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[Anonymous No.54137101]

Does having money make you more happy?

[Anonymous No.54137115]

yes because I don't have to work for (((them)))

[Anonymous No.54137131]

Hold shit I want to go back to the Halo 3 days. Peak comfy, just bullshitting with internet friends and playing halo all night.
I hate being old.

[Anonymous No.54137135]

>>54137101
It does for like a week

[Anonymous No.54137213]

>>54137131
was Halo 3 really that much better than 2? i never played 2 but i spent hours/day/years of my time on Halo 2 in xbox live

by the time 3 came out i was really over it

[Anonymous No.54137215]

depends on your IQ

[Anonymous No.54137233]

>>54137213
>>54137131
>i never played 3
goddamit my bad, fixed

[Anonymous No.54137237]

>>54137213
It was not. In fact, the Crackdown game people bought for the Halo 3 beta was better than both the beta and full release of Halo 3

[Anonymous No.54137278]

Damn that X360 interface is so cozy. My last console. There has been virtually no technological advancement in video games since that generation besides shit that nobody cares about like nicer shadows and ray tracing .
I remember living the technological advancement in real time from GTA SA to assassins creed(3 years) or gta 4(3.5 years) - the difference is night and day in graphics/realism in just a 3 year period- and thinking we’d definitely have fully realistic physics/photo realism by the mid 2010s. Little did I know that that was the end

[Anonymous No.54137287]

>>54137213
In every way, yes. 2 was amazing but 3 was pretty much the perfect game for its time. Absolute peak of the series and it's all been downhill from there. I did enjoy Reach tho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Ezd2FqxAU

[Anonymous No.54137346]

Bro I just want a job and what was owed to me from my last job, I stopped wanting to make it a long time ago now a steady income and my bills paid would make me happy again.
You have to realize how bad things can get before you realize what makes you happy and what doesn't.
Stuggling and waiting everyday for things to get better is a suicidal nightmare I wouldn't even wish on the worst kikes.

[Anonymous No.54137351]

>>54137101
it's better to cry in a mercedes than a yugo

[Anonymous No.54137356]

>>54137101
It certainly removes the stress of being poor.

[Anonymous No.54137372]

>>54137237
Shut the fuck up you delusional moron Halo 3 was awesome and crackdown was medicore as fuck

[Anonymous No.54137397]

>>54137372
Crackdown 1 was a great game, and Halo 2 was the peak of the series in terms of online multiplayer. Halo 3 was when it started becoming more like Call of Duty, which itself is a terrible game.

[Anonymous No.54137421]

No. There's a breaking point though where you go from unhappy to relaxed and content when a economically stable base is achieved if you know you can live 10 years without work. After that more money is relatively irrelevant for happiness because it is achieved by other means. But at least you get out of the depressing wagecuck loop.

[Anonymous No.54137431]

>>54137356

[Anonymous No.54137436]

I don't want to have to be a millionaire. I just want enough money to live and play vidya, instead the cost of everything goes up every year.

[Anonymous No.54137502]

>>54137101
That pic looks so comfy
I want to go back

[Anonymous No.54137518]

>>54137436
Likewise. Even the thought of being able to make it with a smart investment seems fucking impossible as the rallies just get weaker and the news just gets worse.

[Anonymous No.54137553]

>>54137101
Only if you were extremely poor

[Anonymous No.54137557]

>>54137101
I was poor af, getting into the mid 5 digits made me happy.

[Anonymous No.54137816]

>>54137101
idk

[Anonymous No.54137846]

>>54137101
Yes. I wanna be able to have the capability of running back to El Chadvaldor cause niggers are about to get reparations. I let you cucks pay for them and when they waste all the money I hope they rob, rape and murder you

[Anonymous No.54138169]

>>54137397
How was halo 2 multiplayer better than 3? 3 had forge, replay system, greater variety of maps and game modes, smoother matchmaking system, file sharing. What the fuck are you smoking to say 2 was better?

[Anonymous No.54138225]

>>54137101
yes

[Anonymous No.54138256]

>>54138169
Halo 2 was simply better, especially for its time. It did not need all those gimmicks. Halo 3's online was less impressive for its time.

[Anonymous No.54138269]

>>54138169
Not only would you have to be good at shooting/aiming in Halo 2 but there were also button combos that would allow you to double shot your BR or beat down and shoot at the same time. The button combos elevated competitive play that no other modern shooter can come close to.

[Anonymous No.54138272]

>>54137278
I remember Mario 64 or the first GTA in 3d, everybody was loosing their mind

[Anonymous No.54138285]

>>54138169
halo 2 was the peak, you couldn’t be banned from screaming obscenities and slurs in game, in voice proximity, or when the match was loading and you had that black screen fade in between. Also no roasties played then. Poor people couldn’t afford xbox live. The quality of the maps.

