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- Back to cash: life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/16/sweden-cash-digital-payments-electronic-banking-security 7 comments
- Florida GOP Turns Down Federal Money For Life-Saving Cancer Programs http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/11/10/366230/florida-gop-turns-down-federal-money-for-life-saving-cancer-programs/ 4 comments politics
- Petr Yan responds to Aljamain Sterling’s ‘MMA Rulebook 4 Dummies’ jab: ‘He’s trying to earn the last big money of his life’ https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/4/5/23010397/petr-yan-aljamain-sterling-mma-rulebook-4-dummies-hes-trying-to-earn-the-last-big-money-of-his-life 72 comments mma
- [Russini]Since 2016, his first season playing on the franchise tag, Kirk Cousins has made more money than any player in the NFL ($159M). tag life isn’t so bad. https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1509618687958990852?s=20&t=A1WEtGfdgH7Dcnkkbu2-Fg 72 comments nfl
- The living philosophy of Diogenes: simplify — set aside status money and power, overcome your body’s need for comfort and the good life is in easy abundance. Also tolerate no intellectual bullshit and troll Plato whenever possible https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/p/the-living-philosophy-of-diogenes 223 comments philosophy
- These Hackers are Real-Life 'Robin Hood'; They Are Donating Stolen Money to Charities https://www.techtimes.com/articles/253483/20201020/robin-hood-hackers-donate-stolen-money-make-world-better-place.htm 20 comments worldnews
- Poker, Markets And Life : The Indicator from Planet Money https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881831436/poker-markets-and-life 9 comments wallstreetbets
- Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread — A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus. https://abcnews.go.com/business/wirestory/filthy-lucre-paper-money-shunned-fear-virus-spread-69702909 34 comments worldnews
- Snap CEO Evan Spiegel: ‘Obviously, life is not about making money’ (June 2018) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/06/snap-ceo-evan-spiegel-life-is-not-about-making-money.html 92 comments wallstreetbets
- Father passed before life insurance activated. Chubb and Aflac still taking money from mothers paychecks even after begging to cancel. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/9vmwe0/father_passed_before_life_insurance_activated/ 15 comments personalfinance
- 43 years old: Should I spend $4800 after tax money now to get $133 tax free/month for life starting at age 65? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/944ljz/43_years_old_should_i_spend_4800_after_tax_money/ 24 comments personalfinance
- Warren Buffett’s big life lesson to students: Don’t borrow money like Donald Trump https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/12/warren-buffetts-big-life-lesson-to-students-dont-borrow-money-like-donald-trump.html 13 comments politics
- Considering a career change, anyone trade money for more work life balance? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/761wpv/considering_a_career_change_anyone_trade_money/ 5 comments personalfinance
- A 30-year-old female, all debts paid off, a full-time job, roughly $500,000 to invest and can't stop thinking about money - it's beginning to rule my life. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/75fzat/a_30yearold_female_all_debts_paid_off_a_fulltime/ 256 comments personalfinance
- Is there a newer version of Your Money or Your Life? https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/6rl19q/is_there_a_newer_version_of_your_money_or_your/ 6 comments financialindependence
- About to have "real" money for the first time and about to hit some major forks in the road. Need life advice on where to go from here. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6nug61/about_to_have_real_money_for_the_first_time_and/ 46 comments personalfinance
- Why do most people manage their money efficiently in video games, but do the exact opposite in real life? https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/6muq5b/why_do_most_people_manage_their_money_efficiently/ 485 comments financialindependence
- How Tyron Smith took control of his life and money http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/hotread141125/dallas-cowboys-tyron-smith-gets-control-battling-family-money 20 comments nfl
- FFRF asks NASA to withdraw large religious grant -- NASA is giving money to a religious organization to determine how the possible future discovery of extraterrestrial life might impact Christian theology and religious beliefs. http://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/26806-ffrf-asks-nasa-to-withdraw-large-religious-grant 22 comments politics
- Disaster capitalism is a permanent state of life for too many Americans: Hundreds of full-time New York City workers are homeless and in San Francisco bus drivers sleep in their cars to save money: this is a never-ending crisis. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/24/disaster-capitalism-permanent-state-life-americans 8 comments politics
- A Mr Money Mustache member's interesting story about reaching FI and feeling bored and dull. Reddit FI, how have you planned to keep your FI life vibrant and interesting? http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/post-fire/not-sure-if-i-like-fire/msg753720/#msg753720 70 comments financialindependence
