am i really the only one who can't understand the insane materialism of a lot of rich people and celebrities? i've never felt attracted to huge mansions, expensive clothes or fancy cars. if i won the lottery, i would most likely give most of it away to some reputable charity and keep a fraction for myself to live a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle. at the very most, i'd get a upper-middle class apartment that could light up at night for a cozy lofi pad feel.
also itt: post what you'd do if you won the lottery and never had to work again
Same user, I don't really care about having the fanciest car, the biggest house, or the most expensive watch. I just want to live comfortably and use the rest of my money to help people.
just doesn't seem fair to me knowing that i get to live comfortably and drown myself in hedonism while hundreds of millions worldwide live in poverty, misery and hunger. i wouldn't be able to live with myself, i would have to get rid of most of the winnings somehow
Alexander Martin
if you have a better way to dispose of money you don't need in a useful manner, i'd love to hear it
Ian Mitchell
I agree.
I think most rich folk are the same but fame especially forces them to live that way. Paparazi and crazy fans mean the need for gated communities. Working in a big time industry means needing a place to at least stay close to work and that means big time expensive property.
Also the more money you have the more free stuff you get. A yacht company will give away thousands of dollars worth of free shit to try and convince rich buyers to spend millions on the boats. That sort of shit.
I've worked on yachts and the owners just pass on shit they get given to us poorfags. Crazy champagne, (always) ipads (some places send files to a rich person and just buy an ipad to present the info to them instead of email fuck sake). They even get free luxury cars and clothes just to represent the brand.
I just want some land paid off and a warm garage for my motorcycle.
I was watching a video today. Justin Bieber is learning to ride motorbikes and made the news for being observably shit but it was a sad display really. Fella's trying to do some normal shit but has to be flanked by massive security vehicles and streets of paparazi. Not like I feel bad for the guy but it's a shitty way to ride.
William Powell
I imagine that most posters on Jow Forums have the same opinion as you on materialism. Most people would want to flaunt their wealth for status. The more wealth they have the more they can flaunt, so even though they could live 100 lifetimes with the money they have they never stop working.
Luis Diaz
That is a loser mentality. You think like that because your mind has create that thought to cope with you being poor or a loser. The normal thing is wanting to have always better things, to prosper. I can't understand the hyper-materialism, when you have so many money and they keep wanting more but only that extreme.
And if I would won the lottery and had enough money for the rest of life I would buy a nice house in some caribbean island and would live there and then sometimes travel here and there. Something like that. And do all the drugs and expensive prostitutes that I could too.
Jackson Torres
I can certainly see the appeal. It's not like if I won the lottery I wouldn't be really drawn to invest in top computing power, or top internet speed, as part of the supposedly lo-fi comfy life I want.
Some love their cars and fashion style and houses instead of their computers so they go big on that instead.
William Reed
My life wouldn't undergo any big changes. I'd move to a nicer apartment, get a nice car, and switch to only flying first class and staying in 5star hotels. But other than that, no real changes, I'd still continue at my current job.
Luke Wood
>The normal thing is wanting to have always better things, to prosper. well, i want SOME better things, maybe a nice PC, and a place to live certainly better than the one i have now. in essence, we've got the same idea for how we'd spend out wealth, a nice house and some hedonistic stuff, but nothing to the extreme. >loser mentality getting myself a huge mansion and a muscle car isn't going to make me any less of a loser, just a loser that's gained the ability to obnoxiously flex
Matthew Brooks
>I'd still continue at my current job Lmao
Based
No matter how much you give you won't erase those things either. Effectively rendering it useless
Invest in stable long term things like real estate/stocks. Live off the interest. Take trips, educate myself, enjoy and find new hobby's. Spoil people and always pay in social gatherings and what not. Shit like that.
Colton Phillips
i'm not really looking to erase those things. i'm looking to clear my conscience more than anything.
Camden Long
What is the point of being rich if you don't show it ? That's the reason to your "materialism". Show your power in public. This is life. This is good.
the point of being rich is to live comfortably. in being relatively frugal, and maybe making an attempt to help some people with my money, i have found my comfort zone in life. it's all subjective
Wut? I like my job. It's interesting and lets me build my career.
Dylan Morris
I'm the same. I don't see the appeal in being rich and having a shitload of useless stuff just to show off. I used to barely have what to eat or wear during most part of my life and even that hasn't changed my mindset. I've had some contact with rich people during my early teenage years (I got a scolarship and yada yada) and those people seem so out of touch with reality that it made me permanently disgusted. The more you have, the more shallow you become.
If I won the lotto I'd for sure start helping people who are poorer than me or donating for NGOs that take care of stray cats and dogs here in my city (which I already help, with 20 bucks a month and cat/dog food).
I just wanna have enough to live comfy. I don't need big, expensive stuff. I plan on finishing my studies and going to volunteer at african countries or even at my country, where health care is lacking.
Austin Sanchez
You talk like a poor. If you were rich you would be wearing suits and proposing girls for a trip in your convertible car. This is the right thing to do !
More like you're trying to compensate for your feelings of inferiority. At the end of the day, all problems are between people, it's what this board is bitching about 24/7. Can't really solve your all interpersonal problems by throwing money at them. It's why they say money doesn't make you happy, at a certain income all your physical needs have been met but you're still a person with desires for relationships with other people. Feeling inferior is perfectly normal and can be an incentive to improve yourself as a person, but materialism is not the solution.
Noah Powell
None of my views are original btw, I really believe Adler's take on psychology can help a lot of people on this board.
Mason Smith
not to me, it isn't. i genuinely don't want that.
Isaac Ortiz
If I won the lottery I would first invest it so I could live off the interest. I would get a comfy place to live, and create a comfy backyard as well. I'd try out lots of hobbies with that money, and try to develop my mind in various ways. I'd also try to get a gf, but I wouldn't marry anyone until I could find them to be 100% trustworthy. I'd also like to see if I can use that money to find a way to make it so I'm not tired all the time.
Angel Williams
It isn't a mystery if you realize luxury is just a form of escapism
I don't know what I'd do after, but the I've always had this dream of riding a bike across the US. Just me, some music and some sights. I've always had this dream ever since I was a kid, and it's the one thing I want to do before I die.
