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The saying 'Money can't buy you happiness' should be changed to 'Money can't prevent sadness'

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or "money does not guarantee happiness"

or "money is not a requirement for happiness"

or "money does not necessarily prevent sadness"

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I remember hearing about a study, turns out money buys happiness up to $75k/person.

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"There exists some non-zero quantity of money which is a necessary but not sufficient condition for happiness."?

Doesn't really roll off the tongue, I guess.

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only sith deal in absolutes.

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Or, as we say in the economics profession:

"Money is necessary but not sufficient for happiness."

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I'm pretty sure that no 2 is actually true. You can't really be happy if you're starving. Well, at least not for long. >_>

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Money can't buy happiness, but it can make the down payment.

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Money guaranteed to eliminate sadness up to 99.9%*!

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Having money isn't everything, not having it is.

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· 6y · edited 6y

"How's Ye doin?" "I'm survivin"

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"Money can't buy me happiness, but I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want..."

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Nnnno, money specifically can prevent many varieties sadness, like "having to sleep outside" sadness or "not having clothes that don't have holes in them" sadness or a million other varieties. What it can't do is buy happiness, merely rent it for a while.

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money gets rid of "where am I going to get my next meal" sadness big time.

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Also preventable and treatable diseases can be combatted provided you have money.

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