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I mean, if you have a lot of capital, the amount of existential press diminishes, right? So you are fully entitled to sit in a meadow and meditate though the rest of your life. What else would you want to do?

I would open a spiritual newage healing clinic if I wanted to do something more.

You never "have enough" of money. You are always greedy for more. For example see the wealthiest people- do they seem like they're not trying to earn more money?

I think people are boring, wealth brings options that's all.

What many people do when they have money is do the same thing as before just a more expensive version of it....money is wasted on people like that and they often find themselves just as unhappy with it.

No, it's not boring. What's boring is working a 9-5 that pays shit like most of us. If you have free time due unlimited wealth and dont know what to do what's boring is the person, not the rest of the world.

Wealth..boring?? Are you kidding me? If you have a lot of money you work only when you want and you do what you love. Yes,there are dumb persons who really don't know what to do with money,but there are so many things to experience in this world that a life is not enough. Also there are some people like Bill Gates or R.I.P. Steve Jobs who want to remain in history for their actions,not neccessarily to make more money.

i think it depends most of all on how much wealth you have. if you are filthy rich beyond imagination it can get boring in long time, that is why there are bored millionaires seeking weird kinds of thrills just to keep themselves from getting too bored!

how can wealth be boring , it is peanut butter jelly time when you have enough wealth :D

If wealth is boredom, I wish to have a lot of boredom in my life.

As people said you are never satisfied, and you do whatever you please... So you end up trying to earn more wealth. Not that boring if you ask me.

Hookers and blow.


not necessarily in that order.

i believe it is, if you have already everything that you need, in your life, and it's better to not have everything at once, otherwise there will be no more meaning in living your life, and without a meaning, it is as if you are died

this does not mean that you should struggle and remain poor, but the right compromise is necessary

Once you get past a certain point wealth becomes a type of point scoring for the people who've really gone for it.

I wouldn't be too bothered about insane riches, just enough to be able to put potential worries to bed and be allowed the freedom to know I could do what I wanted when I wanted.

Instead of boredom, it might permit you the time and space to find your true passion and freely pursue it.

While I think it's logical to assume that there is diminishing marginal utility to wealth there is little to suggest that it is ever negative.  Even altruism, or donating money, or like you said, your new age health clinic, are enabled by "excess" wealth.

Having said that, it's good to have a goal and be realistic about how much money is enough.

I don't know if capital could be boring. It's what you choose to do with it that determines if good or boring.

Some is good investments not the most exciting but needs done.   If you do something like you mention to help others that would make most feel good.

just ask yourself:

why are people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Marc Andresen still working?

their main motivation is success and not wealth. so yes, wealth alone is boring i would say.

Would wealth be boring?  Probably not!  I mean a fast car to drive, vacations to exotic locations, not boring.

Is it fulfilling?  That would probably be a no.  Even the most materialistic person would have to admit STUFF brings no happiness in life.

I don't think I'd ever be bored. If I was wealthy, I'd probably be looking for ways to keep that capital moving and that is never a boring thing to do.

Wealth is wonderful. But is important who is wealthy. If the money are in the hands of criminals then this is a sin. If the money are in the hands of a labor people then they will work that the wealth be joined not only by them but for other (work) people too.

I think we can understand why you're on food stamps. lol

Wealth can be boring. When you have enough money to live well and no job to entertain you every day you can get bored. You can't even use a hooker all day every day. I need a hooker about 15 minutes a day, then I need 8 hours of sleep and have 15 3/4 hours of free time. lol

Wealth can be measured in various ways.
Some people consider themselves wealthy when they have a lot of IOUs and some consider themselves wealthy when they have a lot of knowledge, love, etc.

To the point: If you feel bored, it's because you are boring ;)

I'm not rich so I wouldn't know if wealth is boring. I'd imagine not though & I'd certainly like to give it a go ;D
Google Dan Bilzerian & see what infinite cash can do for you ;)

Honestly, I find being wealthy exciting (at least for me) because I can do all the things that I never did when I don't have the funds to support those. Also, given that I have the money to spend on different things, I would probably research on different things like finding a feasible energy sources apart from burning fossil fuels and whatnot--basically research on things that would help this planet and Mankind to exist for a longer period of time.

I am also not rich but have some friends they all never been bore because they can do any thing which they want to do so I believe Wealth is not boring if you are searching for new ways

I'd buy a mountain goat and ride it.  8)

If i have a lot of money and wealth, what i want to do is i want to build an artificial island on the international waters, and i will build tbe infrastructures on my island such as a Bank, a factory, a Mall and other economical infrastructure and then i will declare my own island as a sovereign micro nation and start to accept people from around the world as my citizens and then declare my self as a king and start to develope my country as an absolute monarchy

Only boring people are boring.  It is very rare that I've ever found myself being bored.  There are just too many things to get into nowadays so it's really easy to stay amused.  Or, at least for me it is.  But this is more of those, "what would you do if..." threads.  So if I had unlimited wealth or just didn't have to worry about money, I'd probably travel more, and spend more time exercising and studying things like math and computer science.

No Dear. Wealth can never be boring. If you have wealth you will be feeling of having more and you will never stop earning wealth. Everyone wants to be rich and everyone keeps on trying to multiply their wealth and that is only possible by continuous effort more you get more you want. But Boring??  I Don't think so.

Poverty is even more boring.

Nowhere to go, no money to spend. Constant worrying about paying bills.

Yes, now let me get back to my counting. Twelve billion and one, twelve billion and two.... :)

There is a term in economics called the law of diminishing returns which is applicable to this situation.

The more money you have, the less you appreciate money. This is why one needs to find a way to always stay hungry.
Personally, I m the happiest when I move from point A to point B. Once I reach B, I must immediately set a new goal for myself.

You are completely right, boring people will try others to make for them self boring. Dont make to your self complex things, chill :)

It really depends a lot on what your personal interests are.

I have friends who wouldn't blink an eye if a Ferrari drove by, their excitement comes from being outside, connecting with nature/themselves, doing a lot of hiking/camping, etc.  If this is like you, then wealth may be boring/uninteresting.

I agree with you though, someone could be bored with a small amount of money, and be just as bored/boring with a lot of wealth.

