re: Has it ever occurred to you that you have been programmed to be unhappy?

I need an Occulus Quest 2 to truly be happy.

Because most people are lacking in gratitude. They are always chasing the next thing that they think is going to make them happy. Gotta keep up with the Joneses, but the Joneses seem to be always one step ahead. Mountains of debt crushing the life out of them.

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Because most people are lacking in gratitude

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I think this is the bottom line. Gratitude is the open door to abundance.

I could write forever about my thoughts on this topic.

We aren’t programmed to find internal happiness anymore. The societies are run by people who want you to consume. So instead of finding internal happiness you have to find external happiness. Through purchasing things.

The nuclear family. Gone. Religion. Gone. Tribalism and ethnic identity and culture. Gone. Self reliance. Gone.

We are animals. Happiness to us is a shelter and warm food, a mate, and progeny. Happiness is our pack and our tribe sharing in a common identity and destiny.

Now we have none of that. Our id is searching for some sort of fulfillment. And the only place we can find it is in the small hits of dopamine when we buy a shiny new toy.

This loss of cultural tribal identity is the reason why people cling to sports teams so much. It’s the only allowed outlet for this urge in our society. “YEAH. My team from my part of the country totally beat your team from another part of the country. Clearly we are superior.”

This is absolutely one hundred percent the truth! If you truly pay attention to the news media, and commercials, it’s easy to see that they’re successfully programming us to be unsatisfied with what we have which causes mental chaos for most. Finances, physical belongings, love life, entertainment, career... Then we take the bait and ultimately make ill advised decisions that end up causing real issues in life. That’s why I don’t do politics, religion, commercial filled tv and radio or chase “The American Dream”. I don’t let anyone influence me too want more or different knowing damn well the price to pay in the end benefits the higher ups.

I’m happier than a pig in shite, baw.

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Has it ever occurred to you that you have been programmed to be unhappy?

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There is no such "programming". The problem is far too many people have bought into a false definition of happiness.

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Food for thought on this Friday.

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Food makes me happy. #fatandhappy #newhealthy

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Super materialistic people are generally pretty unhappy

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Materialism and superficiality stem from insecurity.

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"An entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars, advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shite we don't need. We're the middle children of the history man, no purpose or place, we have no Great war, no Great depression, our great war is a spiritual war, our great depression is our lives, we've been all raised by television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars, but we won't and we're slowly learning that fact. and we're very very pissed off.”

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Good ole Fight Club. Never seen the movie, but it's extremely quotable.