Poll: Stop being so DAMN Miserable!!

[SadakoMoose]

Life, past, present, future, is all plenty to be sad about. But life is pointless if you can't overcome this.

It is humanities greatest default setting to be negative. But to think positive is a skill that is absolutely needed to live life to the fullest.

I know there is no god, I know there is no higher purpose to me being here, I know there is no such thing as fate or destiny, I know that everything that has a beginning has an end, I know that I am just a sack of some very clever cells that have arranged themselves in such way that they form the most advanced life form on the planet, I am aware that all my thoughts, memories, emotions and impulses are nothing but chemical and electrical reactions happening in my brain, I know that at any moment shit can go wrong, I know that I am infinitely luckier than a person that was born 100 years ago, I know that I'm lucky to not be born in a war torn hell hole, I know i'm lucky to even have access to the amazing peer-to-peer communication platform that is the internet, I know that there will definitely be an incredibly devastating war in my life time that will effect me no end.

And with all of these things being a sure thing in my head, I am happy. I am very, very happy. because against all the odds, I survived, and I am free, and able to choose my own destiny. I am happy that I am intelligent, and have a reasonable chance of finding a mate, in which to pass on my seed, I am happy that I can post this comment, and have my views read by potentially millions of people, I am happy that I have a broad sense of humor, I am happy i'm not a total failure drug addict, etc.

Get over it, life ain't that bad. Unless you're a failure drug addict of course, in that case, hope over to Switzerland. They have an awesome range of exotic clinics.

Good for your about that 2nd paragraph, but how do you KNOW any of what you say in the 1st few sentences? For sure I mean. Can you prove or disprove God/Destiny/A higher purpose/existence of soul? I'm not saying you're wrong, but that's just it, I really can't say you're wrong because I can't prove anything.

 

[Torrasque]

Here's the thing.
I may worry from time to time about things that I shouldn't waste my time worrying about, and I may spend too much time thinking about things I have no control over (I over-think the fuck out of everything).
But, I have your entire post telling me to stfu about my whining and complaining about how bleak the world is and blah blah... built into my brain. That is right. Every single time that I get too QQ about something, I tell myself to stop being a fucking ***** and just deal with it.

So, while I appreciate your attempt at cheering me up (others may not have my built in ass-kicking device mechanism), it is kind of annoying.

Keep up the good work all the same

 

[Dango]

OP, you're description of happiness comes across as incredibly shallow.

OT: Despite being friendless and extremely alone, my life is OK, I guess.

 

[Zack1501]

What if I enjoy arguing? I like discussing the meaning of life and wondering what will end the world. Thats not all I do but i enjoy living through though moments arguing though pointless battles.
I do however like your outlook on life.
Edit: and yes I'm happy

 

[Joshimodo]

Stop treating yourself like you're helpless or totally trapped wherever you think you are, jeez...

Oh, you've torn the scales from my eyes. Quickly, everyone - Run out in the streets and proclaim that we've found the answer! Nobody is trapped in a benign life that requires money to stay alive, and economy and job market is fine, and everything is just A-Ok.

I get what the basis of your post is on about, and agree with some of it. However, a lot of it is just plain old crap.

Let's not forget that some people are clinically depressed, due to a chemical imbalance in the brain. Telling these people to "cheer up" won't work. Medication is required in cases like these.

Also this.


To those saying we live in great times of prosperity, happiness and such - Yes, we do. We can do many wonders, but do few. We do not live 100 years in the past, so it's not really logical to compare that. Of course things are better off in most ways than then - But as people, we are less happy - Less sheltered, I suppose.

 

[Vanitas likes Bubbles]

But i thought we were a basket of nerves and biochemicals. Anyway i am happy, i'm not afraid to die but i don't wont to die just yet. To many things to do, places to see. Also getting up people because their miserable isn't going to help them, some people just feel that way and i'd hug them all if i could. Ah my frozen heart is beginning to melt noooooo, what are these emotions!!!

 

[Dfskelleton]

I agree with you completely. I'm usually a bright, happy person (except in the morning, I require coffee to function properly in the morning).
Our world can be a crummy place sometimes, but the best thing to do about it is openly defy the crumminess by finding a way to enjoy yourself.