There is a point of diminshing returns where more millions doesn't bring you more happiness.
Talk to me when you get to that point.  :)

MBN

Wish I had enough money to make me bored with it.

So it is better to start earning good so that situation never arise in future  ;D

Working Smart rather then Working hard would be the smarter move to get more wealthy in future and If you are wealthy there are many fun options available for you to spend time even after getting retired. So being wealthy is  a best thing to have and I cannot be boring for sure  ;)

wealth is boring. Everyday you're in relatively safety and security, knowing you will not starve today or tomorrow or next week. you'll have good food, good clothes, good shelter.


On the other hand, poverty is exciting. You never know if you can have food on the table the next day. Or even today. How will you feed your children? How will you provide them with shelter? You have to think creatively everyday, living on the edge.

Very True. If you are poor you will keep on finding alternative ways to earn and you will work more harder as compared to the rich person. As rich person knows that even If he doesn't work today it won't make any difference to him or his family. But being poor is more challenging and more challenging is to survive in this expensive world.

The  amount of money you have decides the way you live. There is never enough for earning money, because the pursuit is changing. Maybe just when you got diseases that is hard to be cured, then you could realize that there are more things that is deserved to do rather than earning money. However, you could pursue ideals while earning money,and find the best way for you to balance the life and career. Sometimes, when you own enough money, there would be something that prevent you to stop engaging the industry but not only for money such as obligations, responsibilities and so on.

I can't afford to be bored  :o ::) 8) 8) 8)

Well, boring? probably. but it depends on the amounts you're dealing with.
Few millions aren't boring, but billions, hooah. you will get bored quickly. yeah, you will have a private jet and maybe an island but nothing to do with the rest.
After all, you're still nothing but flesh and bones, and I think that billionaires forget that sometimes.

Nope. Life is boring when you're a deca or low hectamillionaire. Once you get to the billion point, life gets exciting again.

You gotta watch out for assassination attempts, kidnapping attempts, being a target for the mafia... etc etc etc. The there are the people who want to take away your power for themselves so they may try to frame you for doing crimes, and stuff like that. You'll have a lot to worry about every day.

Well it depends on the situation or on the person
Actually i onced asked a rich guy (my classmate in college) before if is it fun being wealthy.
He said at first it is but as he grew older, he's getting tired of it and he wanted to try something born rich people didn't experienced (being poor ) so he hang out with me (yes, i'm a poor guy) and showed him our(poor people) world. He said it was hard but it was fun and he really admire me on how i can survive on that situation

As others have said, it's more about doing something you love while earning that wealth. Otherwise it's like climbing a ladder thinking things are super-exciting once you get to the top, but you never get to the top to get that feeling, long before that, you fall off the ladder and die without ever having allowed yourself that peak experience of contentment.

I say try to pick the most interesting ladder that you can, that way you can just keep doing what you're doing as you go along. Then it's not about the wealth, more the quality of life experience.


Lol. Man. That's a touch insulting. Having been born poor myself, I think I would have taken him to the worst areas I know and left him there at 3am in the morning and told him to enjoy himself. When your poverty is another persons 'rich' experience, you should start charging for the ride.

Put an ad somewhere:

'Rich and bored? Come experience the shit life with me! I'll take you lower than you've ever been before, and show you things that'll turn your nose up like you wouldn't believe. Just 4 BTC a day. McDonalds meals not included. Bring your own pack lunch, but not salmon sandwiches, or we'll end up getting the crap kicked out of us both due to your culinary faux-pas while were traversing the post-apocalyptic wasteland called 'The Projects.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM)

don't think he was really born rich then.

People who are truly born rich really have no idea they are rich until they're an adult. Even then they might not realize it. And I'm not talking about their parents hiding their wealth or something, it's just that children takes their own situations as natural, thinking that's the way the world is. Once a rich man took his daughter on a commercial first class flight, and the little girl was really surprised, asking her daddy "daddy, why are you bringing hundreds of friends with us?" Since she's only ever been on private jets, she thought that all the passengers were her dad's friends.

So they won't think if it's fun or not fun, they'll think it's natural and the way things are/should be.

Which is why sometimes i wish i was born wealthy and had the easy life all my life, but if I am able to succeed and become wealthy myself, I'll probably be able to enjoy it a lot more because I have something to contrast it with.

I dont think that above 1 billion that's greed anymore.

Sure if you got a few 100.000$ you are greedy for a few million $ to buy sports car, big mansion and a few toys.

But after you reach over 1 billion, i think it becomes just a hobby to make money.


Like i can imagine a poor person greedy to get alot of money, but for a rich person i think the emotion is not greed anymore, but rather just a hobby or as they call it "The game".

Therefor i think its the poor people that are greedy not the rich :)

I heard there's a guy in Moscow who charges a lot to teach billionaires how to pan handle for a day on the street.  im serious.

That would actually be a very interesting idea.  I would love to see them talk about community before they do it, and then after.

I would think the action would make one more willing to donate and help good services. 

Have you ever thought of doing something for people other than yourself? You could do a lot of good with that kind of money.

Personally, I would fund scholars who focus on transcending industrial capitalism with minimal violence, waste, chaos, and downtime.

People are boring. Wealth can't be boring...it's an enabler. It's a freedom giver and a stress reducer. Wealth makes it possible to live out whatever creative (or boring) ambitions one has.

Don't get me wrong, the value of life isn't gained through wealth, but life is made a lot easier.

for people who are not wealthy wealth is not boring and they are pursuing it . and even becoming wealthy is not going to be satisfactory to them . humans are usually so greedy and would never be satisfied so they will always want more, so the pursuit never ends!

but for those who have vast wealth beyond imagination in their possession i think it can get boring. so they would seek other sorts of thrill.

Well, if they want to pay for it, then everyone's happy I guess. I wonder who provides the 'uniform' for the billionaire though. He can't pan handle in his tailor made suit. Needs to be authentic, grease stains and the smell of rancid alcohol, the whole nine yards.

I have never been wealthy but I can promise you it is not boring.  Doing anything and everything you have ever wanted to do and not even have to think about money sounds like the tits.  Normal people love this idea of a way of life.  ;D

Is freedom boring? Is slavery fun? In capitalism, wealth = freedom. Poverty = slavery. This ain't rocket surgery.

