Dental hygienists are greedy charlatans who convince us we need an expensive hygiene appointment every six months when we really don’t. That used to be true before the invention of the electric toothbrush but not now. I stopped going 7 years ago and I make sure I brush properly daily for two minutes with my electric toothbrush. I occasionally use inter-dental brushes for a deeper clean and my teeth are perfect. No soreness, gum bleeding and certainly no cavities. It’s lies I tell ya.
AI is the most incredible development in human evolution since the invention of the wheel. I think it is the beginning of our next evolutionary step. It may even save us from destroying ourselves. It has brought me personally incredible results that have enriched my life in countless ways. I can’t wait to see where it takes us. People who are angry about it are dumb (you did say “controversial opinion” lol).
Money is basically the ring from Lord of the rings. You can’t have it without it changing you. I’ve had the dubious pleasure of knowing a great many millionaires and they’re all miserable bastards pretending that they’re not. Their families hate them, most of them are alcoholics and drug addicts. They hate themselves even more and their money doesn’t mean anything to them so they use it to impress others or hurt them, just so they can feel something. It’s all a disgustingly wasteful, tragic act.
Money is basically the ring from Lord of the rings. You can’t have it without it changing you (…)
I’ve heard this a lot and it’s one of the things thst most scares me in life. Because I want money, for financial security. I want to be able to have a four person family and guarantee their security and well-being 'til the kids have each reached 25+ y.o, and i want to actually own property a house that I can pass on to them, or one of them.
But the absolute certainty with which people say you loose sight of all those things when you get your hands on money…
I’ve already in my life run into so many hurdles and situations where i went 'I’d NEVER make that mistake," or “I’ll never so something as evil, stupid or reckless as that,” and then ended up doing x thing anyway. It’s like having a God who constsntly reads your thoughts and tries to prove you wrong.
I’ve also witnessed 2 or 3 ex-friends go absolutely insane in the pursuit of wealth and status and they’re only in early 20s.
I think this one is actually not a controversial opinion. Some argue that we, common people, think we’re money hungry but we actually just never have as much as we need, and what we perceive as our own oursuit of greed is axtuslly pursiit of survival. But at that point we’re maybe describing something different to what you outline in your comment.
It’s funny. I’ve never really had money. Was worth about 10 million at one point (I was 1/3 heir to a building worth around 30 mil or so) and walked away because the family had issues and I’ve dealt with enough of my own family issues for ten lifetimes. Still broke most of the time but investing in my forever home is worth it.
If they hate their lives because of money maybe they should change things up and do something about it. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is a perfect definition of insanity.
Money is basically the ring from Lord of the rings.
I’ll still stick with my (perhaps naive) belief that people still have this backwards. Wealth is not magically corruptive like the ring was. Rather only people who are already problematic will end up with the sorts of wealth that it takes to be labeled as one of those rich assholes. They aren’t assholes cause they’re rich, they’re rich because they were assholes.
The system (and human society in general) rewards the worst of us with wealth. However, if you short circuit this process and give a good person wealth, you’ll find that a) they don’t magically become an asshole and b) they probably don’t stay rich for very long. Typically because they’ve given most of it away as they don’t need it and don’t define themselves by having it.
If you want a great example of how instantly otherwise good people become the worst versions of themselves almost overnight watch what happens when a rich person with a large family dies. I did a couple of years in the will writing sector. I’m telling ya… zero to Golem in no time at all. I’ve also watched good people I knew extremely well turn bad too many times to remember. It all starts with “I couldn’t possibly have servants. How embarrassing!” and before you know it it’s “Eduardo! I’ve told you a hundred times I need my watermelon juice chilled! One more mistake and it’s back to Caracas!”. People should have to undergo intense psychological training to be able to be rich and stay human.
As the other commenter said, I’m not really sure these people were ‘good’ before. Maybe Sunday school ‘good’ as in they were good at faking things.
But sure, if you want to call it that, then I’ll just say that yes, some humans effectively have a negative gene that only activates if they get wealthy. A predisposition to rich asshole-ness.
I do not believe this is a universal trait or even a majority trait however. And, while these people aren’t good, they aren’t the sort of evil that’s implied when you’re talking about billionaires.
Aunt Becky going full Karen just cause she got a million dollars in a will is far different than healthcare CEOs knowingly implementing policies to auto deny coverage for kids with cancer just so they can earn another billion that they don’t actually need, care about or even use.
No matter how much of a bitch Becky became, she’s unlikely to suddenly be cool with the murder of children just because of some money in her bank account. It’s not that kind of evil corruptive force. Those traits had to be there from the beginning.
How did you know they were “good people” before? Some folks are just never in a position of power for their morals to be tested, and then they are and you discover who they are. I agree with the previous poster.
I don’t think we’re on opposite sides of any argument here mr argumentativemonotheist (great username btw 🤣). The only slight difference is that I’m saying that almost no one, in my experience, survives that test.
