"Money". Is it Worth it?

JBKlyde · 01-11-2011, 05:11 PM

Despite the recklessness of my own self destruction, I don't see money as the driving force behind my motives. Yes it would be nice to have money, but at what point is the line drawn and self seeking millionaires declared hell bound???????

limey · 01-11-2011, 05:17 PM

Now that is a question indeed ....

HungLikeJesus · 01-11-2011, 05:23 PM

That all depends on the exchange rate.

sexobon · 01-11-2011, 06:32 PM

Money is just a medium of exchange, though during hard times it's medium rare.

skysidhe · 01-11-2011, 09:29 PM

You can do more with it than without it. For myself, pretending there is some higher purpose and some spiritual lesson to learn is better left to the Gandhi's of the world.

GunMaster357 · 01-12-2011, 05:00 AM

Money doesn't make happiness...

...but it makes sadness bearable.

Just ask any heir to a fortune.

Happy Monkey · 01-12-2011, 11:17 AM

Just like anything else, the more you need it, the more it is worth.

Lamplighter · 01-12-2011, 12:37 PM

There's a level of $ that is needed to provide what you believe are the necessities of life.
After that, it becomes wants, and then luxuries, then power,
and then greed, and finally more is never enough.

glatt · 01-12-2011, 12:57 PM

I think greed is out of order. Anything after the necessities is greed. If you want it, but don't need it, it's greed. We all have greed.

Flint · 01-12-2011, 02:03 PM

There is a line that can be drawn and a line that can be seen, but a line that can be drawn isn't always a line that can be seen, and a line that can be seen isn't always a line that should have been drawn. Also, sometimes lines are different lengths, widths, etc.

Shawnee123 · 01-12-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

There is a line that can be drawn and a line that can be seen, but a line that can be drawn isn't always a line that can be seen, and a line that can be seen isn't always a line that should have been drawn. Also, sometimes lines are different lengths, widths, etc.

Flint just can't hide his line eyes.

Bullitt · 01-12-2011, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Flint just can't hide his line eyes.

When you're making $10/hr cleaning up blood, vomit, and splinting bones, yes it is worth it.

Clodfobble · 01-12-2011, 09:13 PM

Anyone who feels their money isn't worth it, I will gladly take the burden off their hands.

Flint · 01-12-2011, 09:19 PM

Nobody "has" money. There is no concrete aspect to the experience of "having" money. You can do or buy things with money, and the value is exactly the value of those things. You can hold some money in reserve for the purposes of doing or buying future things, but at no point does the value of the money cease to be a function of those proposed future things. People who don't have any money think that there is a point where you will "have" some money, but the fact is: that never happens. Money has no intrinsic value. You can't eat it, etc.

monster · 01-12-2011, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JBKlyde

at what point is the line drawn and self seeking millionaires declared hell bound???????

At the point where they have no immediate need for more money and their earning will hurt someone else.

01-11-2011, 05:11 PM	#1
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	"Money". Is it Worth it? Despite the recklessness of my own self destruction, I don't see money as the driving force behind my motives. Yes it would be nice to have money, but at what point is the line drawn and self seeking millionaires declared hell bound???????

01-11-2011, 05:17 PM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Now that is a question indeed .... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-11-2011, 05:23 PM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That all depends on the exchange rate. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-12-2011, 05:00 AM	#6
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Money doesn't make happiness... ...but it makes sadness bearable. Just ask any heir to a fortune. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

01-12-2011, 11:17 AM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Just like anything else, the more you need it, the more it is worth. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-11-2011, 06:32 PM	#4
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Money is just a medium of exchange, though during hard times it's medium rare.

01-11-2011, 09:29 PM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	You can do more with it than without it. For myself, pretending there is some higher purpose and some spiritual lesson to learn is better left to the Gandhi's of the world.

01-12-2011, 12:37 PM	#8
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	There's a level of $ that is needed to provide what you believe are the necessities of life. After that, it becomes wants, and then luxuries, then power, and then greed, and finally more is never enough.

01-12-2011, 12:57 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think greed is out of order. Anything after the necessities is greed. If you want it, but don't need it, it's greed. We all have greed.

01-12-2011, 02:03 PM	#10
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	There is a line that can be drawn and a line that can be seen, but a line that can be drawn isn't always a line that can be seen, and a line that can be seen isn't always a line that should have been drawn. Also, sometimes lines are different lengths, widths, etc. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-12-2011, 09:13 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Anyone who feels their money isn't worth it, I will gladly take the burden off their hands. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-12-2011, 09:19 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Nobody "has" money. There is no concrete aspect to the experience of "having" money. You can do or buy things with money, and the value is exactly the value of those things. You can hold some money in reserve for the purposes of doing or buying future things, but at no point does the value of the money cease to be a function of those proposed future things. People who don't have any money think that there is a point where you will "have" some money, but the fact is: that never happens. Money has no intrinsic value. You can't eat it, etc. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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