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Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world`s most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.

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Romuhdekips : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Romuhdekips

19 votes NegativePositive

300 days 4 hours ago...

For those who don`t know what Kopi Luwak coffee is, it`s the coffee beans that have been shit out by an Asian Palm Civet... ya the aroma must be devine :P

sir_music : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

sir_music

11 votes NegativePositive

297 days 21 hours ago...

Man, I love TED Talks!

shumbum : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

shumbum

9 votes NegativePositive

297 days 21 hours ago...

^ @600 per pound, how can you say no?!?!?

Ninja : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Ninja

21 votes NegativePositive

297 days 21 hours ago...

^^^ ok i`m going to get myself some Asian Palm Civets and feed them nothing but coffee! their shits is my bread and butter! i`m going to be rich off shit!

ekimchua : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

ekimchua

15 votes NegativePositive

297 days 21 hours ago...

Very enganging and insightful talk but what`s the point really for bringing this up. I was waiting at the end that there will be a conclusion on why people obsessed with rediculous material things.

delt_osvp : LVL 46: VP 5: said:

delt_osvp

8 votes NegativePositive

297 days 20 hours ago...

Romuhdekips i thought he explained that in the vid

melivorous : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

melivorous

-1 votes NegativePositive

297 days 16 hours ago...

wow...
i guess thats why chicks like guys who lie about how much money they make.

Romuhdekips : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Romuhdekips

5 votes NegativePositive

297 days 8 hours ago...

^^@delt_osvp

lol yaya i know :P I guess I wrote it for people who read the vid description than my comment... I guess I`m a first comment whore deep down, I couldn`t help my self, my bad :(

Romuhdekips : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Romuhdekips

8 votes NegativePositive

297 days 8 hours ago...

just out of curiosity... are there any spiked members who came here way back in the day through the good ol` torrentspy ad?? You know the one with the black cat stealth attacking the baby?

pEAGER : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

pEAGER

4 votes NegativePositive

297 days 7 hours ago...

ted talks are the most interesting videos on this site. my favorite is the `classical piano` video.

also, great conclusion with the MRI study

irishkreme : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

irishkreme

6 votes NegativePositive

297 days 5 hours ago...

@Romuhdekips

Thats how I discovered spikedhumor. Good ol` torrentspy, I kinda miss that site, I also discovered shoutwire through them as well.

dilated : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

dilated

1 votes NegativePositive

297 days 5 hours ago...

so i think at the end he was saying that you can buy happiness, if spending extra money tricked the brain into being happier for these people.

TUdes : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

TUdes

1 votes NegativePositive

297 days 2 hours ago...

I think the dog kept showing up as a reference to a truer happiness, one based on companionship and love. There`s a difference between thinking you`re happy, which is what this video was about, and feeling it.

cavey : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

cavey

1 votes NegativePositive

297 days ago...

@Romuhdekips I`m here through torrentspy as well, what made you think of that?

TeflonMonkey : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

TeflonMonkey

0 votes NegativePositive

296 days 20 hours ago...

good stuff, but alot of expensive things are better than cheep ones.

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