brother Titanic is the least of his concerns, even only counting 90s, he still has What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Romeo + Juliet, and The Man in the Iron Mask to live down.
Titanic has it's cheese, but it is perfectly acceptable use of DiCaprio
This is what 'money can't buy happiness' used to, and should be, about. Construing it to mean that the rest of us should feel content living paycheck to paycheck (or worse) is gross. It's true that you can want for nothing and still be miserable, though.
facts, getting a shitload of money does help put into perspective what's important though...if your not a complete asshole.
as a former wagie, that feeling going from knowing exactly how little every day of your life is worth to never needing to do another day of work you don't want is...incredible.
Hot take, but the pursuit of happiness is a sisyphian task. Humans can get used to any amount of wealth and plenty, it just becomes the new norm. You always need more and more, to the point of debauchery.
I wonder how much of that "money can't buy happiness" thing that many famous actors and musicians go on about is really about how their specific industries suck. Like, Hollywood seems super toxic, and between all the drugs and the extensive touring, the rockstar life doesn't really look so hot, either. And most of them are still basically employees, even if they're a thousand times richer than the avergage joe. I wonder if the actual owners of all the film studios and record labels are miserable, too?
I always suspect it must be, for some people, at some times, difficult to form relationships when you and everyone you work with has to fake emotions for a living.
I think it's that once you're wealthy enough to spend all your time doing whatever you want firstly you probably broke your brain and soul to get there and secondly you probably are just going to burn out on pleasure.
Like, I love me some cheap and easy pleasures. I've enjoyed orgies and I've drank my way into nights where all I remember is that I had fun. But simple pleasures and nice things are enhancements to a happy life. You need more which may ironically mean pursuing the middle way, or it may just mean learning to cherish a simple night in with a loved one.
you probably broke your brain and soul to get there
Sounds like it doesn't really apply to people who enjoy hereditary wealth, which is actually most of the really rich people. Of course, it's possible that the same issue applies at the family level - in order to become and stay a wealthy family, you might need to be fucked up in some ways.
From what I read about him, Luigi never really counted as rich anyway. He wasn't exactly poor, but he was much closer to poverty than to becoming a billionaire.
nobody who is rich will ever truly know the feeling of how it feels to need to work to live, unless they seriously fuck up amd lose everything with zero support.
that switch from survival mode chasing $ to being able to choose when/what you work on is indescribable
least in the US, where there are practically zero support mechanisms in most of the country
Someone who has maybe one or two million dollars doesn't even come close to the power that a CEO or major stockholder of a big company wields. If you're on that level, it's pretty much impossible to become poor, which very much remains a possibility with 1-2 million.
Middle class is a thing for a reason, and if you're going to say that it doesn't exist because only the owners of capital aren't working class then the dude with 2 million is still working class.
no, i'm saying that unless that 1-2 millionaire started from nothing, he does not know the experience of struggle and eventual relief that is escaping the labour trap
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EldenLord@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 332d
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 332d
How many times do you think his gfs have asked him to recreate various scenes from his films, particularly titanic?
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 332d
I think the women he goes after are too young to have watched titanic nowadays lol
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 332d
I've seen films from before I was born
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 332d
Yeah I guess we all have I was just saying... He likes them young innit
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 332d
"Hihi paint me like one..."
"GET OUT"
abbotsbury@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 332d
brother Titanic is the least of his concerns, even only counting 90s, he still has What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Romeo + Juliet, and The Man in the Iron Mask to live down.
Titanic has it's cheese, but it is perfectly acceptable use of DiCaprio
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 52 pts · 332d
Oh how the grapes have gilberted
lobut@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 332d
Looks like the wolf has finally hit the wall
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 4 pts · 332d
He just learned the hard way that these aren't wolf streets, these are wall streets.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 332d
This is what 'money can't buy happiness' used to, and should be, about. Construing it to mean that the rest of us should feel content living paycheck to paycheck (or worse) is gross. It's true that you can want for nothing and still be miserable, though.