You will never have enough money, try asking bill gates or some of the richest people in the world. They will always ask for more, simply because if you can ask for more why ask for less?

According to me wealth is not boring and by acquiring it we can have lots of fun and fulfill all our hidden desires.

if you are bored, money might not fix it. 

we generally desire that which we do not have,
and place a special glamour on it.   Being a
millionaire isn't what you think.

having more money can make you happiER,
and improve your quality of life...
and it's absolutely appropriate to try
to achieve prosperity.  At the same time,
you can have millions of dollars and be
unhappy, bored, uncontent, angry,
anxious, unhealthy, fearful, you name it. 

As most human beings, I can't tell you what being wealthy is like, I can only tell you that being poor fucking sucks. It's miserable stressful and depressing. Forget travel, restaurants, decent clothes, nice watches or jewelry of any kind, nice cars, yachts, a good education, access to health care whatsoever, concerts, film festivals, owning art that's not a poster, or enjoying alcohol that doesn't come in a can. And I'm not talking about homeless starvation poor, just normal working class poor. If I were homeless starvation type of poor I'd walk to the nearest tall bridge and fucking jump off it. You know what's boring? Boring is eating raman noodles and peanut butter sandwiches to survive for the 10,000th time. Wearing all your cheap clothes until they literally have holes in them and become unwearable and all the time you look like your wearing peasant rags. Sitting around watching t.v night after night year after year after year because you can't afford to do anything else other than the cheapest entertainment option to stave off the desire to off yourself. Toiling away at a meaningless job you hate for barely enough money to pay for your basic necessities, while the proceeds of your labor goes to increasing the wealth of the business owner. What I wouldn't give to be bored by wealth. And by the way, wanting ever more levels of opulence is a mental illness, fundamentally evil, and not at all a natural or correct way to act - this is a lie told to the poor by the wealthy. I'd never work a day again in my life or desire ever greater wealth if only I just had enough to not be constantly suffering. And what a fucking stupid question.

do you find that poker guy who is rich as fuck(dan bilzerian right?) to be bored with all those bitches and yacht, mega houses that he have? he seems really happy

so boredom depend on the person not much on the wealth

When you get bored, you have the option to do good or bad. This is why some rich people and celebs get into trouble with drugs and sex scandals. They looking for exitement in the wrong places.

Rather get involved with community projects and charity, where the goal is focused on doing something good for other people.

Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world, and look what the Gates Foundation are doing to leave a positive legacy in this world.

There is no need for you to be bored, when you are wealthy. Just Pay it forward and leave a positive legacy.

Now that requires some imagination :D

Thanks, I can identify with this approach.

I will let you know when I get there :)

Seriously though wealthy people rarely have completely passive investments.  In addition the more wealthy you are the more difficult it is to make sure all that money is making a healthy return.  We watch the market for hours to buy one bitcoin, wealthy would want to buy thousands of btc to be worthwhile, but they will move the market by doing so. 

Wealthy people also have to deal with real estate and other investment scammers.  So they are rarely bored, but they may not be all that happy either.

laugh

sign me up. send me the link to the registration page. and if I don't get pick-pocketed and headbutted I will be very dissapointed  :D

When you reach B then it is a next goal the point C. The human often is not happy with that what he reach/has

Dude, you are seriously depressing. Sounds like your life is worse than prison. You should steal some money and run away. Even if you get caught it's better than the way you live now.

:D yes
then again, it is about how we see ourselves

If you really are that poor look into furthering your education.  Community college is basically free if you qualify for a Pell Grant (if you're in the US).

Anyway, it sounds like you have a negative mindset, that doesn't help things.  There are other cheap forms of entertainment.  Hiking, other sports, there are free concerts/music events.

I can see how it is depressing though, I know because I grew up poor as dirt.  But you have to have the mindset that you can change things (and you can).

Yeah, I guess he sees himself as a loser. lol

There's a psychology concept called 'relative deprivation' which is the feeling of discontent when comparing yourself to others. This guy is the relative deprivation poster child. lol I had a professor that responded to the class when questioned about too much homework for one weekend, "I don't care if you study or not, the world needs ditch diggers too".

Money only solves your money problems. It doesn't solve your life problems. When you have enough money for your life, new kind of problems starts to poppin around you. I ain't seen a millionaire living without problems.

First of all, how come this is related to Bitcoin anyway. It should be posted in the off topic section i guess.

Now about the topic,

As long as you don't lose your imagination, I think wealth is just a tool for your pleasure. You just need to figure out what to do with it.

I have considered outright crime for financial gain, thanks for the suggestion. Probably cooking or growing drugs would be most lucrative, as opposed to violent crime, as was suggested. And aside from the moral objections I'd have to that, I've seen the inside of a prison - it is better out here, even if you do live in destitute conditions. Though you're probably right that the basic quality of life of some prisoners in terms of things like nutrition and health care would be better than my own. Still, I am not particularly interested in doing anything to be locked up and trade what "freedom" I have for physical needs being better met.

Also, a basic community college or state college education doesn't automatically result in a well payed job. I have actually attended college, thanks only to a full scholarship as a result of near perfect standardized testing scores (yup, I'm not dumb, just financially fucked), and got 2 degrees in 4 years (most people do 1 in that time) - useless to get a decent job with as it turns out, what a total waste of time and effort that was in the corrupt nepotistic wasteland of the american job market. In the decade since those degrees have gotten me precisely 0 "career level" "good jobs" that payed greater than single digit $s per hour. Being smart, even genius level, or having an education, even being willing to work hard means nothing if you have no capital resources to live off of build off of and exploit others with. Such is life under a system of abuse and exploitation (capitalism). Simply trying to survive with what little money you can scrape together working yourself to exhaustion from birth to death is what most of us get.

You're god damned right I've got a negative mindset - I'm poor and live in america. You'd have a negative mindset too if you were smart and worked hard your whole life and still had fuck all to show for it. I try not to think about winner loser dichotomy, too depressing, but yeah I don't know what else you'd call it trying trying trying and failing to succeed in any meaningful way. There is a difference between relative deprivation and being financially 1 step ahead of the homeless and people in prison. I appreciate the advice to try and enjoy free activities - I do like backpacking and camping, when I've been able to do so, but live in a desert state that's hot as balls all of the time and so rarely partake in any outdoor activities and definitely no sports of any kind.

