| Money doesn't. Love does. But the problem with the 'romantic love' is that, it doesn't last always. Same goes for platonic and other types of love (a.k.a tumblr types of love). In fact, 'love' isn't really a commodity that everyone affords. Proof: MAL. So, what, in your opinion, guarantees a lifetime of happiness and satisfaction? The reason why I've shrugged money out of the way from the get-go is that, I've seen too many rich people in my life who just want to die. Hell, I know a man who was a millionaire but then gave it all away only to recline in the Mosque because according to him, ''this is where I've found solace''. I could write down tens of examples from my experience (legit and testified: I swear to God) but, I'm assuming, a fair portion of MAL is quite intelligent so I don't need to write them all down. In my opinion: |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
So, what actually guarantees happiness? Probably not the answer you were looking for: It's weed. |
 obscureanimefan said: I think little girls are sexy. |
Coldsp33d said: So, what actually guarantees happiness? Probably not the answer you were looking for: It's weed. Delusions. Sweet delusions. A perfect imagery of today's materialistic society that happiness can only exist in a delusion these days. |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| There isn't a single thing that can guarantee a lifetime of happiness. |
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geniobastardo said: That's why Madara wanted to carry out Infinite Tsukuyomi dude.Delusions. Sweet delusions. A perfect imagery of today's materialistic society that happiness can only exist in a delusion these days. |
| obscureanimefan said: I think little girls are sexy. |
Coldsp33d said: geniobastardo said: That's why Madara wanted to carry out Infinite Tsukuyomi dude.Delusions. Sweet delusions. A perfect imagery of today's materialistic society that happiness can only exist in a delusion these days. Dafuq is that? |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| Basically, creating a perfect world by having everyone fall into eternal sleep. Everyone will live their lives in one big dream where the are no wars, no disputes, no sadness. It'd be one big, perfect world where everyone is happy. But in the end, it's just a dream. |
| obscureanimefan said: I think little girls are sexy. |
| Locking yourself in your house while watching animu, reading mango, and playing vidya gaems. Also, being Japanese. But plastic surgery is expensive, learning the language is hard, etc. |
My waifu, do not steal.  |
| Great shitpost |
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| yeah nothing can guarantee happiness, you're always gonna go through shit :D |
| Does anyone else need a doctor to confirm that someone without a head is dead? |
Scud said: There isn't a single thing that can guarantee a lifetime of happiness. |
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| Acid. |
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geniobastardo said: Coldsp33d said: That's why Madara wanted to carry out Infinite Tsukuyomi dude. Dafuq is that? Naruto reference? Idk but OP is correct. |
| "There's no shame in falling down... true shame is to not stand up again!" "Aah? Of course I won't miss!" "My blood tastes like Iron." "Run through the tape in life! Never give up! Run through the tape!" |
| Nothing guarantees anything. |
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| Drugs and alcohol. Literally nothing else will work. |
| Direct brain stimulation? |
| Pets and animals. Why? Because they are qtpies  |
Trance said: I'm a guy and I can imagine buttfucking another guy. I don't find the thought repulsive, and I can even imagine kissing another man. |
| Uh.. nothing? Happiness is a fleeting thing, there's no way to guarantee it. As you change, the things that make you happy change, so nothing will really keep you happy for too long. |
| Dopamine, serotonin. |
Wecc said: All hail HaXXspetten king of the loli traps!  |
| A lifetime of happiness could possibly be a very mundane life if experienced |
| I've been here way too long... |
j0x said: peace of mind or security if you are a buddhist then detachment or overcoming desires to lessen pain and suffering EDIT: i will add self-acceptance or tolerance of your weaknesses or insecurities I'm inclined to agree with something along the lines of "peace of mind." Peace of mind could be interpreted in many ways, but if you can attain some sort of happiness that can exist solely in your mind and completely independent of external influence then you'd be good to go. Maybe that would be the eternal happiness of knowing you are aware of yourself and are able to think and/or rationalize everything you are capable of perceiving. Because you could lose anything and everything around you, but you would still have your mind intact. Once you lose your mind, you're awareness of concepts such as happiness would cease to exist. And if you're wondering if I was high when I wrote this, of course I was high when I wrote this. Of course! But on what is the question. |
| From gunrunners and drug cartels, to crime syndicates and super-villains, no lawbreaker is outside the Legion's jurisdiction. Get the E-Book free at www.omegaopslegion.com |
| Happiness is... You finally get to pee when you've been holding it in for hours. That's happiness, my friend. |
-lolitsunSep 5, 2015 6:57 AM
| "The joy of the Lord is my strength." That's basically it. Everything else is empty and finite. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind." |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
Miirukii said: Happiness is... You finally get to pee when you've been holding it in for hours. That's happiness, my friend. Does your pee last forever? RedRoseFring said: "The joy of the Lord is my strength." That's basically it. Everything else is empty and finite. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Good quotes. That's similar to my view of eternal happiness. As for the people saying there's no way to achieving happiness that lasts till death: Maybe, maybe you could read a little more about the great people of the past. |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| Nothing. Happiness is a marketing gimmick. At best in life you can gain contentment and clarity. |
