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I've been reading a lot of people insisting that you can be happy (and even feel happier) as you age compared to when you were young, but it feels like there is a subtext of them being emotionally resigned. Like no matter what you will have less fun, or no matter what you will feel less passionate, but you can still be happier so long as you accept that.
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Jul 1, 2016 02:44
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Jul 1, 2016 02:51
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You know they invented a happy pill but its not releasable because if everybody was perfectly happy for no reason society would fail. Think about that the next time you're depressed on those garbage anti depressants
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Jul 1, 2016 02:55
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:You know they invented a happy pill but its not releasable because if everybody was perfectly happy for no reason society would fail. Take your soma and dance with a "pneumatic" woman.
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Jul 1, 2016 02:58
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It turns out the things young people think make a person happy, which also are hard to get - having sex with hot people, professional success, wealth, fame - actually do not create happiness. As people age they discover the real things that bring happiness. Emotionally-authentic relationships, work that feels meaningful to you, a sense of community. Those things are available to almost everyone who earnestly pursues them. It's not that old people have lowered their expectations, they've just changed their priorities. IM A HUGE PRICK
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Jul 1, 2016 02:59
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:You know they invented a happy pill but its not releasable because if everybody was perfectly happy for no reason society would fail. It's called cocaine and possession of any quantity in the US is a felony. OP, as you get older your expectations will lower themselves on their own without even having to make a concerted choice.
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Jul 1, 2016 03:00
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it's definitely a factor.
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Jul 1, 2016 03:01
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Every decision you have made up until now has brought you to this point. Do you like where you are currently? If not, examine which decisions you have made in the past which you would change. If you do like where you are currently then all those bad decisions actually worked out, right?
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Jul 1, 2016 03:46
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*a mist appears* hello i am in the mist
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Jul 1, 2016 05:17
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hi mist im scroto
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Jul 1, 2016 05:23
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CISMALES DID 9-11 posted:*a mist appears* Hey
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Jul 1, 2016 05:24
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proctorbot posted:It turns out the things young people think make a person happy, which also are hard to get - having sex with hot people, professional success, wealth, fame - actually do not create happiness.
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Jul 1, 2016 05:26
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proctorbot posted:It turns out the things young people think make a person happy, which also are hard to get - having sex with hot people, professional success, wealth, fame - actually do not create happiness. right really or are we actually just rationalizing our inevitable failure to achieve our dreams? is there even a difference??
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Jul 1, 2016 06:29
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happiness is the act of turning away from the bleakness of human existence for a time. it never lasts, because the bleakness is everywhere. so hey, good for you if you can sustain such a precarious artificial state.
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Jul 1, 2016 06:31
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Serious Frolicking posted:happiness is the act of turning away from the bleakness of human existence for a time. it never lasts, because the bleakness is everywhere. so hey, good for you if you can sustain such a precarious artificial state. Alcohol and Pot really helps.
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Jul 1, 2016 06:33
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I've heard that taking your unhappiness out on your children is the new "in" thing to do.
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Jul 1, 2016 06:41
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I've been reading a lot of people insisting that you can be happy (and even feel happier) as you age compared to when you were young, but it feels like there is a subtext of them being emotionally resigned. Well, you spend a not-insignificant amount of time posting on the GBS forum in 2016, which is somehow, astonishingly, the worst the GBS forum has ever been, and you post alongside this loving creep VendaGoat posted:Take your soma and dance with a "pneumatic" woman. and seriously this guy is the fuckin worst, so take a minute to consider even the 3 minutes it took for you to squirt out this dumb thread
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Jul 1, 2016 06:42
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Walk away
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Jul 1, 2016 06:42
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i dont really think i can get anymore unhappy though?????
