Is being poor a good thing?

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: RobCur
i maybe poor in terms of wealth but i am pretty rich in knowledge and wisdom.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

huh?
:roll:

Never took the time to read up on any bhuddism in your ultimate wisdom eh?

Ok, I'll sum this up for you...

Everyone thinks, no, we KNOW you're a complete fvcking jackass who can barely speak english and makes the worst threads ever.

 

[wobbuffet]

im the poorest person on Anandtech :frown:

 

[boomdart]

Poor people spend money on all those trinkets in dollars stores where you think "who the hell would buy a very cheap rip-off of barbie?" It almost makes me sad to think there are people that poor, and children that have to live with the fact that their friends have barbie and they have Sandy the Mom dolls or whatever. They have to go back to their homes where the have probably aging carpet and unsanitary living conditions with a 2L Faygo in the fridge almost empty. A mother and/or father not giving their kids the care they need or attention they should. Not teaching manners, morals, lessons of life, and simply embossing the image of poverty in their minds and leading them to a corrupt life trying to squeeze a penny from everything they can. Then spending it on booze, drugs, or themselves with no respect to their children.

I know a trailor park close by that have the conditions I've expressed, and know one of the families. The mother has five kids, two mexican, two american, one indian. The two american kids are from different fathers, the indian from a different father, as with the mexican kids. The mother lives on her own using the money from child support to pay bills. The mother has no license, never has had one, and is making no effort to get a job or a license. The two mexicans are 14 and 15, both lost their viriginity already, the indian daughter has 3 kids of her own at the age of 22. The two american kids, one is a muscular dystrophy patient and the other is my best friend, who lives with me and has been for the last 6 years.

Not to mention, this trailor park is known for drug busts once a week easy, has several of the lower members of society living there, and none of the trailors are kept up by the owner of the trailor park. There is grass in some areas, used tires stuck in the ground acting as a guard rail for the small driveways they have. Etc...


Yeah, it's sad thinking of the poor people, and I hope to God that I don't turn out to be a poor people person when I have kids. I already live on my own, and I'm not a poor people person (ppp) just yet, and I don't see it happening anytime soon unless I lose my job. If all else fails, I'll move back with my parents...I'm not ashamed.

 

[darkswordsman17]

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

If you have to ask what this means it proves that you're not near as smart as you think you are.

Probably futile, but I'll explain

The smartest people are the ones who realize that no matter how smart you are, there is an infinite number of things that you still don't know.

 

[chrissyo4]

From a health care perspective, it's not.

 

[dirtboy]

Some of the poorest people I've met were also the happiest.

 

[Turkish]

shut up sissy biatch.

 

[Azraele]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Being poor gives you perspective.

Yes, it does.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Being poor sucks.

Sure If you are poor for a little while, like while in school, or in your early 20s, it will help you to be better prepared for the real world. However being poor really really sucks. Worrying about having enough money to cover the bills for the month and still also eat ... is suck.


EDIT: Currently, I would declare myself not poor. However, from when I was 16 to when I was 21, I was pretty poor ...

 

[boomdart]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Being poor sucks.

Sure If you are poor for a little while, like while in school, or in your early 20s, it will help you to be better prepared for the real world. However being poor really really sucks. Worrying about having enough money to cover the bills for the month and still also eat ... is suck.


EDIT: Currently, I would declare myself not poor. However, from when I was 16 to when I was 21, I was pretty poor ...

I was poor from birth to ~8 years old, when my dad started his Tool & Die business and mom became a teacher for a college.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: chrissyo4
From a health care perspective, it's not.

health care is very expensive whether you are rich or poor. just dont go to them when you have a cancer or heart disease, they'll most likely sap you dry as dust just to keep you alive longer :Q

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: RobCur
in my research, i have found that the poor would literally do anything to make money, this in turn boost the economy.

Including stealing?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

having a wisdom that is unsurpassed is knowing you don't know much. Diffenently doesn't hold true for knowledge. And guess what the person who used the max wisdom=knowning about not knowning as a defense got (death). The oracale only told him there is no man wiser and there's significance in that. Right now I have negative money and no income.... but that's what college is all about.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: boomdart
Poor people spend money on all those trinkets in dollars stores where you think "who the hell would buy a very cheap rip-off of barbie?" It almost makes me sad to think there are people that poor, and children that have to live with the fact that their friends have barbie and they have Sandy the Mom dolls or whatever. They have to go back to their homes where the have probably aging carpet and unsanitary living conditions with a 2L Faygo in the fridge almost empty. A mother and/or father not giving their kids the care they need or attention they should. Not teaching manners, morals, lessons of life, and simply embossing the image of poverty in their minds and leading them to a corrupt life trying to squeeze a penny from everything they can. Then spending it on booze, drugs, or themselves with no respect to their children.

umm...not all poor people are like that.