| I remember reading this and finding it interesting so I thought I'd share. Like the relentless quest for excellence, the pursuit for happiness seems to have been hijacked by the prophets of perfection. The word happiness has come to us via the much diminished translated Greek word eudaimonia. The early usage of the word itself passed through many transitions from its original connotation of being blessed by divine powers, with implications of prosperity. Over time the Greeks broadened the interpretation to embrace the idea of living virtuously, fulfilling ones need for a sense of purpose, doing ones civic duty, living in accordance with reason, being fully engaged within the world and in particular experiencing the richness of human love and friendship – in other words something that comes closer to our current use of the word wholeness than to happiness. Today, we talk about happiness as if it consists little more than a sensory pleasure, or a burst of bliss or the mere absence of pain and sadness. In fact, if we were to enlarge the concept to come closer to its original meaning - incorporating ideas such as well being, fulfillment, contentment or wholesomeness – even some forms of pain, sacrifice and disappointment could paradoxically fit under that umbrella. Aren't those things after all part of a rich, fulfilling life? Isn’t there a kind of sweetness about the many varieties of sadness? |
geniobastardo said: Miirukii said: Happiness is... You finally get to pee when you've been holding it in for hours. That's happiness, my friend. Does your pee last forever? It doesn't, but it generates when you drink water. So, voila! |
Mugs_Smile said: I remember reading this and finding it interesting so I thought I'd share. Like the relentless quest for excellence, the pursuit for happiness seems to have been hijacked by the prophets of perfection. The word happiness has come to us via the much diminished translated Greek word eudaimonia. The early usage of the word itself passed through many transitions from its original connotation of being blessed by divine powers, with implications of prosperity. Over time the Greeks broadened the interpretation to embrace the idea of living virtuously, fulfilling ones need for a sense of purpose, doing ones civic duty, living in accordance with reason, being fully engaged within the world and in particular experiencing the richness of human love and friendship – in other words something that comes closer to our current use of the word wholeness than to happiness. Today, we talk about happiness as if it consists little more than a sensory pleasure, or a burst of bliss or the mere absence of pain and sadness. In fact, if we were to enlarge the concept to come closer to its original meaning - incorporating ideas such as well being, fulfillment, contentment or wholesomeness – even some forms of pain, sacrifice and disappointment could paradoxically fit under that umbrella. Aren't those things after all part of a rich, fulfilling life? Isn’t there a kind of sweetness about the many varieties of sadness? Can I have the name of this passage/book or the link to it? |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
Mugs_Smile said: I remember reading this and finding it interesting so I thought I'd share. Like the relentless quest for excellence, the pursuit for happiness seems to have been hijacked by the prophets of perfection. The word happiness has come to us via the much diminished translated Greek word eudaimonia. The early usage of the word itself passed through many transitions from its original connotation of being blessed by divine powers, with implications of prosperity. Over time the Greeks broadened the interpretation to embrace the idea of living virtuously, fulfilling ones need for a sense of purpose, doing ones civic duty, living in accordance with reason, being fully engaged within the world and in particular experiencing the richness of human love and friendship – in other words something that comes closer to our current use of the word wholeness than to happiness. Today, we talk about happiness as if it consists little more than a sensory pleasure, or a burst of bliss or the mere absence of pain and sadness. In fact, if we were to enlarge the concept to come closer to its original meaning - incorporating ideas such as well being, fulfillment, contentment or wholesomeness – even some forms of pain, sacrifice and disappointment could paradoxically fit under that umbrella. Aren't those things after all part of a rich, fulfilling life? Isn’t there a kind of sweetness about the many varieties of sadness? I agree with this very much so. The problem is to have things like duty, living virtuously, and wholeness, requires standards of morals, societal rules, and conformity that most people, at least urban dwellers and teens, do not want. In place they nit pick trying to find anything wrong a saintly person has done, and brand the perversions and selfish actions they follow, as being human. Ultimately this mindset has led to cultural regression, and the original meaning of happiness is not likely to return to the world stage until something pretty bad happens. |
Miirukii said: geniobastardo said: Does your pee last forever? It doesn't, but it generates when you drink water. So, voila! Why go through hours of pain only to achieve a few moments of happiness? Take my advice, get a muscle fatigue. Then squeeze the fatigued muscle. LAWD DAT PAIN IS ORGASMIC ! |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| Attachment seems to be the main cause of suffering. I believe one does not need to be attached to material things in order to enjoy them, and I believe that without fretting over the unnecessary one can find pleasure in small areas of life that are often overlooked. You stop thinking 'I would like...' and 'I regret losing...' and you naturally start enjoying what is there in front of you as it comes and goes. But happiness is fundamentally unpredictable. How your brain reacts to any attempt to think positively depends on both the chemicals in your head at any given moment and the ways of thinking that you were taught or that you were born with. Some people are mentally incredibly