EPTPoll: How happy have you been the last month?
(Vote): 1/2; depressed
(Vote): 3/4; sad
(Vote): 5/6; decently content
(Vote): 7/8; happy
(Vote): 9/10; very happy
Rate your happiness and explain why
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
Poll: How happy have you been the last month? (Vote): 1/2; depressed (Vote): 3/4; sad (Vote): 5/6; decently content (Vote): 7/8; happy (Vote): 9/10; very happy | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
Been 7/8 all my life but sometimes for short periods shoots up to 9/10. | ||
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Storchen
Sweden4385 Posts
Got some worries atm. Schoolrelated. Otherwise happy! | ||
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boghat
United States2109 Posts
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
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Cpt Obvious
Germany3073 Posts
I have no financial issues to deal with like other students do, I have no girl problems, I don't have a terminal disease, so why the fuck should I be unhappy? :D Also this forum is a constantly flowing well of funny and happyness to me like 95% of the time when I'm here. | ||
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mel_ee
2448 Posts
edit: wait if its last month, then im definatly happy. | ||
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Yuljan
2196 Posts
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
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FireBlast!
United Kingdom5251 Posts
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unknown.sam
Philippines2701 Posts
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MTF
United States1739 Posts
And it will be 9/10 come June.  | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
otherwise im alright | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
And i gotta find somewhere else to live, close to university. And that prolly means ill be saying goodbye to bw in a short while. So yeah i just hit bottom. | ||
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.kaz
1963 Posts
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Mango
Belgium522 Posts
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Sr18
Netherlands1141 Posts
Regardless, judging by the things happening in my life, I should be 7/8 or 9/10. I think too much about things like this to be able to really answer this question though. | ||
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PhilGood2DaY
Germany7424 Posts
On May 12 2007 04:25 .kaz wrote: 1/2 GooDFrienD is out of Starleague =/ 7/8 GooDFrienD is out of Starleague = ) | ||
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boghat
United States2109 Posts
On May 12 2007 05:05 Sr18 wrote: One can wonder if one can be happy if one does not enjoy happiness. No one wonders this. | ||
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Yizuo
Germany1537 Posts
I'm very very busy with university atm, but the stuff I learn is interesting and I like the intellectual challenge. I get along very well with the people I hang out.. Also I had a strange boost of self confidence lately, don't know where it came from but I like it .Also I kissed a very pretty girl last week. So yeah, it's all good I guess. | ||
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chicken`
Germany3478 Posts
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dupek
Switzerland214 Posts
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Coagulation
United States9633 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m12/coagulatedSmurf/bey.gif) we all know why Beys so happy. | ||
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On May 12 2007 06:05 Coagulation wrote: hahahahahahahahahahahahaha | ||
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fanta[Rn]
Japan2465 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20022 Posts
rugby playoffs today usually 7/10 | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
I'm actually way down this week but I hear good things will happen next week. And I believe in fortune cookies. Supposedly, a mountain trip is gonna be nice. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28677 Posts
On May 12 2007 03:41 Rekrul wrote: 7/8 Been 7/8 all my life but sometimes for short periods shoots up to 9/10. i essentially agree with this short periods below 7/8 but the 9/10 periods by far outweight them now I wish i had a little more money and i think thats why im not at 9 10 cause well there are some things I have to pay for that I havent been able to afford paying for yet.  | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
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Stygg
Sweden1100 Posts
Lost a lot of money, have to deal with a fucking whore of a landlord trying to milk me for money as I'm moving out and all in all my life is just scattered atm. If you had made this poll a few months back and pretty much at ANY time other than now, I would have voted 7/8, that's how I always am. But the last month has just sucked hard. Bring on the good times. | ||
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KrAzYfoOL
Australia3037 Posts
On May 12 2007 04:25 .kaz wrote: 1/2 GooDFrienD is out of Starleague =/ you care that deeply about progaming? wow i pitty you | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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dronebabo
10866 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
Rating something as intangible as feeling happy is impossible. Not only is there no real metric, it's unlikely any of us will ever know what being, according to your poll, truly '100%' happy is, or what being completely unhappy is. Of course, everyone has periods of their life, that vary in length and frequency, where they know they've felt happy, and maybe these known periods of happiness can be used to contrast, or identify, periods of unhappiness. That is ridiculous, though, because, ultimately, happiness is a choice. Whether or not this choice is an easy one is not important, but you're the only person who has the power to make yourself happy. This whole happiness gradient thing assumes that happiness is a random gift of life, something that either happens or it doesn't, and you calculate the arrival of this blessing based on what you perceive as good things or bad things in your life. As if the events of the world around you push up or down a scale, and at the end of the day, your position on this scale is your happiness rating. This is my opinion, anyway, and I think that, implicitly, the rest of you have chosen to be happy or unhappy. However, feel free to share your happiness equations with me if you think I'm wrong. | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28677 Posts
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Tarte
Canada933 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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Tarte
