One that comes to mind for me: “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is not always true. Maybe even only half the time! Are there any phrases you tend to hear and shake your head at?

    • samus12345@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      This one is only true after a certain point which depends on the cost of living where you live. Money absolutely buys happiness up to a point.

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      4 months ago

      money can’t buy happiness, but it can create the environment and conditions in which you can more easily become happy.

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      4 months ago

      It fundamentally can’t. Humanity has seen plenty of miserable rich folks to know the innate truth of that.

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      4 months ago

      I agree to some extent. I would say money is exchanged time, you earn it by using your time and use it to have more time. You can trade your time (money) for things you dislike to do or will help you to faster achieve what you actually want to do so you can use your time on things you like which makes you happy. But there are things you can’t trade with money and you have to actually use your own time instead of your earned time.