if you believe this, you might be happy
Interesting that the usernames are blurred. These look like public posts,I thought it’s good practice to give credit?
Nearly everyone in this country lacks critical thinking skills.
It’s why we still have a two-party system.
Ehhhhh, given the voting and representation systems we have, a two party system is a logical result, especially when all voters are rational.
I’m not so sure about that. A lot of people seem to get very angry about things that I don’t think matters, or they can’t do anything about . . . oh hang on, I get it. You’re talking about me aren’t you?
Yup. For every real problem that they’re blissfully ignorant of, there’s a made-up problem that they can’t shut up about
You could always slam your head into a wall until your critical thinking skills are gone. Though I suspect they might already be on the way out if you seriously consider this or go through with it.
That’s not going to make you happier
Being a cat would be nice, but I’d be happy just to have half their self-advocacy skills.
Me: “Um, hey, I am sorry to bother you, but could you scootch your chair a teeny bit? I need to get to the table behind you. Okay, a bit more. Just a smiiiidge more.” Holds breath and squeezes by. “Okay, thank you! Sorry again for bothering you.”
Meanwhile,
Cat: Pounces onto pillow at 5am “Wake up, bitch. It’s time for my breakfast. Now I’m going to meow repeatedly into your face until you comply with my demands.”
Skill issue. Nobody’s preventing you from doing that.
My cat learned she can wake me up instantly by scratching my face and neck in an unfriendly manner.
Mine used to chomp the tip of my nose.
Cat: Pounces onto pillow at 5am “Wake up, bitch. It’s time for my breakfast. Now I’m going to meow repeatedly into your face until you comply with my demands.”
The solution to that is to make it very clear, from the beginning that you do not negotiate with terrorists but you do acknowledge her/him and return kindness with kindness. There’s a reason my wife’s relationship with our cat involves a lot more being bitten and meowed at until demands are met than mine does.
You want to me your cat because you treat them well.
Being any random cat could be rough. There are a lot of terrible pet owners out there.
I don’t know, man. Those folks sure seem unnecessarily angry about a lot of stupid shit.
But it’s never their own fault, they are never to blame. Feels good and righteous to be that kind of angry.
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Whoa… where are you hanging out where people seem happy??
you don’t have to go far. just drive until you see the trump signs and flags. ironically, cognitive decline also increases in those areas.
I live in a deep red part of the country, surrounded by those people. Not a single one of them I’ve met seems happy. They’re all angry, paranoid and miserable.
Most are over weight, uninsured, underemployed, and have a whole host of health issues on top of it. Voting for Trump didn’t change any of that, they’re still all miserable.
you’re looking at them from your perspective of “happy”.
they look miserable to you because by all logic, they are.
their brains have been reprogrammed to believe they’re happy because they are " winning" because you are “losing”.
I don’t know man… They’re all pretty eager to complain about their problems and winge about how ‘unjust’ the world is, or how persecuted they are.
When people tell you who they are, usually it’s safe to believe them. None of these people wanna talk about how they’re happy. They look miserable, but they act miserable too.
That’s one way to look at it.
Same thing I’ve observed, but the look of unhinged glee they get when they talk about ICE or police brutality against minorities is telling me they are happy with the current status and are willing to suffer as long as the others they hate suffer more.
these fools have a persecution fetish I’ve never before, and I’ve seen some pretty mentally ill people in my time.
Ignorance is bliss.
Cypher was a prophet.
I actively envy the stupid. Every day.
Imagine how life must be when your greatest concern is Disney or some social media drama. These people just float through the day entirely unbothered by the myriad of existential crises that are stalking them like prey.
They’re aggressively wrong about so many things. And absolutely iron clad confident is their wrongness.
Everybody is wrong, just by different degrees. E.g. you believe they are stupid but maybe they just choose their battles differently.
How clever are the not so stupid people if they cannot use the internet to create a better place for themselves?
It isn’t stupid to check out. If you can’t handle it then you can’t handle it. Make things light on yourself. I won’t judge for that. When I say stupid I mean sstupid. Dumb as hell. Wrong about obvious things they were taught young. And proud of their ignorance.
Bruh no they are not. Just ask the ppl saying gays cause hurricanes.
They are happy that they feel much freer saying how intolerant and full of hate they are.
I’d rather be made sad by the truth than to not have it
Why not be happy that you have the truth
Indeed, optimistic nihilism is a movement. Nietsche was not a miserable sod apparently.
Because the truth sucks and I’d love to not be constantly haunted by it.
Most of them are terrified. It’s only their news sources that mislead them about the cause of their misery.
What a horrible sentiment. I would rather be the most jaded cynical angry motherfucker in the universe than wish to become weaker and more subservient.
It’s a joke
Let me try making one: I wish squirrels were more carnivorous.
When AGI (Artificial Genie Intelligence) is finally realized, I hope this is the first wish they grant.
