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  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlThe Fuckening
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    7 months ago

    Ah, a nihilist. I know my limits, and virtually nothing I can say will change your mind because it’s still closed, and you likely already have an answer to any questions you ask.

    However, I’ll leave you with this:

    You can see it as naive and idealistic, and sure, I get it. But I never claimed happiness is permanent. It’s a worldview, and those can and should change. How they change is entirely up to the individual.

    You have more control over your path than you realize, and those who benefit from a defeated or complacent populace are terrified of you realizing it.


  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlThe Fuckening
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    7 months ago

    Well it’s never permanent, but I would imagine someone in good health, with strong familial and social connections who lives above the poverty line (person A) is much more likely than someone without one or all of those things (person B) to have a stable feeling of happiness.

    Stable, in this context, meaning harder to shake or break.

    An example being person A is having a good day and they get a flat tire. The issue is much more likely to be resolved without affecting their overall happiness very much, whereas person B’s day might be ruined, which is more likely to have a knock-on effect that can greatly reduce overall happiness.

    This is not to say someone without those things wont be happy, just citing a few top level things that, when absent, can make someones life experience more difficult.

    As far as under what circumstances would someone experience stable happiness? That’s different for everyone because we all have unique challenges in life and how we were raised can directly influence where we are emotionally and what it will take to find happiness.

    One of the most sure fire ways to find happiness is in kindness and forgiveness to others, as well as yourself.











  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlI hate that guy
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    7 months ago

    This isn’t cancel culture though. You are proving my point.

    And my last post wasn’t a straw man either… It was describing people who use terms they don’t understand to express their dislike of things. It’s literally you. In this thread.

    I mean… I guess it could be that you’re knowingly misusing it just to create anger and division. But you wouldn’t do that, would you? That would make -you- the problem.





  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlYes, but
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    7 months ago

    I had a family member like this… They’d go off about how awful capitalism is, and the shit that goes with it (to which I’d generally agree) but have a house full of google home devices, brag about how much they buy on amazon, and simp for the giant megacorp for which they worked a retail job…

    It woulda been funny if it wasn’t so sad.