Why Aren’t Rich People Happy With the Money They Have?

Post by skrebbel » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 12:54 PM UTC

commandlinefan wrote: post #299

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> Seriously, read the thread again. This has nothing to do with comfort, it's about FU money. I was responding to the HN comment, not the Reddit thread. If you're talking about having "FU money" and I'm talking about being "comfortable" then I think we are talking about different things. > You're thinking that people who don't constantly have to worry about finances is what the poster is talking about, but that's wor…

I get that you're responding to the comment, but I still think you're wrong - I think OP is absolutely correct that around the $10MM mark (or higher), you actually stop worrying about your future. Maybe you're fortunate enough to be optimistic enough not to worry, but I'm in a similar position to yours: grew up as one of four kids in a household that never took in more than $30K/year. I never went hungry, but I felt…

Post by mikestew » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 2:25 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #107

lihaciudaniel wrote: post #67

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Isn't that against the rules, if not then I should do it, I just realised I was shadow banned 4 days ago and posted like an idiot

You can also email us to get unbanned if you want to use the site as intended. We're happy to unban people who give us reason to believe that they'll follow the rules in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Post by karanchawla » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 6:01 PM UTC

supercanuck wrote: post #344

lisper wrote: post #17

A while back I noticed that my HN karma was rising at a rate that would put me on the leaderboard, so I decided to make an effort to submit content and post quality comments just to see if I could crack the top 100. After a few months I did it, and kept rising up to a high of 85 (today I'm #88). Then I realized I was spending way too much time on HN, and how easy it was to fall into this trap of thinking I was doing…

My accounting professor use to always say, "You get what you measure." It didn't seem as so insightful then, but as I navigate this world, I get it.

Post by opo » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 7:17 PM UTC

JamesBarney wrote: post #92

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> in the $10-30 million range you can live a comfortable life without having to worry about finances again This statement strikes me as very disconnected from the reality that the vast majority of people on this planet live in, and honestly, a little bit irritating. I'm well aware that many here on HN would be millionaires, but as somebody who grew up in poverty and is now a full-time uni student with no savings in t…

> If somebody were to give me a hundred thousand dollars to invest, I am quite certain I could live comfortably for the rest of my life This shows a pretty big disconnect. And is something no one in their 30s+ would say. The common rule of thumb is you can live off of an investment at 4% indefinitely(assuming 6% return and 2% inflation). This gives you $4,000 a year. Crappy insurance: $4,200 a year. Crappy 300 sq ft…

Post by purple_ducks » Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 10:05 PM UTC

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tampermonkey script to do just that (would be nicer if HN could pop the karma into a span with an id :-) ) // ==UserScript== // @name hide HN karma // @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/ // @version 0.1 // @description hide HN karma // @author You // @match https://news.ycombinator.com/* // @grant none // ==/UserScript== (function() { 'use strict'; if(document.getElementById('me') !== null){ //hide karma Array.from(d…

Thanks, I was looking into that earlier today but postponed it exactly because there was no element with an id, so I'd had to look up stuff to write it.

        //hide karma  

        let karma = document.getElementById("me").nextSibling;  

        karma.textContent = " | "