i remember seeing Microsoft paid him around 2 billion dollars.
2 billion dollars.
ITT - fuck people who are depressed if they have money.
Fuck is wrong with you Gaf? That's some cold shit.
Who says the guy is depressed?
Often depression from poverty is not depression from physically lacking the money you want, but rather feeling inadequate or being unhappy that you cannot have what you want. Having more money is only a band-aid for that. Once you have adjusted to a lifestyle standard befitting your wealth, there will be lots of new barriers to be depressed about. For most people, there will always be those richer and more successful than you, and there will always be more things out of your reach no matter how rich you are. That can all lead to having the same depressed feelings.
Who says the guy is depressed?
Never mind.
So stop partying in Ibiza and do something constructive. Fund the development of some games and get involved.
Psychonauts 2 still needs making.
Did employees have any equity in the minecraft studio and shared in the buyout or was the Notch bonus the only thing received?
Right here in this thread. You can join all the other Gaffers that think the same, there's a lot of you.where do I sign to not give a fuck?
GTFO with that bullshit. I suffer from depression and my job isn't going to give me a day off if I don't feel like getting out of bed. The problem with his tweets is that he has the means to do something about his problems and it's sounds like he's not doing shit. Most people do not have the money to take care of what they need to and take care of their own mental well being. Hence the lack of empathy for Notch.ITT: People still believe that money buys you happiness and rich people never have problems in their lives.
Congratulations, you officially have the mind set of an 8 year old.
It's a sad state of affairs when some people are convinced that everyone has to be "worse" than them in terms of societal standing in order to gain their sympathy.
I don't know if it's jealousy, naivety or both.
You could also live like you don't have the money. I know people that are very wealthy (though not that wealthy) and living within artificially limited means allows them to no let the money take over.
Some of you guys don't seem to fully understand what depression is.
it's not like when people say "oh i'm depressed" when they're just feeling a bit sad.
it's a deep hole that's tough to get out of.
Right here in this thread. You can join all the other Gaffers that think the same, there's a lot of you.
I dont know why he is shocked that the Mojang team dislikes him. They worked very hard to build so ething up, invested themselves in it and in Notch. Then he sells out for massive payoff to a large company that Mojang staff may not have been all that keen on being owned by and tosses them some of his table scraps on the way out.
Combined with all the crap he spewed from his high horse over the years only to sell out, it makes perfect sense they are bitter about his bullshit.
Some of you guys don't seem to fully understand what depression is.
it's not like when people say "oh i'm depressed" when they're just feeling a bit sad.
it's a deep hole that's tough to get out of.
I know. Still somehow amusing
i don't think people who are actually depressed whine about it on twitter using multiple posts, that just sounds like they're bored and want attention.
Who says the guy is depressed?
i don't think people who are actually depressed whine about it on twitter using multiple posts, that just sounds like they're bored and want attention.
now we're measuring depression by how many twitter messages people are posting.. gaf is so fact-based..
We don't know if he's actually depressed or just sad. I've never been clinically diagnosed with depression, but I've felt like I had it for a long time in my life (and still feel that way sometimes). And trust me, if I would have had any chance to change it I would have done so.
You don't get depressed for no reason, you just need to find what it is. He has the time and money to seek professional help, and the money to do what's necessary to get better. From those tweets it looks like he doesn't like his lifestyle. He has no responsibilities or family, what's preventing him to change it?
I'll gladly take the money from you mr.Notch. So you can return to a normal life. I wouldn't mind the cash, not at all...
Mo money, Mo problems
GTFO with that bullshit. He has the means to do something about his problems. What he's complaining about is the freedom wealth has given him. He can do whatever he wants and his friends can't. Well, he can fix that. He could start something else and hire his friends. He could help pay off friends debt and throw them some cash if he wants to change what they're going through. If he wants to be a regular joe he can give the money away but he isn't going to do that. So fuck him. I can't feel bad about a person who has options bitching like he has none. He didn't have to buy that house. He didn't have to move. He doesn't have to party in Ibiza. He doesn't have to do a lot of the things that make him miserable. Maybe he's just a fucking asshole? He's certainly lost perspective.
Pretty disappointed with a lot of the juvenile responses in here and elsewhere, showcasing a fairly unprecedented and frankly unwarranted apathy and at times hostility towards a person's wellbeing simply because of their perceived fame and wealth. It's not about trying to diagnose him with a form of depression from your armchair (which is also foolishly reactionary). It's simply about having a modicum of empathy for another human being and the realities of wealth and power and the irrefutable fact these are not flawless conduits to perfectly happy life, and that a person's life and state of happiness can be influenced both positively and negatively by extreme surges in wealth and fame.
It's just a dude expressing reasonable (and hardly original) frustrations at where he's at in life due to his wealth and status relative to his social life and the difficulties this has introduced. The idea that the wealthy, extremely wealthy even, have no right to frustration or feeling depressed about these changes and difficulties is just absurd.
