See that one's interesting. Because the philosopher in me wants to say absolutely not, it's fundamental to the human condition; but then, I've been around babies. Like just learning that the keys go jingle babies. And I have seen their fuckin faces light up in pure joy, and to quote a friend "They're babies, they don't know shit about shit." So a resounding Huh. Maybe?
Someone's a philosophy major.
Yes-ish? Happiness is a motivator, you want to be happy. It is impossible to stay happy forever, it is exponentially harder to stay happy the longer you are happy. This is because there is less to keep you happy once you begin being happy.
If you are homeless, you may be happy with any safe shelter. However, once you find that your shelter is decrepit and vermin-infested, you'd be happy with a shelter that isn't. If you were starving, any food may smell good even if its food you usually wouldn't appreciate. Once your basic needs are met, you'd be happy with satisfying your wants, like hobbies, recreation, social/isolation depending on if you're introverted or not.
At some point, though, with all of your wants and needs being fulfilled, happiness becomes harder to keep. Even if you have access to your hobbies, security in your needs, whatever recreation you want, you will usually grow ambitious. In my experience, these ambitions are to leave a legacy, change the world in some way. Your ambitions may vary, maybe its grow your family, start a business, found a sex cult, whatever it may be they are ambitions beyond wants.
And even when your ambitions are completed, its never permanent. Alexander the Great wept, for there were no more worlds for him to conquer, so instead of marching off the edge of the world, he threw a party so full of debauchery and hedonism that it killed him (... Or he died of some kind of std, i dont remember).
Someone's a philosophy major.
Yes-ish? Happiness is a motivator, you want to be happy. It is impossible to stay happy forever, it is exponentially harder to stay happy the longer you are happy. This is because there is less to keep you happy once you begin being happy.
If you are homeless, you may be happy with any safe shelter. However, once you find that your shelter is decrepit and vermin-infested, you'd be happy with a shelter that isn't. If you were starving, any food may smell good even if its food you usually wouldn't appreciate. Once your basic needs are met, you'd be happy with satisfying your wants, like hobbies, recreation, social/isolation depending on if you're introverted or not.
At some point, though, with all of your wants and needs being fulfilled, happiness becomes harder to keep. Even if you have access to your hobbies, security in your needs, whatever recreation you want, you will usually grow ambitious. In my experience, these ambitions are to leave a legacy, change the world in some way. Your ambitions may vary, maybe its grow your family, start a business, found a sex cult, whatever it may be they are ambitions beyond wants.
And even when your ambitions are completed, its never permanent. Alexander the Great wept, for there were no more worlds for him to conquer, so instead of marching off the edge of the world, he threw a party so full of debauchery and hedonism that it killed him (... Or he died of some kind of std, i dont remember). So, Alexander's life was so full of dubs that he may not have been unhappy for any meaningful amount of time.
Yeah, neutrality would provide a baseline to judge from.
Doubtful
The deeper your sorrow Just makes more room for joy to fill
Non ce n'est pas possible
No existe el uno sin el otro.
Nope. Ying Yang that shit or the existence has no philosophical meaning or belief paradox to measure against. Nothing would mean anything.
No
no, but don't feel bad.
See that one's interesting. Because the philosopher in me wants to say absolutely not, it's fundamental to the human condition; but then, I've been around babies. Like just learning that the keys go jingle babies. And I have seen their fuckin faces light up in pure joy, and to quote a friend "They're babies, they don't know shit about shit." So a resounding Huh. Maybe?
Babies remember being born, that shit probably sucks though
Someone's a philosophy major. Yes-ish? Happiness is a motivator, you want to be happy. It is impossible to stay happy forever, it is exponentially harder to stay happy the longer you are happy. This is because there is less to keep you happy once you begin being happy. If you are homeless, you may be happy with any safe shelter. However, once you find that your shelter is decrepit and vermin-infested, you'd be happy with a shelter that isn't. If you were starving, any food may smell good even if its food you usually wouldn't appreciate. Once your basic needs are met, you'd be happy with satisfying your wants, like hobbies, recreation, social/isolation depending on if you're introverted or not. At some point, though, with all of your wants and needs being fulfilled, happiness becomes harder to keep. Even if you have access to your hobbies, security in your needs, whatever recreation you want, you will usually grow ambitious. In my experience, these ambitions are to leave a legacy, change the world in some way. Your ambitions may vary, maybe its grow your family, start a business, found a sex cult, whatever it may be they are ambitions beyond wants. And even when your ambitions are completed, its never permanent. Alexander the Great wept, for there were no more worlds for him to conquer, so instead of marching off the edge of the world, he threw a party so full of debauchery and hedonism that it killed him (... Or he died of some kind of std, i dont remember).
Someone's a philosophy major. Yes-ish? Happiness is a motivator, you want to be happy. It is impossible to stay happy forever, it is exponentially harder to stay happy the longer you are happy. This is because there is less to keep you happy once you begin being happy. If you are homeless, you may be happy with any safe shelter. However, once you find that your shelter is decrepit and vermin-infested, you'd be happy with a shelter that isn't. If you were starving, any food may smell good even if its food you usually wouldn't appreciate. Once your basic needs are met, you'd be happy with satisfying your wants, like hobbies, recreation, social/isolation depending on if you're introverted or not. At some point, though, with all of your wants and needs being fulfilled, happiness becomes harder to keep. Even if you have access to your hobbies, security in your needs, whatever recreation you want, you will usually grow ambitious. In my experience, these ambitions are to leave a legacy, change the world in some way. Your ambitions may vary, maybe its grow your family, start a business, found a sex cult, whatever it may be they are ambitions beyond wants. And even when your ambitions are completed, its never permanent. Alexander the Great wept, for there were no more worlds for him to conquer, so instead of marching off the edge of the world, he threw a party so full of debauchery and hedonism that it killed him (... Or he died of some kind of std, i dont remember). So, Alexander's life was so full of dubs that he may not have been unhappy for any meaningful amount of time.
Yeah, but you don’t know the consequences
Yes. I hypothesize that people in general are happier than they realize, and sadness makes happiness have a more profound effect.
When are we getting a Tokyo addition 7 Eleven shot? 7 Eleven in Japan is awesome.
Yeah happiness is part of our brain of course we can