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Jul 1, 2016 06:52
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A CRUNK BIRD posted:Walk away 
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Jul 1, 2016 06:53
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a crunk bird has never recovered, nor forgiven being brutally loving owned by gnarlyhotep
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Jul 1, 2016 06:55
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ANIME IS BLOOD posted:a crunk bird has never recovered, nor forgiven being brutally loving owned by gnarlyhotep
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Jul 1, 2016 06:56
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ANIME IS BLOOD posted:a crunk bird has never recovered, nor forgiven being brutally loving owned by gnarlyhotep gnarlyhotep is a sad old man and if you're talking about my avatar being changed to sucking dicks, I liked it and thought it was funny unlike any post you've ever made
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Jul 1, 2016 07:20
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ANIME IS BLOOD posted:a crunk bird has never recovered, nor forgiven being brutally loving owned by gnarlyhotep A CRUNK BIRD posted:gnarlyhotep is a sad old man and if you're talking about my avatar being changed to sucking dicks, I liked it and thought it was funny unlike any post you've ever made Considering that response.... ANIME IS BLOOD, please, a Link.
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Jul 1, 2016 07:21
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I've been reading a lot of people insisting that you can be happy (and even feel happier) as you age compared to when you were young, but it feels like there is a subtext of them being emotionally resigned. embrace nihilism op
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Jul 1, 2016 07:24
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or dont i dont give a poo poo
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Jul 1, 2016 07:25
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VendaGoat posted:Considering that response.... Hit on more desperate attention starved girls in the Post Your Picture Thread
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Jul 1, 2016 07:26
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VendaGoat posted:Considering that response.... https://archives.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3718050 I don't know if that's exactly what I was thinking about but whatever I'm going to bed
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Jul 1, 2016 07:29
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A CRUNK BIRD posted:Walk away
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Jul 1, 2016 07:32
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Even though helldump was full of obsessive weirdos like Jeb Lund I wish it still existed so someone could collect all of vendagoat's disgusting creepy posts in one convenient thread and run him off the forums
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Jul 1, 2016 07:40
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ANIME IS BLOOD posted:https://archives.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3718050 Whelp. If the ten bucks I am currently saving for a vacation wasn't already earmarked I would buy the bird back that avatar. .... 
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Jul 1, 2016 07:41
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VendaGoat posted:Whelp. You are a piece of poo poo
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Jul 1, 2016 07:42
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A CRUNK BIRD posted:You are a piece of poo poo coming from you..... I take this as very high praise. Thank you.
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Jul 1, 2016 07:43
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A CRUNK BIRD posted:Even though helldump was full of obsessive weirdos like Jeb Lund I wish it still existed so someone could collect all of vendagoat's disgusting creepy posts in one convenient thread and run him off the forums
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Jul 1, 2016 07:50
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Man should avoid the material pleasures of the world, and focus on the soul. *drnks hemlock*
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Jul 1, 2016 08:17
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I've been reading a lot of people insisting that you can be happy (and even feel happier) as you age compared to when you were young, but it feels like there is a subtext of them being emotionally resigned. Nah, a lot of early adulthood is focused on "getting". Getting the degree, the job, the partner, the house, the consumer comforts, the family. As you age, you're more focused on enjoying the things you actually want in your life and discarding those which you don't and you realise that happiness doesn't depend on marking off things on a checklist compiled by others.
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Jul 1, 2016 08:44
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Ein cooler Typ posted:Like no matter what you will have less fun, or no matter what you will feel less passionate, But you also stop giving a poo poo about that stuff, so it balances out.
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Jul 1, 2016 10:03
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Like I always wanted to go skydiving, but instead I just waited until I got old enough to not give a gently caress about it. It'd probably be very liberating if I could still care about feeling liberated.
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Jul 1, 2016 10:07
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Frankenstyle posted:Like I always wanted to go skydiving, but instead I just waited until I got old enough to not give a gently caress about it. tbh just wait 5-10 years until vr isnt hella expensive and then put on some goggles and go to one of those wind tunnels itd be the exact same thing
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Jul 1, 2016 10:13
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The key to happiness is not giving a rat gently caress.
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