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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
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HuK
Canada1591 Posts
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heha
Australia425 Posts
@intrigue Shit man, I'm not sure if it's what you mean, but I think I understand the sensation that you've somehow lucked your way into a fantastic life(style). I'd give 5 for similarity to own life, but I'm gonna give 1 because I'll tell you the same thing I want to tell myself: Time to get up off your ass and work hard so that you stop feeling guilty >.< Of course, don't mind me, I'm just a complete stranger, so I'm probably completely misunderstanding your scenario/intentions Edit: mannnn, just found out intrigue's a girl, | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
On January 03 2012 16:05 AimlessAmoeba wrote: If you're able to type what you just did on a computer and post it freely, you're a lot more well off than you probably think. what the fuck do you know about him? not a fucking shit, there are a lot of ways one can be not well off and still being able to post on teamliquid. Way to act like a jerk.... | ||
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Phyrigian
New Zealand1332 Posts
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DoX.)
Singapore6164 Posts
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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On January 03 2012 20:40 HuK wrote: keep doing wat ur doing biatch, when ur sleeping with all those cute young artistic women. i want u to think of the time me and u shared a bed wat | ||
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
On January 03 2012 21:03 heha wrote: LOL Huk, letting intrigue know who the real boss is? XD @intrigue Shit man, I'm not sure if it's what you mean, but I think I understand the sensation that you've somehow lucked your way into a fantastic life(style). I'd give 5 for similarity to own life, but I'm gonna give 1 because I'll tell you the same thing I want to tell myself: Time to get up off your ass and work hard so that you stop feeling guilty >.< Of course, don't mind me, I'm just a complete stranger, so I'm probably completely misunderstanding your scenario/intentions Edit: mannnn, just found out intrigue's a girl, lolllllllllll... good that youre doing well despite being a lazy fuck its a lot tougher to do in my future career ... | ||
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skyrunner
371 Posts
i hope u understand that for everyone of u that are this lucky, there is someone on the other side of the equilibrium. that person is me. im your polar opposite, forever cursed... + Show Spoiler +  | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
Just about to finish sputtering through my own program and I feel the same way. I am happy when I have no work to do and nothing to accomplish and I can float around with my friends. Your fortunate to have been wired to feel satisfied with similar things. The only thing that might go wrong would be feeling like you need something more in a few years. | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
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jacen
Austria3644 Posts
On January 03 2012 15:49 AirbladeOrange wrote: Why do you think the most important thing is happiness? It isn't. | ||
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TheSwamp
United States1497 Posts
On January 03 2012 19:29 Clow wrote: I thought all young artistic cute women were lesbians. Is Boardwalk Empire wrong? They want you to think they are lesbians, so you leave them alone | ||
intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
On January 03 2012 15:49 AirbladeOrange wrote: Why do you think the most important thing is happiness? Sometimes I wish I weren't as well off as I am. i don't know how to explain this, but it seems so obvious in my head. you spend most of the time dead, billions and billions of years of it. i don't know, maybe some of your atoms will become part of another living being in a few million years because they ate something you became a part of! anyhow the crazy biological structures in my head apparently find it important to invest resources into maintaining this illusion of consciousness. i have a degree of agency in my decisions, and some choices reward my dopamine circuits and feel so gooodd. others feel neutral or are boring. why not abuse the system for pleasure? man, what a dumb answer. how about i don't know On January 03 2012 18:24 EatThePath wrote: It seems self evident that if you are even thinking to ask then the answer is of course not. However, if you lack the inner nagging feeling to pursue why, then there's nothing to be done. + Show Spoiler + u gotta skate this is a good point. and extremely good advice! On January 03 2012 23:32 zul wrote: I always thought people like you, who have no real problems, are in the position to help other people with their problems. Not as an obligation, but an opportunity to enrich your life. I don`t want this sentence to weigh too heavy, so I will also tell you this: trying to hit on young artistic women sounds lifeimproving too. yeah i thought that too, maybe still do. i don't do anything about it though. i am not noble of spirit enough to want to help people. i like to tell myself i know allll about the plight of mankind as if this awareness automatically makes me compassionate. i care a lot about the condition of myself and the people i entangle myself with, but outside of that LOL gl. i remember when i was younger i was an EMT, and people would always be like 'oh you thank you for your dedication and service, i'm glad there's people that actually care'. but i didn't. i did it so people thought i was a good person, and it would look good on my resume. so i stopped. i don't even know which reasons for this approach to life are rationalizations or powerful defense mechanisms and which are valid. anyhow, just wanted to air some of these observations. good talk | ||
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atmuh
United States246 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On January 03 2012 15:49 AirbladeOrange wrote: Why do you think the most important thing is happiness? Sometimes I wish I weren't as well off as I am. Not to derail too much, but for you as a person, what's more important than happiness? Isn't that kind of the goal of life, to achieve complete happiness and satisfaction with yourself? People find that in different ways, but it's still all the same thing in the end, imo. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Well, you don't have to feel guilty about it, but I think you're wrong about it having to do with your intelligence. It is more a matter of knowledge which shapes us, and knowledge can be acquired by nearly anyone. Knowledge nearly always makes things more unhappy. | ||
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KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
On January 03 2012 15:43 intrigue wrote: is a life happily lived worth it already? This question is so heavy loaded we could discuss this for days. Months. Years. Forever. You realize that you're asking questions people ask themselves since the dawn of time? | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
On January 04 2012 01:42 Pokebunny wrote: Not to derail too much, but for you as a person, what's more important than happiness? Isn't that kind of the goal of life, to achieve complete happiness and satisfaction with yourself? People find that in different ways, but it's still all the same thing in the end, imo. That's ridiculously narrow minded. You are assuming that all goals will bring you happiness, but some people have lifelong pursuits which don't necessarily bring them happiness. Say you want to help people. Maybe in another country with a lot of war. You could go there and do your best, but in the end the people you try to help are not much better off and the country as a whole is still fucked. You did exactly what you wanted to do, your part in the social system of humanity, but you still feel like shit because it wasn't enough. But you didn't go there because you wanted to feel happy. You could just take drugs your whole life if that was all that mattered. You wanted to do something that changed some part of the world in some way, because as humans, we often find it important to matter to others, and to impart some kindness to our race as a whole. We call people who don't sociopaths. There is the Seinfeld episode about it being impossible not to do anything for your own happiness, but take a step back from that and ask if anyone is necessarily doing it for their own happiness, or if that is a byproduct and there are much more efficient ways to guarantee personal 'happiness.' I would argue there are a great deal of things which never really bring happiness, but which are important to the function of our society. The goal isn't happiness, it's just a byproduct. The goal was the thing that you actually did with your life. | ||
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