Sometimes I wonder if language plays a part in perceived happiness as well. I usually hear things described in extremes such as "Wow, that's so shit" or "Yeah,

Sometimes I wonder if language plays a part in perceived happiness as well. I usually hear things described in extremes such as "Wow, that's so shit" or "Yeah, it was pretty amazing" but when everything is only one or the other, surely it must start to alter how you view the world. If you're saying something was "fantastic" but really it was average, wouldn't that disconnect make you feel like you /should/ be happier than you really are? Maybe you'd wonder if there's something wrong with you when really it's just an inaccuracy. I think it makes sense that social media culture at the moment would cultivate that since you want everything to seem way better than it really is. Not that humans don't have a tendency to do this stuff regardless. It's something I think about from time to time and this post reminded me of it.