The notion that being wealthy would be boring is offensive.

you can give me your money if you think wealth is boring, I won't be boring if i have serious amount of money.  :D

When I am ridiculously rich, I will buy super cars like ferrari, lamborghini to enjoy the speed, and drive them to best night clubs, hire club beauties to drink with me, and when we can have fun and sex in 5 stars hotels or in my luxury houses, is this boring life? If yes, you are not a man, or you are a gay.  :D

The key part is how you get your money. If you have to work a repetitive job with a lot of commuting to arrive to boot, it's pretty damn impossible to enjoy your wealth. If you are born rich and all you have to do is enjoying the passive income of your family then you'll never say it's boring.
Unfortunately most are doomed to doing a job all day to have some money. Unless BTC goes to 100k during the next 20 years of course, then good fucking luck because i'll be retiring.

Large amounts of money make people lose that generous, kind, caring part of their personality. The people who give the most are those who have the least. People who do not have much ate much more real.

this is what poor people say to satisfy themselves and don't get depressed about their full of problems lives.

it is true that money does not solve all your problems and millionaires have many problems but without money you will have 100X of those problems :/

That is a somewhat absurd statement, poor people do not always have problems.

You can be poor, but be wise with money and have little problems in life.

The key if you are low income is avoiding debt.  Obviously expensive hobbies like sports cars, worldwide travel, etc will be out of the question, but its more a question of personal habits and your general outlook.

I know poor people who have no "problems" due to their income alone.

If you don't mind me asking, in what state are you living? I ask that because you could relocate to California and make a minimum of $60k with just about any degree. I have friends that are dumb as a post and work in real estate making between $60-$100k annually. My kids first job was as a security guard in a high rise making $17.50 an hour. With overtime he cleared $45k a year.

give me some wealth and i will try it and get back to you on being bored or not!

Yes it is (http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/08/16/what-it-feels-like-to-become-rich/).

Yes a poorer guy would be more helpful then that of the richer guy. The poor person understands the emotions of others as he has gone through the same phase.

Comparatively rich people don't have respect for the poor and they don't treat them as they should be treated. It is better to be poor and helpful rather to be a rich and useless  ;)

All I'm getting from this thread is that there's a lot of people in the world who, by their own admission, should not be in charge of a great deal of wealth as they'd have no idea what to do with it (or even how they'd have it in the first place, somehow ignoring the whole process of getting the wealth just to "sit in a meadow and meditate" at the end like there's nothing left to do in the world, like there's no problems left to be solved.)

Your wealth represents your stake in life, how much influence you hold over the direction of the world; having very little wealth means having very little influence, and vice versa with a lot of wealth (assuming we're not strictly referring to material wealth alone of course, there is wealth in everything from character to skill to relationships.)  You know all those hours you spend fulfilling the desires of others?  That's what wealth can do for you: those who know how to allocate their wealth intelligently can build their wealth to great numbers (i.e. operate successful businesses), whereas those who can't expend their wealth to any good wind up going broke (wealth gets released to people who are better at allocating it, or perhaps just as bad, inevitably winding up in the hands of the better allocator).  Those who know how to allocate their wealth reasonably also happen to be very good at producing action (usually desirable but sometimes not in the case of political spenders esp.), it's how they get so rich to begin with (pursuing goals and dreams rather than sitting in meadows and meditating).  In other words, those who seek great wealth also seek great action, which means the wealthiest are, consequently, the most active in the world, spurring action far greater than they could ever produce alone.

Having so much stake in the direction the world moves (combined with a drive to produce action, mind you), considering competitors who would want you financially crushed or even dead, protecting your stake from poor investment or straight-up theft (see: modern government), there's nothing boring about it: it is true freedom.  Being the person who does nothing but bring someone else's dreams to life, that is the boring existence.  Those who think wealth is boring are completely delusional, and probably themselves lacking in any substantial wealth for if they can't see anything to do with a great deal of wealth, they surely cannot see what to do with even a little.

TL;DR thread is secretly a poll to see who will succeed in life and who will complain about the successors and perhaps subsequently demand repentance for the injustice of inequality


They say if you put this conversation close to your ear, you can actually hear the cognitive dissonance...

Umm....put some bitcoins in cold storage.  In 20 years you'll retire rich hopefully.  :-*

But when that happens, you better not complain you're bored.

That is the norms of this society nowadays. Sadly, as a man grow richer and richer, the gap between himself and the poor is widening. I've always wondered why people who have less tends to give more, and the people who have more tends to give less, when theoretically, the people who have more should give more simply because they have the resources to give.

If you get bored because of it then you probably didn't do much to get that wealth. If you earned it then you won't sit around. You would have so many ideas you could put in motion that you don't even get the idea of life being boring.

Nah, i prefer being rich with a stable income each month.

Well i dont know why people get bored by wealth, why should be in depress by wealth.
You should be happy with that

I think your statement is somewhat absurd. It is impossible a person can live without a problem. There has to be a problem otherwise there is no meaning of life. Problems make our life beatiful and only stupid and measurable people live in debt.

The most important thing is that you do something that you love to do.

That won't be understood by most people here. Everyone here has a greed based mindset. A self-actualization mindset is lost on them.

I wouldn't say everyone.  How about a 40 year old African in the middle of nowhere, Martin Luther, or hundreds of others one should come up with?  Sure, they may have had a handful of greedy thoughts in their life but they didn't act on it.

Ok, 90% of the people here.

depends on what you do and what you enjoy, but having money opens doors, the more money you have the more opportunity you have for interesting experiences.

You can do that with no money. The issue is how long you want to live before food runs out or how set you need to be. Was listening to two people on disability talking recently and they get by on $920 a month. So you could meditate all day and still eat and have a roof over your head.

Nope. With no money, I will be worried sick about the future.
If I had lots of money, with a steady flow to ensure that my basic needs are taken care of, then I will start thinking of what I really want to do.

