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337tigergirl 
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Nola (best city in the world)
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| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:54 pm to ItNeverRains)
exactly me too.
I'm not unhappy with a salary in the 40s, but it's still not enough for me (single/no kids). I can't even imagine trying to make that salary work with a kid.
Being able to buy/go whatever/wherever you want whenever you want = true happiness for me.
With 75k, I could do whatever i want whenever i want.
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LSUTygerFan
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20370 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:54 pm to CaptainPanic)
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75k a year.
well frick, I must be shopping at the wrong store.
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Boats n Hose
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Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2011
30147 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:54 pm to WG_Dawg)
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I can't think of anything in the world that I would really, REALLY want that I couldn't do with 75K
I can think of plenty
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LA kid but AU fan 
Auburn Fan
Jay Prosch Fan Club: Historian
Member since Apr 2007
3865 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:54 pm to CaptainPanic)
So all those saying money can buy happiness, what's the flaw in all these studies then?
Why do they constantly refute your assertion?
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LsUCIFER
LSU Fan
Slidell, LA
Member since Dec 2012
158 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:56 pm to I Love Bama)
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I need about 150k to be happy.
This.If I made $75K I'd kill myself so my wife and kid could live happily on the life insurance. Of course, it would have to look like an accident.
This post was edited on 1/4 at 3:57 pm
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LSUTygerFan
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Member since Jun 2008
20370 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:56 pm to 337tigergirl)
75k sounds like a lot...until you get there and think..shit, i need to make more money.
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337tigergirl
LSU Fan
Nola (best city in the world)
Member since Jan 2012
5441 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:57 pm to LSUTygerFan)
yep exactly, my goal is to make a 100k/year by the time i'm 30.
So once, I got to 75k, i'd be ready for that next step up.
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ItNeverRains
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Franklin, TN
Member since Oct 2007
4598 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:58 pm to 337tigergirl)
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With 75k, I could do whatever i want whenever i want.
Yeah, where I live you couldn't get a loan for the median price home with 75k, so for my needs, 75k would be rough
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pochejp
LSU Fan
Gonzales, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2007
5775 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:59 pm to CaptainPanic)
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The bottom line- after $75,000 has been earned, people don’t have to worry about money. But that doesn’t mean they don’t.
Such bull shite. I make 25% more than that and I have to watch my spending. And my house is paid off. Taxes, insurances, food, fuel for four cars, boats and the like, house bills and my old lady's mall spending habit. 
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337tigergirl
LSU Fan
Nola (best city in the world)
Member since Jan 2012
5441 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 3:59 pm to ItNeverRains)
yea i can see that. Living in LA or TX, it would be great to make that.
Also depends on factors:
where you want to live
how many kids you have
are you married
But being single, 75k would be sweet.
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CaptainPanic
LSU Fan
God's Country
Member since Sep 2011
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| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:01 pm to LA kid but AU fan)
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So all those saying money can buy happiness, what's the flaw in all these studies then?
Well if you read the article it claims that living is alot more comfortable after the 75k mark. And after that 75k mark, it doesn't have much of an effect
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ZULU
LSU Fan
Member since Sep 2009
158 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:02 pm to CaptainPanic)
Somebody give me some money!
So I can see if I'm happy
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Janky
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Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
2515 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:03 pm to pochejp)
I would name it "Happiness"
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Cosmo 
UNO Fan
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
55088 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:03 pm to CaptainPanic)
somebody once said "money can buy you a jetski and have you ever seen an unhappy person on a jetski?"
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Lou
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out here in the middle
Member since Aug 2005
6686 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:09 pm to CaptainPanic)
I'm not rich, but I am comfortable. And I am much happier now than when i wasn't making much $. If you are struggling to pay your bills, and never have any extra money to go out to eat, go see a movie, buy some clothes you like, or take a vacation, it is harder to be happy. For me anyway, certainly not true for everyone.
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T Ba Doe Tiger 
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ROWMCO
Member since Aug 2007
10900 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:13 pm to CaptainPanic)
A wise man told me long ago; "money can't buy happiness, but it can make misery more bearable".
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LA kid but AU fan
Auburn Fan
Jay Prosch Fan Club: Historian
Member since Apr 2007
3865 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:17 pm to CaptainPanic)
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And after that 75k mark, it doesn't have much of an effect
And doesn't that seem to contradict the notion that money can buy happiness?
Folks aren't putting any qualifier on that statement, thereby implying more money will always buy more happiness. Those are the folks I'm questioning.
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Geauxtiga
NC-Wilmington Fan
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
24368 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:41 pm to CaptainPanic)
Money can't buy you happiness but you can't be happy without it, either.
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fr33manator
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
37607 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:49 pm to CaptainPanic)
"Happiness", as it were, can be said to be achieved through the acquisition of something one was previously lacking. It is fleeting, however, because when a dearth of something is attained, over an extended period of time, the "happiness" we gained from such a thing diminishes, until we become "unhappy" with what we have and begin to desire something more, or something else.
The starving man is "happy" with a simple meal, because it holds value to him by meeting a need. Give the man the same simple meal over a period of time, and he is no longer starving, thus his "happiness quotient" (HQ) achieved by "simple meal" (x) is diminished over time and repetition.
HQ=x-t(time sustained)/d(desire for x)
I'll work in other variables later, but in the end the things that once made you happy will make you unhappy without the introduction of new variables.
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Geauxtiga
NC-Wilmington Fan
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
24368 posts
| re: Money doesn't buy happiness...or does it? (Posted on 1/4/13 at 4:51 pm to fr33manator)
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The starving man is "happy" with a simple meal, because it holds value to him by meeting a need. Give the man the same simple meal over a period of time, and he is no longer starving, thus his "happiness quotient" (HQ) achieved by "simple meal" (x) is diminished over time and repetition.
Good stuff. Reminds me of something I heard once: If a man eats ribeyes all the time, he'll love a "good" hamburger.
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