By the same leap of logic nobody in a developed Western country has the right to feel depressed. Why should I care if you're living paycheque to paycheque and couldn't go out for beers this weekend? Why should I care about your apparent financial hardships when your country, in most cases, does offer some form of financial and/or housing and/or food support in the most extreme situations? You're still, comparatively to the rest of the world, in the more wealthy, better off economic and lifestyle brackets. You don't know what full poverty and survivalism is. Got a TV? A computer? A phone? Fuck you, you really don't know how well you have it.
Yet I can muster genuine empathy for your hardships because I'm well aware that wealth and comparison to the rest of the world doesn't guarantee happiness.
Notch is just a sad dude, wearing his grievances on his sleeve, because he's wealthy as fuck and despite this feeling like the essential components of a happy life (friends, love, and fun) aren't happening, and in some cases seemingly falling apart because of the wealth. Knocking him back on these points, which are neither here or there as it's just him being him as honest as possible, because "NO, YOU HAVE MONEY" is just baffling.
Please marry me.Pretty disappointed with a lot of the juvenile responses in here and elsewhere, showcasing a fairly unprecedented and frankly unwarranted apathy and at times hostility towards a person's wellbeing simply because of their perceived fame and wealth. It's not about trying to diagnose him with a form of depression from your armchair (which is also foolishly reactionary). It's simply about having a modicum of empathy for another human being and the realities of wealth and power and the irrefutable fact these are not flawless conduits to perfectly happy life, and that a person's life and state of happiness can be influenced both positively and negatively by extreme surges in wealth and fame.
It's just a dude expressing reasonable (and hardly original) frustrations at where he's at in life due to his wealth and status relative to his social life and the difficulties this has introduced. The idea that the wealthy, extremely wealthy even, have no right to frustration or feeling depressed about these changes and difficulties is just absurd.
By the same leap of logic nobody in a developed Western country has the right to feel depressed. Why should I care if you're living paycheque to paycheque and couldn't go out for beers this weekend? Why should I care about your apparent financial hardships when your country, in most cases, does offer some form of financial and/or housing and/or food support in the most extreme situations? You're still, comparatively to the rest of the world, in the more wealthy, better off economic and lifestyle brackets. You don't know what full poverty and survivalism is. Got a TV? A computer? A phone? Fuck you, you really don't know how well you have it.
Yet I can muster genuine empathy for your hardships because I'm well aware that wealth and comparison to the rest of the world doesn't guarantee happiness.
Notch is just a sad dude, wearing his grievances on his sleeve, because he's wealthy as fuck and despite this feeling like the essential components of a happy life (friends, love, and fun) aren't happening, and in some cases seemingly falling apart because of the wealth. Knocking him back on these points, which are neither here or there as it's just him being him as honest as possible, because "NO, YOU HAVE MONEY" is just baffling.
Yeah, let's concentrate on the one thing and ignore the rest of what I said. With the second part I meant that I could maybe sympathise with him if he did some good deeds with his money. As for now, I don't know this what sort of person Notch is.
Pretty disappointed with a lot of the juvenile responses in here and elsewhere, showcasing a fairly unprecedented and frankly unwarranted apathy and at times hostility towards a person's wellbeing simply because of their perceived fame and wealth. It's not about trying to diagnose him with a form of depression from your armchair (which is also foolishly reactionary). It's simply about having a modicum of empathy for another human being and the realities of wealth and power and the irrefutable fact these are not flawless conduits to perfectly happy life, and that a person's life and state of happiness can be influenced both positively and negatively by extreme surges in wealth and fame.
It's just a dude expressing reasonable (and hardly original) frustrations at where he's at in life due to his wealth and status relative to his social life and the difficulties this has introduced. The idea that the wealthy, extremely wealthy even, have no right to frustration or feeling depressed about these changes and difficulties is just absurd.
By the same leap of logic nobody in a developed Western country has the right to feel depressed. Why should I care if you're living paycheque to paycheque and couldn't go out for beers this weekend? Why should I care about your apparent financial hardships when your country, in most cases, does offer some form of financial and/or housing and/or food support in the most extreme situations? You're still, comparatively to the rest of the world, in the more wealthy, better off economic and lifestyle brackets. You don't know what full poverty and survivalism is. Got a TV? A computer? A phone? Fuck you, you really don't know how well you have it.
Yet I can muster genuine empathy for your hardships because I'm well aware that wealth and comparison to the rest of the world doesn't guarantee happiness.
Notch is just a sad dude, wearing his grievances on his sleeve, because he's wealthy as fuck and despite this feeling like the essential components of a happy life (friends, love, and fun) aren't happening, and in some cases seemingly falling apart because of the wealth. Knocking him back on these points, which are neither here or there as it's just him being him as honest as possible, because "NO, YOU HAVE MONEY" is just baffling.