- Playing online poker changed the way I'll view money for the rest of my life http://www.businessinsider.com/playing-online-poker-changed-the-way-i-view-money-2015-4 12 comments poker
- Will Americans Ever Realize That a Good Life is More Important Than Money? http://www.alternet.org/will-americans-ever-realize-good-life-more-important-money 4 comments politics
- Bombay HC echoes Pattaya street wisdom: "No money, no honey." Poor people have no right to conjugal life, it seems. http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/destitute-husband-cannot-seek-wife-s-company-rules-hc/article1-840295.aspx 4 comments india
- The Google Play problem: paying for 'Angry Birds' with battery life instead of money http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/23/2896253/google-play-android-mobile-ads-angry-birds 7 comments technology
- How does Sony make money? Life insurance! http://www.splatf.com/2011/11/sony-profits/ 12 comments technology
- Money weakens ability to savor life’s little pleasures http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/05/25/money-weakens-ability-to-savour-life%E2%80%99s-little-pleasures/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Dear Reddit: You were recently asked to donate money to help someone's wife with cancer. He is raising $30Kto be spent on a scam clinic in Mexico called hope4cancer. Please help convince him not to waste his money and risk his wife's life on pseudoscience and quackery. http://www.hope4cancer.com/ 615 comments reddit.com
- Think the Christian license plates in Florida go to far? Six states sell anti-abortion 'Choose Life' plates. Money goes to bad science and propaganda. http://www.reproductiverights.org/pub_fac_licplates.html 7 comments reddit.com
- Much research shows therapy can be less helpful or even detrimental to some clients, while money, self-help, placebos, and medication can be more helpful in solving well-being and quality of life problems. Psychotherapy, on the whole, doesn't appear to meet the goals it sets. https://cognitiontoday.com/is-therapy-worth-it-side-effects-of-therapy-and-how-to-heal-on-your-own/ 9 comments philosophy
- We are almost at the point when we need to start reminding people about the folk who made life changing money in 2017 and didn't cash out anything. Here is a guy from my country - a journalist on normal wages. At one point he was up to like $7M, with $14M borrowed. https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/102228201/i-lost-more-money-in-bitcoin-than-most-people-will-earn-in-a-lifetime 12 comments cryptocurrency
- TIL: Mika Hakkinen donated a 'substantial' amount of money to the Royal Adelaide Hospital to build a long planned but not funded helipad as a thankyou for saving his life http://www.awesomeadelaide.com/disused-abandoned-buildings-ruins/urban-exploring-gilligans-island/?amp 136 comments formula1
- A story once told by Lukaku’s mum: “When he was 7, his teacher took away his ball. He started crying: ‘Give me back my ball. We are poor. With football I might earn money for my mum’. When he was 14: ‘Today they laugh at us, tomorrow life will smile for us’ https://twitter.com/hlninengeland/status/980330447757545472/photo/1 73 comments soccer
- David West: "So, you need moments that later in life that no amount of money will overvalue it. Taking that money in Indiana wouldn’t feel like this." https://theundefeated.com/features/warriors-david-west-win-2017-nba-title/ 346 comments nba
- Making a MAJOR life change. Moving into a 5th-wheel camper for a few years to save money for investments and hopefully retire early. https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/5h4lvd/making_a_major_life_change_moving_into_a_5thwheel/ 82 comments financialindependence
- "A new study by a Harvard University economist says lefties generally make less money than righties, and they may be worse off in other areas of life, too." http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/harvard-study-lefties-earn-less-than-righties/ 7 comments science
- Can money buy happiness? For some, the answer is no: Many shoppers, whether they buy material items or life experiences, are no happier following the purchase than they were before, according to a new study from San Francisco State University. http://news.sfsu.edu/news/can-money-buy-happiness-some-answer-no 259 comments science
- Laundering money — literally — could save billions of dollars: Scientists have developed a new way to clean paper money to prolong its life, rather than destroying it. The research could save billions and minimize the environmental impact of banknote disposal http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014/acs-presspac-january-8-2014/laundering-money-literally-could-save-billions-of-dollars.html 1027 comments science
- Republicans want Control and Power. The money is really secondary to them. They just want to control your BODY and LIFE. They want to mold everyone into their image. They want us all to know that they have the RIGHT COLOR, RIGHT RELIGION and RIGHT LIFE STYLE. They reign supreme. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/23/849608/-republican-work-up-to-open-rebellion 16 comments politics
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: "We all have a right to privacy... [Unlike our competitors,] you are not our product. Could we make a lot of money doing that? Of course. But life isn’t about money, life is about doing the right thing. This has been a core value of our company for a long time." http://www.imore.com/tim-cook-says-no-one-should-give-their-right-keep-their-data-private 845 comments apple