Thank you, thank you, lol. Well, fair enough, I see what you mean. And I guess I’d like to believe otherwise but that might just be wishful thinking. 🥲
I’ve got a few that I can’t really separate:
Dental hygienists are greedy charlatans who convince us we need an expensive hygiene appointment every six months when we really don’t. That used to be true before the invention of the electric toothbrush but not now. I stopped going 7 years ago and I make sure I brush properly daily for two minutes with my electric toothbrush. I occasionally use inter-dental brushes for a deeper clean and my teeth are perfect. No soreness, gum bleeding and certainly no cavities. It’s lies I tell ya.
AI is the most incredible development in human evolution since the invention of the wheel. I think it is the beginning of our next evolutionary step. It may even save us from destroying ourselves. It has brought me personally incredible results that have enriched my life in countless ways. I can’t wait to see where it takes us. People who are angry about it are dumb (you did say “controversial opinion” lol).
Money is basically the ring from Lord of the rings. You can’t have it without it changing you. I’ve had the dubious pleasure of knowing a great many millionaires and they’re all miserable bastards pretending that they’re not. Their families hate them, most of them are alcoholics and drug addicts. They hate themselves even more and their money doesn’t mean anything to them so they use it to impress others or hurt them, just so they can feel something. It’s all a disgustingly wasteful, tragic act.
I’ve heard this a lot and it’s one of the things thst most scares me in life. Because I want money, for financial security. I want to be able to have a four person family and guarantee their security and well-being 'til the kids have each reached 25+ y.o, and i want to actually own
propertya house that I can pass on to them, or one of them.But the absolute certainty with which people say you loose sight of all those things when you get your hands on money…
I’ve already in my life run into so many hurdles and situations where i went 'I’d NEVER make that mistake," or “I’ll never so something as evil, stupid or reckless as that,” and then ended up doing x thing anyway. It’s like having a God who constsntly reads your thoughts and tries to prove you wrong.
I’ve also witnessed 2 or 3 ex-friends go absolutely insane in the pursuit of wealth and status and they’re only in early 20s.
I think this one is actually not a controversial opinion. Some argue that we, common people, think we’re money hungry but we actually just never have as much as we need, and what we perceive as our own oursuit of greed is axtuslly pursiit of survival. But at that point we’re maybe describing something different to what you outline in your comment.
Good food for thought.
It’s funny. I’ve never really had money. Was worth about 10 million at one point (I was 1/3 heir to a building worth around 30 mil or so) and walked away because the family had issues and I’ve dealt with enough of my own family issues for ten lifetimes. Still broke most of the time but investing in my forever home is worth it.
If they hate their lives because of money maybe they should change things up and do something about it. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is a perfect definition of insanity.
I’ll still stick with my (perhaps naive) belief that people still have this backwards. Wealth is not magically corruptive like the ring was. Rather only people who are already problematic will end up with the sorts of wealth that it takes to be labeled as one of those rich assholes. They aren’t assholes cause they’re rich, they’re rich because they were assholes.
The system (and human society in general) rewards the worst of us with wealth. However, if you short circuit this process and give a good person wealth, you’ll find that a) they don’t magically become an asshole and b) they probably don’t stay rich for very long. Typically because they’ve given most of it away as they don’t need it and don’t define themselves by having it.
If you want a great example of how instantly otherwise good people become the worst versions of themselves almost overnight watch what happens when a rich person with a large family dies. I did a couple of years in the will writing sector. I’m telling ya… zero to Golem in no time at all. I’ve also watched good people I knew extremely well turn bad too many times to remember. It all starts with “I couldn’t possibly have servants. How embarrassing!” and before you know it it’s “Eduardo! I’ve told you a hundred times I need my watermelon juice chilled! One more mistake and it’s back to Caracas!”. People should have to undergo intense psychological training to be able to be rich and stay human.
As the other commenter said, I’m not really sure these people were ‘good’ before. Maybe Sunday school ‘good’ as in they were good at faking things.
But sure, if you want to call it that, then I’ll just say that yes, some humans effectively have a negative gene that only activates if they get wealthy. A predisposition to rich asshole-ness.
I do not believe this is a universal trait or even a majority trait however. And, while these people aren’t good, they aren’t the sort of evil that’s implied when you’re talking about billionaires.
Aunt Becky going full Karen just cause she got a million dollars in a will is far different than healthcare CEOs knowingly implementing policies to auto deny coverage for kids with cancer just so they can earn another billion that they don’t actually need, care about or even use.
No matter how much of a bitch Becky became, she’s unlikely to suddenly be cool with the murder of children just because of some money in her bank account. It’s not that kind of evil corruptive force. Those traits had to be there from the beginning.
How did you know they were “good people” before? Some folks are just never in a position of power for their morals to be tested, and then they are and you discover who they are. I agree with the previous poster.
I don’t think we’re on opposite sides of any argument here mr argumentativemonotheist (great username btw 🤣). The only slight difference is that I’m saying that almost no one, in my experience, survives that test.
Thank you, thank you, lol. Well, fair enough, I see what you mean. And I guess I’d like to believe otherwise but that might just be wishful thinking. 🥲