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TonyMontana (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:30 PM Original message |
I don't want to be rich |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. A-fucking-men! |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. In other words, you want all the trappings of wealth. Good on you. I want a pony. nt |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Wealth like the average European has. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. +1 |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. Yes. (nt) |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wow, that's harsh |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. These are not the trappings of wealth -- this USED to be the "American Dream". |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. So go get a fucking pony. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Dang. Harsh much? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. In other words, as long as we aren't living under a bridge wearing dirty socks, |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Socks? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Yes, I have an "Entitlement Mentality". |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Well, OK, as long as **I** don't have to pay for them. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. The trappings of *wealth*? For god's sake, what a stupid remark. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. You obviously have no idea what being rich is. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Ah the spoiled apple |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
56. -1. Fail |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Other words? Perhaps. But those other words ought to mean something similar. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. I didn't see any "trappings of wealth" mentality in that OP...what are you smoking? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I want your life for one minute |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. That sounds about right for me too. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. sounds like me, you want to be comfortable |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hey, that sounds good, but you know what? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. My thoughts exactly. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. You want comfort and financial security |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I couldn't agree with you more. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Great post! I want what you want, minus the wife. :) nt |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. what's with all the anti-gay sentiment? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Aw jeeze. That's not anti-gay, |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Being heterosexual is somehow being anti-gay? Wow. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Perhaps I used the wrong emoticon... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. there's a difference between BEING rich and living a lifestyle that only the rich can afford |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. I do. n/t |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yeah, but we know what YOU'd do with "wealth" |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. So, you want all the reward without any of the risk. |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Hardly. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. I didn't get this at all from the OP. All he wants is to feel secure |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. all the reward without the risk, as we have here in France |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. get your ass in gear |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. I am rich. . . |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. I want the Lions to win the Super Bowl. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Enough never is for many people |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. I commend you, but the right wing would condemn you. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. using drugs is a good way to forget how horribly poor you are |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm not going to lie, I would love to be rich eom |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. I want an affluent life for ALL humanity! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. i would like to be rich but i wouldn't want a private jet, ferrari or mansion |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. Almost nobody can have a career about which they are passionate. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. but that's the American dream |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. youve got it all wrong |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Bravo! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. I guess it could work that way |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. a dime a dozen in the netherlands |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. I didn't pick up that he was talking about a place where you can smoke weed. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. You would think that, but it isn't true. |
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strawberryfield (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Being rich isn't my main goal, but... |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm with you minus the wife and kids. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. No way. We have to continue to pay for our military! Otherwise, you could have all of that. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
41. Yea, never really wanted the luxury things myself. |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. Your wants are very reasonable? Are you on your way to achieving them? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. I dont want to be rich |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
52. Good for you |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
53. Peace of mind, in other words. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
54. I want to live simply and safely |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
57. #4 would be nice |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
59. When we want more than we need we enter the rhelm of greed. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
60. they will call you un-American for that |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. I would say, instead, that Richness is not defined by wealth. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
67. Ecclesiastes 5:12-17 |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
68. I want to wake up every morning and say to myself, "boy, am I glad to be going to 'work' today". |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. You're right. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. Me either. Besides, it sucks being rich... |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
73. Of significance is, are the average rich any happier |
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