• myplacedk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s two kinds of money: Enough money, and more than enough money.

    If you don’t have enough money, that’s all that matters. A nicer day at work means very little.

    Once you have enough money, more money matters very little. Now it’s about enjoying work etc.

    • Doug [he/him]@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Ah but what is enough money for you or I is not enough money for the bigwigs. And since they’re obviously more important, as they’re at the top, we have to have sure they get enough money even if that means you don’t.

      But they’ll get you a ping pong table so you can stop thinking about how you don’t know what you’re going to feed your family tonight

    • TheGreenGolem@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      This is brilliant!

      Tangentially related, I heard another about enough money:

      When you already have enough money, do you really need 2x enough money?

      • aksdb@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Your baseline can change.

        You may be fine with $1000 a month. You have everything you need: food, bed, apartment, electricity, etc.

        Now you get a new job and have $2000. You try out more expensive food options and realize you like them better. You move into a bigger apartment and start enjoying the freedom.

        You may never wanted this if you didn’t try it, but now that you have, you don’t want to go back. You may not have noticed that your mental and physical health was degraded due to your previous living conditions until you get better after raising your standards.