 

[Buffoon]

You are not brilliant for quoting Player Piano/1984/Brave New World

Ha, the best mark I got in high school was for an essay comparing those three novels.

Anyway, I agree! Too many people I know dwell on the negative. I'm one of the happiest people I know, despite not having a job/girlfriend (kind of)/family/plan for the future. Maybe I'm too stupid to know better, but I generally enjoy life. Sure, sometimes I get sad. But there's so much awesome stuff out there, it doesn't last long.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Ok?
Discuss:
Having Fun
Not being held down by society/your self depressive nature
Having faith in Mankind
Books that you like

1) Of course, that's what I do best.
2) Not in my control.
3) Why? No, really, WHY?
4) This list is too long!

Have we forgotten that we are alive and mortal?!

Nope, that's why I'm on here, wondering if to end this day by sleep or play some game. Every day counts.

We can waste hours upon hours discussing and debating the meaning of "life" or "existence" or if we only perceive other people to exist, or if we even have free will...

And what if philosophical discussion is something we love? Or is that a bad pursuit because it involved too much thinking and ideas?

Read Steppenwolf! Drink a beer! Watch some Anime! Have Sex with a girl! Laugh together while you're doing it! Snort a line! I personally have never done coke before, but Charley Sheen sure looks like he's having fun!

Besides the first, all are pursuits that require no brain... opium for the brainless, if you'd will.

None of your suggestions are remotely fun or enjoyable. I think I'll prefer enjoying myself with wondering who'll start the next World War and how technology will advance in this century, thank you very much.

 

[Kae]

I cannot answer your poll, feelings are much more complicated than happy sad, and besides I'm slightly bipolar and I change my mood every 5 minutes, also I seem to be depressed by the stuff that should cheer me up and some stuff that should cause me to be depressed enough as to make me question who I am, although it did that for a week now amuses me and makes me laugh a lot, so let's just go with I might be off, like not sane at all.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Ok?
Discuss:
Having Fun
Not being held down by society/your self depressive nature
Having faith in Mankind
Books that you like

1) Of course, that's what I do best.
2) Not in my control.
3) Why? No, really, WHY?
4) This list is too long!

Have we forgotten that we are alive and mortal?!

Nope, that's why I'm on here, wondering if to end this day by sleep or play some game. Every day counts.

We can waste hours upon hours discussing and debating the meaning of "life" or "existence" or if we only perceive other people to exist, or if we even have free will...

And what if philosophical discussion is something we love? Or is that a bad pursuit because it involved too much thinking and ideas?

Read Steppenwolf! Drink a beer! Watch some Anime! Have Sex with a girl! Laugh together while you're doing it! Snort a line! I personally have never done coke before, but Charley Sheen sure looks like he's having fun!

Besides the first, all are pursuits that require no brain... opium for the brainless, if you'd will.

None of your suggestions are remotely fun or enjoyable. I think I'll prefer enjoying myself with wondering who'll start the next World War and how technology will advance in this century, thank you very much.

2: In many ways, it is.
3: Because we've never been closer to curing HIV/AIDS than at any point in our history.
4: No it's not

Brainless? Reading Steppenwolf is brainless? Having sex, good sex that is, is far from brainless. And if you're picking the tastes out or going for texture, drinking a beer can be a thinking epicurean's game. Also, if you're watching anything by Satoshi Kon, you will need your brain.
You may be right when it comes to coke, though...

BTW, There's probably not going to be another World War any point in your lifetime. It's just not how international politics works anymore. Dollars mean more than guns.

 

[Akytalusia]

well, i just got a new bottle of captain morgan's long island iced tea today, so i have a good reason to finish off the last bottle. that'll register as a happy thought later when i get around to actually doing that.

*looks at the time*

actually, thanks for reminding me. i think i'll get started on that right now. >.>

 

[Sandjube]

Let's not forget that some people are clinically depressed, due to a chemical imbalance in the brain. Telling these people to "cheer up" won't work. Medication is required in cases like these.

a double layer chocolate cake

Spoiler: did someone say chocolate cake?

