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The thread is simple, and yes there will be a poll.

What would it take, in your mind, to take you from where you are now to a state where you can be relatively happy. Note: I am not talking about eternal bliss or anything like that - just relatively happy. You will have more good days than bad days.

Poll coming.

getting back with my g/f.

The thread is simple, and yes there will be a poll.

What would it take, in your mind, to take you from where you are now to a state where you can be relatively happy. Note: I am not talking about eternal bliss or anything like that - just relatively happy. You will have more good days than bad days.

Poll coming.I am already happy. Seriously, I think being sad takes energy that could be better used for something to further my life-goals. Which, in turn, makes me even happier. :)

This school year needs to end so I can move to Montreal.

That is all.

Wow ... this is really hard to write. Let's just say that I'm coming out of a very bad experience, and I need the support of my friends and family to reach happiness again. I also need to regain my independence, as this was removed from me during said experience.

Unlimited chocolate wouldn't hurt, either.

I'm pretty happy just as I am. It takes a lot to get me down. Plus it could be hell of a lot worse, I could be sitting in a wheel chair having machine breath for me but I'm not, I was lucky and didn't break those vertebra. In my case I guess it would be a crime not to be happy. But if would hurry up and snow already I would not be disappointed, in fact if the snow would stay and I could just go live in the mountains I might never stop smiling. :tongue:

I require only two things for my life to be perfect, exquisitely and beautifully happy:

The resources to live comfortably for the rest of my life and devote all my time to writing and wandering unprofitably.
A license to kill.

EDIT: By "comfortably," I mean: "eat regularly, get medical attention in emergencies, get shelter from storms and shower at least one a week."

Give me money, women, and fast cars.

winning the lottery would make me happy. it would mean my family and i could get out of this shit forever

that or an asteroid hitting smack down on our house when we're all inside


more generally, though, seeing my folks happy would make me happy. as well as not having to always worry about money and having a family of my own one day

I'm already happy, though god-like powers would make me happier. *nod*

The ability to steal LG's powers would make me happier than he would be with said powers.

The ability to steal LG's powers would make me happier than he would be with said powers.

My powers will have lo-jack. *nod*

My powers will have lo-jack. *nod*

But will your lo-jack have powers?

I think not.

I am happy.
To keep me happy, I need a my BF, a job I like, a decent salary, my friends, my canvases and paints, our cats, our nice house, and in future possibly kids.

Winning the lottery would be nice, but it's not essential.

creating and exploring (myself, by myself) are what i've always found to gratify.

even the tiniest cave, just big enough to sleep laying down streatched out full length, that no one would object to being my perminent residence, that and not having to worry about other basic survival neccessities would be a good start, i.e. a repeal of building codes for sole builder/occupant in sufficiently rural settings.

unincumbered universal access to means of creating and exploring of course.
free broadband for eveyone would be really nice, and of course my little people sized trains everywhere instead of automobiles, which is to say, a transportation infrastructure people didn't have to indenture themselves to, like we do with cars, an energy infrastructure that didn't tear up the countryside anywhere, and a way of life that didn't involve demonizing everything that refuses to kiss the ass of symbolic value.

an 'economy' of high tec-low stress potlatching, i.e. everything done by 'hobbiests' as a fun thing to do hobby, in harmony with nature's cycles of renewal.

ok, i don't expect to see all of those things, nor specific to my dreams, or even close, but i do believe survival of our species, and the dependence of that on the insured survival of the web of life on which that depends, IS going to force some chainges upon what people have been thinking, because they've gotten away with it for a couple of centuries, that they could keep doing so forever, which is simply not physically possible.

which is what people who had known this for ten thousand years and longer had been trying to tell them, and were very nearly genocided for, apearently in reality little else then 'being in the way'.

i guess the main thing really would be for people, and our cultural paradigms really, to come to understand, that while procustianism, which i'm NOT advocating either, may be no any kind of paradise, makiavellianism IS destroying the very means of the continued existence of all life, our own species included, and that there is a 'middle way' which does not in any way require nor involve either of them.

just an end to this idiocity that makiavellianism is for ever, an end to its dominance, an end to people telling themselves the big lie that everything else has to be either procustianism or worse.

but an end to excessive and inappropriate enforcement of building codes, and to border restrictions of any kind any where on unarmed civilians, heck, even just those two things would be a good begining, and the automobile as we know it, well no kind of burnable substance, on that order of magnatude, that would be practical to consume at the rate oil is being consumed now, is going to last forever, not even fissionables.

i just want to live in a world where people don't con themselves and each other into screwing themselves and their surroundings for the sake of simbolic value, and then keep wondering why, the just keep accumulating more and more and not finding gratification, just for them to connect the dots between those two and realize the're not finding gratification that way because there isn't any there to be found.

you see, that while i believe there is something big, friendly, and invisible that gives great hugs, and a lot of little friendly and invisibles that do too, what i really really believe IN, is the kind of strainge, wonderful, interestingness, that everything would otherwise be, if people didn't put SYMBOLIC 'value' (and damd near everything else) ahead of the avoidance of destroying it.

