Oddbean new post about login | logout After having a little money for a few years and dabbling in some of the finer things I can tell you that nothing beats an ordinary life. - Getting a slice of pizza and seeing a movie with your wife. - Hitting the bar and having drinks and conversation with your friends. - Hanging out at the park throwing a frisbee around. - Taking the kids for ice cream on a hot summer day. - An economy plane ticket to go visit family or an old friend. - A reliable car that takes you where you need to go. - A great blanket to snuggle up in on a cold winter day. If you have these things already, trust me… you are wealthier than you know. Drinking $1,000 wine and eating caviar with famous people won’t make you any happier. In fact it may have the opposite effect. As the bitcoin price rises you should definitely dabble in fancy shit if you feel compelled, but once you get a peak behind the curtain you’ll find out pretty quick it’s hollow and meaningless compared to the things that really matter.
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Agree, having worked for many ‘celebs’ their lifestyle is f’ing dull. Pizza, wife, dog, kids please everytime 🤙
Sitting at home with your wife and kids. But being able to spend 10k on wine and caviar if you wanted to is a nice feeling
I am thankful for people like you, thoughts like this.
The simple things were always the best. Over the years as my annual income increased significantly I didn’t change anything.
💯 on 🎯
I've met several miserable rich people. Money doesn't solve everything.
Money just buys the time to do more of all these things. To get back time wasted in a cube.
Remember back in Aug - Sept #BTC at $25ks how it felt like it couldn’t go up but down only right? Now it also feels like #Bitcoin can’t breakdown but up only right? Yes, The market is simply following it’s usual pattern If you haven’t join the RCL Vip newsletter group already, I would highly recommend you start now https://t.me/rebelcapitalistshow RCL is doing a great job in demystifying biases in #Bitcoin and bringing clarity to controversies.
I would like to buy some forest land and build a cabin 🥲
As a consumate troll I can assure you, nothing would bring me greater pleasure than eating caviar with famous people. Just so I can have a fun story about fucking with famous people and pissing them off to tell my real friends later.
So true. Peace and joy are the priceless things no money can buy. Feed your soul.
Business class so much more comfortable but never a good conversation to pass the time
based & humble advice @HODL 🔥
Not to mention the bizarre fact that once you have a big house, multiple cars, fancy appliances and other ‘toys’, it’s a full time job maintaining it all! I once worked for a very wealthy family, and this part blew me away, had never considered it before. Even the landscape maintenance needed a team and cost a fortune. People think that once they are “rich” they can pay people to take care of all their shit and it will be easy, but there are so many decisions that need made all the time so in my case the couple was still involved for hours every day… and they definitely weren’t living their best life :/ There is always more to do, build, acquire etc. I love the saying “Enough is a feast” 🧡
I'm gonna finally buy a blockclock like a king
I know— I’m asking for one for my birthday. 😄
If you don't want to buy one, just go to https://moscowtime.xyz/
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Wow rich much?
What gave it away my dog or my clock ?
Why not both?
Lol I'm just legit trying to avoid working until my back gives in, anything else is a bonus
If you’re very tall over 6.2”, a business class ticket is always worth it; given the absolute torture sitting with no leg room.
I’m not going to zap you for this because you have more sats than me but I’ll give you a fat heart
Remember back in Aug - Sept #BTC at $25ks how it felt like it couldn’t go up but down only right? Now it also feels like #Bitcoin can’t breakdown but up only right? Yes, The market is simply following it’s usual pattern If you haven’t join the RCL Vip newsletter group already, I would highly recommend you start now https://t.me/rebelcapitalistshow RCL is doing a great job in demystifying biases in #Bitcoin and bringing clarity to controversies.
#YESTR
Chosing a simple life and having to live a simple life is a big difference, though :)
IDK, working on trucks and cars gets fucking expensive bro. Guns, tools, equipment, machinery, land to do it all on. Hearing my voice echo in the hallway of my home would be pretty cool too. I might be fucked but it would be nice to have money once. I'd like to try it, learn being rich sucks, rather than listen to rich people tell me all that glitters isn't gold.
When #BTC was at $25k in August and September of last year, you recall how it seemed like it could only go down, not up. right? Right now, it seems like #Bitcoin can only go up and not down. Yes, the market is just going through its normal motion. Joining the RCL Vip Newsletter group is highly recommended if you haven't already: https://t.me/rebelcapitalistshowRCL is doing an excellent job of demystifying biases in #Bitcoin and shedding light on contentious issues. don't miss out some interesting performances, Good luck
The best thing I ever purchased was my time. It takes a lot of money to afford living with only the essentials. An overabundance of things are a common coping strategy for when doesn't believe in their own future.
Forget about the Lamborghini, focus on the Ninja Creami
If you stack possessions rather than sats, you become possessed.
