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Money is the anthem to success
I have a question. In life, is money the only thing that truly matters? I get so caught up in the details, that I don't pay attention to money all the time. YouTube, worrying about what people think of me (true I worry about this a lot), reading fiction, trying to find my passion, thinking about things, family, eating... distractions from the end goal; money.
But money can "bring" happiness, not being cliché, but without money life sucks.
Should I just ignore the "distractions" and focus solely money, even if the world looks at me crazy, even if I lose friends?
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I agree. Money is congealed energy.
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Exactly. Money can enhance beauty, rich handsome men *a rich handsome man is more likely to marry someone who has more beauty=more money=more success*, health, good food, time, friends (who needs them anyways? but if you're rich people are more into you=more value).
Personality can only go so far... but people don't care about that. They care if you bring value into their lives, and money can buy everything.
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On top of that, money is the prime issue in breakups & divorces. Unfortunately people in love tend to be too optimistic & assume the better earning partner will "take care" of the lesser partner.
The old saying goes "When you assume, you make an ASS out of you and ME"
Love yourself enough to have enough savings to get back on your feet should you heavenly situation turn into a rainy day....
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It depends what your priorities are.
In some (a lot) of scenes or crowds, money is the top priority. In other crowds, like in various art scenes, it's actually seen as something really evil and I think most of them don't associate with people who openly have a lot of money because their values don't align.
It just depends what your scene is, but most people only want to hang out with like-minded people. This is why I could not really be around sexworkers anymore because everything was like ~*im money-motivated!!!*~ and then they'd blow it all on dumb crap and be stressed out about rent 5 days before it is due. And those are not my values.
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Velveteen.Rabbit
It depends what your priorities are.
In some (a lot) of scenes or crowds, money is the top priority. In other crowds, like in various art scenes, it's actually seen as something really evil and I think most of them don't associate with people who openly have a lot of money because their values don't align.
Some people are just unthoughtful- I knew a trustfundian wanna be "Trap Queen" artist who would blab all day about herself & rant about anything that bothered her because she was a rich spoiled brat. Just...entitled. She liked to view herself as open minded but wasn't that way in thought & not always in deed. (Kind of common in Northern California to be honest.)
I also met a really nice celebrity who was cool to me....but at the end of the day, he goes back to his properties & royalty payments & I go back to grinding to get by.
Money is important & our culture in this nation shames people into not realizing that.
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SnuffleUffleGrass
Some people are just unthoughtful- I knew a trustfundian wanna be "Trap Queen" artist who would blab all day about herself & rant about anything that bothered her because she was a rich spoiled brat. Just...entitled. She liked to view herself as open minded but wasn't that way in thought & not always in deed. (Kind of common in Northern California to be honest.)
I also met a really nice celebrity who was cool to me....but at the end of the day, he goes back to his properties & royalty payments & I go back to grinding to get by.
Money is important & our culture in this nation shames people into not realizing that.
It is important. I am having a mental release right now, it's like what people think of you, who is your friend, everything... it comes down to money. You cannot judge a 15k a year versus a 50k versus 150k, versus a multimillionaire... they are all judge differently. It's not even a perception thing, because most of time we can judge quickly on the person based on job,education, and items they own. ((What gets to me is that they are friends with people on their social status))
This is transforming me... the world is out against us all without money.
I think that is why I am receiving facebook rejection right now (I need to get over it), but I think if I had a more public facebook then a private facebook, and I had more money *better job* people would seek me out on facebook versus me seeking them. And I am getting rejected left and right by these "so called" friends of mine... these are people who used to talk to me about their issues and such...
If I had a career worth bragging about, I think people would care more about me. I got to look into... money buys friends.
Money is all that matters... everything revolves around it. You can buy a boyfriend (Madonna did it! No young handsome model would associate with Madonna in her 50s if she wasn't the Queen of pop). It's true. You can pay maids to clean for you, cooks, fitness trainers, nothing in life is free...
Without money, without shelter, the only love you may get is other homeless people (and that's a maybe), but only an animal can love you back to be honest. If you lose your beauty (like overnight transformation), hardly any man would stay with you unless there's hope for a better spouse; REJECTION. . Even if he doesn't reject you, there's a real chance of cheating.... nothing is guaranteed in this world. Money is the only thing that can help any problem you have.
You can't say the brain or personality wins... if that was the case a man wouldn't flirt with a beautiful lesbian and ignore the non-passable transgender woman (you notice I am speaking just about the brains/personality). Its looks that count, money can buy looks.
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You pretty much got it. The United States especially is this way because of our economy.
I've been lucky to know two wealthy people who stayed humble even after passing the million mark (they were married to eachother) but that is the minority.
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SnuffleUffleGrass
I agree. Money is congealed energy.
Is this your quote?
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I was just saying yesterday how money is everything in this reality. Everything revolves around money. But it is not a universal truth, it is only the truth within this low-vibrational, society-based game. That is why spirituality is so important to me, because the pursuit of money is so empty to me on a soul level. Money has no value outside of this fake reality game we call life. However, making money in this game gives me a rush. And yes, it "is the anthem of success, so before we go out, what's your address?" :P
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^ I'll be honest... I am less and less spiritual than ever before, borderline atheist. I guess there's a dim hope of "maybe"? But really what makes us any different from neandertherthals, or the many extinct humanoids that exist before/during the time that humans evolve. They did not believe in Buddha, Christianity, or whoever, because those are modern day religions of the past 5,000 years... but those humanoids were still pretty intelligent... but are they denied of a life after death?
