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11 | link: problems | 11 | link: problems |
12 | ... | 12 | ... |
13 | 13 | ||
14 | The definition of happiness is *doing stuff that you really like*. That | 14 | The definition of happiness is *doing stuff that you really like*. |
15 | stuff can be eating soup, going to the bathroom, walking the dog, | 15 | That stuff can be eating soup, going to the bathroom, walking the dog, playing Dungeons and Dragons; whatever keeps your mind off the fact that you're so goddamn unhappy all the time. |
16 | playing Dungeons and Dragons; whatever keeps your mind off the fact that | 16 | That, incidentally, is the definition of like: *that feeling you get when you forget how miserable you are for just a little bit*. |
17 | you're so goddamn unhappy all the time. That, incidentally, is the | 17 | Thus people like doing stuff they like all the time, as often as possible; because if they remember how horrible they really feel at not having a background to put themselves against, they will want to hurt themselves and those around them. |
18 | definition of like: *that feeling you get when you forget how miserable | ||
19 | you are for just a little bit*. Thus people like doing stuff they like | ||
20 | all the time, as often as possible; because if they remember how | ||
21 | horrible they really feel at not having a background to put themselves | ||
22 | against, they will want to hurt themselves and those around them. | ||
23 | 18 | ||
24 | The funny thing is that something we people really like to do is hurt | 19 | The funny thing is that something we people really like to do is hurt ourselves and those around us. |
25 | ourselves and those around us. We do this by thinking other people are | 20 | We do this by thinking other people are more unhappy than we are. |
26 | more unhappy than we are. We convince themselves that we are truly | 21 | We convince themselves that we are truly happy, ecstatic even, while they merely plod around life half-heartedly, or, if they're lucky, incorrectly. |
27 | happy, ecstatic even, while they merely plod around life half-heartedly, | 22 | We take it upon ourselves (seeing as we are so happy, and can spare a little bit of happiness) to help them become happy as well. |
28 | or, if they're lucky, incorrectly. We take it upon ourselves (seeing as | 23 | We fail to realize that the people will probably not appreciate our thinking that we're better than they are somehow, for that is what we do even if we don't mean it. |
29 | we are so happy, and can spare a little bit of happiness) to help them | 24 | We forget that we are also unhappy, and that we are just doing things we like in order to cheer ourselves up a little bit, which really means that this cheering is working; but there is such a thing as working too well. |
30 | become happy as well. We fail to realize that the people will probably | 25 | So in a sense what I'm doing here is cheering myself up by reminding you that you are unhappy; I'm trying to keep you honest in your unhappiness; and I admit this is usually called a dick move. |
31 | not appreciate our thinking that we're better than they are somehow, for | ||
32 | that is what we do even if we don't mean it. We forget that we are also | ||
33 | unhappy, and that we are just doing things we like in order to cheer | ||
34 | ourselves up a little bit, which really means that this cheering is | ||
35 | working; but there is such a thing as working too well. So in a sense | ||
36 | what I'm doing here is cheering myself up by reminding you that you are | ||
37 | unhappy; I'm trying to keep you honest in your unhappiness; and I admit | ||
38 | this is usually called a dick move. | ||
39 | 26 | ||
40 | In fact, the best way to overcome happy-hungering (this is the term as I | 27 | In fact, the best way to overcome happy-hungering (this is the term as I dub it) is commit as many dick moves as possible, to keep people remembering that unhappiness abounds. |
41 | dub it) is commit as many dick moves as possible, to keep people | 28 | If you see someone smiling like a little dog who knows it's about to get pet or get a treat or go to the vet to donate doggy sperm, smile back. |
42 | remembering that unhappiness abounds. If you see someone smiling like a | 29 | Grin toothily (a little too toothily for a little too long). |
43 | little dog who knows it's about to get pet or get a treat or go to the | 30 | Their smile will start to fade if you're doing it right. |
44 | vet to donate doggy sperm, smile back. Grin toothily (a little too | 31 | Saunter to them, slide as if you're an Olympic quality ice-skater, as if you're a really good bowler who knows he's playing against twelve year olds and'll win by a hundred. |
45 | toothily for a little too long). Their smile will start to fade if | 32 | Get really close. |
46 | you're doing it right. Saunter to them, slide as if you're an Olympic | 33 | Far too close for what most people would call comfort. |
47 | quality ice-skater, as if you're a really good bowler who knows he's | 34 | And remind them of how awful life can be: "I really like your [shirt][]---really only children chained to looms can get that tight of a weave," you can say, or "You're not really going to recycle that coffee cup, are you?" |
48 | playing against twelve year olds and'll win by a hundred. Get really | 35 | They will probably get angry, but that's what's supposed to happen. |
49 | close. Far too close for what most people would call comfort. And remind | 36 | By making dick moves, you can overcome what may be the biggest evil on this earth: Happy-Hungering. |
50 | them of how awful life can be: "I really like your [shirt][]---really only | ||
51 | children chained to looms can get that tight of a weave," you can say, | ||
52 | or "You're not really going to recycle that coffee cup, are you?" They | ||
53 | will probably get angry, but that's what's supposed to happen. By making | ||
54 | dick moves, you can overcome what may be the biggest evil on this earth: | ||
55 | Happy-Hungering. | ||
56 | 37 | ||
57 | [shirt]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html | 38 | [shirt]: theoceanoverflowswithcamels.html |