When #BTC was at $25k in August and September of last year, you recall how it seemed like it could only go down, not up. right? Right now, it seems like #Bitcoin can only go up and not down. Yes, the market is just going through its normal motion. Joining the RCL Vip Newsletter group is highly recommended if you haven't already: https://t.me/rebelcapitalistshowRCL is doing an excellent job of demystifying biases in #Bitcoin and shedding light on contentious issues. don't miss out some interesting performances, Good luck
It's just materialism in a different price range 🤷🏻♂️
Stack sats and memories/experiences, not shitcoins and material garbage.
100%. Almost ALL of the "elegant life" is really about chasing status, and people constantly confuse status for happiness. It is not and will not make you happy. To the contrary it will make you feel empty and all you will want is to chase higher status. the real things in life are far simpler, and having a solid grounding, a family, doing what you love, and securing your life against the storms of the world will give you more happiness and fulfillment than anything else I know of. Chasing clout is not only shallow, but all the people who spend their lives chasing it are shallow too. Don't spend your life with them, and don't try to be them. nostr:note1mnt73q40wxjhqrdzntv583vqdhr67h3z6wqs29qu046j7f4zstvsfmqtft
My home is playing the guitar with friends and family while hanging out by the fire.
FACTS!!! I vividly recall being wooed by an old money wealthy young man as a young woman. He was nice enough & I quickly learned that I couldn’t ever be bought. His family made me quickly run away. Certainly, that was their plan. 😅 Obviously 🙄 , this isn’t the same for every family. I’ve met some very kind people who I later learned were well off. Money is an odd thing. I’ve been what society would call rich & I grew up in poverty. For some, it makes others behave differently. It certainly made me more thankful for whatever “success” I had as it’s primarily luck. Money is a tool like anything else. I’ve found myself being biased against someone I thought had too much money. Admittedly, that was an immature decision. I’ll admit that now. We all have our biases & constant learning is needed to make a life. 😊💜🙏
It’s true. Modern society is far too focused on things like luxury and materialism when the best measure of true wealth is simply freedom to spend your time however you choose. Once you can afford the trappings of wealth you quickly realize how overrated most of it is.
This. Also, bitcoin is a time chain because there is a reason that wealth is measured in free time.
If you're 6'4" an economy plane ticket is hell on earth.
I am only 6'3" and it is brutal for me, but also me. https://void.cat/d/AZAr5TsnaEDajACtuomPuW.webp
I’m 6’3. It’s not that bad for a few hours but I won’t do more than 4 hours in economy.
Unless I'm on an exit row my knees are touching the back of the seat in front of me. Then they recline, and the pain starts in earnest.
When you're not sacrificing your authentic self by going down the fiat mines every day, you become more satisfied with the simple things. I'm convinced that the obsession with consumerism is driven by the fiat slavery. I'm looking forward to seeing more Bitcoiners freeing themselves to allocate their time as their preferences dictate. I'm seeing this shift starting to happen right now. I'm not seeing caviar, coke & lambos yet.
my experience too mostly
I just want my time back. There is nothing worse than being trapped in the fiat time suck of 8-5 Monday-Friday.
Based and normie-pilled. 🫂
Normie pill is the way 🫂
There is beauty in simplicity, only the sober can test it. https://image.nostr.build/4a846c0f11abb589cfc563a2b14e774e8c390af63d40c53b69a02f4a021c0d01.jpg
"Any damn fool can make it complex. It takes a genius to make it simple." Think of Picasso: Simplify! #principleoftheday https://m.primal.net/HoVD.png
The more wealth I have, the more things I feel free from, because I choose not to have them. Possessions are responsibilities that take our time, money, and attention.
I finally have enough money to buy some of the stuff I want, and I play cards with my family, go hiking, hang out at church, or shitpost on Nostr, instead. nostr:note1mnt73q40wxjhqrdzntv583vqdhr67h3z6wqs29qu046j7f4zstvsfmqtft
Twas ever thus. We are re-founding commonsense. Work hard, play hard and love much. Spend less than you earn(duh). Charity begins at home 🏡.
A kiss from the wife, a hug from the kids, a walk with the dogs, a beer with your friends. True wealth
love it!
this is the kind of life I aspire to lead nostr:note1mnt73q40wxjhqrdzntv583vqdhr67h3z6wqs29qu046j7f4zstvsfmqtft
when Bitcoin hits $100k I’m getting another dad pair of these sexy bitches! https://image.nostr.build/8aa0941b171414ca684618b9912f00a973ffc9ccc8af25b37363675a5dc425e6.jpg
I think this ethos is one of the many reasons why we have a shot at a better future if there is a wealth transfer due to bitcoin. The folks (certainly not all) who are in this for ideals, positive change in the world, more honest systems will be able to apply more pressure in society. These changes may have a chance to establish a new tone, reveal better priorities, and remove some power from the worst elements of the control society.
Now on my #TFQFavorites list nostr:note1mnt73q40wxjhqrdzntv583vqdhr67h3z6wqs29qu046j7f4zstvsfmqtft
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