I guess that's where spiritualism comes in because I am sure they believe in spirits, because they still buried the dead....
But still, what makes us different from other mammals, I'm talking about DNA level and atoms, which is life essence, just because we're intelligent to create theories and ideas doesn't mean that those theories and ideas are true......
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so it begs the question, if there's no afterlife, and this is ALL THERE IS, then essentially money is the only thing that matters... it can save you from death even, or extend your life in the future....
But if you're religious that's another thing too, and I won't talk against religious because we all have our belief systems.
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And intelligence is another thing too... if we say Neanderthals don't go to heaven (and they did exist at one time), just because of one reason or another... are we qualifying the human condition solely based on intelligence? Human = afterlife. And are lesser intelligent humans equal to more intelligent humans on the possible chance of an after life.
Our dna are similar to them.... but would that mean a mentally disabled person isn't going to an after life? Or worse yet, what qualifies our souls when our brains cease to function. I think the brain is end all be all.
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I am an atheist too, in that I don't believe in a god or follow any religion. But there are definitely other realities besides this one. The multiverse is enormous....how can there not be other dimensions/realities? Anyway, that is getting into the esoteric, and may be off topic. I agree with you that money is the only thing that matters....but only in THIS reality of physical form in this society. Essentially we are all energy, and this life is only temporary. So in that sense, money is useless. After we are all dead and gone as a species, money will no longer exist or matter. Perhaps money exists in alien societies as well, but in different forms. Or perhaps some aliens are so evolved that they don't even use money. They probably have a resource-based economy or something similar to that concept, which is what I believe humanity is heading towards in the future (hopefully). Money creates disconnection and disease in our species. But it's what we are using now, so we might as well go out there and get it.
And yeah, we're just a bunch of animals. lol
Sorry if my post is kinda out there and a bit confusing.
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What about art and love? Those things matter too, and will continue to exist long after money is gone. So maybe money isn't the only thing that matters ultimately. But as of right now in this time, it certainly seems so.
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Hm... I don't know. That's all in the land of hypothesis.
In the end, none of it matters after all, except our temporary moment in this reality... and that doesn't matter either.
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I think I found out the meaning of life... who knew...
Meaning of life = there is no meaning.
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I mean you only really need enough money to pay basic bills from a basic job or income source. Because a lot of things can be done such as cooking at home and shopping at thrift stores in order to feel very "rich" when you don't have very much money. You pay for these with barter services or employment and they pay you with money, but you really only need minimal amounts.
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Are we still on stripperweb.com?
A person that thinks money is "evil" is probably struggling to generate money themselves. Reminds me of my friend in New York that only medicated with fruits and veggies and thought antibiotics were evil until she caught an STD from a one night stand. You can't live in America and say things like "money is evil", it's like having unprotected sex and saying antibiotics are evil, it's sheer insanity. People that say things like that give me pause. It's like um ok you're surrounded by "evil doers", why the Fuck would you want to live around them? Unless you're using words like "evil" for dramatization then that's just annoying.
On second thought, I really truly believe that a lot of Americans try too hard to differentiate themselves from the rest and their attempt just ends up looking and sounding so utterly ridiculous because they say one thing and do the exact opposite. It's like people that only listen to underground music and say that mainstream music isn't "real music"...huh? Why can't you just listen to your music and let me listen to mine?? Why does it have to be a good/bad debate? I really believe little things like this is why Americans score lower in math and science. Everyone is so obsessed with looking better than being better.
As an escort that has fucked a lot of ridiculously rich men, I can attest to the fact that the amount of money one has has absolutely nothing to do with their character. As someone that was born in a 3rd world country, I can tell you that broke people with entitlement mentality are worse than rich people. There's nothing worse than a human being that takes takes and takes without saying "thank you".
Money is good. Money is important. The money shaming in America is just a way for society to keep people in their respective "lanes". Don't drink the koolaid. Learn how to generate money and lots of it but never stop reading and educating yourself.
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If it matters to you, it matters
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The people with the most money almost don't use it, it is not about spending it is how they keep score among their peers.
My current goal in life is high 6 figures, then after that 7 then 8 etc. It is just a motivator to get better.
In the end (after taking care of the people around me) almost all of it is going back through philanthropy.
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Good song, too bad of that one phrase makes it come across racist considering she's non black, but I know where she is coming from.
People take the word to literal, she's talking about all those poor ass men who don't pay her (not just one race).
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DeathAndTaxes
The people with the most money almost don't use it, it is not about spending it is how they keep score among their peers.
My current goal in life is high 6 figures, then after that 7 then 8 etc. It is just a motivator to get better.
In the end (after taking care of the people around me) almost all of it is going back through philanthropy.
You're joking right? Philanthropy as in "donating millions" to help w/o really knowing what it's like to suffer? Why not in you're spare time just to volunteer some time for free?