far from great happiness, and a few from feeling anything much at all. Many don't even want it or have deep doubts about it, even though they might say that they wish for more joy in their lives... Perhaps that's okay. Others are chemically broken, and although I am not suggesting that healing is impossible, we can say with confidence that some people are just not going to get better. The future of 'guaranteed' happiness is in surgery and drugs, and extreme measures will help extreme cases, if they are permitted... But I'm not so keen on that. At that point, one looses touch with what it means to feel anything else. Their art is weakened, as they build no history of struggles to draw upon, and so does their sympathy for other people's struggles. Besides that, when you're feeling just one thing with next to no variations, you might as well be feeling nothing at all. My most memorable happy moments, the ones I can actually cherish, are the ones which were built on or directly followed great suffering... The pursuit of happiness is more important than eternal happiness. The pursuit is where you feel it most. The pursuit is where you learn the most. The moment you catch it, you might want to stick around and help other people find it, but aside from that - - perhaps your time on earth may as well be over. Life is thankfully short! |
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geniobastardo said: Miirukii said: It doesn't, but it generates when you drink water. So, voila! Why go through hours of pain only to achieve a few moments of happiness? Take my advice, get a muscle fatigue. Then squeeze the fatigued muscle. LAWD DAT PAIN IS ORGASMIC ! Heck NAWH! It's unbearable. |
Involtus said: The pursuit of happiness is more important than eternal happiness. The pursuit is where you feel it most. The pursuit is where you learn the most. The moment you catch it, you might want to stick around and help other people find it, but aside from that - - perhaps your time on earth may as well be over. Life is thankfully short! This drives it home. Seriously, great post! I was talking more on the lines of 'what guarantees an overall positive outlook on life' as that is, what I deem to be, the key to 'happiness'. Aoksari said: Allah does. And a bunch of hijras from a Lahore street. Seriously OP, you need to get more creative for making fun like this. What? Are you one of those hijras? Miirukii said: Heck NAWH! It's unbearable. Do you seriously not enjoy them? What's wrong with you? |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
Aoksari said: geniobastardo said: What? Are you one of those hijras? Hahaha, that's more like you. Don't the govt offer free psychotherapy programs or sth? Nah, they got their 'rights'. Have you seriously never been to Lahore? Also, Lawhoreys fucking suck. Faisalabad's the real 'chill' city. |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
Aoksari said: ] No, I think you've enough humans around there. How wouldn't a sad piece of human scum won't be able to find another one who'll share love and life with him/her? That's real happiness for you!... Spoken like a true hijra. By the way, just a hunch but, are you that Nyeslanne (or whatever that name was) guy? |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| Nothing. Happiness is ephemeral. |
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geniobastardo said: Also, Lawhoreys fucking suck. Faisalabad's the real 'chill' city. I have to disagree. I prefer Lahore more so than Faisalabad. |
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Aoksari said: What? Are you one of those delusional hijras? The depression level is hard on you, no wonder the self-pity. God damn it ! I hate that word. Don't speak that word in front of me. Arggh! zerorequiem_ said: geniobastardo said: Also, Lawhoreys fucking suck. Faisalabad's the real 'chill' city. I have to disagree. I prefer Lahore more so than Faisalabad. I was talking about the 'people'. You won't find better sarcasm elsewhere in the world than you would in Faisalabad. Lawhoreys are too 'uptight' and 'egotistic' to match Faisalabadis. |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
geniobastardo said: I was talking about the 'people'. You won't find better sarcasm elsewhere in the world than you would in Faisalabad. Lawhoreys are too 'uptight' and 'egotistic' to match Faisalabadis. Oh okay. Yea, you got a point there. |
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zerorequiem_ said: geniobastardo said: I was talking about the 'people'. You won't find better sarcasm elsewhere in the world than you would in Faisalabad. Lawhoreys are too 'uptight' and 'egotistic' to match Faisalabadis. Oh okay. Yea, you got a point there. Where do you live though? |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
geniobastardo said: Where do you live though? NY. |
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zerorequiem_ said: geniobastardo said: Where do you live though? NY. SubhanAllah! guess we're not that unknown after all. |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| I don't believe there to be anything that guarantees happiness for all. I would say it's as much a personal choice and recognition as it is an external force. Once we begin introspecting ourselves and learn that we are the directors of our life then it's up to us to find what makes us happy. Sure it will differ from person to person and no doubt be affected by our pasts and upbringing, but it's not controlled by those. Our pasts are indirectly a cause of our own decisions and states of mind at the time. So while we're always changing we're always seeking happiness whether yesterday it was being rich and today it's being poor and living in a mosque. I think it's partially a life search to find happiness as selfish as that sounds. I don't think there is a definite guaranteed happiness without some kind of hardship or moments of respite. Love would be the closest thing I can describe as life long happiness and I mean genuine love. The kind where you hate to think about living without a person, and once they're gone it crushes you in some shape or form. As afterward you go on living and feel like something is missing always. |
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