Comments on: Question #854 Bargain http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain The world on weekdays, nothing on weekends Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:48:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: April http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25705 April Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:33:21 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25705 This is a hard one but I think that with the idea of not being with the one you love most and taking my age into consideration and the fact that it most likely not a romantic love but a family member they would take away. I woud say yes because I'm a believer that with the right funds one person can change the world for the benefit of all kinds including the one you love. And the with that there was no stipulation stating you couldn't love after but just be with out that one person. So I think taking it would be smarter then not.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25705">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> This is a hard one but I think that with the idea of not being with the one you love most and taking my age into consideration and the fact that it most likely not a romantic love but a family member they would take away. I woud say yes because I’m a believer that with the right funds one person can change the world for the benefit of all kinds including the one you love. And the with that there was no stipulation stating you couldn’t love after but just be with out that one person. So I think taking it would be smarter then not.

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]]> By: jake http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25695 jake Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:19:56 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25695 So Chris' answer is to the question is "no". I just heard today that a Gallup poll revealed that money does, in fact, increase experiential happiness up to 60k/year, but beyond that the line for happiness totally becomes flat.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25695">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> So Chris’ answer is to the question is “no”.

I just heard today that a Gallup poll revealed that money does, in fact, increase experiential happiness up to 60k/year, but beyond that the line for happiness totally becomes flat.

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]]> By: phil http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25690 phil Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:55:23 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25690 Yeah Chris I think you said it really well.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25690">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Yeah Chris I think you said it really well.

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]]> By: Chris http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25688 Chris Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:42:01 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25688 I do not believe all relationships are fulfilling. And I am ignoring any cases for children. I believe many of you had relationships which were not fulfilling, and you did not realized it until near the end or after the relationship. But during the relationship, for some period of time, you thought you found the one. I for one never regretted a leaving a relationship I had, why? Because although it was fun while it lasted, it was not fulfilling. Now ignoring any relationship matters... My case is not using the money to buy an island and partying with the natives. It is about being a compassionate person with the gift you have been offered. Studies have shown that compassionate people live very fulfilling lives regardless of their financial or social status. A person vesting time, sweat and emotions into helping others will be highly fulfilling. With this in mind, if you have almost unlimited wealth and influence, you can have a invest your self into these causes. You can eradicate malaria and polio. You can fund AIDS and Cancer research. You can provide for a loving and caring homes for orphans, helping them to have happy lives. You can create jobs which are self sustaining for poor or under-privileged families. Doing these compassionate works in person, on the ground, getting your hands dirty, will make it even more fulfilling. Not only will you be doing something "good", but you will get to know the people you are helping, building relationships that are potentially more meaningful to you than the one you gave up. I cannot make the trade with my son. But if he was not in my life, with any other person in my life.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25688">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I do not believe all relationships are fulfilling. And I am ignoring any cases for children.

I believe many of you had relationships which were not fulfilling, and you did not realized it until near the end or after the relationship. But during the relationship, for some period of time, you thought you found the one. I for one never regretted a leaving a relationship I had, why? Because although it was fun while it lasted, it was not fulfilling.

Now ignoring any relationship matters…

My case is not using the money to buy an island and partying with the natives. It is about being a compassionate person with the gift you have been offered.

Studies have shown that compassionate people live very fulfilling lives regardless of their financial or social status. A person vesting time, sweat and emotions into helping others will be highly fulfilling. With this in mind, if you have almost unlimited wealth and influence, you can have a invest your self into these causes. You can eradicate malaria and polio. You can fund AIDS and Cancer research. You can provide for a loving and caring homes for orphans, helping them to have happy lives. You can create jobs which are self sustaining for poor or under-privileged families.

Doing these compassionate works in person, on the ground, getting your hands dirty, will make it even more fulfilling. Not only will you be doing something “good”, but you will get to know the people you are helping, building relationships that are potentially more meaningful to you than the one you gave up.

I cannot make the trade with my son. But if he was not in my life, with any other person in my life.

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]]> By: panasonicyouth http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25685 panasonicyouth Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:32:37 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25685 Ew, not at all.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25685">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Ew, not at all.

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]]> By: jenny http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25680 jenny Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:44:41 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25680 That shouldn't even be a question, if you equate money and wealth with happiness and love then you have never experienced either and you will never know true happiness or love no matter how much dough you accumulate.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25680">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> That shouldn’t even be a question, if you equate money and wealth with happiness and love then you have never experienced either and you will never know true happiness or love no matter how much dough you accumulate.

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]]> By: DirtyDanSin http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25674 DirtyDanSin Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:18:39 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25674 @Chris: Your assumption that the beloved is a romantic paramour is possibly over-simplistic. My loves are my kids, mom and muh woman. I suppose that I could be made to agree that muh woman got along just fine without me for years, and so if that is the question, she'd rebound...although I am getting hitched this month and am answering a resopunding no in that instance...esp. since Microsoft is the example - I mean how emabarrassing is that!? Apple on the other hand, that would be a tough one to pass on. If you wanted to discuss my Mom being a most loved, she is so generous and concerned for me that she would probably encourage me to take the deal pretty seriously...she made me to win and always likes me to go big. My kids...forget it. They are stuck with me and no Microsoft offer can change that.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25674">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> @Chris: Your assumption that the beloved is a romantic paramour is possibly over-simplistic. My loves are my kids, mom and muh woman.
I suppose that I could be made to agree that muh woman got along just fine without me for years, and so if that is the question, she’d rebound…although I am getting hitched this month and am answering a resopunding no in that instance…esp. since Microsoft is the example – I mean how emabarrassing is that!? Apple on the other hand, that would be a tough one to pass on.
If you wanted to discuss my Mom being a most loved, she is so generous and concerned for me that she would probably encourage me to take the deal pretty seriously…she made me to win and always likes me to go big.
My kids…forget it. They are stuck with me and no Microsoft offer can change that.

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]]> By: jake http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25666 jake Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:29:47 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25666 @Chris: Many rich people are very unhappy, and it's frequently because of something they gave up in order to get rich.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25666">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> @Chris: Many rich people are very unhappy, and it’s frequently because of something they gave up in order to get rich.

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]]> By: Chris http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25660 Chris Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:08:24 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25660 Take the Money and don't look back. You only have to give up the one person once. How many people have you been with and thought they were "the one"? Exactly, they dumped your ass and you found a different "the one". So consider this, 6 months of being sad and lonely versus the rest of your life rich and happy... even happier when you find another "the one". Gimme the money and power... I will find someone else to love.<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25660">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Take the Money and don’t look back. You only have to give up the one person once. How many people have you been with and thought they were “the one”? Exactly, they dumped your ass and you found a different “the one”. So consider this, 6 months of being sad and lonely versus the rest of your life rich and happy… even happier when you find another “the one”.

Gimme the money and power… I will find someone else to love.

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]]> By: beth http://veryserious.org/2010/03/03/question-854-bargain/comment-page-1#comment-25649 beth Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:35:52 +0000 http://veryserious.org/?p=5413#comment-25649 @jake does no-prize = Windows 7 free upgrade?<p class="top-comments">current votes: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-25649">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> @jake does no-prize = Windows 7 free upgrade?

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