MY GAWD. DAT CAKE!

Now I have to go make a cake and then later, eat it.

Which WOULD make me happy if I didn't suck at making cake.

 

[Kyr Knightbane]

You may or may not have a relatively short time on "Earth"!
Why aren't you using it to do things?

Thats the thing. We who wander along the line of depression spend most of our time wondering why the hell we are here, whether we even want to be here, where we want to go, what things we should do and if its worth the effort.

Go build a house! Feed some hungry people/animals! Build a water treatment machine for people in Africa! Write a damn book! Then look at those nice smiling needy people and tell me that you care that you think that they might not be real!

I need money to build a house, feed people, build a water treatment and time and money to write a book.

To get money I need a job. Looking for a job consumes my time. When I have found a job that job will give me money but consume my time, time I can no longer invest in building a house, feeding people, building a water treatment or writing a book.

See where im going with this?

I never said you'd have to have it published.
Nothing wrong with writing a few words a day.
Besides, what's stopping you from donating a little or maybe offering some canned food every now and again?
I'm not saying you have to do anything or just give yourself totally to charity.
Just do do some things to remind yourself that you are human.
You need to BREATH it all in, humanity that is.
Stop treating yourself like you're helpless or totally trapped wherever you think you are, jeez...

If it was that easy, do you really think there would be a single depressed person in the western world?

Its just as easy to be a miserable fuck-wit. Honestly it takes zero effort to smile at something, but it becomes habit to be miserable, day in and day out. People who are so tragically disgusted with their own lives, are proof that this whole society is dissolving into 2 groups, Entitled little shits who are sad all the time because they choose to be, and people who genuinely enjoy life, no matter what because its a gift. Something to be cherished. If you look for just 3 seconds, i guarantee there is something to be cheerful about. But just now as you read that, i'm certain your first thought was "No there isn't" If you're that depressed, that sad, that pathetically disgusted with your life, FUCKING CHANGE IT. Don't be a sad, depressed, pathetic lump. Get off your butt, turn off the TV or the Computer or the Wii, or the DS or the 360 or the PS3 and fucking get a grip. Life isn't gonna tap it's foot impatiently waiting for you, its already going. If you sit by and let it go by, then sucks to be you. When you stop pitying yourself, then you'll be alright.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Ok?
Discuss:
Having Fun
Not being held down by society/your self depressive nature
Having faith in Mankind
Books that you like

1) Of course, that's what I do best.
2) Not in my control.
3) Why? No, really, WHY?
4) This list is too long!

Have we forgotten that we are alive and mortal?!

Nope, that's why I'm on here, wondering if to end this day by sleep or play some game. Every day counts.

We can waste hours upon hours discussing and debating the meaning of "life" or "existence" or if we only perceive other people to exist, or if we even have free will...

And what if philosophical discussion is something we love? Or is that a bad pursuit because it involved too much thinking and ideas?

Read Steppenwolf! Drink a beer! Watch some Anime! Have Sex with a girl! Laugh together while you're doing it! Snort a line! I personally have never done coke before, but Charley Sheen sure looks like he's having fun!

Besides the first, all are pursuits that require no brain... opium for the brainless, if you'd will.

None of your suggestions are remotely fun or enjoyable. I think I'll prefer enjoying myself with wondering who'll start the next World War and how technology will advance in this century, thank you very much.

2: In many ways, it is.
3: Because we've never been closer to curing HIV/AIDS than at any point in our history.
4: No it's not

Brainless? Reading Steppenwolf is brainless? Having sex, good sex that is, is far from brainless. And if you're picking the tastes out or going for texture, drinking a beer can be a thinking epicurean's game. Also, if you're watching anything by Satoshi Kon, you will need your brain.
You may be right when it comes to coke, though...

BTW, There's probably not going to be another World War any point in your lifetime. It's just not how international politics works anymore. Dollars mean more than guns.

>Besides the first
Important part of that sentence. Also: sex = rocket science? Wow, thanks for telling me. Who woulda thought? And do you really think that people drink beer to discover its chemical composition or something? And where the hell was watching movies/anime in there?