[Anonymous No.54138291]

my experience says no
studies say no
not that it matters

[Anonymous No.54138294]

my man looks like 1337 wilson

shout out 1337 wilson, elitist of all wilsons

[Anonymous No.54138353]

>>54137101
Not neccessarily, but if I had the choice between being rich and miserable and being broke and miserable I would choose the latter.

[Anonymous No.54138385]

>>54137101
It all depends on the person. But it is nice not to have to worry about financial shit, knowing that you're secure in that regard. If you're a sad sack of shit with a 6 figure net worth, you'll be a sad sack of shit with a 7 figure net worth. Money can't buy true happiness

[Anonymous No.54138396]

>>54137101
It depends on how you use it I guess.

[Anonymous No.54138430]

>>54137101
yes obviously

[Anonymous No.54138540]

The original study (that gets parroted by Redditors) cites that happiness peaks at $70k/year then doesn't increase beyond that.

However subsequent studies have disproven this, showing that happiness continues to scale with income well beyond $70k.

[Anonymous No.54138649]

>>54137101
A lot happier than not having money. I have had little money, then had a lot of money, then had a little money again, and now I have a lot of money again. I am intimately acquainted with both lifestyles. When I had little and something went wrong, I was stuck. I can't even begin to explain the powerlessness. You just sit in the fire and burn. With money, you have options on almost everything. You can't get away from the really serious stuff, but no one can. The optional shit you have to suffer is what really makes for a fucking miserable experience in life. With money, any of that optional shit that comes up you can just be like "nah, no thanks, I'm out, fuck you." And everyone and everything around you just has to nervously look around and be like "heh...heh...can he do that...? hehehehe." Because that's how everyone works in the modern slave system. Everyone is attached to everyone, so everyone is playing a game of "how can I get everyone around me to serve me, especially the people better than me?" When you can just tell all of those people to go fuck themselves and legitimately just go lay in a field while they watch and stomp their feet, that to me is freedom and that's what money affords you the ability to do. There are some extra issues that come with having money like the requirement to regulate the living shit out of your time and especially who you associate with (people who cost you $10 start to scale and cost you $1,000), but it pales in comparison to all of the advantages. So yea, it makes you happier in all normal scenarios.

[Anonymous No.54138724]

money can buy you access to places in the world where you never have to look at another non-european ever again
so yes, it can buy you unparalleled happiness, if you use it wisely

[Anonymous No.54138878]

>>54137101
Having more money is valuable if it gives me more freedom from work or if it allows me to live in a higher cost of living area I want to live in.

Wanting more money to have a “lambo” or other consumerist nonsense is nigger tier.

[Anonymous No.54139336]

>>54138540
Happiness is both about having money and knowing how to use it properly. Give a retard who lives paycheck to paycheck 10k a week and he'll find a way to waste 11k a week.

[Anonymous No.54139421]

>>54139336
Not true once in my life I was given 15k by some random person and I've always been dirt poor I saved it and got it to 60k but the crash took it down to 10k and then I got hit by a car.

[Anonymous No.54140665]

>>54138724
>places in the world where you never have to look at another non-european ever again
such as?

[Anonymous No.54140694]

Yes it does, to a point, but that point is very high

[Anonymous No.54140728]

>>54138285

There was plenty of obscenities in Halo 3 lobbies lol, that kind of shit didn't start until 2012

[Anonymous No.54140810]

we will NEVER be as happy as the guy in the pic EVER again. let that sink in.

[Anonymous No.54142641]

>>54140810

[Anonymous No.54144882]

>>54137101
Yes.

[Anonymous No.54144930]

No, all the brokies in here will psyop you into thinking so.

Money just handles your day to day needs

[Anonymous No.54145000]

>>54138285
The maps were good in both, Halo 3 had all that and more and was pretty much just Halo 2: Part 2 with better graphics and a much shorter story for better of for worse since 2 kinda dragged on anyway.

[Anonymous No.54146182]

>>54137101
Not alone, but it can open doors and grant time/agency that does, and at least creates a bottom floor that helps keep things from snowballing uncontrollably. Weeping in a sports car beats weeping in a cardboard box any day.

[Anonymous No.54146569]

>>54137101
I found when I finally achieved what I was pushing for over 20 years, bought a big compound walking distance to the beach where I have a beach house as well paid in full, car collection, dirtbikes, like a lan setup of multiple top of the line pc's, purebred animals, 21 year old blonde wife and all the other goodies all I found was that puff daddy wasnt kidding about mo money mo problems.

