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It seems the old adage is true...money cannot guarantee happiness

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  • #16
    Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

    That's a very generalized statement that ignores the people for which money has guaranteed happiness.
    The qualification [and caveat] is the word "guarantee".

    "It ain't necessarily so
    The things that you're liable
    To read in the Bible
    It ain't necessarily so
    ."

    Sportin' Life
    Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

      The qualification [and caveat] is the word "guarantee".
      That's not a caveat though. That's part of the over-generalization, you walnut. Your thread title is an over-generalized statement that was unsupported, that ignores the people for which money has guaranteed happiness.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post
        Well, that is her opinion. It's a shame she has to resort to appeal to status, but there it is.
        It's also a generalization and over-simplification

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

          What an absurd blanket statement in the OP title thatimplies that money can never guarantee happiness, which ignores the people for whom it does.
          You have managed to read into the thread title something that is not there.

          Where does the thread title state that "money can never guarantee happiness"?

          My emphasis.
          "It ain't necessarily so
          The things that you're liable
          To read in the Bible
          It ain't necessarily so
          ."

          Sportin' Life
          Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

            You have managed to read into the thread title something that is not there.

            Where does the thread title state that "money can never guarantee happiness"?

            My emphasis.
            No you just flatly declared that "money canNOT buy happiness" leaving no room for any exception.

            My emphasis

            I'm always still in trouble again

            "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
            "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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            • #21
              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
              No you just flatly declared that "money canNOT buy happiness" leaving no room for any exception.

              My emphasis
              You appear to be having yet more issues with reading.

              Where does the verb "[to] buy" appear in the thread title?

              And where is the "flat declaration" [i.e. declare - to state emphatically]of which you write?
              "It ain't necessarily so
              The things that you're liable
              To read in the Bible
              It ain't necessarily so
              ."

              Sportin' Life
              Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

                You appear to be having yet more issues with reading.

                Where does the verb "[to] buy" appear in the thread title?

                And where is the "flat declaration" [i.e. declare - to state emphatically]of which you write?
                You're correct that you didn't have "buy" in the title (even though that is how the saying/adage actually goes, Ms. Lives-Under-Stones)

                But it still does not change the fact that you just flatly declared that "money canNOT guarantee happiness" leaving no room for any exception. None.

                You posted one of those over-simplified statements.

                I'm always still in trouble again

                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  You're correct that you didn't have "buy" in the title (even though that is how the saying/adage actually goes, Ms. Lives-Under-Stones)

                  But it still does not change the fact that you just flatly declared that "money canNOT guarantee happiness" leaving no room for any exception. None.

                  You posted one of those over-simplified statements.
                  Ah little Tabaqui - waiting for Shere Khan are we?
                  "It ain't necessarily so
                  The things that you're liable
                  To read in the Bible
                  It ain't necessarily so
                  ."

                  Sportin' Life
                  Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

                    Ah little Tabaqui - waiting for Shere Khan are we?
                    You really do get miffed when you get hoisted with your own petard


                    I'm always still in trouble again

                    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                      You really do get miffed when you get hoisted with your own petard
                      "It ain't necessarily so
                      The things that you're liable
                      To read in the Bible
                      It ain't necessarily so
                      ."

                      Sportin' Life
                      Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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                      • #26

                        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                        the fact that you just flatly declared that "money canNOT guarantee happiness" leaving no room for any exception. None."
                        What fact? Where is the evidence from what I wrote that supports the above contention? Do you know what "guarantee" means in that context?

                        The actual sentence reads It seems the old adage is true...money cannot guarantee happiness.

                        Last edited by Hypatia_Alexandria; 11-26-2021, 08:59 AM.
                        "It ain't necessarily so
                        The things that you're liable
                        To read in the Bible
                        It ain't necessarily so
                        ."

                        Sportin' Life
                        Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

                        Comment


                        • #27
                          Happiness and unhappiness are relative. Suicide rates are generally higher in wealthy countries, per capita, as opposed to the world's poorest ones.

                          I wish I could find the quote today but I can't seem to locate it. I believe it was Prince Fahd, regarding his observation of the rising quality of life in Saudi Arabia. It was something like "You can never make the people truly happy, but only give them smaller and smaller things to complain about."

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            Joy is so superior to happiness, that one can have joy even in sadness.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

                              You have managed to read into the thread title something that is not there.

                              Where does the thread title state that "money can never guarantee happiness"?

                              My emphasis.
                              It says "canNOT guarantee happiness". Do you understand what 'not' means? What 'cannot' means? Again, it was a broad over-generalized statement (with a word that leaves no room for exceptions) that was unsupported. Something you regularly criticize others for doing, including just yesterday on another thread. You hypocritical little , can't stand the taste of your own medicine.
                              Last edited by Gondwanaland; 11-26-2021, 09:50 AM.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post
                                It says "canNOT guarantee happiness". Do you understand what 'not' means? What 'cannot' means? Again, it was a broad over-generalized statement (with a word that leaves no room for exceptions) that was unsupported. Something you regularly criticize others for doing, including just yesterday on another thread. You hypocritical little , can't stand the taste of your own medicine.
                                The sentence reads

                                It seems the old adage is true...money cannot guarantee happiness

                                And of course that caveat [i.e. that money cannot guarantee happiness] is a fact. It may indeed bring great happiness but it is not an absolute and foregone conclusion that money will bring happiness, as Clay Cockrell makes makes very clear in his op-ed piece.
                                "It ain't necessarily so
                                The things that you're liable
                                To read in the Bible
                                It ain't necessarily so
                                ."

                                Sportin' Life
                                Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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