Meh, I have my fair share of problems, but to be honest I think I'm reasonably happy more days than I'm not. That might change if as expected I fail miserably when thrown into the world of work after uni, so I suppose knowing that I'm going to get a reasonably stress-free job with more than enough to live on and eat would make me happier. It would also help if my psychiatrist did her job of making me feel better when I see her rather than the opposite.

What is happiness?

Steak and a blowjob.

Clarity

Although Ifreanns option is also pretty good.

What is happiness?

happiness is the byproduct of being in the proccess of doing what you enjoy doing. synonym: gratification.

What is happiness?Pie. :D
...And maybe what Cameroi said. :)
Damn you for beating me to the post. :(

I'm am actually quite happy with my life as it is now. I'm on the right path, and I enjoy the things I do now. I have good company, I live in a place that has all the cultural events, performances and exhibitions I could want (give or take), and I get to eat, too.

The one thing that would make me happier is to actually be at where I am current heading for, i.e. to have the grades I want and have a research and lecturing position with weight, which is what I want. More money would be good, but then if I had the above, that would bring in enough money for my needs. Nice furniture, central flat, no chavs. I don't need a pimpmobile or swimming pool full of £2000/hour call girls to be happy.

To be happy, I need to be relaxed enough to view each situation in such a way that I can focus on the positive and the beneficial aspects of said situation.

This is easier to do when my family's physical needs are met.

happiness is the byproduct of being in the proccess of doing what you enjoy doing. synonym: gratification.

What is enjoyment?

What is enjoyment?
The thing you're apparently getting from asking pointless questions.

I'm very happy right now. I've got a great family, wonderful boyfriend, and awesome friends. I'm doing exactly what I want to do in life as well.

I'm very happy right now. I've got a great family, wonderful boyfriend, and awesome friends. I'm doing exactly what I want to do in life as well.

So can I have my steak and blowjob from you?

Additional pylons.

So can I have my steak and blowjob from you?

Gravlen lent me out? :eek2:

More of this.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Pelforth_brune.jpg/200px-Pelforth_brune.jpg

I'm happy but I have no idea why :confused:

I could be happier if I ate that last donut but its not mine and I will be in super big trouble if I did eat it but I want to eat it because its yummy

finding a beter job and quitting my shitty one.

I'm quite happy, though I would like a PS3, some games for it, also games for the Xbox360, games for the PC, some other gaming related stuff and a better computer.

I am already a happy person. I have what and those I need.

I have already found what makes me happy. And I will never let go of it. :)

Additional pylons.
Or the constructing thereof.

@ OP: I am in a state wherein I would be happy if it wasn't for the awareness of having a debt to pay. I would like for that debt to not be there.

The thread is simple, and yes there will be a poll.

What would it take, in your mind, to take you from where you are now to a state where you can be relatively happy. Note: I am not talking about eternal bliss or anything like that - just relatively happy. You will have more good days than bad days.

Poll coming.

I think I am relatively happy. But for me to be really happy, the people around me (my friends) have to be happy (I know, sweet, innit?) It's just this thing I have that it's hard to have everything going right for you while one of your best friends mourns her aunt's passing. :(

I'm already happy. Or maybe content is a better word. I have enough money to meet most of my needs and my wants. I own my house and car free and clear. I have my health. My kids are successful in their fields. I can pretty much do as I please, within legal and physical limits. Oh, I have moments of displeasure, like when I have to scoop out the litter box or my favorite show is pre-empted for some damn political thing. I have occasional stress when I realize that this current crop of politicians could send my whole life into the toilet. But, as of this moment, I am content.

winning the lottery would make me happy. it would mean my family and i could get out of this shit forever

that or an asteroid hitting smack down on our house when we're all inside


more generally, though, seeing my folks happy would make me happy. as well as not having to always worry about money and having a family of my own one day

:fluffle:
seems you could use one.



Me? All I need to be happy right now is quitting my shitty job. Icing on the cake would be getting my bitch of a boss fired. Which I almost did today (both of those).

Really. Need to quit this job. Badly.

getting back with my g/f.

This. ^

I know, what an uncommon problem, right?

I'm happy now.

but more money, a deep and meaningful relationship, and even more friends would make me happier.

...

that...

and daily scalp massages... :D

Money is cool. Idc what people say about money not buying happiness, that's lies. So definitely money. Also, with elections coming up here in NZ, would be quite happy if the incumbent remained in government.

World peace, end to world hunger, the decline of religion, a moderately easy and relatively well-paid job, my family to accept me for who I am, and for chocolate not to make me fat.

Oh, and I'd also be happy if I could buy all the seasons of both Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain on DVD. DVD versions are avalilable, but only as region 1 DVDs. A quick investigation suggests my computer DVD player only plays region 2 DVDs. ARSES!:(

World peace, end to world hunger, the decline of religion, a moderately easy and relatively well-paid job, my family to accept me for who I am, and for chocolate not to make me fat.