Having wealth is one thing less to worry about. I don't see how wealth could be boring, especially if you don't have a job to worry about or spend time. I mean you could travel

Your life is not how much money you have. It is how engaged you are in it.

i think its boring as long as you're spend your money and your wealth for something like bulshit most of them (wealth people) did not happy with their money and their wealth even go to the suicide. but its depend on you how you're gratefull and feel blessed.
For me the boring moment when you have jet plane,lamborghini or ferarri but you are not with them,the people you loved

Getting pick-pocketed and headbutted is part of the silver package. If you wish to upgrade from the bronze package, then I'm sure we can accommodate you. Our gold package will leave you drunk and toothless and sleeping rough for a couple of nights, with the added bonus that we'll let you think you've really lost everything, giving you the full authentic experience.

Understandably, the gold package costs more at 20BTC. No refunds... because no one gives you a refund for being born into a crap life on the streets. ;)

I think its boring because every people mind set is "money is never enough"

But on the otherside it depends on the situation. If you're single I think you'll feel bored. But if you're merried you'll have a spirit to "earn a lot of money" because of your child/wife  ;D

People aren't always greedy for more. Wealthy people just put there money some where that makes more money, cause they have to do something with it. You can put only so much money in the bank before you have to start putting it into something the preferable makes money. Doesn't make that person greedy. I found at $20k/monthly I was making more money then I needed. Anything that I had made over $20k, I put into stocks or some other investment. A lot of times, I just gave away some of the extra money to friends that needed help with rent or a car payment/repair. I have a friend that makes $3million/monthly. He buys properties and other investments. Not because he wants more money, but because he needs to put that extra money some where.

The problem here is nobody is satisfied with what they have. We all want more and more. In the end we are never happy. If you want to be happy...learn to be satisfied with what you have.

Exactly. Having no money can be REALLY stressing. Having to fear what will happen in the future can bring up some serious existencial fears.

Having enough money might bring up other fears. Like how to keep that money. But generally a sane person can live better with money.

This is the best answer. Some people is just unhappy no matter how much money they have.

If you are rich and you are bored, then is your fault, not money's.

I think if i'm very wealthy i'll be greedy and try to invest that money and earn more and more, But i'm sure that i will help poor people and make them happy because money cannot bring hapiness if we just hold it. we have to help other people and never be selfish.

I appreciate your feelings but here we have question is Wealth boring or not its not about helping others or whats going on  ;)

I don't think that wealth is boring.
According to me wealth is amazing.
But it is human nature that when we acquire something then we want more and more of it.

If you become excessively  rich, then everything in your life becomes all about money or more precisely having a superfluity amount of it. Living in a moderate way  is probably the best way to go. Btw, Happiness is an inside job!  ;)

Who think that the wealth is boring must have serious mental problems. Let me tell only one defect of being wealthy and I will accept that I'm wrong. With money can do anything you want. There is only one thing. The money must be only on the hands of the responsible people.

sometimes the Hunt is better then the pray.

Money can distract you from fixing your real problems. Being rich most people will actually judge you unfairly which will make you feel sad. Someone who is a little bit richer than you will make you feel depressed. More responsibilities. Those are just few points.

i think to be wealth is not happy forever
Wealthy people also have to deal with like real estate and other investment and their other businessk.
So they are rarely bored, but they may not be all that happy either.

Wealth is objectively boring yes, on a subjective view point it is fun for a bit i guess.  Nobody can take money with them though so spiritual life is way more important.

yes depends on how you handle wealth
Rich people also commit suicide a lot.
Your happiness depends on your attitude towards it.

This. On planet Earth we have billionaires worth tens of billions. And they want MORE. It's never enough for them. They are even willing to start wars and kill millions just to make MORE money even though they are already FILTHY FUCKING RICH.

Greed has ruined the human race.

This!

You should think about all these lotto millionaires. They don't have a clue what to do with their wealth because they didn't earn in. They won it instead. So a huge part of these winners throw away their money as if it could not end. They simply don't have an imagination about how much they have and how fast it will be gone.

I remember that UK-guy who won 160 Million Euro. He didn't have something better to do than throwing all that money away in, i believe, a year. Then he was back at his job at mcdonalds or so.

Might be he had an interesting time but life being poor must be incredibly boring to him now.

I pray i will be able to handle my money considerably when im rich. Can't take much longer... :D

What I think:
With wealth you can do a lot of things you can't without money.
I don't like housekeeping so I can pay someone to do it for me for example, I could travel around the world..
So wealth make my life more profitable as I can save my scarse time doing other things that I want to instead of things I have to do.

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Kabballah says that when you buy something like a nice car the satisfaction remains for no more than 3 months...
and we have 5 levels of desires:

Level 1. Meeting basic natural desires, such as food, shelter, and sex
Level 2. Striving for wealth
Level 3. Craving power and fame
Level 4. Thirsting for knowledge
Level 5. Desiring spirituality

So after being wealth you will look for power and fame.

from level 1 to level 5 there is no statisfied for wealth people
actually are they happy or not?
thats one important thing you can have much money but iam not sure if you are so happy

PS: I'm not a wealth person.

You will get satisfaction and happiness for a while in every single level.
But not a full completeness and happiness, that comes [they say] when you share (level 5) instead of doing what your human desires ask you to do (level 1-4)..
For example, a really wealth person could buy sex 24/7 and nice food every meal.. after a while the person will get tired of it.. so only wealth can not buy you happiness directly. you need something else a higher purpose maybe..

even the rich people need to work to sustain their wealth
so i dont think wealth is boring
rich people have more problem than people who dont have money
because every day they think how they manage their money in the right way..
if you dont have money your only problem is how to earn much for food..and you dont need to manage your time
so i think if you dont have that wealth its much boring.  ;D

rich people mostly are looking to find ways to even further increase their wealth. the more you have, the more you want. that's how it works.

wealth isnt boring only people are. If you arent interesting, or interested in anything, having a lot of money wont help you.

its like school. Its all about what you make it.

The main point is, people will feel bored when they do or get something that never be changed in long term. So if people have got rich since they was born, then they will feel bored someday. Same with poor people, they will feel bored if they cant change it. Its a human nature, people never get satisfied with same thing in long time steadily.

The phrase "if you dont know how to earn it then you dont know how to spend it" is very true.  You are right, a LOT of lotto winners squander everything.  A lot of trust fund kids squander everything.  A lot of pro athletes squander everything.

