<![CDATA[This is what being rich means to me.]]>This is what being rich means to me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/32958cad-9669-4610-98f8-a529b085fed7/this-is-what-being-rich-means-to-me.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:45:26 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2026 05:28:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:47:46 GMT]]>@lothcat Oh, what is that from? That totally sums it up.

I don't want money for money's sake, I just want to be able to not worry and for bonus points be able to do nice things for other people. I don't really want have a big hoard of money to buy stuff I don't need.*

* Except a Batmobile. I do dream of owning a working replica of the Adam West-era Batmobile. But it would be an EV so as not to be as bad for the environment. Still gonna make flames come out the back, though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jzb/statuses/116460228844378021https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jzb/statuses/116460228844378021Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:47:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:42:17 GMT]]>@lothcat I’d add “and to not have to worry about the future”, but other than that, this. Definitely.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fmarini/statuses/116459027655238277https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fmarini/statuses/116459027655238277Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:42:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:25:27 GMT]]>@lothcat
There was an NPR story in 2019ish that happiness increases with income up until about 75,000 USD, which is the point where the curve falls off and further increase is marginal. People with just enough not to worry about money we're happiest while rich people were never satisfied.
They had some asshole economist they were interviewing about it and he got so mad when they brought up the study and just insisted "nuh uh nuh uh NUH UH!!""

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://catnest.net/users/Tristan/statuses/116458961473467013https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://catnest.net/users/Tristan/statuses/116458961473467013Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:25:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:52:16 GMT]]>@calcifer @lothcat true I cant afford one since my Partner lose his job for 3 years and couldn't find a new one. Its sucks and I think healthcare should be free avaible for the poor people. No one should worry about this. At the Moment I cant pay monthly for a insurance since I am the only one with a Income. I just try my best to create savings what is not easy with a small income

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/fennek/statuses/116458595035567732https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/fennek/statuses/116458595035567732Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:52:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:26:56 GMT]]>@chiffchaff @lothcat very rich people don’t think about money all the time; that’s a thing that happens to people who are rich but desperately want to become very rich.

The very rich literally hire people to worry about money for them. It’s very strange to watch.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/calcifer/statuses/116457315810793750https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/calcifer/statuses/116457315810793750Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:26:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:25:10 GMT]]>@fennek @lothcat no one should have to ever worry about affording healthcare. That’s a deep failure of a society, to create any place where the chief worry of being sick or injured is financial.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/calcifer/statuses/116457308872942602https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/calcifer/statuses/116457308872942602Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:25:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:58:36 GMT]]>@lothcat "Money can't buy happiness, but it sure can buy off misery"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/denisbloodnok/statuses/116456024750922870https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/denisbloodnok/statuses/116456024750922870Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:58:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:21:33 GMT]]>@lothcat

Exactly

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/PirjaPaa/statuses/116455171266567664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/PirjaPaa/statuses/116455171266567664Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:21:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:23:45 GMT]]>@lothcat yes to sharing, yes to community, yes to compassion, yes to mutual aid, NO TO BILLIONAIRE GREED. We need to collectively build a world where no one is turned away for lack of funds.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ailurocrat/statuses/116454472131857866https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ailurocrat/statuses/116454472131857866Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:06:44 GMT]]>@lothcat Count me in!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/nilsmielke/statuses/116454405239255942https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/nilsmielke/statuses/116454405239255942Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:06:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:06:44 GMT]]>@guigui3000 @lothcat
Common sense...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/hastur/statuses/116454405207490654https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/hastur/statuses/116454405207490654Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:06:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:45:15 GMT]]>@lothcat
I want to be rich enough to buy art from the coffee shop walls, and get a CD from the bands at shows.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/marence/statuses/116454320708670820https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/marence/statuses/116454320708670820Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:45:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:21:51 GMT]]>@lothcat It's odd how very rich people seem often to be thinking about money all the time, and worrying about it, and having to step out of things to deal with it., and having opinions on it. It seems weirdly like being poor.

I think there must be a sweet-spot somewhere. Being rich should mean not having to think about money because you've enough.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/chiffchaff/statuses/116453756883315291https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/chiffchaff/statuses/116453756883315291Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:21:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:00:14 GMT]]>@lothcat *and high confidence that it _stays_ that way without permanently having to slap "the cutting tool" out of neoliberal politicians hands

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/grob/statuses/116453671848155566https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/grob/statuses/116453671848155566Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:00:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:57:11 GMT]]>@lothcat Amen! Exactly that!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/er4z0r/statuses/116453659871520364https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/er4z0r/statuses/116453659871520364Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:57:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:43:11 GMT]]>@lothcat this is very true and very touching!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.ch/ap/users/115906134829146054/statuses/116453604841437688https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.ch/ap/users/115906134829146054/statuses/116453604841437688Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:43:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:14:56 GMT]]>@lothcat THIS. I want to be rich enough to enjoy life and not be worried all the Time if I can pay the next bills.
Rich enough to afford healthcare.
Things everyone should be able to have!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/fennek/statuses/116452785971935182https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/fennek/statuses/116452785971935182Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:14:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:25:35 GMT]]>@lothcat welcome to the 1%

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://merveilles.town/users/damaru/statuses/116450940372568978https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://merveilles.town/users/damaru/statuses/116450940372568978Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:25:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:11:37 GMT]]>@lothcat

It's not easy to explain to people who don't think that way that most people think that way.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Fuzz_Ra/statuses/116450649542959158https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Fuzz_Ra/statuses/116450649542959158Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:11:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:58:13 GMT]]>@lothcat exactly this yes! I want to be wealthy enough to be comfortable and help out people

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/moonshine_fox/statuses/116450596865010428https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/moonshine_fox/statuses/116450596865010428Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:58:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:36:45 GMT]]>@lothcat Yes. This.

Rich enough to buy art from my friends, and pay more than they're used to asking.

And rich enough to know I can walk out of most ordinary bad situations.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flickering.style/users/valentine/statuses/01KPVHZGZ7TCNKTS3J4576T17Shttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flickering.style/users/valentine/statuses/01KPVHZGZ7TCNKTS3J4576T17SWed, 22 Apr 2026 21:36:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:48:51 GMT]]>@lothcat

I had a partner years ago who used to tell me that their goal was to have slightly more than enough, so they could afford to be generous.

Their wisdom stuck with me far after we parted ways.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/RussSharek/statuses/116450324095425111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/RussSharek/statuses/116450324095425111Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:48:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:45:01 GMT]]>@lothcat A roving philanthropist helping in big and small ways.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116450309002883533https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116450309002883533Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:45:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is what being rich means to me. on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:42:14 GMT]]>@lothcat Yes - broadly concur. To me, being rich would be about hearing someone is struggling, and saying "What can I do to help? Do you want to come and stay for a week? Can i order you something?"

It is always about helping other people, in their own crisis. Providing support for people who need it.

And - longer term - looking to see what I can do to make peoples lives better. Can I buy up properties to rent, at low rental? Can I invest in peoples companies?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://metalhead.club/users/SteveClough/statuses/116450298096125413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://metalhead.club/users/SteveClough/statuses/116450298096125413Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:42:14 GMT