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[–] [email protected] 85 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is truth, not satire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And yet the jester is usually the wisest in the court.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

And also incredibly depressed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Wisecracking isn't the same as being happy

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago

Felt this since I was a child.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago

Smart enough to realize everything is shit is a real debilitating condition and honestly, one doesn't haven't to be very smart to realize that.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Man Wishes He Was Dumb Enough to Be Happy All the Time

The prescription is 'tussin + alcohol, like in that one episode of House M.D.

😏

[–] DaCrazyJamez 12 points 4 months ago

This is sadly very true.... and also doxylamine, trazodone, melatonin, etc...

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember being interviewed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's because you're a dumbass. Happy now?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

You know what? Yes, yes I am!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

I often also feel this way, although I also look at a lot of voting-aged people in the US and realize that being that dumb usually just means you are angry all the time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

I don't recall giving consent to writing a story about my life.....

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] babybus 6 points 4 months ago

We are all you on this not so blessed day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Have you tried watching Rick and Morty?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Have you tried idolizing osaka from azumanga daioh?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

This hit me at my core.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

and that's how folks transition into puppygirls.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel this one, but Vin Diesel is actually a decent actor? Find Me Guilty is a banger, Boiler Room is solid, he was good in Saving Private Ryan and he was The Iron Giant ffs

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Like Adam Sandler, Vin Diesel can act but chooses a lot of projects that do the opposite of showcasing that skill.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Too smart to be happy too dumb to be successful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Dunno about that, plenty of dumb successful people out there, this world ain't a fair one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Some days it feels like it would be easier to take a ball peen hammer to my prefrontal cortex than deal with the rest of my species.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's me. I'm the man who wishes he was dumb enough to be happy all the time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Is the intelligent thing not to be to recognise when things are out of your control and put them out of your mind

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the reaching of the action, even if the event was out of their control but going to impact them, say an invasion or war breaking out at their location it'd be warranted. However in a general sense I agree, it causes undue stress if there's nothing directly they can change.

People thinking like that is how we get some people fighting for rights, the current fight may not directly impact them but they can see how it'll impact things in the near future when more rights are changed. I mostly agree with not adding undue stress but sometimes it can be difficult to know when it's undue or warranted because it can happen quickly once the ball starts rolling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Putting things out of your mind doesn't mean you can't take action though

If the only reasonable thing I can do to make a change to a situation is to cast a vote there's no point worrying about it until I actually have the opportunity to do that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying, when you said put it out of your mind it more sounded like forget about it, which isn't helpful when people see a problem, but you have to know what you can reasonably impact. There is usually more that can be done but time and money are limited. Many people don't have the time to campaign for ideas which in itself is an issue with the way things are run in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I do find it crazy that despite all the technological advancement to save everyone time we just ended up spending all that free time working

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I feel seen!

[–] whyNotSquirrel 4 points 4 months ago

I'm too dumb to be happy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

*any of the time ftfy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I've seen this on an episode of House MD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Idk, republicans don't really seem to be a happy bunch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on.

Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy."

Yup.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey welcome to the fediverse!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I almost know what that means!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I don’t know what it means yet too but you are welcome :D