[justin66]

The guy still buys a lottery ticket, so I just assume that he'd find your original statement, "money definitely does not make people any happier," just as naive as most people would.

A person can be content with what they have and still find value (happiness, even!) in having more, for a variety of reasons that don't involve naked greed or avarice. It's extremely strange that anyone needs to have this explained to them.

[overcast]

You're going off on tangents and picking apart context unnecessarily. What does the insistence on reiterating that he still buys lottery tickets? So what? I've bought a few, and I don't have any money issues, it's fun to take a chance! We all have our vices, rich and poor still gamble. I piss away money on expensive cocktails because they are delicious. So what have it? If I couldn't afford them, it's not going to be a detriment to my happiness. The discussion isn't about whether having more will make anyone more or less happy, it's whether people are content with the lives they have now. Do they want an iPhone? Possibly. Are the happy without ever getting one? Probably. Would it be awesome owning a 30 million dollar mansion on a secluded beach front property? Heck yes! Am I less happy because I don't? No! Geez, lighten up!

[justin66]

> The discussion isn't about whether having more will make anyone more or less happy

This thread of discussion literally began because you wrote "Money definitely does not make people any happier."