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The difference between reality and what people imagine is insane.

People literally think (subconsciously) that giant sums of m...
chocolate twisted lay juggernaut
  11/22/17
Wow
Wild Spot
  11/22/17
Actually you become happier and happier with more money up u...
Wine Odious Double Fault Set
  11/22/17
science has proven this is not the case. marginal happiness...
Scarlet cuckoldry library
  11/22/17
It drops off but it doesn't stop. There's still a differe...
Wine Odious Double Fault Set
  11/22/17
There's no difference between an ordinary millionaire and so...
Confused dashing cruise ship
  11/22/17
any happiness difference there is because of Bezos' satisfac...
Scarlet cuckoldry library
  11/22/17
idk man it was from some econ paper i read also bezos is ...
Wine Odious Double Fault Set
  11/22/17
(Guy who makes me 100k jealous of people who make 500k+)
Cowardly passionate telephone parlour
  11/22/17
nope I'm jealous of people with cheerful SAHWs and kids
Scarlet cuckoldry library
  11/22/17
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Wine Odious Double Fault Set
  11/22/17
makes sense to me what you are saying. people know that 500 ...
brass violent site generalized bond
  11/22/17
Good OP. Interestingly, the more you improve your intangible...
sooty fortuitous meteor
  11/22/17


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Date: November 22nd, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: chocolate twisted lay juggernaut

People literally think (subconsciously) that giant sums of money or other such status symbols will make them live forever. They'd never admit to specifically that, but if you asked them what they thought the marginal utility of money after $5 million was, they'd probably go into some rant about their "legacy" or "life extension technology."

Whatever life is about, it's not striving. Because you don't even need to strive to get what a striver lifestyle can give you.

The only thing you can really improve is quality of life, and once you've escaped starvation, additonal quantity of life is really hard to get, a billion dollars doesn't actually mean you live to 1000 years old or anything like that. the key to tquality of life is intangibles. Trying to 'up your number' is literally a retard way of life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34751967)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:01 PM
Author: Wild Spot

Wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752007)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Wine Odious Double Fault Set

Actually you become happier and happier with more money up until $110M where it plateaus completely

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752022)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:03 PM
Author: Scarlet cuckoldry library

science has proven this is not the case.

marginal happiness difference drops off steeply after like 100k.

once you're "comfortable," it really stops mattering as much as you think it does

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752032)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:04 PM
Author: Wine Odious Double Fault Set

It drops off but it doesn't stop.

There's still a difference between 100k and 1M and 10M but there's literally zero difference between ~100M and 30B.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752044)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:08 PM
Author: Confused dashing cruise ship

There's no difference between an ordinary millionaire and someone like Bezos who's transforming the global economy and building spacecraft? Whatever you say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752069)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:08 PM
Author: Scarlet cuckoldry library

any happiness difference there is because of Bezos' satisfaction with his job, not the money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752076)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:09 PM
Author: Wine Odious Double Fault Set

idk man it was from some econ paper i read

also bezos is gook

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752080)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:05 PM
Author: Cowardly passionate telephone parlour

(Guy who makes me 100k jealous of people who make 500k+)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752046)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:05 PM
Author: Scarlet cuckoldry library

nope

I'm jealous of people with cheerful SAHWs and kids

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752052)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:06 PM
Author: Wine Odious Double Fault Set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752056)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:04 PM
Author: brass violent site generalized bond

makes sense to me what you are saying. people know that 500 dollars a month or so means you escape starvation. so they extend that to all money, as if that same kind of benefit, ie gift of life vs withering away till death, is the same thing that will continue with each marginal dollar. people think linearly all the time like that, and then when they experience its not like that, they become confused and lost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752042)



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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:09 PM
Author: sooty fortuitous meteor

Good OP. Interestingly, the more you improve your intangible happiness and well-being, the more utility you can get out of greater wealth, because among other things you can be more generous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3806284&forum_id=2#34752081)