The Secret of Happiness

[multifariace@lemmy.world]

Think like a scientist and you can have both. Being happy to learn you are wrong because otherwise would be inconclusive.

[criitz@reddthat.com]

It's the other people being wrong that's the issue

[multifariace@lemmy.world]

I see it as further data to observe and explore. It's fine once you get past the nihilistic thoughts.

[thereturnofpeb@reddthat.com]

I'm willing to forgo my happiness to snark at NAZIs.

[majorhavoc@programming.dev]

Great point. This is why I strive to stay vocal with my boring opinions like "all the trans people I have met were pretty chill and just want to be acknowledged" and "I'm not sure the average politician has the rest of our best interests in mind" and "truck nuts make me laugh".

[dageek247@fedia.io]

Ascetic*. I assume the aesthetic lifestyle is primarily shared on instragam.

[merde@sh.itjust.works]

look at that privilege ☞

[meep_launcher@lemm.ee]

I'm trying to take a cue from Trevor Noah (I didn't like his time on the daily show but I still think he has some good takes):

Read the news only a few times a week. That's enough to be informed. We created a 24 hours news cycle that makes us more anxious, angry, and scared than we need to be. Live your life, focus on those around you, stop yelling at people on the internet who have made up their mind.

It seems like a good balance of self care and being informed. You have to set boundaries.

[gooberear@lemmy.wtf]

The older I get the more I wish I was one of those people who are able to completely ignore what's going on around them and completely invent an alternative for themselves. Those are some of the happiest people I know.

[flashmobofone@lemmy.world]

Me not posting about politics makes everyone happy, because I despise and criticize Trump. I also despise and criticize the Democrats.

So you're welcome.

[jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world]

Great plan.

Anybody who doesn't know the difference between outrage addiction and being informed isn't qualified to weigh in on what counts as being informed.

[kameecoding@lemmy.world]

Yep, I vote every election and encourage people around me to vote too, what else am I supposed to do? i am not gonna get into politics, I am not gonna organize some activism stuff as I don't care that much about telling people what to think.

I vote based on my conscience, often against my own financial interests and then watch the people do the exact opposite, feel a bit of despair about humanity in general then move on.

[nthavoc@lemmy.today]

Recommend using Ublock Origin filters to filter out all the crap. My browsing experience is so much better without being bombarded by the same bs all day everyday.

[affiliate@lemmy.world]

isn’t the monks response inherently political? are we to assume he himself is not happy?

[spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works]

Yooooo check my dad bod posts @weakfluencer over on the 'graam. While you're there like and follow lol

[scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech]

Exactly how I feel. I did what I could. I voted, I encouraged others to vote, I informed myself and others of the issues. I voted to help those in need and to bolster protections for those in need - even at my own expense. Then over half the country voted against their own interests. Ironically, financially the policies I expect to be put in place will probably help me, but I worry for our country. But what else am I supposed to do now? People who voted for this or didn't vote (and in my mind that's just a lazier way of voting for what happened), well, I wish them luck if they needed those programs. I feel for everyone who voted for them and are looking at having them taken away.

[fizz@lemmy.nz]

Social media is filled with bot content but its still filled with hundreds of millions of real people looking at those posts and comments and subconsciously forming an opinion. My comment applies to IRL as well.

If everyone on the left logged off and touched grass and entire generation of kids growing up on the internet would move to the right. If you dont want to participate that's fine, im only giving my opinion on why you should consider doing so.

[pelespirit@sh.itjust.works]

It's a tough lesson to learn though and you got to get through it.

[blaze@sopuli.xyz]

Posted a list of 20 non-political active communities on [email protected] if people are interested

[madcaesar@lemmy.world]

I'd also like to add, be charitable when reading comments. I fucking hate how people ACTIVELY look for stuff to argue about because they are purposefully attributing malice to a comment.

IE: I think this issue is complicated. OMG SO YOU THINK GROUP X SHOULD BE BURNED IN AN OVEN???

I see it all the time and it immediately makes the whole thread / post toxic. It just takes one dipshit to go off to ruin it for everyone and get everyone angry.