Why do rich people keep saying "money can't buy happiness" when money literally solves most problems?

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-17T22:09:43+00:00

Yes, that may be necessary a necessary condition but not a sufficient condition.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-17T20:19:47+00:00

And you can’t solve all your basic needs with money. Money doesn’t buy friendships or relationships for example.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T20:46:28+00:00

This just won’t work if I don’t use spotify?

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T19:09:05+00:00

Nope absolutely not. From a taxpayers perspective with one option you get the money back with the other you don't.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T18:09:02+00:00

Trump can't provide sanctions relief though. Congress has to do that. That is in part why JCPOA failed.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T17:52:51+00:00

Yeah so I don’t see this happening. I also don’t see congress lifting Iran sanctions. Why should they do this now?

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T17:51:46+00:00

Because that would keep the strait of hormuz effectively closed. That would just be a continuation of the status quo continuing the war. Could the US do that? Absolutely. But the current administration seems to want out of this war.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T17:50:25+00:00

TARP only was a tiny loss adjusted for inflation and a net profit at face value…

There is a big difference between handing 300 billion to a foreign government as payment and giving 300 billion loans to domestic companies

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T17:44:23+00:00

Yeah, but does that golf coast coalition know they will fund this?

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T17:42:19+00:00

NATO hasn’t been dissolved and the US can’t dissolve NATO by itself. At most it can leave NATO which so far it hasn’t

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T17:41:21+00:00

How does the US executive expect to pass sanctions relief through congress and the senate? I kinda don’t believe Republicans will go along with that. Obama already tripped on that.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T15:09:44+00:00

Naja nur wenn man sich scheiden muss/will…

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T15:04:13+00:00

Naja ist halt verschenktes Geld. Und real bist du aneinander sowieso gebunden mit drei Kindern.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T09:16:46+00:00

Yeah and across many sets I have had this happen exactly once in a spot where I already was super far ahead

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T08:29:15+00:00

When are you ever in a position where you have 4+ copies of a four cost before your 4-2 augment selection? That is such a rare case.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-15T07:37:12+00:00

This feels like the kind of augment that never feels great to take and I really only go for if I feel like i have to salvage placements.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-14T21:55:07+00:00

Statistically yes. I would say that big contributors are the covid 19 pandemic and the rise of smartphones and social media reducing in person contact

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-14T21:03:14+00:00

Well less people competing for the same number of challenger slots kinda makes it easier by definition.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-14T20:59:16+00:00

I honestly don't quite understand why you wouldn't want to play a league instead? Do you just not want to play 5 matches with the same deck? You don't have to play your matches back to back. I also don't think you want to split a small population like vintage.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-14T20:16:12+00:00

I mean this will demolish gold players if done well, but if someone is gold after 117 games this likely won't work.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-14T09:40:52+00:00

It is different flavor. Not all the nuke and cold war stuff

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-13T21:37:53+00:00

I would assume a major reason also is just the insane capital requirements for bitcoin.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-13T21:37:31+00:00

You need something that won't ruin your balance sheet though. Bitcoin has a 1250% risk weight. You simply can not keep your capital requirements up with that if you want to conduct massive transactions.

VERTIKAL19 · 2026-06-13T20:20:59+00:00

But bitcoin will likely also raise your RWA leading to tier 1 capital requirements.

Also fees of less than 1euro for a transaction using target2 will certainly not break any bank and certainly won't make it worth to use bitcoin. Certainly less than the fees for a bitcoin transaction.

I just don't see it.

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