Oh, and I'd also be happy if I could buy all the seasons of both Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain on DVD. DVD versions are avalilable, but only as region 1 DVDs. A quick investigation suggests my computer DVD player only plays region 2 DVDs. ARSES!:(

Look up Region Free DVD players. ;)

A relationship, a house, and financial security. I would be happy for the rest of my days. Sadly all three seem to be going the way of the dodo.

Look up Region Free DVD players. ;)

I'm a skint student, I can't afford the DVD player and the DVDs. To reiterate my earlier sentiment about the whole ridiculousness...ARSES!

The only things wrong with my life at the moment are lack of money (being unemployed'll do that to ye...). I don't want money to buy stuff for myself, I still live at home so I don't need money, I've been living perfectly well not buying food when I'm our or games or cd's or anything, but I want money so I can treat my girlfriend. Which brings me to my second point, that of being able to spend more time with her. I mean really, twice a week spending 30 minutes on a crowded train is not quite enough.

Other than that, I'm set. Oh, wait, no, I want school to be over too. Not long to go now, but still...

...Oh, and I'd also be happy if I could buy all the seasons of both Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain on DVD....

I think I love you...:$

I'm a skint student, I can't afford the DVD player and the DVDs. To reiterate my earlier sentiment about the whole ridiculousness...ARSES!

How much can you afford?

Repealment of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. I would be tremendously pleased. I do not want my country to go to war with 108 other countries.

This. ^

I know, what an uncommon problem, right?

:confused: you wanna get back with Zombie PotatoHeads' GF?

world peace, end to world hunger, the decline of religion, a moderately easy and relatively well-paid job, my family to accept me for who i am, and for chocolate not to make me fat.

Oh, and i'd also be happy if i could buy all the seasons of both animaniacs and pinky and the brain on dvd. Dvd versions are avalilable, but only as region 1 dvds. a quick investigation suggests my computer dvd player only plays region 2 dvds. Arses!:(

tg.

How much can you afford?

The problem is that the DVDs I mentioned are themselves by amazon prices going to cost over £120. But I guess I could get one DVD and the others later so lets say the DVDs will cost about £60-70. Practically speaking, I'm only looking at going to be able to spend 30 or 40 quid on the DVD player itself. Now, from the interwebs, ordinary DVD players that aren't region free cost about £30 minimum so the fancy-pants ones are going to be way above my budget.

The problem is that the DVDs I mentioned are themselves by amazon prices going to cost over £120. But I guess I could get one DVD and the others later so lets say the DVDs will cost about £60-70. Practically speaking, I'm only looking at going to be able to spend 30 or 40 quid on the DVD player itself. Now, from the interwebs, ordinary DVD players that aren't region free cost about £30 minimum so the fancy-pants ones are going to be way above my budget.

look around. I got one for $100.

tho there are DVD region hacks.
some players can be turned into region free by hitting a combo of buttons on the remote (one was a model I picked up for about $50 USD.)

the Cheapest Region free player I got was my PS2 with Gameshark. :D

:confused: you wanna get back with Zombie PotatoHeads' GF?

Good call.

The thing you're apparently getting from asking pointless questions.

Good answer.

I need to be a lying politician, ruining the careers of my opponents, grabbing power, and dodging blackmailers, while at the same time hoping to actually reform the nation. If I never acquire this dream I can assure you of my depression and near-suicidal tendencies.

My complete independence and in increase in personal income would be nice. The increase in income would lead to my complete independence.

I have thought about politics but I'm too fucking honest.

I would be happier if I had a daily foot massage, but my happiness meter is still pretty close to pegged. Especially with all the upcoming adventures.

Gravlen lent me out? :eek2:
It was more a sub-prime thing... I think I leased myself away for a steak, and since you own a piece of me that made you responsible for a part of my debt - and I mortgaged that part to pay for a bigger cookie, and when the financial crisis hit the cookie was eaten and the debt was picked up by a German broker who demanded 7,5% interest on a fictional company that I had set up as a tax shelter while on a drunken bender in Bali, and... and...

Traveling and vacation makes me happy :)

Peace. Freedom and peace. I'm just getting the horrible feeling that we might have to fight for it. And I know that when I speak, I sound like Hitler, that makes me feel worse.

I tell you what would make me happy the complete and utter destruction of the republican party. I want it anhilated I want it destroyed I want it to cease to exist.


After that I would like more sensible partys to be assembled to opose the democrats The democrats I am not extremley fond of either but can stomach voting for without vommiting.

If right wing nutjobs just dissapeared tommorow that would make me happy to.

You know that Mr. Show skit where the stoner sells his soul to have his dreadlocks grow weed?

Peace. Freedom and peace. I'm just getting the horrible feeling that we might have to fight for it. And I know that when I speak, I sound like Hitler, that makes me feel worse.

Since you are racist, and "fighting for peace" is an absurd phrase, yes you do, slightly.