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Not_as_witty_as_u t1_j75ols1 wrote

what does that mean? I'd be happy as with that tractor and goat

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NetflixLOL t1_j76wghv wrote

The goat stuff could land you in jail, but make the best of it while you can bro!

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AssPuncher9000 t1_j77yca6 wrote

It means that you can be happy without the goat and tractor. You don't need anything material to be happy, it's all what you make of it

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sandsurfngbomber t1_j76jofq wrote

Idk if the farmer from Grapes of Wrath is a good model for happiness

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Afraidofmayonaise t1_j774zyt wrote

Carpetbaggers were statistically the happiest people of the great depression, way happier then those silly bankers /s

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AnybodySeeMyKeys t1_j76skz8 wrote

It took me a long, long time in life to realize that happiness is mostly a decision.

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Trips-Over-Tail t1_j779gxc wrote

Be happy with your scraps, peasant, and be greatdul we let you gave that much. Know your place.

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Saggiterdec20 t1_j75rwmw wrote

You don't need everything to be happy. You just need satisfaction

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SagariKatu t1_j76vjtk wrote

But...

I can't get no Oh no no no Hey hey hey That's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction

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B4SSF4C3 t1_j76pauq wrote

Uhh. No. The happiest have the best of everything AND make the best of everything they have.

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AssPuncher9000 t1_j77yuao wrote

Hardly, either they worked their ass off to get the best of everything or they were given it at birth.

One way they can't enjoy it because of all the suffering they had to go through to get it. The other way they can't enjoy it because it's all they have ever known.

Life is what you make it

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Potentially-Absolute t1_j7dzj9t wrote

Take the red pill my friends! When you realize that the brainwashing starts from birth, that the pursuit of the latest phone, fastest car, or the most money will never make you the most happiest. There will always be a newer phone, faster car, and someone will always have more money. It’s the hamster wheel with no end, no matter how fast you run. Turn your head and realize there’s an entire world outside the hamster wheel. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Look in the mirror and love the person you see, be grateful for family and friends, treat everyone with love and respect, slow down to appreciate the wind, the sun, the noises around you, the smell in the air. And CHOOSE to be happy!

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kuroninjaofshadows t1_j7lp9sf wrote

Huge truth here. I have a paid off car, phone, no credit debt. I could have a new car, phone, and still be making it. BUT, I'd be on a razor thin margin. The buffer is so helpful towards my baseline happiness.

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EnvironmentalSpirit2 t1_j75stx2 wrote

That's the kinda shit they tell you on animal farm

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captain_chocolate t1_j796px1 wrote

The kinda shit that rich people want poor people to believe. That and "money can't buy happiness".

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fr8mchine t1_j76x0sg wrote

Capitalist propaganda

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Doxodius t1_j77w5bu wrote

The opposite really. Or at least the opposite of our consumerist culture that tries to convince everyone that their happiness depends on getting the latest iPhone.

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S-Markt t1_j77x9j0 wrote

like sheryl crow sang in her hit soak up the sun:

its not having what you want,

its wanting what you got.

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catsandhats55 t1_j7db2w3 wrote

Happiness isn’t being entertained/having fun, it’s being content.

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DiminishedProspects t1_j75nx3y wrote

Success doesn’t bring happiness, being happy leads to success.

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