According to Forbes & Sports Illustrated, 80% of NFL players are broke within 3 years of getting out of the league!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/leighsteinberg/2015/02/09/5-reasons-why-80-of-retired-nfl-players-go-broke/

One reason I think is a LOT of players only spend a short amount of time in the league due to injuries, and never get a multimillion dollar contract.  Secondly, a lot that do make 10's or even hundreds of millions in some cases (see Allen Iverson, Michael Vick, etc) surround themselves with the wrong people, and get used to a lifestyle that requires HUGE income.  Supporting a crew of 10, 20+ people doesnt last when your income ends, no matter how many millions you have.

I dream of helping other people which travelling and having adventure.
with money I could do this. Now I just rent my life out for money.
Its a sad that all we ever do in our life is work to pay bills. Surely conciousness is far more valuable than paying bills. Yet it keeps the power hungry rich and in power so get TO WORK.

Sometimes, wealthy people aren't just satisfied and still looking for more. That's where they get bored. They got bored because they don't know what to do with all their wealth after all the trips around the world, running  huge businesses, buying all the stuff they desire. There's still something missing.

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I don't think it's a problem being rich as long as you are anonymous. Living a moderate way means you probably work a job you don't like which sucks. It's better to be rich and anonymous so people don't bother you, thats my dream.

Paris Hilton acts like a psychopath because she's bored all the time. She has an illegal pet kinkajou and thinks cocaine is an  after dinner mint. I think many rich people act like loons because they're bored and can get away with murder.

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Is wealth boring? I think no...being poor is boring :D
Suffering is inevitable, but it’s easier to cry in a Mercedes, rather than cry on the road. ;)

yup, rich and anonymous is the dream of everyone's life.
But after acquiring riches then being anonymous is a bit difficult. Don't you think so.???

There might be something to this. When you can literally have anything you want there's the potential for a lot less anticipation or appreciation for achieving the things that cost money. Some people can't handle it, get bored, and get self destructive trying to entertain themselves. This could also be a case of having so much free time (from not working). Other people make seek enjoyment out of the things in life that can't be bought - charity, building relationships, influencing people (hopefully for the positive).

Maybe another way to look at whether wealth is boring is whether the person is a wealthy spender (high income, less savings, or mega wealth) or a wealthy saver (more careful spending, lots of savings). The latter may be wealthy because they don't spend much, which can be boring!

That's correct. But making good things anonymously it is possible. Without that no one know this. Being anonymous and rich not only is not boring but is fun. Imagine the good things you can do anonymously and see with your eyes the happiness and the surprise of the people who had the surprise. Then maybe go to him and ask about this thing and ask how was possible this. His reaction, his gratitude, his problem resolved....

I would love to have 500 bitcoin. Those will be saved in my wallet and will serve to pay the colleges of my daughters. Then to have a good retirement for me and my wife. Some of them for charity. If it will be more remaining i will think about it but maybe i will donate some to my daughters to buy a home each of which.

Holding 500 bitcoins is a descent amount, I think if you hold that amount than all your dreams are going to be true, even your children would be on safer side in the future and they can easily make 1000 bitcoins out of it, and even with 500 bitcoins you are gonna be a rich gentleman.

It is my opinion that a healthy mind would never get bored from being wealthy. The list of opportunities are endless, and you can do something
new and exciting your whole life. I guess the only way someone would get bored with it, is in the case where they are born rich , and spoiled through their
life, making them unsatisfied and unappreciative of what they have.

cheers

Wealth should allow you to do the things you'd like to do without having to sacrifice your time in an unfulfilling job in order to pay for the lifestyle.  For those that enjoy their careers, I don't think a whole lot should change.

I currently work for money rather than fulfillment and would be glad to quit and do something I enjoyed if I were to stumble upon some wealth.

The first thing I'd do is travel/backpack.

Everyone needs money, everyone wants money, and i don't think that wealth can be boring any day, yes but when you are wealthy many things comes to your mind and the first thing is how can I increase my wealth or double it, it  is not boring but wealthy people are continuously involved in thinking how to take care of their wealth.

Every non rich guy include me say that wealth is everything, and thats why we always work hardly to reach it. But some of my friends who born in rich family, stated that they are bored with their wealth which they couldnt really enjoy it. But, actually it depends on our own perception.

Wealth itself is not exciting or boring, does not bring happiness or unhappiness.
What people do with wealth determines how much they will be fulfilled or unfulfilled with their life.
If wealth is used in a positive way, by helping others, it can bring happiness and satisfaction in life.
If used only for mindless entertainment and spending on luxury, it is clear that sooner or later such a life become empty and unfulfilled, boring.

I don't think so mate. My dreams are to many and 500 bitcoins are not enough to fulfill those. I want that my children lives at Hollywood and do the life needed there. I want that they have Harvard school and I have three children. I want that they can do charities in big amounts every year for the children which are in need. I want to many other things that I don't want to tell here. So you think that 500 bitcoin are enough?

Oh you are sick people. Money are not enough and you need more than 10 000 bitcoin to fulfill all your "needs". It's good that someone dream but must dream with the feet in the ground. You must contact Donald Trump and maybe something can be done with its help. Lol.

could be enough depending on how much bitcoin appreciates (if it does)

Can anybody really predict this! I don't think so. Maybe 10 bitcoins will be enough to be rich but on the other side maybe even 10,000 bitcoins will make no difference.
Only time will tell!

when you have everything, it is like having nothing, they do not have a target in their life so even their freedom, due to their money, become pointless


that amount will make you rich even at current price, this mean that you will end likely to dump a good portion

This is a valid point. The problem with big money is repetitiveness, people who have fortune usually lack imagination. They got bored because they are always repeating the same boring things.
There are so many ways of spending your money it is not even possible to count, and rich people always doing similar things. They at least could buy some bitcoins...

These persons are different. They cant value their riches. They dont know how much work was involved to get this money. So they have money and time and nothing to do.

It would have been better for them when they would have to learn how it is to create something or to live on nothing more than what you can create with your own work.

But there are many person like that, and than make new business with their money, they prefer to continue their family businesses, so dont need to feel worry about their wealth for next generation, since their companies have got stable position and income. Thats why they always feel bored with their wealth, because they never face any challenge in their life.

