Is it beautiful to be poor?

Am I the only nerd on here who doesn't want to be an investment banker/lawyer and obtain a high salary? I quite like being poor and ordinary. There's a romance to it I think and it's sort of rock n roll as well. Anyone feel the same?

No it's not beautiful to be poor. Its bad to be poor and it's beautiful to be rich. It's not romantic to have little money. I think you're just deluded tbh

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Fullofsurprises

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Original post by Quantex

I wouldn't say it's beautiful to be poor, but I do think showing some self-restraint and modesty are good values. It's a sharp contrast to the love of excess and gluttony so often preached in our consumer capitalist society that has turned us into one of the most obese nations on the planet.

This.

There's a difference between 'romanticising poverty' which makes no sense and saluting living in tune with the planet's actual resources.

The most depressing thing about the very rich is the way they act as destroyers of key resources like the environment, unusual species, land, water and so on. Visit any city in the US with very rich people, like LA for example and you will see hideous wastefulness and exploitation of resources that should be more equally shared.

Reply 42

niteninja1

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Original post by DraculaMihawk

Am I the only nerd on here who doesn't want to be an investment banker/lawyer and obtain a high salary? I quite like being poor and ordinary. There's a romance to it I think and it's sort of rock n roll as well. Anyone feel the same?

Money is power.

When I am in a room I say am I the most powerful here and if not I make it happen.

Is this a joke? To even suggest what you're saying implies you haven't ever been poor, or maybe your definition of poor is daddy only getting you a Range Rover instead of that Aston you wanted.

Reply 45

foreign34

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I had been Sudan before and all the people were very happy (and very poor). It depends on what you expect for your life

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Reply 46

Bang Outta Order

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Original post by DraculaMihawk

Am I the only nerd on here who doesn't want to be an investment banker/lawyer and obtain a high salary? I quite like being poor and ordinary. There's a romance to it I think and it's sort of rock n roll as well. Anyone feel the same?

Did he just say..."rock n roll"? lol

Reply 47

TreeFellOnMe

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No, not if you live in a place like London. It's one of the worst things in the world.

No one's gonna be like "aww you're so humble and pure awwWWWWWW ****ING AWWWWW", they're just gonna be like "(I hope this lazy and failure of a rat goes away soon and lets me be with my rich top G creww)"

Reply 48

JakeTheDog:)

Original post by Jizzy Jihad

No, it's retarded that we romanticise failure.

Unlike the USA....... :sad:

Reply 49

RomeoSantos

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Yes, there's beauty in the struggle.

Reply 50

DraculaMihawk

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Original post by 0to100

Did he just say..."rock n roll"? lol

u wanna fight m8? put ur location on fat.

Reply 51

alcibiade

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Original post by DraculaMihawk

Am I the only nerd on here who doesn't want to be an investment banker/lawyer and obtain a high salary? I quite like being poor and ordinary. There's a romance to it I think and it's sort of rock n roll as well. Anyone feel the same?

I doubt you are really poor. Only someone who has known material comfort could entertain such a silly idea that somehow poverty is romantic or ennobling.

Reply 52

DraculaMihawk

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Original post by alcibiade

I doubt you are really poor. Only someone who has known material comfort could entertain such a silly idea that somehow poverty is romantic or ennobling.

You're right. This thread was badly phrased. I meant minimalism and rejecting consumerism and the wealthy lifestyle so many are chasing.

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Reply 53

alcibiade

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Original post by DraculaMihawk

You're right. This thread was badly phrased. I meant minimalism and rejecting consumerism and the wealthy lifestyle so many are chasing.

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That is much more understandable, I can identify with that.

Here is another way of putting that may interest you:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/opinion/sunday/what-should-you-choose-time-or-money.html

Reply 54

Reue

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Original post by Atreus

There's always two sides to a coin. I grew up relatively poor to my peers and though I never had enough to indulge in, had all the hi tech toys and stuff they had. I was blessed with a good upbringing, a solid set of morals and values that most people my age don't tend to have. I'd give that for a opulent upbringing any day.

I'd say i'll be happy on 40k, not rich by any means but just enough to get by and enjoy life. Money doesn't buy happiness though.

You'd be happy on considerably above the national average salary? Just enough to get by?*

Reply 55

Reue

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Original post by DraculaMihawk

You're right. This thread was badly phrased. I meant minimalism and rejecting consumerism and the wealthy lifestyle so many are chasing.

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That is completely different from being poor. In fact it is more likely to lead you to great wealth as you accumulate and receive dividends on dividends. *

There are alot of UK personal finance blogs from people following low cost lifestyles to invest money and support things like travel and early retirements. That isn't being poor, it's making a choice to sacrifice unimportant things now for greater things later.

Reply 56

Blimey1000

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Always better to have than to have not!

Reply 57

ddrrzzeerr

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When I'm stressed out, I sometimes look at my parents who have ordinary jobs and live an ordinary life and think they have it good. They have nothing to stress over or worry about. However, I wouldn't consider them poor because they everything they need even though its not a lot.

Poverty is, by definition, a bad thing. If you are poor, you have plenty to worry over and stress about like how you are going to pay your bills.