There is no moral value fixed on the amount of money you have. There are greedy people both poor and rich, there are generous people both poor and rich. We tend to notice those on the other end of the spectrum more, since they are unlike us.

Still, I think everyone should experience poverty once.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: PunDogg

Originally posted by: SampSon
Being poor gives you perspective.

everyone should try the life on the bottom at least once
<--- living it right now

Dogg

I have. I had to live out of my car, and live of 10 bucks for a week once.
That SUCKS. Granted, theres a difference between "poor" and where I was, "flat ass broke".

 

[SilentZero]

Originally posted by: RobCur
i maybe poor in terms of wealth but i am pretty rich in knowledge and wisdom.

Would have never guess that by reading your past threads.

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: boomdart
Poor people spend money on all those trinkets in dollars stores where you think "who the hell would buy a very cheap rip-off of barbie?" It almost makes me sad to think there are people that poor, and children that have to live with the fact that their friends have barbie and they have Sandy the Mom dolls or whatever. They have to go back to their homes where the have probably aging carpet and unsanitary living conditions with a 2L Faygo in the fridge almost empty. A mother and/or father not giving their kids the care they need or attention they should. Not teaching manners, morals, lessons of life, and simply embossing the image of poverty in their minds and leading them to a corrupt life trying to squeeze a penny from everything they can. Then spending it on booze, drugs, or themselves with no respect to their children.

I know a trailor park close by that have the conditions I've expressed, and know one of the families. The mother has five kids, two mexican, two american, one indian. The two american kids are from different fathers, the indian from a different father, as with the mexican kids. The mother lives on her own using the money from child support to pay bills. The mother has no license, never has had one, and is making no effort to get a job or a license. The two mexicans are 14 and 15, both lost their viriginity already, the indian daughter has 3 kids of her own at the age of 22. The two american kids, one is a muscular dystrophy patient and the other is my best friend, who lives with me and has been for the last 6 years.

Not to mention, this trailor park is known for drug busts once a week easy, has several of the lower members of society living there, and none of the trailors are kept up by the owner of the trailor park. There is grass in some areas, used tires stuck in the ground acting as a guard rail for the small driveways they have. Etc...


Yeah, it's sad thinking of the poor people, and I hope to God that I don't turn out to be a poor people person when I have kids. I already live on my own, and I'm not a poor people person (ppp) just yet, and I don't see it happening anytime soon unless I lose my job. If all else fails, I'll move back with my parents...I'm not ashamed.

I read it all. Ya thats pretty messed stuff in the 2nd paragraph. Good writting there.

 

[RobCur]

"Money can never buy happiness," that's what most people claimed but if they were to win a million dollars worth of jackpot; they'll be jumping up and down, full of joy! :roll:

 

[shazbot]

i think it depends on what kind of person you are. Some people are motivated by being poor, and work harder and try harder to succeed than anyone else. it gives them perspective.

Other people go on welfare, and give up. =\

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: RobCur
in my research, i have found that the poor would literally do anything to make money, this in turn boost the economy.

Im poor and I won't do 'anything' to make money.

 

[SuperTool]

I think as long as you can afford health insurance, food, gas, shelter and necessities, there is nothing wrong with being poor if you are happy. A lot of people like grad students are poor, but enjoy what they are doing, and wouldn't trade it for a higher paying office job. Several of my friends have quit well paying ($70K+) jobs to go back to grad school in fields that don't pay well at all.

 

[0roo0roo]

no, it embitters and brings out the worst aspects of ordinary people. there maybe a saintly few, but as a whole it destroys people

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: RobCur
in my research, i have found that the poor would literally do anything to make money, this in turn boost the economy.

Im poor and I won't do 'anything' to make money.

well I guess as long as you have something to eat, that is sufficient to be happy; but for some they need to make as much as possible so they can spend like "out of control" just to satisfy their desire of greed. folks with a lot of money just spend it on useless stuff and very expensive like: diamond rings, necklace, bracelets. crazy obsession IMHO :|

 

[nan0bug]

Agreed, I don't live a very materialistic lifestyle. I buy my toys, but they're things I use frequently enough to justify the expense. I don't have useless expensive crap like jewelry or fancy clothes, and it really doesn't bother me at all.

 

[RobCur]

Materistic people live in a fantasy world that you got to have a lot of money to be happy. Their the kind that if anything is cheap, it sucks. Are never happy, and spend whatever they make.
in the end, they are happier being poor lmao.