• feddylemmy@lemmy.world
      15·
      3 个月前

      “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” Andy Bernard

    • ClownStatue@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      3 个月前

      Yeah often happiness is just contentment. It’s easy to get bored with that and “want more” from life. Bad choices can often follow these instincts!

    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 个月前

      I mean… I would expect most happy people don’t really fully appreciate it unless they consciously work on it… our brains are wired to notice pain - we adapt to comfort. It’s why people who already have the world still want MORE.

  • kbal@fedia.io
    18·
    3 个月前

    She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they had been happy; and they clapped their hands.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 个月前

    A lot of people have everything they need to be happy but their perspectives keep them unhappy… It might not be exactly the premise given but it’s pretty close. 👍

    • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 个月前

      If people were happy and content, it would be much harder to manipulate them in many senses of it, so making people feel bad about them is part of the crushing machine design

  • Cevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    6·
    3 个月前

    Dave Gorman did a stand-up bit about this. His version goes something like

    If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands

    If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands

    But if you’re happy and don’t know it, or unhappy and you do

    Then the clauses in this song do not apply to you

    But if you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it

    Then, and only then, please clap your hands

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 个月前

    And it implies that if you were happy and didn’t know it, you’d clap anyway if the song didn’t clarify.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      1·
      3 个月前

      Does it? It sounds to me like it implies that you wouldn’t clap your hands unless you are happy, you know it, and you also want to show it. All three must be true for it to be hand-clapping time.

      • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        What difference would you expect if the “and you know it” clause were omitted?

        Suppose there are indeed some people who would clap ”if they’re happy”, but refrain “if they’re happy and they know it”. The implication would be that these people are happy and don’t know it—and yet we’re supposing that they would have clapped at “if they’re happy” anyway.

        If they didn’t clap, adding the clause would have no effect and its inclusion would have no motivation.

  • oce 🐆
    6·
    3 个月前

    If you’re unhappy and don’t know it, eat one more snack. Crunch crunch.

  • Fridam@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    6·
    3 个月前

    As someone who’ve struggled through life, my impression is that a lot of people who dont’t, often don’t realise how happy they are. It’s like they are so used to being satisfied they don’t really notice the happiness because they are so used to it

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 个月前

    Sometimes you don’t know how good you have it until your “rock bottom” turns out to be an elevator which is now headed down a mineshaft 😭