I have to admit this forum gets more entertaining trolls than most.
Are there other forums who get trolls complaining while they have tens of millions of dollars?
I have to admit this forum gets more entertaining trolls than most.
That's what tore it for me. Anybody who's still walking around and has that kind of money shouldn't be complaining. If they do they should just be slapped. Obviously either a chain yanker or a true mental case
I have no idea whether the OP is a troll or not. I would only be guessing. But I do not agree with the notion that anyone who has a lot of money "shouldn't be complaining" and that if they express dissatisfaction with life they are "either a chain yanker or a true mental case." It is nice to have a lot of money, but it is not a panacea. Even people who have a lot of money can be dissatisfied with the quality of their life, question the meaning of their lives, or suffer from depression (an illness that does not care how much money you have).
I can understand how someone who is not very wealthy might look at a very wealthy person and say "if I had your money, I would be entirely happy and would not complain about anything." But then I can equally understand a very wealthy person saying "maybe I thought I would be happy if I only had a lot of money, but now that I have a lot of money I am still not happy."
As I read through this discussion again, it occurs to me that I do not care whether the OP was a troll or not. Either way, he has spurred an interesting discussion.
You say 'helpful' like you think it's not!
I have no idea whether the OP is a troll or not. I would only be guessing. But I do not agree with the notion that anyone who has a lot of money "shouldn't be complaining" and that if they express dissatisfaction with life they are "either a chain yanker or a true mental case." It is nice to have a lot of money, but it is not a panacea. Even people who have a lot of money can be dissatisfied with the quality of their life, question the meaning of their lives, or suffer from depression (an illness that does not care how much money you have).
I can understand how someone who is not very wealthy might look at a very wealthy person and say "if I had your money, I would be entirely happy and would not complain about anything." But then I can equally understand a very wealthy person saying "maybe I thought I would be happy if I only had a lot of money, but now that I have a lot of money I am still not happy."
As I read through this discussion again, it occurs to me that I do not care whether the OP was a troll or not. Either way, he has spurred an interesting discussion.
I find the knowledge that life is meaningless to be very comforting. Really takes the stress out of it.
I do not agree with the notion that anyone who has a lot of money "shouldn't be complaining"
It is nice to have a lot of money, but it is not a panacea.
Even people who have a lot of money can be dissatisfied with the quality of their life, question the meaning of their lives, or suffer from depression (an illness that does not care how much money you have).
I can understand how someone who is not very wealthy might look at a very wealthy person and say "if I had your money, I would be entirely happy and would not complain about anything."
" But then I can equally understand a very wealthy person saying "maybe I thought I would be happy if I only had a lot of money, but now that I have a lot of money I am still not happy."
As I get older I am more and more sympathetic to people's real problems and far less so to their self-inflicted or metaphysical problems.
I think people are confusing the OP and another infrequent poster who is contributing to this thread.
Eyesman is not the OP.
As a sort of tangent to this thread, it is also a bit silly to *worry* so much about running out of money at age 90 when you very well may get cancer in your 50s and die. I try to stress that quite a bit but it is hard to get people to hear over the OMY and 100%Firecalc crowd.
Life is eventually going to slap you upside the head no matter how well you plan. Don't spend up your whole life planning.
The screen names differ. The stories and circumstances are very similar.
OK, I concede that young people making easy money and having mental crises may be more common than I thought. Perhaps doing the first leads to the second.
I think people are confusing the OP and another infrequent poster who is contributing to this thread.
Eyesman is not the OP.
If REWahoo can resurrect an edited post to its original form, then I'm pretty sure the moderators are able to check IP addresses and can tell where the posts are coming from.
But I get it, one of people's biggest fears is being duped and be made to look dumb. That is a meaning people cling to.
Just consider, contribution can come from anywhere, but contribution can be made often when it is accepted. You may refuse of choose to not take anything I say as real because of your fear, but I'm pretty sure lots of other people have gotten something from my posts. So I could just go away and allow you to bully me away from this thread, or I can make you out as just a suspicious guy trying to protect your friends. I could make up far worse meanings about you, but, I choose not to. Either way, you don't bother me. I'm in control of my circumstances, and not you.
I think people are confusing the OP and another infrequent poster who is contributing to this thread.
Eyesman is not the OP.
So what does money mean to you all? Have you engaged in that discussion before?
Hi everyone,
I FIRED in 2013 at age 46. I have a wife and two daughters age 10 and 13. I have more than enough money by any calculation (tens of millions). l. I puttered around the house fixing things and building things. I made a swing for my girls, .