Ask HN: What materials things do you covet?

Posted by rokhayakebe on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @05:46PM
from the ask-hn dept.

It is a good exercise to write down the material things you have to get in your life. I tried to make a list several times, and I have never been able to go above 10 items. Here are the items that remain constant:

- Rocio Romero LV or something in that nature. ($125k maybe)

- Vintage Schwimm bicycle ($500),

- A motorcycle, a cruiser preferably, and it does not have to be new. ($5-$7000)

- A lifetime supply of Hanes ($9000, random number).

- A private jet.

What are some things you feel you must just have (maybe once your startup exits successfully)?

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by philwelch on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @06:01PM (#759396)

A recent computer, a mattress to put on the floor, some books, and an efficient means of transportation.

Of course, I already have those things. What I covet is having enough money to fill my belly and my mind without having to work for it 40 hours a week for 40 years.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by weaksauce on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @07:36PM (#759574)

Time is my answer.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by pavelludiq on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @07:51PM (#759608)

Honestly, its hard for me to answer your question. I like stuff, but i don't really need any of it. But it would be nice to learn to ride a motor bike, or play the guitar, and for those activities you need a bike and a guitar, so as a means to those goals, thats what i need, but i don't need objects just because of them selfs. I don't need a computer, all i need is a tool to write code. At least thats how i view my materialism. Its my pragmatism that makes me a materialist, not some inner need to have things.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by jacquesm on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @06:10PM (#759410)

I'm tempted to write 'my son', he is after all 'material', but that's stretching it a bit, so I'll settle for a tenor saxophone.

The trick I think is not to covet the next thing that you haven't got but to be happy with that which you do have and to treat anything that comes your way over and beyond that as a pleasant surprise.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by JimmyL on Thursday August 13, 2009 @01:17AM (#760066)

- Original Le Corbusier LC4 - Convertible sports car - Star Alliance Super-Elite card - Man Ray/Ansel Adams original photographs - 100+ year-old trees - Cottage on a nice lake

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by chaosprophet on Thursday August 13, 2009 @12:36AM (#760010)

Alienware AllPowerful Gaming Laptop

Gulfstream G650 (it's not even in production yet)

A house on a beachfront

A Jaguar E-type in pristine condition

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by fburnaby on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @08:49PM (#759714)

I want a house. One with a really nice kitchen. With plate-racks. Grad school was a bad choice in this regard.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by planck on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @11:35PM (#759942)

I read that as "a really nice kitten," and found myself agreeing with you. A house and a nice kitten sound pretty good.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by bkrausz on Thursday August 13, 2009 @12:26AM (#759997)

Tesla

The sports car, not the video card (I had one of those once, not as useful as you'd think).

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by MaysonL on Thursday August 13, 2009 @02:36AM (#760152)

Lifetime TED membership.

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Re:Ask HN: What materials things do you covet? by dantheman on Thursday August 13, 2009 @04:47AM (#760319)

An island

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