Canada933 Posts
On May 12 2007 08:43 CTStalker wrote: i know it's not a serious poll. i can't understand why or how anyone would want to rate their happiness, regardless Why wouldn't peaple want? Too ashamed of saying that they're not happy with their life most of the time? | ||
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
If someone's unhappy because they feel life is unfair (it is), and the world is cruel to them (it is too), it's also completely within their power to change their happiness, but not necessarily via a lifestyle change. I don't mean to say it's silly to contemplate your happiness, but that it's silly to think "This month I'm two fifths happy, and by next month I want to be at the six eights level!" I know this thread is meant to be irreverent and for fun, so sorry if I'm bringing it down, but discussing happiness and life happiness are of great interest to me. | ||
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TesisMech
Peru688 Posts
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Q~Bert
United States663 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28677 Posts
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Tal
United Kingdom1017 Posts
On May 12 2007 09:11 CTStalker wrote: It has nothing to do with shame - if someone's unsatisfied with the way they've led their life, and they feel unhappy because of it, it's completely within their power to change their lifestyle, and change their happiness. If someone's unhappy because they feel life is unfair (it is), and the world is cruel to them (it is too), it's also completely within their power to change their happiness, but not necessarily via a lifestyle change. I don't mean to say it's silly to contemplate your happiness, but that it's silly to think "This month I'm two fifths happy, and by next month I want to be at the six eights level!" I know this thread is meant to be irreverent and for fun, so sorry if I'm bringing it down, but discussing happiness and life happiness are of great interest to me. But its not always possible to change things. Last month was a sad month for me, because my girlfriend broke up with me. There was nothing I could do to change it, and there's no special way I can look at things which would make me see that in a positive light. Obviously measuring happiness precisely is ridiculous, but its not hard for me to say "the last month I've been unhappy due to this break-up and severe financial troubles, but I'm not at a depressed stage because I have been coping better then I expected + my flat mates are great". So yeah...you can't always change your happiness, and you can say roughly how happy you've recently been. | ||
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
also a lot has been going on, what with graduation and all, so its a bit of a bittersweet time | ||
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
Anyway I'm going to stop before I get too preachy | ||
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kimseongchan
Korea (South)733 Posts
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Tadzio
3340 Posts
I guess that happiness from external stimuli just doesn't last long enough to get me to the next happy moment. Would like to be happy in the 'tween moments, when nothing entertaining's going on, but I don't seem to have that switch. "Be happy!" "Okay!" doesn't work for me. Meh... it's not interesting. | ||
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MadNeSs
Denmark1507 Posts
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Tien
Russian Federation4447 Posts
It's been an exciting year for me, have learned a lot of things, improved a lot, become a better person. Still a lot of things to accomplish but pretty much my ambition is fueled to the extreme and that keeps me going allday everyday. | ||
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Tien
Russian Federation4447 Posts
On May 12 2007 06:05 Coagulation wrote: we all know why Beys so happy. hahahahhaah Coagulation rules. | ||
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davidgurt
United States1355 Posts
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Piste
6179 Posts
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Texas
Germany2388 Posts
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PaeZ
Mexico1627 Posts
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LazySCV
United States2942 Posts
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gulii
Sweden2791 Posts
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Lycaeus
United States1420 Posts
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Night[Mare
Mexico4793 Posts
Most of the time im really cheered up, just because im always energetic and friendly. My friends are really cool and we gather to play gears of war and the go to drink some beers. My only "down" is that my gf broke with me but meh, she was probably out of her mind , and she's losing this fine piece haha. i have a good job( i work at game rush, a videogame store yay ), im doing fine in college. Pretty much. | ||
intrigue
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
ctstalker i think it's perfectly fine to 'rate' happiness despite the lack of a concrete measure. recess is the 10 for an elementary school kid, and driving across the nation with only a giant green arrow pointing left on a map is mine. there are moments when the sun's just right and something about the wind brushes everything in surprising clarity and you just know that you've found something good. we are brought up with the objective to find 'happiness' in our lives, but even cute stupid forest creatures are down sometimes, even my yippityyappity dog sulks when nothing's wrong. it's overly idealistic to expect that it's all just a matter of choice. you factor in human civilization to our base animal instincts and it complicates everything a thousandfold. what's wrong with drifting and letting the big world push you around a bit? the proactive spirit that insists on changing everything to his liking is a genius, not the common human. the poll's fun too, we all mostly know each other and we're in the same community =) you canadians are crazy | ||
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abandonallhope
Sweden563 Posts
On May 12 2007 06:05 Coagulation wrote: we all know why Beys so happy. ROFL! At the moment I guess I am like, 7/10. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
Of course on the other hand life is pretty pointless when you think about it so my misanthropy kinda keeps me from being clouded by happiness. | ||
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SolaR-
United States2685 Posts
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OllieWilliams
United States69 Posts
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ATeddyBear
Canada2843 Posts
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IIICodeIIIIIII
