xp Retiring at 55 definitely sounds appealing, but what I worry with that is the longer in the future we plan, the more unexpected and unpredictable things are likely to happen. Plan at 25 ... plan depends on constants through 55. I had a friend who was on the retire-at-55 plan, then he suddenly met a girl, and a year later he's now a husband and a father.
― Spectrum, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm doing it because I am interested" is altogether different
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
I think, even when semantics are disputed, one can still be interpreting the question wrongly.
Like, if the question were "Do you love money?" and people started debating "well, yeah, I like money, I like having it, it's useful, so yes I like money" it would be valid to say "the question was not whether you *like* money, but whether you *love* it."
Semantic differences in words can still be salient.
― Thom Yorke... in ~my~ Coachella? (Masonic Boom), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, and then you can get to the territory of people collecting coins and notes.
<3 Aussie money, for example.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
great thread
― pleural eff u son (k3vin k.), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
You are a terrible poster.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
when younger totally had plans when I was young to earn £1m and retire at 40.
totally didn't appreciate how far/not far £1m gets you when younger
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
sorry about that superfluous "when I was young" bit
actually i suppose it's doable. £25000 a year assuming i die at 80
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
if it's in your capacity to get ludicrous amounts of money, i'd think you'd have a social obligation to be interested in it so you can disperse it to those in need. i think bono's doing the right thing, basically.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
but the man is mentally ill!
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
mentally ill... like a fox?
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
I wanna say I completely agree, but growing up in the US in modern times there is a psychological/emotional attachment I have to money that is deeply, subconsciously ingrained. Whenever I'm in a situation where I'm broke and depressed, the minute some money starts to come back my way I instantly feel better, and it's kind of scary.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6uCyrnhG90
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
i figure i could be happy with a billion dollars
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
I'm interested in money up to a point. Anything over 2 million starts to become overkill but I wouldn't call this a caveat
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
so did I just vote "I completely agree" that I'm interested in money or "I completely agree" that I'm not interested in money?
who's bright idea was it to stick ~not~ in the thread title?
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 30 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
caveats win in a landlside
― Aimless, Monday, 30 April 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
otoh, money-loving disagreement wins in a landslide
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Monday, 30 April 2012 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
Prince told me in a dream that money can be used to buy heaven
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqgu3Z9N6t4
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://wfmu.org/365/2003/256.shtml
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link