I don’t think the average person is actually capable of guaging their level of satisfaction in life
One could argue they’re the only ones who can gauge it.
But there’s definitely a struggle to separate the symptoms of happiness from the conditions of happiness.
Like, if happiness is just a chemical, then OD on it and you’ve successfully maximized the raw score. But if you asked someone in advance if that’s how they want to live their lives, I don’t think you’d get many eager for it.
parents are overall less happy than adults without kids
Higher levels of stress, less money in the bank, fewer hours of sleep, yadda yadda. You could say the same thing about people who start their own businesses or take up a career in politics or do literally anything that’s taxing on the human body and mind.
Want to know how to live a truly carefree lifestyle? Take up heroin. Folks in an opiate haze are consistently ranked some of the happiest on earth.
And the post was about vibe and chill
It’s this sort of weird backhanded brag that tries to make a virtue out of self-indulgence. Might as well go full Gordon Geeko with it if you’re this far in.
I can also tell you that almost every parent I know, and I know many because almost everyone my age have kids, are super active and do all kinds of fun things with their kids all the time.
It’s always funny to watch a guy who has been a sports buff on the sidelines for half his life pick up coaching Little League baseball or soccer and come away with a totally different appreciation for the sport. Suddenly, he’s heavily invested in rookie year players, way more interested in the training camps than any of us have ever been, and saying the word “fundamentals” until our eyes have rolled out of our heads.
It’s incredibly cute and funny. Even as he says “Listen, my son’s not going to make it to the pros” he’s got to doubles back about how Tom Brady was a bottom of the barrel draft pick. Guy just loves his kid and loves what he does.
It’s always a bit surreal to see people insist “As a childless adult, I get to have hobbies while you don’t” when - as a childed adult - I find myself picking up hobbies I’d never even considered before kids.
My little guy stumbles on things and gets into them, needs some help, and suddenly we’re both neck-deep in a jigsaw puzzle or a TV series or a train kit or a pile of half-painted miniatures.
What “global backlash”?
Just another day of headline gore. Anything to get you to click past the headline.
Planned Obsolescence, baby! You don’t make money running the Panopticon if your clients aren’t constantly paying 10x the asking price to endlessly repair and replace your shitty TEMU knock-off surveillance kits.
The contradictions in the US are crazy.
We’re living in this enormous Panopticon - a massive digital fishbowl - for tracking and harassing and arresting lawful citizens. But you can kidnap an Olympics announcer’s mom, live on camera, and no one can find you. No one can catch you. Even as Ring runs “Find My Dog With AI” commercials during the Super Bowl.
Although some look funny or smell bad.
To do what with it?
Purge their own administrations, presumably.
But all these people have their own friends, same as Gates and Musk and Jamie Daimon.
they said “Hey, lets do that, but completely opposite, and standing in direct opposition of the original.”
“Also, if anyone could help with the part where the music sounds good, that would be a huge help”
Why not do your own thing?
Because they’re trying to run a business not to create art
For that matter, the elements found in a human being is all junk that you can buy in any market with a child’s allowence. Humans are pretty cheaply made.
When you’re comparing it to Texas BBQ, it all looks the same
Florida and North Carolina BBQ are on par with one another
This won’t work. You’ll just start getting texts from his brother, his cousin, his roommate, and his boss, all asking you for money.
It’s weird to talk about “a wealth of opportunities to learn” without asking about opportunities to benefit from the knowledge.
Like, the number one reason Americans learn Japanese is to… watch anime, play Japanese video games, and consume other Japanese culture. Virtually no one is getting an economic benefit out of it.
Same with a lot of technical skills - why am I learning how to build a raspberry pi server if not to improve my home media center? Or learning to cook or bake or grill, if not to enjoy a nice meal? Why learn home repair if not to make your house a little nicer?
For the handful of people who want to turn this into a career or a business? Cool. Good luck.
But just because the sky is the limit doesn’t mean that’s what you need to aim for.
Man: “Computer! Behave like a woman!”
Computer: “Beep boop. I am a woman. Here are things women say and do.”
Man: “Ew, gross! How could the computer do this to me? This is a conspiracy to hurt my feelings!”
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The winners will be the middle men selling fixes for the fixes.
Please don’t confuse actual technological progress with markets.
Consumer goods are delivered through market distributions for nearly every post-industrial society on earth.
The government could distribute widgets, but it doesn’t.
Modern infrastructure is not built by markets.
Construction crews, materials purveyors, architects, electricians/plumbers… All come through the market system. That’s why Americans have to turn to Spain or Japan every time they float the idea of expanding HSR. That’s why only two companies in the world build civilian airliners. That’s why our telecom network is an oligopoly.
Whut?
Teqball’s a lot of fun.
I can’t remember if this is actually from IT or a knock-off from Cabin In The Woods.