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So the secret to happiness is exercise, meditate, be social and develop a spiritual relationship with nature? So basically no more insightful then any pop self
by kmnc 5y ago
So the secret to happiness is exercise, meditate, be social and develop a spiritual relationship with nature? So basically no more insightful then any pop self help book.
Maybe the more interesting question is why no one putting down there hand when being told facts about how they will be happier without kids is instantly glossed over. Maybe this instant acceptance of equating traditional life milestones as leading a fulfilling life is the real issue. Giving that up is the real key to happiness.
- slicktux 5y agoNo kids here and I am happy camper...
- Supermancho 5y ago> We don’t plan our lives around elevated emotional states. What we want are worthwhile lives, This article puts forth a premise and states it's a fact. This is undoubtedly a bad theory at odds with a number of religions, much less common sense. Oooh, edgy take, you want to be miserable, embrace it!
- gumby 5y ago> > We don’t plan our lives around elevated emotional states. What we want are worthwhile lives, > This article puts forth a premise and states it's a fact. The article does overemphasize the point to some degree, but not as you claim. First, the author cites an exercise he regularly gives in class and its result, drawing a legitimate conclusion (based on his description of the class results). He then uses it as a hook for his actual article which is an exploration of an element of Aztec thought, most of which is unknown in the English speaking world. > Oooh, edgy take, you want to be miserable, embrace it! I would hardly call this “edgy”. Certainly this is not at all what the author says. Note the quotations “joy-pain” and the like which are experiences well reflected in philosophical work from Ancient to modern Europe, India, Sumeria, or China and undoubtedly others. > This is undoubtedly a bad theory at odds with a number of religions, much less common sense. Is there really a religion whose doctrine is “do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law?”
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- _Microft 5y agoDo you think people are eventually happier without children? In short term, maybe. I guess nobody enjoys changing or feeding a baby at 3a.m. that much. In the long run, I would be surprised if that's still true. Not having relatives when growing old seems like a recipe for misery.
- stemlord 5y agoBoth of your perspectives are equally toxic... have kids if you want them, don't if you don't. I'm sure one can find happiness or misery either way
- ttt0 5y agoAnd telling someone to exercise is fatphobic, expecting people to be social is discriminating against people with aspergers, telling someone to meditate is anti-ADHD people. Do literally whatever you want, I'm sure you can somehow be happy no matter what you do. Toxicity, toxicity everywhere.
- stemlord 5y agoLOL raising a nuclear family isn't the only way to find happiness in life. How narrow minded do you have to be to think that?
- prepend 5y agoNeither perspective is toxic. I’m sure it’s knowable whether kids add or decrease happiness. And there’s probably some outlier set that feels differently than the population. Thinking this doesn’t mean anything about toxicity. Generally speaking I haven’t heard anyone use that word properly in years. It’s a pretty stupid word, unless dealing with chemicals and lethal doses.
- stemlord 5y agoYeah I shouldn't have used "toxic", it sets off people's SJW alarm