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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Oh, I think there are really people out there who not only believe it, but for whom it is true. Not the bulk of people who would say it (or think it), but a few.
Then I feel sad that our society is so messed up that it doesn't get those people the help they so desperately need.
I remember reading, somewhere, in some survey someone conducted of lottery winners, more than a quarter insisted, at the time they won, that they would keep working. At the end of 1 year almost none of them were, and the most common explanation for their changed attitude was "what was I thinking?"
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So, in the end, those people did what you would want to do, and what you would want them to do.... but they weren't nearly as unhappy with their situations (i.e., needing to work) before winning the lottery as you and Sebby seem to be. Right?
The Kool-Aid is yummy. Try it some time.
Seriously -- I'd be happy to stop working but I love living where I live and would need a bunch of money. I also like having regular human interactions with smart people. I wouldn't get that in Gatti's garrett, or on the beach with a stack of books. I'd need to be active, and travelling, and the like -- and that ain't happening on 90k a year (hell, I can barely pay my mortgage on that).
And I have one case that actually does do some good. I'd hate not to finish that out, though I probably could make the adjustment. But I don't know. This is the problem in occasionally doing work for charities.
