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Brighten your day with half-off Garage LED lights
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michelle Williams)
Tue Jul 27 13:57:40 2021
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:45:45 -0400
From: "Michelle Williams" <michelle_williams@good2great8.club>
To: <linuxch-announce.discuss@charon.mit.edu>
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">Predictably, before long, I soured on =
tent life, weary of hearing nylon walls flap in the wind while my friends s=
noozed in blissful silence in their vehicles. I became convinced that I nee=
ded a van as well. Klontz has researched this phenomenon, called relative d=
eprivation. ?We feel deprived when we see that other people have stuff we d=
on't,? he says. It's part of the reason Americans continue to report decrea=
sing life ­satisfaction despite our relative wealth compared with other=
nations, and even through periods of economic growth.</span></p>=20
<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">Not even Klontz, who also lives in Bou=
lder, has been able to inure himself against <a style=3D"color: #fffff=
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?One day I walked to work and counted ten of them,? he says. ?No wonder I=
want one. But you don't go, <em>I want one </em><em>because ever=
yone has one.</em> You have all these rationales. It's about your stat=
us with the tribe.?</span></p>=20
<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">The desire to belong is a powerful mot=
ivator when it comes to how we treat money. While a $60,000 van is an extre=
me case, it's the same rationale we use to buy a $7,000 bike or a $2,500 ba=
ckcountry-skiing setup when we have credit card debt. Tropes like ?spend mo=
ney on experiences, not things? fly out the window when the experiences you=
love are enhanced by expensive things. (Try overnighting in the high count=
ry with a $50 department-store sleeping bag and tell me how it goes.)</span=
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">This same desire to belong can also dr=
ive the opposite behavior?putting on the appearance of being broke even whe=
n you aren't. We tend to surround ourselves with people who have the same m=
oney beliefs we do, says Klontz, and we get uncomfortable if we drift above=
or below them financially. This is why you see tech bros and dentists wear=
ing patched-up puffies and eating instant oatmeal in trailhead parking lots=
(out of their tricked-out vans). ?It's the same exact human psychology as&=
nbsp;<em>I need to drive a Mercedes,</em>? says Klontz, ?except it's <=
em>How poor </em><em>can I live?</em> It's a competition for that=
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">Ironically, you might reject money whe=
ther you grew up with it or never had it. ?You see money-avoidant people at=
both ends of the spectrum,? says Klontz. ?With poor people, it's a cogniti=
ve-dissonance thing?I want to be wealthy and I'm not?so it helps to create =
a narrative around how rich people are bad. On the other side, if you grew =
up in a wealthy family and your parents cared about money, there's a rebell=
ious attitude or there's guilt. You feel like you have to push this part of=
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">It can be a toxic combination. You bel=
ieve that money and happiness are at odds, so you feel no incentive to save=
or invest. But you're caught in the cycle of desiring the same nice gear a=
nd epic experiences as <a style=3D"color: #ffffff;" href=3D"http://www.good2great8.club/e035it2395t8yH611i412r9K7d5L40nhbr47Ga-Drrs4rGIEHbwG4wwfGaDvsrEibxEIH47QQ3omdS6O1nQ0s6eJqsqv/ravage-scratchers">you=
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<p><span style=3D"color: #ffffff;">This is the opposite of how wealthy<a =
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