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re: Is much of our daily angst just our inability to see how good we actually have it?
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:25 pm to KiwiHead
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:25 pm to KiwiHead
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Are you speaking more or less on the intangibles? Things like community and social involvement?
That, and finding meaningful hobbies or skills, possibly turn it into some income to supplement our UBI.
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Because in that respect, we have lost a lot of that.
Very much so.
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Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:26 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
I mean I can't just bang random strange bath girls like King james V I and get away with it. I think ole gurl is following me after last night. Off with her head.
Kings> Flboo current life
Kings> Flboo current life
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:28 pm to hansenthered1
Have you clicked on any deranged or extremely violent videos in the last year?
Until around the year 2000 if anyone saw that much violence in their life there is little chance they would still be alive.
All the cop videos you’ve probably seen more idiocy than a seasoned police sergeant from the 80s.
Until around the year 2000 if anyone saw that much violence in their life there is little chance they would still be alive.
All the cop videos you’ve probably seen more idiocy than a seasoned police sergeant from the 80s.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:28 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I’d take the Vanderbilts of the Morgans life right now
Yea if he had said like 500 years ago or something like that, ok. But the ultra elite have been living incredibly well, even by modern standards, for a substantial amount of time.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:53 pm to hansenthered1
We have it good compared to most of the world. We could have it great if we weren't dragging 47% of the population along with us.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:00 am to hansenthered1
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So, a peasant nearly starving but blessed to not work in a dastardly corporation was more fulfilled?
Are you having trouble reading?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:35 am to RogerTheShrubber
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A king living 150 years ago was at the apex of mankind and society. They didnt know what they were missing from the future.
That’s a good point. Plus they had free time. You can’t really compare the average worker today with a rich man 150 years ago. That rich man lacked our medical care and some creature comforts, but if he got an even break on health he probably would not trade his free time and ability to attract beautiful women, for a modern 40 hour per week desk job.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:40 am to hansenthered1
Ugh - the next article down an attack on our RKF 
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:44 am to hansenthered1
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Is much of our daily angst just our inability to see how good we actually have it?
Or rather how good was had it (past tense.)
Everything is relative, but at this point, TODAY, things won't ever get better for the vast majority.
Our focus in any case ought to be where our eternal soul winds up.
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 11:45 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:47 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Lack of meaning, tied to corporate jobs
how the frick would you know? wtf do you know about the corporate world mr Alaska?
i absolutely love my corporate job and an very fulfilled...I absolutely love what I do as do most others that have corporate jobs
certainly wouldnt trade my life to go live off grid somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:57 am to lsu777
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how the frick would you know? wtf do you know about the corporate world mr Alaska?
I worked for a corporation for about 5 years.
For you geographic retards, they have corporations present in Alaska
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:01 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Life is definitely easier than ever. I just dont believe it’s nearly as fulfilling.
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:02 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I worked for a corporation for about 5 years.
5 years??!!!!
holy frick...we got an expert on our hands here Gents! an expert I say.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:05 pm to The Third Leg
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The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world.
Its a double-edged sword, gives us opportunity and advancement, but kills the spirit.
Whats best for society isnt always best for the individual. While society may flourish, humans become detached to cope.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:16 pm to The Third Leg
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The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.
this is the dumbest shite I have ever read in my life
no wonder roger agrees
dude the average citizen lives better than the US president did only 100 years ago
jesus christ yall are dumb as frick
guess we all need to go back to the farm right? or cities full of disease, gangs etc and only working with our hands so we can be "fulfilled"
Ill take my corporate gig and get my fulfillment from my family, golf, fishing, sports and other hobbies
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:42 pm to hansenthered1
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Is much of our daily angst just our inability to see how good we actually have it?
No, I don't think so. We only "have it good" if you throw out all of the criteria that define success other than comfort. Humans have certain innate urges beyond that which contemporary life makes very difficult to satisfy.
Here's a thought exercise: should some guy from Mandeville with an F-250 and really good air conditioning be happier than Genghis Khan was? Absolutely not. Genghis Khan had so much sex - real, procreative sex where his penis entered a fertile human vagina unsheathed, until he cared to remove it - that it's said that most East Asian people are descended from him. You think he should be less happy than Doug from The Sanctuary because he had to deal with hot and cold weather more, or because a sand flea bit his arse? That's stupid. Doug's probably just a food tube and not much more and his misery about it is justified.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:48 pm to No Colors
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The average middle American worker today lives a better life than the richest man in the world 150 years ago.
That's a little hyperbolic. One of the Vanderbilt heirs built this to live in 1885-ish in North Carolina.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 1:42 pm to hansenthered1
Is much of our daily angst just our inability to see how good we actually have it?
---Yes. People in South Sudan don't sit around worrying about their feelings about some imagined microaggression.
---Yes. People in South Sudan don't sit around worrying about their feelings about some imagined microaggression.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 1:53 pm to BluegrassBelle
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One of the Vanderbilt heirs built this to live in 1885-ish in North Carolina.
I get that. But think of it another way: Not air conditioning. Had to travel by horse or train. No Healthcare. If your knee hurts, you had two choices: limp in pain the rest of your life or become an opium addict.
1/3 of your children probably died before adulthood.
It goes on and on.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 2:11 pm to lsu777
lol. It’s the opening of the unabombers manifesto, big brain.
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