Entertainment And Suvival

These are the only two things we spend our money on.


Think about this for a moment.

All the things we spend our money on for survival include the essentials like food, water, medicine, utilities, safety, education, healthcare, repairs, vanity and self esteem, transportation to acquire all these amenities, and much more, are all what we buy for survival.

Everything else we spend our money on like movies, concerts, vacations, recreational activities, sports, booze & recreational drugs, hobbies, and everything else like this falls under the realm of entertainment.

Is there anything you can think of that we spend our money on that don't fall under these categories?

 

I do a lot of work for charidy mate but I don't like to talk about it.

 

I always charidy.

 

I don't know if education, transportation, vanity and repairs fall under survival.

Anyway, how about when we spend money on other people? What about donations? Taxes?

 

Toll roads?

 

I don't always charidy but when I do...

 

I just like to collect banknotes and look at them, thinking how inherently useless they are.

 

I don't have time or money for any of this stuff....

 

I don't spend money on the "entertainments" mentioned above either.

I know people made fun of the charity post but it really does not fall into either of your 2 categories. I live on a very small income but I do send money to the Alzheimer's Association in memory of my mother and I also give annually to my local no kill Humane Society. I don't see how charity fits into your only two things we spend money. I also give money to a friend who sometimes needs some help.

Maybe if people did not spend so much on booze, vacations, movies, concerts etc. they could use some of that money and find a charity that has meaning to them that needs their support.

Where do funerals fit into your only two things we spend money on?

 

Malicious reasons.

Some travel to get away, or relax and aren't really looking to be entertained.

 

What about murder for hire?

 

there are only two things that gratify; creating and exploring.
its not the little green pieces of paper that are unhappy,
but it is possible to use them creatively.

now these two things take many forms.

people are always being talked into expecting to be entertained by things that gratify little or nothing,
usually things that bennifit few if any, and the expense of many if not all.

nothing wrong with being actually entertained. but most things that gratify involve participation at some level.
for me, trying to illustrate those kinds of environments i enjoy, this works even better in a solo context,
but it is emersion in the process from which gratification comes.

money is this thing people have structured things artificially to make them about.
some scarcities are real of course, but many more created by little more then illusion to con people.

so yah, money is a thing that is there,
but your perception of your personal environment,
just doesn't have to be thought of in those terms.

 

Unless you live a short walking distance from work and your grocery outlet, transportation is a survival necessity.
Without education, a person is valueless to an employer. Without any education at all, a person wouldn't know how to survive on their own. So education falls under survival.
Repairs can be both a survival and an entertainment feature. Fixing your mode of transportation. Fixing the appliances you use to heat and cool your home. That falls under survival to me anyway. Vanity falls under self esteem and mental health. Also, being able to appear decent is crucial for many people in their line of work; if they don't put any effort into their attire or appearance, they'll lose their job. Looking good in appearance is crucial to finding a partner for life; to reproduce and have kids. Thus, vanity falls under survival.

When you spend money on other people, like a parent providing for the child, most of the time it's for the kid's entertainment or survival. Donations and taxes? You might have me there.

 

Entertainments, for lack of a better word, encompass personal fulfillments that are not crucial for survival. Charity might be contributing to the survival of others you care about.

You bring up a good point with funerals. In a way, it would be kinda messed up to put funerals under the entertainment category.... But they are not crucial, but helpful for people to hold ceremonies to those who moved on.

 

I was thinking that myself. Not to sound callous about calling a funeral entertainment, but it is a coping mechanism for those left behind. They're not for the dead but for the living. It's not exactly medicine, but, as I said, a coping mechanism. But it's not entertainment either.

I think a funeral is a good gray area topic.