The Human Nature is unaccountable...
The more you have the more you want...

I think being rich is not boring. Often persons getting rich get new fears, like fearing to lose their money, having to deal with ticks and leeches that come out of all corners around your life and try to get a part of your riches.

Of course you can try to deal with that accordingly.

That just an issue for greedy rich guy like Scrooge McDuck maybe, which never satisfied with his wealth. If we have retired, nothing we need except resting and enjoying our remain life.

That's why you don't want fame as a rich guy. Unfortunately I'm far from being rich, but If I was I wouldn't tell. Also, a reason millionaires hang out with other millionaires only is to avoid generating jealously around less fortunate people which puts you into a dangerous situation since you become a potential target for thefts.

In my opinion, charities don't worth your money.

Many needy children don't even get the money which you have donated for them.
Best thing is that you should save for your future generations.

Yeah, even I don't believe in charity and the reason is there are chances that the people who are involved in charitable institutions are not genuine and not trustworthy. Like, we are not aware that what they do with our money, If they really use for the benefits of poor children, then it is well and good, but majority of them use it for their personal leisure.

Actually I dont care with all charity, except Bill & Melinda Foundation. They have made some great charity for this world. I mean, as a richest person in the world, he dont need to scam people money to fund his foundation. No one is trustworthy except him imo

i have a friend you know he is a rich guy, he was studied in a university in new york,his dady bougth him a sport car and everything he want
and he told me that being rich is not happy,i dont know whats going on with him but he always though that wealth is boring,
thats totally different with me
i always think think that being poor is boring ( so sad :'( )
 

Wealth is the ability to test new things.

That is true.However when you are rich , you are surrounded with people who want to abuse you or potential to abuse you.

And when you work you have millions of things in mind but when yo have the chance you sometimes prefer to stay at home and watch TV.

Yeah agreed
Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own but it's the freedom to buy anything you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it

Hell yeah!
To go back to the original OP - 'Is wealth boring' - I'm not an uber rich man so I can't answer from experience but I'd damn sure like to give it a shot. I'm prettybsure I'd be able to give the answer that wealth is very exciting & about as far away from boring as possible.

It depends on the people you keep around you.  Getting rich with a low level of awareness allows for selfish or jealous people around you to influence you.  A lot of poor people that win the lottery end up either less happy than before or broke from mismanagement of money.

The point is if you earn your own money that's awesome. If you have wealth from your family or lotto etc. that won't make you happy person instantly. You need to do things you like. Think about Maslow's hierarchy of needs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs).

yup there's fun in earning money on your own.
If your wealth have inherited from your family then you'll think it's boring.

It's the opposite of boring. The more money you have the more opportunity you have for interesting, fun experiences. of course you can be rich and still be bored. ultimately it depends on what you do and what you enjoy, but having money opens doors

Reminds me on multinationl organizations like savethechildren. That are those with the hungry african childs shown on tv ads.

It seems you cant check if they use the money for the purpose they should. And the accusations against them are many.

I only donate to organizations where i know what they do. But these corrupt ones have enough money to advertise on tv for them. Earning even more with that. Poor grannies see the poor african childs and donate all they have to "them". Not knowing that she only tips some rich gangsters.

True, it depends on an individual that what is his perception towards wealth, but if you are wealthy you are open to many opportunities, there are people who are not wealthy but still enjoy their life, and many wealthy people are worried how to multiply their wealth.

What I would want to educate people against a system which is made to serve the elite, Make Schools colleges etc and only accept bitcoin as the currency. I would hire the top scientist to work on warp drive :P And try not to make a black hole on earth during the process :D

These are just basic dreams what everyone wants. But to make it a reality its almost impossible.

People, who have enough money, playing golf, buy own yacht, spend it in worldwide travels, casinos etc. Shortly speaking they have a lot what to do.  ;)

That can be possible if you marry a rich girl  :D who is multi millionaire and you can achieve all your goals by doing nothing, only need to convince her that you are the best guy for her  ;D and you are done. I think it is very simple  ;)

Money can't buy anything besides power, material things. I think it is kind of boring but it can make life more fun for sure.


Things that you own end up owning you.

One thing is for sure, having more money makes things more convenient. When you're not struggling to get by you are generally happier and tend to enjoy life more fully. people with more money are able to engage in more leisure activities, which should naturally make them happier.

Making money is not fun in most cases, it involves a lot of stress and a lot of doing something you don't want to do for most of your day, and repeat until you are old and tired. I would rather take the "grow up on a wealthy family and live off real state interest" card, thanks.
Too bad im poor.

no... and never. wealth is an like dreams for many people in the world.
nevertheless happines is not about wealth, but wealth can make we to feel good life, and to join with the poor society will make were heart is very pleasant... be wealth is a dreams okey, not boring, its okey if we just to sit and read some report or other.
but.. this is the job when many people want the position, like the job and enjoy it.

There's fun in earning money on your own when you already have your needs met; then it's like playing a game and getting a highscore. But before that, you really would rather have enough money for food an clothing and shelther, rather than to be dirt poor and starving, just so you have the opportunity to create a rags to riches story.

money doesn't buy happiness, and people can be happy without it. It's just a problem that is a statistical average, not a guarantee of discontent.

You can't be happy without money because you'd be dead. Starved to death or freezed to death, depending on the season.

thats not true, you can end up living in care centers or being fed by other people with a winter coat sleeping on the ground, and it will depend if you are happy on what are your life priorities...

If you can find people to feed you, in essence, you still have money. It's like beggars begging for money, they're "working' in a sense, and earning money. Even if you directly obtain food items instead of money, it's really the same thing.

Wealth has its own problems, it is not too boring if you put your wealth to the move (taking care of businesses, attending petitions from family, thinking on investing opportunities or charities)

And you can always give a great percentage away and have the standard pressures  ;D

Create an income from your wealth, and live on that income. No need to spend all your wealth because then you become poor.

But from that income spent you can have alot of fun, wealth=freedom=fun.

Not in all countries, in USA you see homeless people living on the streets everywhere, living off whatever cash people throw at them out of pity.
Its pretty pathetic to end like that, I don't think anyone would be happy like that unless you have a few screws loose up there.

