Happiness

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Cites Something1234 · 2019-09 · on “Are We Living in a Post-Happiness World?”

Anybody ever watch Steve Cutts, especially the animations he did for Moby? They are crazy depressing. I feel like happiness is exactly what Denis Leary explianed it as. It's a brief moment, like a smoke or a beer. But on to the videos: [happiness]: [this video] [moby are you lost]: [LINK]

Cites meitham · 2022-08 · on “Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate”

> by refusing to participate in the rat race That does indeed sounds like a rat race! I have just came across this art which visually resembles what you described [this video]

Cites ChrisMarshallNY · 2023-01 · on “Tell HN: Sometimes you don't realise how bad something is until you leave”

> That and my age made me feel really depressed and unwanted. In my case, my age was the "elephant in the room," at my interviews. I feel as if the original in-house recruiters (different beast from the "outhouse" recruiters, though), and even a couple of managers, had no issue with my age. As soon as even one tech person became involved, however, the temperature dropped twenty degrees. They were usually quite brusque, and I knew that I was screwed. After that, the company usually "ghosted" me. I stopped following up, because even the enthusiastic and supportive recruiters and managers wouldn't talk to me. It was very depressing. It was not my imagination. They really didn't want me, and the

Cites metadope · 2025-11 · on “Being poor vs. being broke”

Steve Cutts < [LINK] > explains American unhappiness and tendency to complain (even though we've had it better than almost everyone ever). The Pursuit Of Happiness is humanity's universal right, but our culture and the economy depends upon everybody always wanting more, and better... [this video]