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A world with too many choices seems to be making people miserable.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:03 pm
Think about how many options for everything we have now. 400 TV channels. A million different shows on Netflix. Various types of round the clock news and sports content. And people are more depressed now than ever.
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Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:03 pm to Tiger Ryno
Correlation is not causation. . . .
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:04 pm to Tiger Ryno
Yeah....we should go back to the Baby Boomer era and be brainwashed like they were.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:05 pm to Tiger Ryno
Bunch of candy asses.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:05 pm to Tiger Ryno
25 topics to choose from on OT page 1. This is the one I chose and now I'm miserable.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:06 pm to Tiger Ryno
Whereever a Wrestlemania is rerun, the populace shall be happy.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:08 pm to Tiger Ryno
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400 TV channels
I can partially verify this, because I dropped cable and went to streaming, and I am happier.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:09 pm to Tiger Ryno
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A world with too many choices seems to be making people miserable.
It's actually too many carbs, sugar and not enough exercise.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:09 pm to Tiger Ryno
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A million different shows on Netflix
I usually get overwhelmed trying to find a show on Netflix and put on Parks n recs, the office or the occasional Netflix featured movie.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:11 pm to Tiger Ryno
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people are more depressed now than ever
Granted its a lot easier to "diagnose" depression now than ever and there are more people in the world, now than ever.
I also dont like social media and the fictional lives that we all follow and see and ultimately compare to our own. Its almost like at times, the average human mind hasnt evolved yet to handle this amount of information.
Its happening fast and more and more people feel inadequate every day because of the bragging and lavish lifestyles they see almost instantly when they pick up their phones.
Life was easier when people didnt know what all was out there. They just focused on their day to day tasks and their immediate loved ones. Now they feel this pressure to succeed to levels that are virtually unattainable because they want to be able to provide everything for everyone who sees all these great things.
This ultimately leads to the realization that what they are doing everyday most likely wont ever change. Que the depression
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:13 pm to Tiger Ryno
This is why socialism is on the rise. Freedom means having to make your own choices, which is sometimes difficult. Its much easier to just let government decide for you.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:16 pm to Tiger Ryno
You watched this on YouTube didnt you.
It is true though. We make ourselves miserable with excess.
It is true though. We make ourselves miserable with excess.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:16 pm to CaptainPanic
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Yeah....we should go back to the Baby Boomer era and be brainwashed like they were.
Yeah, cuz you’re not brainwashed in the least
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:16 pm to 225Tyga
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Life was easier when people didnt know what all was out there. They just focused on their day to day tasks and their immediate loved ones. Now they feel this pressure to succeed to levels that are virtually unattainable because they want to be able to provide everything for everyone who sees all these great things.
IMO that’s less about the choices and more about not being able to see past the “flawless” picture portrayed to us in social media platforms of other people’s lives.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:20 pm to BluegrassBelle
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IMO that’s less about the choices and more about not being able to see past the “flawless” picture portrayed to us in social media platforms
Do you think that seeing these extravagant pictures cause people to choose to actively seek out more and try to make changes to their everyday life, in an effort to strive for more?
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:20 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Think about how many options for everything we have now. 400 TV channels. A million different shows on Netflix. Various types of round the clock news and sports content. And people are more depressed now than ever.
And making everyone ADD. No one can stay focused on anything.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:20 pm to lnomm34
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Correlation is not causation. . . .
This.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:25 pm to 225Tyga
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Do you think that seeing these extravagant pictures cause people to choose to actively seek out more and try to make changes to their everyday life, in an effort to strive for more?
Eh, I think there’s a far more detrimental effect when they think certain things are easily attainable because they don’t see the work/sacrifice in the background that makes it attainable. I think fitness/weight loss is probably the top example of that.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:26 pm to Tiger Ryno
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And people are more depressed now than ever.
If more people would ace the house then see if the old lady will let you have sex with her they'd be happier. It works 25% of the time.
Posted on 4/8/19 at 2:32 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I think there’s a far more detrimental effect when they think certain things are easily attainable
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I think fitness/weight loss is probably the top example of that.
I think we can parlay our ideas together with this example.
Someone wants to make a change and loose weight. They start following a bunch of fitness pages on various social media platforms. They see what they want to look like, not knowing that these people have dedicated their lives to look that way.
So they start to diet and exercise for about 2-3 weeks and begin to see some results but not much. So they stick with it for another 2-3 weeks, start to level out, while still seeing all of these ripped up fitness professionals.
They start to feel like a failure, like they will never look like that, so some quit and just say frick this i cant do it. Because to your point, they wanted this change quick, but to them a total of 4-6 weeks is not quick, thats a lot of time and to not look like all these people on social media makes them feel like a failure and that they are wasting their time.
This post was edited on 4/8/19 at 2:48 pm
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