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Crisis on Infinite [Chat]

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  • Kid PresentableKid Presentable Registered User regular
    "haven't been happy yet in 2020"

    hmm, I mean yeah
    but it's only the 15th day, right?
    we talking happy for a whole day (overall counts) or just moments or what

    I wonder if it would be valuable or damaging to try and keep a happiness diary

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    "haven't been happy yet in 2020"

    hmm, I mean yeah
    but it's only the 15th day, right?
    we talking happy for a whole day (overall counts) or just moments or what

    I wonder if it would be valuable or damaging to try and keep a happiness diary
    *blows dust off the book*
    *opens the book*
    *pages back through the book*
    *checks the first page*

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    "haven't been happy yet in 2020"

    hmm, I mean yeah
    but it's only the 15th day, right?
    we talking happy for a whole day (overall counts) or just moments or what

    I wonder if it would be valuable or damaging to try and keep a happiness diary

    Nothing adds to the gaiety of life like dissecting every fleeting moment of joy and assigning it a score based on an exhaustively annotated scale to see whether it qualifies as true happiness or is merely base contentment.

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    34 hours before my date.

    I'm vibrating.

  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    My upstairs neighbor slammed their bathroom door and my bathroom light fixture literally fell out of the wall and exploded
    For
    Fucks
    Sake

    Bless your heart.
  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    Bogart wrote: »
    "haven't been happy yet in 2020"

    hmm, I mean yeah
    but it's only the 15th day, right?
    we talking happy for a whole day (overall counts) or just moments or what

    I wonder if it would be valuable or damaging to try and keep a happiness diary

    Nothing adds to the gaiety of life like dissecting every fleeting moment of joy and assigning it a score based on an exhaustively annotated scale to see whether it qualifies as true happiness or is merely base contentment.

    I bet there's a tech bro AI machine learning bitcoin distributed cloud startup for that.

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    making notes of things that made you happy in a day seems like a great practice

    writing stuff downs reinforces it, if my understanding of how note taking works is true, and when I'm depressed I have a tendency to way overdo the negativity bias so reminders that no, in fact, life is not completely terrible might be good

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    34 hours before my date.

    I'm vibrating.

    Has a mod approved this pairing?

    Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    making notes of things that made you happy in a day seems like a great practice

    writing stuff downs reinforces it, if my understanding of how note taking works is true, and when I'm depressed I have a tendency to way overdo the negativity bias so reminders that no, in fact, life is not completely terrible might be good

    I agree that practicing gratitude in general is a good thing

    poo
  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    "haven't been happy yet in 2020"

    hmm, I mean yeah
    but it's only the 15th day, right?
    we talking happy for a whole day (overall counts) or just moments or what

    I wonder if it would be valuable or damaging to try and keep a happiness diary

    i'm sure there's a nice SAAS happiness diary that you could sub to for like 3 dollars a month that will give you periodic reminders to be happy

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Things that have made me happy in January 2020:

    Pictures of cute animals doing cute things
    Quiz shows
    Ticking off tasks at work
    Saving money through coupons
    The brief spurts of validation that come from reactions on this forum
    Cat hugs
    Learning how to make vegan pesto and a pesto-style hummus
    Booking a blood donation appointment

    So I guess try those or your equivalent

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    stephen soderbergh watches a LOT of tv and movies

    here's the list of what he saw (or read) last year: http://extension765.com/soderblogh/34-seen-read-2019

    this seems like something @Jacobkosh would like to see

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    Does any genuine laughter count as a moment of happiness? Or are they distinct states of being that only sometimes intersect?

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    Does taunting Bogart for no apparent reason count?

  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    i got accepted into a weeklong, international comedy festival on the other side of the world so that's pretty cool

  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    34 hours before my date.

    I'm vibrating.

    Save the vibrating for your date.

    It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
    Warframe/Steam: NFyt
  • VanguardVanguard But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Nooooooooo

    A headphone just died

  • Kid PresentableKid Presentable Registered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    "haven't been happy yet in 2020"

    hmm, I mean yeah
    but it's only the 15th day, right?
    we talking happy for a whole day (overall counts) or just moments or what

    I wonder if it would be valuable or damaging to try and keep a happiness diary

    Nothing adds to the gaiety of life like dissecting every fleeting moment of joy and assigning it a score based on an exhaustively annotated scale to see whether it qualifies as true happiness or is merely base contentment.

    well, yes, point taken

    but consider the approach from the other direction, where the default experience of life is (or at the very least, feels like) one of unhappiness - maybe there's some value to making a deliberate effort of it?

    I don't know, I've not done it and I'm not like advocating it or anything. I just read Shaz's post and the "happy in 2020" framing led me to consider if I had been happy in 2019 and it's difficult for me to answer that with any specifics even though I do think there were at least a couple of days in there probably.

  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    the details are still hush hush but it'll be like 20 hours of travel and i'm already dreading the getting there

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    but consider the approach from the other direction, where the default experience of life is (or at the very least, feels like) one of unhappiness - maybe there's some value to making a deliberate effort of it?

    This is probably true. Certainly a recognition of and consequent greater focus on the things that bring us joy seems like a reasonable strategy.

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    Nooooooooo

    A headphone just died

    U want some headphones
    I have too many
    And I’m kinda scared of using them now

    poo
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    Today is one of those days I just want to curl up and die

    Bless your heart.
  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Morning everyone

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    Plz no dying

  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Have you considered curling up and drinking instead

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Have you considered curling up and drinking instead

    its still early AM here

  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    edited January 2020
    No-Quarter wrote: »
    I use my phone in the tub... so why not my switch

    Forbidden gaming

    Whatcha playin Eddie?

    @No-Quarter hyperlight drifter!

    Casual Eddy on
  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    Also I did not use my switch in the tub

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Have you considered curling up and drinking instead

    its still early AM here

    Would you like to get the experience of dying while still holding on to this mortal coil? Day Drinking!

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Tav wrote: »
    the details are still hush hush but it'll be like 20 hours of travel and i'm already dreading the getting there

    Be sure to make a note of your opinions of any aeroplane food you eat

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Have you considered curling up and drinking instead

    its still early AM here

    Have you considered curling up and drinking in the early AM

  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    You just keep a diary with a picture of each dog you meet that day.

    (unless you're like a vet or work at the RSPCA maybe)

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Burnage wrote: »
    Have you considered curling up and drinking instead

    its still early AM here

    Have you considered curling up and drinking in the early AM

    Yes but I am also employed

  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    I get pictures of my neighborhood kitties does that count?

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Crawling in my skin. These wounds they will not heal.

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Bethryn wrote: »
    You just keep a diary with a picture of each dog you meet that day.

    (unless you're like a vet or work at the RSPCA maybe)

    But you can also do this and then make it so when someone opens the diary it plays In the Arms of An Angel. Then leave it on your coffee table as a trap

  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    Nexus those women are just out jogging and the term is not appreciated.

    RedTide#1907 on Battle.net
    Come Overwatch with meeeee
  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    There's probably scope for new comedy about aeroplane food and how great it is now.

    I've had multiple trips where the plane food is the culinary highlight

    Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    If the appearances of my uncle and Putin were two graphs they continuously inch closer and closer together as time goes by.

    PSN: Honkalot
  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    oh no

    I've read the word 'color' too many times in a row and now it looks like nonsense

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