yo i read this one while i was on leave & my partner & i talked about it for like a solid hour afterwards. the $70k study thing is so interesting to me, love the deep dive.
Whenever anyone brings up this $75K study, which is now quite old, especially considering inflation as my grocery bill can attest, I also question the motivation behind the study. Is it to placate us into accepting billionaires run the world and we get our teeny piece of the pie so we should just be happy? Or is $75K when we finally feel like we're not always struggling to pay for our basic needs? Does making $75K suddenly make you a happier, more well-adjusted person? In my experience, I'd say no, it doesn't. Cracking the happiness code is likely a combination of many factors, including having basic needs met in a way that satisfies the individual, which $75K may or may not be the bar to reach for depending on familial circumstances, location, etc. The metrics could vastly vary for a single person living in a rural area to a family of six plus elders in assisted care living in an expensive city.
And what have you got against pigeons? It's not their fault they lost their postie jobs after the war! They're no longer in the $75K tax bracket. Give them a break. ;)
yo i read this one while i was on leave & my partner & i talked about it for like a solid hour afterwards. the $70k study thing is so interesting to me, love the deep dive.
Thank you 😁 — interested to know what you ended up discussing with your partner and whether or not you agree with my analysis
Whenever anyone brings up this $75K study, which is now quite old, especially considering inflation as my grocery bill can attest, I also question the motivation behind the study. Is it to placate us into accepting billionaires run the world and we get our teeny piece of the pie so we should just be happy? Or is $75K when we finally feel like we're not always struggling to pay for our basic needs? Does making $75K suddenly make you a happier, more well-adjusted person? In my experience, I'd say no, it doesn't. Cracking the happiness code is likely a combination of many factors, including having basic needs met in a way that satisfies the individual, which $75K may or may not be the bar to reach for depending on familial circumstances, location, etc. The metrics could vastly vary for a single person living in a rural area to a family of six plus elders in assisted care living in an expensive city.
And what have you got against pigeons? It's not their fault they lost their postie jobs after the war! They're no longer in the $75K tax bracket. Give them a break. ;)