[Anonymous No.54147116]

>>54146569
Fuck don’t tell me that. When I get the big house I want peace

[Anonymous No.54147221]

>>54138272
The first time i played goldeneye i swore that would be the pinnacle of vidya. Come to think of it, it may still be

[Anonymous No.54147401]

>>54137101
xbox 360 was when gaming became soulless to me.

[Anonymous No.54148508]

>>54137101
money buys time and freedom

[Anonymous No.54148615]

>>54146569
i just want my own place man, far enough from my paernts that they cant hear me, so i can finally talk to people online.

[Anonymous No.54148693]

>>54138540
>subsequent studies
I stopped believing in modern science the year of our lord 2020

[Anonymous No.54148736]

>>54137356
Alternatively, imagine having $200 in bills, suddenly 2k a month is kinda based

[Anonymous No.54148785]

>>54148615
Hilarious.

[Anonymous No.54148793]

>>54138724
>money can buy you access to places in the world where you never have to look at another non-european ever again
Why would you want to look at whites? Most of them are unironically disgusting to look at. Pink, pudgy monstrosities. I'd rather look at Asian people

[Anonymous No.54148802]

>>54148793
>Rhy rourd rou rook rat rite reorprolr??

[Anonymous No.54148815]

>>54148802
I'm as white as it gets bruh come fight me in real life I'll meet you at ICONSIAM

[Anonymous No.54148816]

>>54137213
you have to figure out time travel and go back to play 2. Trust me it'll be worth it

[Anonymous No.54149206]

>>54138269
They also completely fucked the sandbox such that the BR was genuinely the only viable non-power weapon.

[Anonymous No.54149279]

>>54137101

to a point. i am seeing dimishing returns and i dont even have much money in the grand scheme of things. 10/hr to 50k/yr was life changing and allowed me to live independently, 50k/yr to 100k/yr allowed me to save money and invest, 100k/yr to 150k/yr allowed me to take some more vacations & upgrade my lifestyle, and 150k/yr to 200k/yr has basically helped me invest & save more. i am on track for maybe 225k/yr+ this year and really again the only thing different i can think of doing is saving & investing more and trying to travel more. i have pretty simple tastes (spend 3-4k/mo usually only) and i don't have a desire to live on a yacht or in a mansion (literally don't care) so i'd say i stopped seeing really really meaningful changes around the 150k/yr mark. housing is prohibitively expensive still (unless i move somewhere else), but again, honestly i don't really care and i still plow my money into other investments. i dont know what i'd really get from a house, it wouldn't bring me joy atm.

[Anonymous No.54150324]

>>54149279
>he's still waging

[Anonymous No.54151144]

>>54137101
>Does having money make you more happy?

From being literally poor up to being "comfortable", which just means some kind of very average income, yes probably.

Beyond that, no, almost never.

fwiw as an adult my NW has ranged from negative (i.e. in debt) up to mid 8 figures. The best years of my life were when I was earning a normal "slightly above average" amount each month and had like 50k of assets.

That's largely down to other lifestyle factors, but they are no longer accessible You can't go back in time, or be younger again.

[Anonymous No.54151181]

>>54137101
My happiest moment alive was during november 2021 when my portfolio peaked. Yes, money buys happiness. Jewish propaganda would have you believe otherwise. We're slaves and money buys your freedom

[Anonymous No.54151268]

>>54137278
360 was fucking shit after the first year. every game ran at like 600p 22fps. I got my first job around 07 and ditched that shit got my first pc and never looked back.
also does anyone remember pre-2010 anons talking about how people would be nostalgic for shit like gaylo in the future, here we are.

[Anonymous No.54151413]

>can build my dream house in the middle of nowhere
>don't need to worry about employment again
>help out my parents and anyone else I like
that's a clear yes

[Anonymous No.54151489]

>>54137101
I don't have money and I'm unhappy

[Anonymous No.54151497]

>>54151413
That's my dream, how did you get rich

[Anonymous No.54151558]

>>54138169
Another thing to consider is that when Halo 2 came out it had no competition. It lived up to the hype after years of marketing. Everyone you knew signed up for Xbox Live specifically to play it and the social experience was simply unmatched and can never be replicated. As an anon said even the glitches were fun and became an integral part of the game. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent in custom games with friends climbing buildings in New Mombasa using that sword jump glitch. It was the only game anyone played for over a year. By the time Halo 3 came out the Xbox Live user base was already fractionalized by CoD2 and Gears of War.

[Anonymous No.54152008]

I was unironically happier as a neet gamer weed smoker in my parents house

Then they forced me to get a job (dad insulting me every day + being aggressive, used to beat me etc so scared of him)

Now I'm quite well off financially but I'm stressed, miserable, and had to kill my soul being around NPCs all day and listening to their small talk at work

Tl;Dr if you sell your soul to make the money then no