• 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    This,

    It is the joke at the end of all the human suffering and destruction of the planet.

    It is done so a few people can live like gods.

    And they are fucking miserable.

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    10 hours ago

    For the dog happiness comes from within.

    For the billionaire happiness comes from making certain amounts of money.

    Be the dog.

  • comador @lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Drops Kong toy filled with peanut butter smothered dog treats and carrots in front of dog with stick…

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      9 hours ago

      I tried a Kong toy with my dog & he was not impressed. “WTF is this nonsense? Just give me the treats!” To be fair, he wasn’t into sticks either.

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        6 hours ago

        As the old saying goes: ‘That dog won’t hunt’.

        Not saying your dog is broken or useless, but rather their personality isn’t aligned for hunting, sticks or kong toys. And there’s nothing wrong with that!

  • Trump Rapes Kids@lemmy.world
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    I don’t get how they’re so bitter and hateful. Happiness is some chemicals in the brain and money can definitely buy all of those.

    They have the money and leverage to get whatever medications they want and hire a team of doctors to monitor them and keep them safe while abusing them to be the happiest people ever.

    And they’re buying a 12th yacht and another castle instead? Lame.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPM
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      I think what we call happiness is comprised of more than what drugs can stimulate.

      Life satisfaction, purpose, reciprocated love and connection, etc. - these are all things that are more cerebral than what even the best chemical cocktail can offer.

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        It’s a nice sentiment, but in the end those things all boil down to chemicals in the brain.

        I’m not saying that administering a constantly rotating chemical buffet is the ideal way to experience life or happiness. But if you have hundreds of billions of dollars it certainly seems like it would be a better alternative than being a miserable prick.

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          Oh, for sure. For a lot of these guys, being sedated might be the better than their current state.

          My point is just that even the best meds out there can’t make you feel like your dad is proud of you, or that you have a loving family, or that your day to day work is meaningful to people. It’s beyond the scope of modern psychiatric medicine, even though all of our mental existence is chemical.

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            4 hours ago

            Which is why it would be fantastic to be able to fund neuroscience research. I wouldn’t say no to a discovery of the chemical that causes a strong feeling of “My dad is very proud of me even though I became a computer nerd instead of a car guy.”

            He’s in his 70s so I was a bit too early for the stage where parents supported it as a money making career. I was just the goofy nerd with the taped together glasses living like a hermit playing midi files of songs I liked. There wasn’t a lot of that proud parents feeling. :)