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I don't quite understand what you are saying. The 1980's so the deregulation and the invention of financial products that changed wealth exponentially.
Yet you're the one that said that before it was "pretty easy to get by on very little money".
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Yet you're the one that said that before it was "pretty easy to get by on very little money".
I meant I don't comprehend what you are saying. I would expect an elaboration on the point you were making. Please I'm not making any connections between what I dive to normal would be. What is normal?
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> But I dont like that both passages emphasize working for someone else. Yeah. I was reading GP's interesting thoughts and was thinking: "At least I already got the part about not working for human masters right" !
We are always serving someone or something. For many, money is their master. Or prestige is their master. Or self image is their master. Or personal desires are their master. Since this thread quoted bible, I will point out Jesus said (it is rendered in red letters) that "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot…
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We are always serving someone or something. For many, money is their master. Or prestige is their master. Or self image is their master. Or personal desires are their master. Since this thread quoted bible, I will point out Jesus said (it is rendered in red letters) that "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot…
> "Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. " I really wish I understood the original language for this because both sides of this or sound essentially synonymous to me, so I don't really get the "either" part of it.
In these texts, the words used are:
• μισήσει (misei): will hate
• ἀγαπήσει (agapēsei): will love
• ἀνθέξεται (anthexetai): will be devoted to, hold to, or cling to
• καταφρονήσει (kataphronēsei): will despise or look down upon
These Greek terms reflect a range of emotions and attachments similar to their English counterparts. The term ἀνθέξεται implies a sense of holding on or support, perhaps with a sense of duty or obligation, while καταφρονήσει suggests a more intellectual or volitional form of disdain or disregard, compared to the direct and potent emotional charge of μισήσει (hate) and ἀγαπήσει (love).
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What's wrong with monetizing every little thing? Our time is limited and capitalism is expensive. Just make sure you enjoy the process.
Monetizing passions is essential these days... The music studio doesn't really improve unless you generate money to build it up, computers, guitars, mixing tools, studio monitors etc., all cost an enormous amount of money. A hobbyist is far different from an enthusiast, and I think thats the distinction that many of people who say "I don't need to make money for my work" simply don't get... By spending money generate…
What you may be getting at is that somebody who is being creative as a job should be fairly paid for their work. Which I totally agree with, but I don’t think that’s what we’re talking about.
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We are always serving someone or something. For many, money is their master. Or prestige is their master. Or self image is their master. Or personal desires are their master. Since this thread quoted bible, I will point out Jesus said (it is rendered in red letters) that "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot…
> "Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. " I really wish I understood the original language for this because both sides of this or sound essentially synonymous to me, so I don't really get the "either" part of it.
No one can have ↑↑. Either ↓↑ or ↑↓.
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I meant I don't comprehend what you are saying. I would expect an elaboration on the point you were making. Please I'm not making any connections between what I dive to normal would be. What is normal?
It's more that I'm suspecting that you're thinking that the first post-WW2 decades were something "normal", rather than something that might not be achieved on this planet ever again ?
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We are always serving someone or something. For many, money is their master. Or prestige is their master. Or self image is their master. Or personal desires are their master. Since this thread quoted bible, I will point out Jesus said (it is rendered in red letters) that "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot…
This is truly lovely. Whether you're faithful or not, the wisdom of these lines resonates to this day. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow, I thought I had accumulated a pretty decent amount of karma with my 7800 over the past decade, but nope, those put me to shame. Interesting idea. I'll give it a shot.
Welcome. Don't worry too much, have fun, remove emotion out of the equation, be consistent, fire-n-forget. The side effect of it is then the Karma keep growing on its own. But don't worry too much about that - not worth it. Mine was just about 10K+ before the Pandemic. Then, I found the fun part, the rhythm, and then it has grown since then.
I just assumed it was on the higher end on this site (like top 10-15%), based on the several dozen other profiles I've looked at. Seems I might be further down than I assumed, is all.