Money is for saving

[toneswirly@lemmy.world]

Follow up question: why spend money if it doesnt make you happy?

[atocci@lemmy.world]

Couldn't be me

[mysticpickle@lemmy.ca]

There's something really disturbing about a human body with Muppet-like facial features.

[pistcow@lemm.ee]

Money doesn't buy happiness but it does buy time. Time to do the things that make you happy.

[saigot@lemmy.ca]

I used to have anxiety like this, keeping a good budget that pays me "fun money" helped a lot with this.

[peregrin5@lemm.ee]

Your lack of money ceases to be a problem after you're dead so maybe that's a benefit.

[deaf_fish@lemm.ee]

One of the weirder of votes I've done. Technically correct but.... Gahh staying alive is a primary goal.

[iamthetot@sh.itjust.works]

Actual Budget is good for anyone looking for budget apps.

[dmention7@lemm.ee]

Honestly, and I think this is part of what the comic is getting at, spending money to buy a new shiny can deliver a hit of dopamine at the moment. But once that hit fades, a variety of other feelings about that purchase can set in.

So it's not as simple as whether buying something makes you happy, it's whether the act of purchasing the thing, experiencing the newness, actually owning and using the thing, all bring you happiness. And on top of that, whether the things you could have bought instead would bring you more happiness.

I actually relate pretty hard to this, if it's not obvious lol

[twinnie@feddit.uk]

Honestly, saving money is great. You spend money and it’s good for a short while, but you save money and you get so much comfort from that safety net, from not worrying each time an envelope comes through your door that it’s going to be some bill you can’t afford.

[boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org]

[mosiacmango@lemm.ee]

Buckets is also good and runs on the same "envelope" model. I find the UX of buckets much better, personally.

Not actual FOSS, but its a free unlimited trail that you pay for when you want to.

[sxan@midwest.social]

TBF, that's a pretty rad looking thing she bought. I kinda want one, too.

[tacosanonymous@lemm.ee]

CONSUME.

[rolder@reddthat.com]

You save money so that you can stop working for it later on life. But you gotta use some of it, not worth saving if you’re gonna be depressed the whole time until retirement

[nandeebisu@lemmy.world]

Are muppets disturbed by us, and think we're muppets with skin and flesh?

[nandeebisu@lemmy.world]

Money also buys things that enable you to explore things.

Like if you buy an instrument you're usually out $100-200 at a minumum especially if you add on books and accessories. but learning it can be super rewarding for years.

[flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I guess that would be like that to someone who didn't play just a ton of Animal Crossing. I didn't even notice!

[neatobuilds@lemmy.today]

as long as you dont have adhd and think this time you will invest in that hobby and thats the one thats going to keep you hooked for years to come

[thelsim@sh.itjust.works]

Looking at my guitar, 3d printer, drawing notebooks, balls of yarn, flute and god knows what else I have buried in my many junk drawers…

Every one of them came with that feeling….
I feel like having a little cry right now