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 332d
money can't make you happy when money didn't make you unhappy, but it can relieve a lot of the misery inflicted by material conditions
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 332d
Money doesn't buy happiness but it sure gets rid of a lot of stress over bills.
sleen@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 332d
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 275d
almost like...media as a whole is owned by a handful of rich cunts with a history of weaponizing psychology/human emotion
Doxin@pawb.social · 2 pts · 330d
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can rent you paradise
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 275d
facts, getting a shitload of money does help put into perspective what's important though...if your not a complete asshole.
as a former wagie, that feeling going from knowing exactly how little every day of your life is worth to never needing to do another day of work you don't want is...incredible.
noone born into wealth can ever get that feeling
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org · 23 pts · 332d
> My house is too big
> I have too many wives
> I clogged my toilet this morning because I shited a gold brick
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 16 pts · 332d
If you only got BJs from MILFs it would never hurt because mommy kisses make booboos go away.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 332d
Sound logic!
hoss@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 331d
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Baggie@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 331d
Hot take, but the pursuit of happiness is a sisyphian task. Humans can get used to any amount of wealth and plenty, it just becomes the new norm. You always need more and more, to the point of debauchery.
GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 332d
"You're my best friend, Jerry Smith. I love doing cocaine with you."
E: ducking autocorrupt
Psythik@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 332d
Aww, I love doing cocaine with you too, Johnny Depp.
Liljekonvalj@feddit.org · 6 pts · 332d
Spaghetti arms
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 332d
I wonder how much of that "money can't buy happiness" thing that many famous actors and musicians go on about is really about how their specific industries suck. Like, Hollywood seems super toxic, and between all the drugs and the extensive touring, the rockstar life doesn't really look so hot, either. And most of them are still basically employees, even if they're a thousand times richer than the avergage joe. I wonder if the actual owners of all the film studios and record labels are miserable, too?
deathbird@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 331d
I always suspect it must be, for some people, at some times, difficult to form relationships when you and everyone you work with has to fake emotions for a living.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 332d
I think it's that once you're wealthy enough to spend all your time doing whatever you want firstly you probably broke your brain and soul to get there and secondly you probably are just going to burn out on pleasure.
Like, I love me some cheap and easy pleasures. I've enjoyed orgies and I've drank my way into nights where all I remember is that I had fun. But simple pleasures and nice things are enhancements to a happy life. You need more which may ironically mean pursuing the middle way, or it may just mean learning to cherish a simple night in with a loved one.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 331d
Sounds like it doesn't really apply to people who enjoy hereditary wealth, which is actually most of the really rich people. Of course, it's possible that the same issue applies at the family level - in order to become and stay a wealthy family, you might need to be fucked up in some ways.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 275d
rich people go to great lengths to grow sociopathic replacements, is why class conscious traitors like luigi are so vilified
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 275d
From what I read about him, Luigi never really counted as rich anyway. He wasn't exactly poor, but he was much closer to poverty than to becoming a billionaire.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 275d
everything above working class is rich, trust me.
nobody who is rich will ever truly know the feeling of how it feels to need to work to live, unless they seriously fuck up amd lose everything with zero support.
that switch from survival mode chasing $ to being able to choose when/what you work on is indescribable
least in the US, where there are practically zero support mechanisms in most of the country
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 275d
Someone who has maybe one or two million dollars doesn't even come close to the power that a CEO or major stockholder of a big company wields. If you're on that level, it's pretty much impossible to become poor, which very much remains a possibility with 1-2 million.
Middle class is a thing for a reason, and if you're going to say that it doesn't exist because only the owners of capital aren't working class then the dude with 2 million is still working class.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 275d
no, i'm saying that unless that 1-2 millionaire started from nothing, he does not know the experience of struggle and eventual relief that is escaping the labour trap
axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 332d
Tf is vidja? All I got from
GoogleDuckDuckGo was a place in Sweden and IKEA furniturelessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 332d
Video games (pronounced vidya, slavic pronunciation)