rigello
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Totally unexpected! Amazing discovery! Not The Onion, btw...
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-cash-rich-poor-happiness.html
Nov 16, 2022 8:59 PM
rigello
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Totally unexpected! Amazing discovery! Not The Onion, btw...
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-cash-rich-poor-happiness.html
drduffer
Astonishing! Who would have guessed that having enough money to live increases the quality of life for poor people?
SirDistic
lurkilydurkiler
Amazing advances in the “no shit” branch of science
3Davideo
No fucking shit, Sherlock.
AtsaMattaForMe
DeliciousMeatCurtains
Mr21782Man
As someone that just got a decent job, no shit. Stress drops by an amazing amount when you're not worried about making rent.
DoseOfScience
Confirmed.
DanjoDanjo
Hello world here’s a song that we’re singin’. C’mon get happy!
Betacoo
Shocker that people become LESS STRESSED (not “happy ire”) because they can actually pay to live.
gladysthebadyst
Breaking news: water is wet!
SugarSmack
SergiousMaximus
At this point it is becoming clear that a large number of scientists are simply just fucking about
weetu
Well, it's important to actually research and verify "obvious" things. That way they can be used as facts in further research and policy.
BeagleNCreamCheese
Damn imagine joining this study and then getting put in the control group
OmnipotentBeing
So, basically poor, with a 3k a month rent and 100k in student loan debt?
andwings2go
“My knowledge that I’m part of the control is going to affect your research, so just give me a check please”
PrfctDrk
If every billionaire on the planet gave me $100 I'd be so freakin happy
Ultratoxic
Now do a graph where all the rich people's money flows to the poor. Now check the happiness levels
Wednesdayface
During the study the rich participants somehow got even richer.
nipaxon
*mindblown* (not really)
jamesx
you need a study for this?
everythingiscats
NO SHIT. I won $1000 on the lotto on Saturday. I don't get the money till next week, but holy fuck was this weekend a good one.
rebelft
No shit Sherlock
cmbuckley
How many more people need reminding
HUGHgReaction
Holy fugging hell, this was a study? It’s misleading, the poor would be just as happy getting money from anyone, not just the rich
taurondir
All the reasons as "cant buy happiness" I have ever seen are bullshit. You need to have close to ZERO worries in order to be able /1
nanyatenyaa
*Motions to maslow's hierarchy* We know. Addressing base needs is the most important step to being able to self-actualize.
taurondir
to be happy. I'm not saying "rich" here, I'm saying "stable financially in order to survive the next thing that hammers your savings" /2
taurondir
because unfort. for all of us, practically EVERYTHING that goes wrong nowdays needs money to fix (hospitals, repairs, moving for work, etc)
ChiGamer
Covid was bad and I know ppl died. But getting that unemployment + 600. I didn't have to worry for once in my life about rent, food...
ChiGamer
Utilities. I cried when work started back up and I had to go back. I'd love to feel that at peace again.
waznewz
Also this just in... Water is wet, science says
CosplayComet
Wait, you're telling me money CAN buy happines?!?!
harthram
If poor, yes
PrfctDrk
It's better to cry in a Mercedes than on a bike
rigello
Not me, THE SCIENCE!
nanyatenyaa
I disagree. I believe money helps you to fulfill Maslow's hierarchy. The knock on effect (correlation=/=causation) is you CAN be happy then
nanyatenyaa
Meaning the money only buys the ability to secure enough, that happiness is an option, it doens't buy the happiness itself.
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
The lack of money doesn't make you happy either, though
Frodyne
It is like being healthy: Lacking it makes you unhappy, but being healthy does not make you happy on its own.
TK421isAFK
Think of happiness on a -10 to +10 scale. Money may not take you to +10, but it will definitely take you from -10 to at least 0, which 1/2
TK421isAFK
is a lot better than many of us have it. Living at 0 means breaking even, but it also means steady survival. 2/2
parkerh17
Money buys happiness up until abt the national avg household income. Increasingly diminishing returns from there.
dumidiot
I can attest that going from 'living from paycheck to paycheck' to 'disposable income' has improved my mental health more than anything.
jesuisgur
Well, it sure makes misery easier to live with !
JustDumbCommentsAndCorrections
Money can't buy happiness. Lack of money does cause unhappiness, which can be solved by money. Doesn't solve other causes, just the one.
Durtschi
Yes and no. Money stops misery. In 2012 study showed a positive correlation with money and happiness until 75k (93k adjusted for inflation)
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
Definitely needs more testing. Where do the poor sign up for further experimentation?
Kakeukh
You're the control group, you're welcome.
OmnipotentBeing
TheNameIWantedWasTakenSoIEndedUpWithThisOneInStead
ibertram18
Careful, they'll also need a control group that doesn't get money...
Mynamedoesntmatteronlylifematters
I think 99% of the population is in that control group
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
I might be in that one, then
Harryteeters
OmegaYeti
"money cant buy happiness" What money can fix, is not having to worry about losing your house, if you can afford medications AND food. -
PrfctDrk
It's better to cry in a Mercedes than on a bike
ChainedMonkey
EXCESS money can't buy happiness.
RandyRandalman
Benevolence is not human nature.
DrewBerg
Except it is. The entire reason the human race has made it where it is today is because of benevolence and working together.
TheFakeCraigFerguson
I got on disability recently after years of fighting for it. I got more stressed because I thought I was gonna lose my health insurance 1/2
TheFakeCraigFerguson
My meds are THOUSANDS of dollars a month (2 are almost 2 grand a pop) I can't afford to lose it. ._. Supposedly I wont though so
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
"Money can't buy happiness, but it CAN stave off misery."
OmegaYeti
It's almost like being able to afford basic necessities makes a person able to enjoy things rather than be in constant dread.
HiddenSanity
Yup, Money doesn't buy happiness, but it can remove a lot of sources of unhappiness.
Ashkaari
Can't buy happiness, but it can buy peace of mind.
DrewBerg
It can absolutely buy happiness.
iabductaliens11
"Money can't buy happiness" is a saying rich people came up with as a psyop for poor people.
loma45
Nah, it can meet all your physical needs, but it can't buy you satisfaction/meaningful relationships/etc.
Ikwilstroopwaffels
Sure it can. Being able to indulge in a satisfying hobby. Being able to have enough free time to pursue meaningful relationships.
loma45
The money opens up the opportunity for you, but YOU still have to make those relationship or pursue those hobbies. Plenty of unhappy rich1 /
loma45
around. It gives you far more options that without it, but that's not a guarantee you'll exercise the right ones to be happy. And that's 2/
MEATLIFTER
How do I partake in this sciencing?