 

[Singularly Datarific]

I'm happy because the future of mankind is US.
OUR generation will guide how the world goes, and I for one put faith in my colleagues.
Why is this different?
Our generation grew up with unprecedented access to information, we talk with people all over the world for fun, we band together against what threatens us with amazing efficiency, and we care for the little guys. We've become who we are in the midst of suckiness, we know what can go wrong if we are lazy or incompetent, and we cannot stand inaction.
Also, statistically speaking, I will probably get a girlfriend/wifey sometime in the next 10 or so years. That also makes me happy.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Ok?
Discuss:
Having Fun
Not being held down by society/your self depressive nature
Having faith in Mankind
Books that you like

1) Of course, that's what I do best.
2) Not in my control.
3) Why? No, really, WHY?
4) This list is too long!

Have we forgotten that we are alive and mortal?!

Nope, that's why I'm on here, wondering if to end this day by sleep or play some game. Every day counts.

We can waste hours upon hours discussing and debating the meaning of "life" or "existence" or if we only perceive other people to exist, or if we even have free will...

And what if philosophical discussion is something we love? Or is that a bad pursuit because it involved too much thinking and ideas?

Read Steppenwolf! Drink a beer! Watch some Anime! Have Sex with a girl! Laugh together while you're doing it! Snort a line! I personally have never done coke before, but Charley Sheen sure looks like he's having fun!

Besides the first, all are pursuits that require no brain... opium for the brainless, if you'd will.

None of your suggestions are remotely fun or enjoyable. I think I'll prefer enjoying myself with wondering who'll start the next World War and how technology will advance in this century, thank you very much.

2: In many ways, it is.
3: Because we've never been closer to curing HIV/AIDS than at any point in our history.
4: No it's not

Brainless? Reading Steppenwolf is brainless? Having sex, good sex that is, is far from brainless. And if you're picking the tastes out or going for texture, drinking a beer can be a thinking epicurean's game. Also, if you're watching anything by Satoshi Kon, you will need your brain.
You may be right when it comes to coke, though...

BTW, There's probably not going to be another World War any point in your lifetime. It's just not how international politics works anymore. Dollars mean more than guns.

>Besides the first
Important part of that sentence. Also: sex = rocket science? Wow, thanks for telling me. Who woulda thought? And do you really think that people drink beer to discover its chemical composition or something? And where the hell was watching movies/anime in there?

Oh, yeah, looks like I did miss that.
My mistake.
But yeah, good sex IS rocket science.
(Unless you're British)
And many people do enjoy a variety of different beers in order to appreciate their taste and composition. Not everyone is a 6 pack-a-day Bud drinker.
But, yeah, "watch some anime" is in there.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Ok?
Discuss:
Having Fun
Not being held down by society/your self depressive nature
Having faith in Mankind
Books that you like

1) Of course, that's what I do best.
2) Not in my control.
3) Why? No, really, WHY?
4) This list is too long!

Have we forgotten that we are alive and mortal?!

Nope, that's why I'm on here, wondering if to end this day by sleep or play some game. Every day counts.

We can waste hours upon hours discussing and debating the meaning of "life" or "existence" or if we only perceive other people to exist, or if we even have free will...

And what if philosophical discussion is something we love? Or is that a bad pursuit because it involved too much thinking and ideas?

Read Steppenwolf! Drink a beer! Watch some Anime! Have Sex with a girl! Laugh together while you're doing it! Snort a line! I personally have never done coke before, but Charley Sheen sure looks like he's having fun!

Besides the first, all are pursuits that require no brain... opium for the brainless, if you'd will.

None of your suggestions are remotely fun or enjoyable. I think I'll prefer enjoying myself with wondering who'll start the next World War and how technology will advance in this century, thank you very much.

2: In many ways, it is.
3: Because we've never been closer to curing HIV/AIDS than at any point in our history.
4: No it's not

Brainless? Reading Steppenwolf is brainless? Having sex, good sex that is, is far from brainless. And if you're picking the tastes out or going for texture, drinking a beer can be a thinking epicurean's game. Also, if you're watching anything by Satoshi Kon, you will need your brain.
You may be right when it comes to coke, though...

