Money

The Andrews Sisters made the song "Money Is the Root of All Evil". But what about it makes it so evil? I mean, what is money anyway? To put it simply enough, it is a piece of paper. A damn piece of paper. A piece of paper that we ALL, no matter how much we deny, give a damn about. The benefit of the doubt is that we do need money to do everyday things. We use money to buy groceries, personal items, mortgage, all of that jazz. Money is a means to an end, and we all need it. So is the actual money evil, or is it the person behind the dollar dollar bill, y'all? It has to be the person behind it. How can an inanimate object with a dead president's face on it be evil? A piece of paper literally does not have a pulse, a heart beat, none of that nonsense.

Why are so many people infatuated with them racks? It's understandable as to why. Some think that the more money that you have the easier your life will be... Not entirely true. I am an extremely broke college student who made $4 after working 8 hours as a server at my job. It wasn't really necessary for me to share that but man was I pissed off.

Anyway, some think that with more money then more of your problems will just dissipate into thin air. Almost as if the problem never existed, right? Sadly that isn't how life works. I was watching Forensic Files with my dad and brother the other night and an extremely wealthy doctor decided to kill his wife after she figured out he was spending quality time with an enchantress after hours at the local strip club. Racks upon racks were tossed at this lil mama and the trend never seemed to end. I came in halfway in the show, so I am not too sure why he was being unfaithful to his supposed soul-mate. Maybe it doesn't even have anything to do with money and this guy's intentions were absolute shit to begin with. But, maybe he was in it just because he could afford to do it. And if that was the case, it just goes to show that just because you have money doesn't mean you have to spend it like he did and it DEFINITELY doesn't give you the right to be an asshole. Spending money just to spend it is called conspicuous spending. Like I said before, it's just spending money because you have it. It is almost as if those who participate in conspicuous spending feel like they NEED to spend it since they have that kind of wealth. In reality, that's not the case. Side-note: I learned the term "conspicuous spending" (at least that's what I think the term is) in my Modern Novel class. Turns out VCU's education is kind of working.

The whole paragraph prior to this one is a little messy and isn't as concise as I intended. The moral of the story is that we all need money to survive. It is awesome to make money because you can do cool things with friends and family and all that good stuff. Just don't let the greediness that often accompanies money creep into your lifestyle and turn you into a money hungry twat.