Ok guys, I'll bite the bullet. Everyone give me as much money they can so I can live the life of wealth. I'll make a report and post everyday so I can share my experience as a wealthy person. It's ok I'll make the sacrifice so we can finally answer this question. ;D

I think your viewing it wrong. To those that have what many would consider absurd amounts of wealth, it becomes something entirely different, it becomes a game.

from what i have seen people often say "More money More problems" , but i would like to experience this first hand with that being said "any one got spare 1 or 2 billion laying around?" i would like to try what it is all about  ;D

Sure, man, send my your Venmo username.

To the guy that said people with wealth think (at that point) that life is a game, maybe thinking about life as a game is what got them their wealth to begin with. What if more of us thought of life as a game...maybe we'd all be a bit better off (except for those losing said game.)

Wealth is not as rosy as movies make it out to be, it's literally a different dimension where entirely different everyday physics apply. Sure you have tons more options than the average guy but you're also part of a much much more demanding circle. You won't hear this from many wealthy people but wealth is a heavy burden you learn to live with. Op's idea of spending the rest of his life in a meadow meditating is really really nice but in practice this would be something impossible (almost) to achieve. It's hard to explain but the gravity that pulls the wealthy is different from the gravity that pulls the poor. The wanting/desiring remains equal in both worlds. Being poor is made out to be a lot worse than it actually is. The reason for this is simple, there are a lot more poor people than rich people and consequently heart-wrenching stories from poor communities are more common. Truth is, being poor is not any worse than being rich.

I agree, most wealthy people get there by literally letting work consume their every waking breath, example:

I worked for a guy worth around $50 million.  He worked non-stop, around the clock managing his businesses and properties.  He had a 300k boat...which sat in a boat house tied up.  Said he took it out once all summer cause he didnt have the time.

Furthermore, he needed in home acupuncture, and other treatments for heart problems and a minor heart attack (my guess brought on by stress).  Most would think that when you are worth $50 mil you're set, and in some sense you are.  But in the process of getting there, you need to deal with so much stuff that your life revolves around either you job/businesses/etc.  You lose a good portion of your life getting there.

After working for him, I realized I probably wasn't cut out for "wealth".  I am trying to achieve "financial freedom" (get rid of debt, house paid off, passive income streams, etc) but wealth, probably not.

Yes, I was thining the 2009 adopter-rich scheme. I understand that some people are wealthy though hard and relentless work and that it is so much entertaining that it consumes them. But then again, a balance should be kept and having a hard time managing capital can be a sign of inaptness in such ways as life management.

I feel very sorry for everyone indebted, I think that debt in the american way destroys economy

Well, being wealthy does not mean that you can have happiness. You can get bored even if you become wealthy. (my opinion of course) If I've had plenty amount of wealth, I would invest half of it on Bitcoin and some of it on emergency fund.

That's right. I once had a bigger amount of money and even single individuals in my family asked me strange questions about if i pay taxes on it and so on. As if i would avoid it. Didn't await that.

Being around rich people does NOT help to less jealousy. They maybe are even worse. At least some of them. Then it's simply the bigger house or boat or something.

There are billionaire families that life a relatively easy life with their kids. I think thats a good way to deal with it. You will have money and don't need to fear there but you can live a normal life.

Actually i'm wondering about that choice. I would never trust him. Rich people often create charities for tax evasion. That way they can use their money for what they want instead giving it back to the people of their country which, in the form of government, would give the money to things that are valuable to the citizens. At least in the ideal case.

Especially bill gates is such a person. I mean he created this project where cheap computers were developed for africa.

I mean is missing computers the problem there? But the biggest thing for me is... they had windows on it. That's a huge investmen in his business then. He can use money that shouldn't be his anymore because it should belong to the public as taxes. He promotes windows and ensures that way that they learn windows and most probably will use windows later too. Becoming customers.

At the end he gave his company a push.

So no... he is the last person i trust. There are genuine charities where you can really check that all the money reaches. And they surely have better motives than this rich guy.

Some people only can imagine that form of life, i mean working nonstop. They would say that they did it all the time and they would not know how to life otherwise.

If i would be that heavy then i would not want to reach a billion. I mean for what? I would hire people that could do part of my job. Or i would sell my business and do something smaller so that i could have time with the people i love too.

I would never live my life working nonstop. I would feel it would be a waste of my life.

I'd imagine your stress levels would go way up due to always having to find ways to spend all that money :D
Or finding ways to let your money grow.

It depends on the holder of the wealth.

When you have enough money for your life, new kind of problems starts to poppin around you. I ain't seen a millionaire living without problems.

$1M is boring.

$100M is not.

$1B would be damn fun.

Wealth always attracts trouble, especially socialites from what I've heard the moment you become wealthy everybody suddenly wants to be your friend and of course they're all a bunch of sychophants disguising their real intentions, must be pretty exhausting. Then of course there are communists and governments out there who think they have every right to steal that wealth just because you have it.

It depends, in my opinion.

If you had to work constantly to get to said wealth, I would likely find it boring and not worth it, since there are far better things to do other than having some number on a screen.

If you came by the wealth with relatively little effort, then I don't think it would be boring because you'd be able to have more experiences that you can remember later on.

If it's a combination of the two, as long as it's not just for a number and it's for an actual purpose, I highly doubt it would be boring, but that's just my opinion.

Quotes on “How much is enough?”


So many of us work long, hard hours to provide for our families and children-often long hours away from home, maybe taking on extra jobs at times or hoping to get a raise in an effort to make our lives richer financially–working harder at the expense of sleeping and taking good care of ourselves in order to have extra money.

We always enjoy earning money - there is no boring when we build our wealth.

Wealth can buy protection as well. :)
As long as you are healthy, everything is fine. The other problems can be solved with wealth.

if you have too much you will have to spend a lot of time to protect that too much , m sure people who are actually rich spends that much time sipping wine somewhere ... there wifes doo enjoy though but the man incharge hardly able to sleep :)  ;D

Yes, their lifestyle is so much high that they always think of making more money to maintain that lifestyle.
There are many cases of actors and actresses that were rich in past and now they've become poor.

There are probably some 'rich' people out there who are genuinely happier than some 'poor' people out there and vise versa. Economic status does not determine happiness necessarily