BTW, There's probably not going to be another World War any point in your lifetime. It's just not how international politics works anymore. Dollars mean more than guns.

>Besides the first
Important part of that sentence. Also: sex = rocket science? Wow, thanks for telling me. Who woulda thought? And do you really think that people drink beer to discover its chemical composition or something? And where the hell was watching movies/anime in there?

Oh, yeah, looks like I did miss that.
My mistake.
But yeah, good sex IS rocket science.
(Unless you're British)
And many people do enjoy a variety of different beers in order to appreciate their taste and composition. Not everyone is a 6 pack-a-day Bud drinker.
But, yeah, "watch some anime" is in there.

*insert tab A into slot B*
I have just found out how to build the vessel that will take up to Alpha Centauri. I'm ready for my Nobel Prize!
And I'm going to do some chemistry - drink some sprite. Oh how wonderful it is to be the smartest man in the universe, as I can do amazing things like drink liquids and decide whether or not it tastes good! Einstein has nothing on me!

 

[SadakoMoose]

Ok?
Discuss:
Having Fun
Not being held down by society/your self depressive nature
Having faith in Mankind
Books that you like

1) Of course, that's what I do best.
2) Not in my control.
3) Why? No, really, WHY?
4) This list is too long!

Have we forgotten that we are alive and mortal?!

Nope, that's why I'm on here, wondering if to end this day by sleep or play some game. Every day counts.

We can waste hours upon hours discussing and debating the meaning of "life" or "existence" or if we only perceive other people to exist, or if we even have free will...

And what if philosophical discussion is something we love? Or is that a bad pursuit because it involved too much thinking and ideas?

Read Steppenwolf! Drink a beer! Watch some Anime! Have Sex with a girl! Laugh together while you're doing it! Snort a line! I personally have never done coke before, but Charley Sheen sure looks like he's having fun!

Besides the first, all are pursuits that require no brain... opium for the brainless, if you'd will.

None of your suggestions are remotely fun or enjoyable. I think I'll prefer enjoying myself with wondering who'll start the next World War and how technology will advance in this century, thank you very much.

2: In many ways, it is.
3: Because we've never been closer to curing HIV/AIDS than at any point in our history.
4: No it's not

Brainless? Reading Steppenwolf is brainless? Having sex, good sex that is, is far from brainless. And if you're picking the tastes out or going for texture, drinking a beer can be a thinking epicurean's game. Also, if you're watching anything by Satoshi Kon, you will need your brain.
You may be right when it comes to coke, though...

BTW, There's probably not going to be another World War any point in your lifetime. It's just not how international politics works anymore. Dollars mean more than guns.

>Besides the first
Important part of that sentence. Also: sex = rocket science? Wow, thanks for telling me. Who woulda thought? And do you really think that people drink beer to discover its chemical composition or something? And where the hell was watching movies/anime in there?

Oh, yeah, looks like I did miss that.
My mistake.
But yeah, good sex IS rocket science.
(Unless you're British)
And many people do enjoy a variety of different beers in order to appreciate their taste and composition. Not everyone is a 6 pack-a-day Bud drinker.
But, yeah, "watch some anime" is in there.

*insert tab A into slot B*
I have just found out how to build the vessel that will take up to Alpha Centauri. I'm ready for my Nobel Prize!
And I'm going to do some chemistry - drink some sprite. Oh how wonderful it is to be the smartest man in the universe, as I can do amazing things like drink liquids and decide whether or not it tastes good! Einstein has nothing on me!

And what of foreplay? Rhythm? Breathing patterns? Erogenous Zones?
Ikea sex is the worst...
Beer can have very complex flavors. Not everything is a mass produced lager. There are stouts, and weiss beers, and ales of all kinds. There are aromas to sift out, flavors to ruminate upon, mouth feel to judge. It's almost exactly like wine tasting.
It's more than a matter of "good or bad".

Wow, Ikea sex and taste in drink based on binary judgements of quality.
Such a British approach to life...

 

[TimeLord]

I'm happy; It's snowing outside.

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

I hate you so much.
I want snow