China1101 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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gameguard
Korea (South)2132 Posts
On May 12 2007 13:26 IIICodeIIIIIII wrote: 3/4 - school related. as soon as i'm done with getting into med schools, i'll be aiming for family physician rather than any particular specialty, so then i'll be at a consistent 7/8 didnt you have a magical plan to breed smart monkeys? Why med school? | ||
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XCetron
5226 Posts
On May 12 2007 13:42 gameguard wrote: didnt you have a magical plan to breed smart monkeys? Why med school? I think now we will have to worry.... | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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OverTheUnder
United States2929 Posts
I mean I just failed half my classes in my first year of college and I'm still feelin pretty good, lol. 9/10 for short moments;o | ||
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
Can't go 9/10 all the time or you'll burn out and be a maniac that goes "Weeeeeee"Weeeeeeeeee"Weeeeeeee!" the entire time xD weeeee~ | ||
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zdd
1463 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
On May 12 2007 14:58 zdd wrote: Happiness isn't about the events that happen to you, but about the way you interpret them. It's simply a chemical balance in your brain that has to go through both sad and happy concentrations to avoid entropy, and your ability to only call happy reactions to selective attention is your self-esteem. No person can be perpetually happy or sad or even always happy or sad within a given scale. Also considering that every measurement is subjective and is itself prone to interference from a happy or sad mood, saying any number on the 1-10 scale would be correct for nearly everyone. I'd buy that ~~ | ||
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
Schools almost over, which I'm happy but the finals and all these stupid projects I have to do are pissing me off. (Dissecting pig, which is cool but we have a test on it after which I hate) and my math grades aren't going too well. And I'm just becoming isolated around, not talking to my good (girl) friends alot for some reason. But I have basketball intarumurals this tuesday and wednsday, playing 2 games the first day, root for me baby! | ||
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
Great life: - Great friends - Money (poker) - Music, biking, both things I love - Good relationship with parents - Promising future | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 Posts
- great, secure future (good law school) - lots of friends in a great place (nyc) - no job and just a big vacation (play/watch bw, go out see friends every day, etc) - money (a lot saved up from job+poker) - good relationship with parents and about to go to china on vacation this month, 7/8 - people are graduating and leaving, sad atmosphere - "life vacation" is ending this september - been a while since i got laid | ||
OneOther
United States10774 Posts
lifes good | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
On May 12 2007 03:41 Rekrul wrote: 7/8 Been 7/8 all my life but sometimes for short periods shoots up to 9/10. Nice to know you've been living a happy life ^_^ | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
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EAGER-beaver
Canada2799 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
but only when im not on my meds its nothin i cant handle though just sometimes i feel kind of lost and doomed and alone etc | ||
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Yogurt
United States4258 Posts
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The_Conclave
Australia122 Posts
10/10 | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13036 Posts
Thing are just meandering along as usual atm. Good things possibly in the future though. | ||
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Yogurt
United States4258 Posts
BUTR OTHER TNEN THAT IM PRETTY FUKIN CONTENT | ||
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LastWish
2013 Posts
Bad luck and some things from past seems to be haunting me. But I also do a lot of activities and alcohol to compensate so hopefully I don't get depressed. Also have a lot of things to do for school(but that doesn't seem to trouble me). | ||
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Coagulation
United States9633 Posts
On May 13 2007 02:06 Yogurt wrote: I WANA TUFCKCNAKFJ ;LASOME MBIAFHESTES BUTR OTHER TNEN THAT IM PRETTY FUKIN CONTENT You want to fuck some fat bitches? | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
Anyone else have that problem? | ||
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Yuljan
2196 Posts
On May 13 2007 02:35 travis wrote: I'd say my biggest problem in life is boredom because nothing motivates me or genuinely draws my interest. Anyone else have that problem? I had that problem before. For me the solution was setting goals for my life. Wanting to get succesful and learning languages. I started learning turkish and japanese and now Im rarely bored. | ||
IntoTheWow
is awesome32274 Posts
THIS GIRL OMG imma die. damn damn. DAMN ME. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | ||
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DarkYoDA
United States1347 Posts
Then there will be the days where you feel 9/10 like when you scored straight As for that particular exams, got fantastic appraisal from your boss or colleagues or went out with this chick somewhere and days where you feel like a 3/4 when you lost to a 5 pool rush! LOL. j/k but it's somewhat true. It's just human to have highs and lows. People who claims it's a 9/10 all the time has either a incredibly worriless life or self deluded. On the other hand those who says they are 3/4 all the time just needs to break free from that mentality and find a purpose to live. I would say having a goal ROCKS!! really, if you have a purpose and you stick to you, you feel fantastic. In my university days, I aim to get As all the time and sometimes I don't but because I aim for that I do most of the time and that 4 years were simply "exciting" so to speak. Hope this can help some out. | ||
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alias
114 Posts
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L!MP
Australia2067 Posts
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Hollow
Canada2180 Posts
On May 13 2007 02:35 travis wrote: I'd say my biggest problem in life is boredom because nothing motivates me or genuinely draws my interest. Anyone else have that problem? yep,although its getting better now | ||
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32274 Posts
On May 12 2007 06:05 Coagulation wrote: we all know why Beys so happy. LOL | ||
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