, fame and vanity are temporary happiness and ends in the grave. Joy is priceless and death is just the beginning. Happiness can not give life, but JOY can.

Why does every fucking post you make anywhere have to include some religious material?

[Sage]

death is just the beginning.

This isn't a religious debate. If you wish to preach, there are more appropriate threads. ._.

[Hyper]

Why does every fucking post you make anywhere have to include some religious material?

This isn't a religious debate. If you wish to preach, there are more appropriate threads. ._.

And why do you have to pay attention to something you don't like?.. Anyway his entire post isn't religious..

And even if it is.. This is really a debate of personal opinion.

[Junky]

I once had a girlfriend and we were very much in love (teen love :yeah:) but anyway she gave me this blanket that i cherish and like still to this day. It reminds me of the happy times we spent together. Sure i could have went to the store and bought the blanket. But would it still have its same meaning to me? No of course not. If i had an airplane and were a billionaire i would enjoy flying all around the world, but if i didn't have someone to share it with i would be miserable. I can play all the computer games i want and drive in a nice car all day. But at the end of the day the thing i enjoy the most is talking and hanging out with my friends. Planes and trains and computers and TV's require money to run. True friends don't require anything except being loved back.

[Toasty]

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[Theonewhogotaway]

money buys something that makes you happy until it breaks!

[Mannequin]

From this thread it's obvious that money makes some people happy and others not happy.

[Camazotz]

I still think money can buy happiness. My friends may make me happy, but I'd trade any of them for a million dollars (especially in this economy). Money makes me happier than my friends. (No offense to all friends)

[theOperaGhost]

Don't get me wrong, I love having my own money and I am very proud that I have earned it all, however I don't think it makes me happier. Success makes me happy, which is why I'm happy. I've earned all the money I have. I don't think if it were just handed to me I would be happy. I think money gives people a false sense of happiness.

[Θάνατος]

Money does not buy you happiness. I think that it can buy you trouble. Those who have money are always envied for what they have not for who they are.

[Camazotz]

Money does not buy you happiness. I think that it can buy you trouble. Those who have money are always envied for what they have not for who they are.

Not all rich people have bad attitudes and are inconsiderate to people with less money. That's a stereotype.