Posted on 02/19/2009 9:31:20 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
If 80s movies taught us anything, it's that at some point you're going to run into a mysterious relic that lets you switch bodies with other people.
Would you use it? Would you choose to switch lives with, say, Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie or Dale DeBone? Most people would.
But let's say the artifact doesn't let you choose, but will instead switch you randomly with one of the other six billion people on the planet. Virtually nobody will take that deal, for fear they'd switch with some poor villager in Nigeria.
So what does that say about us? Well, according to experts, it says almost everything we think about what would make us happy is dead wrong. Let's look at the five things we're most wrong about, with some pictures of adorable animals for good measure.
(Excerpt) Read more at cracked.com ...
Running across this article at Cracked.com is a bit like finding a diamond in a septic tank. It's very thought-provoking.
Previously on FR by the same author: 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable
Egads! Profound. Now for the “5 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History”...
This is nonsense. These are the *myths* that are promoted about the things that people often desire. But note that they are *always* done from the perspective of someone who doesn’t have them.
But in truth, those that already have them have something in common: they all work to *keep* what they have.
Wealthy people spend a lot of time keeping themselves wealthy.
The same with beautiful people. They work hard to keep their illusion.
And think about famous people, who spend half their time posing for paparazzi, and the other half complaining about paparazzi.
OK, what about geniuses?
BTTT
But - it may be a shock for the guys to realize there is no perfection, that all their glamor girls are 'touched up' so to speak. Lol
Geniuses have a natural ability, who don’t worry about keeping their ability. (Unlike SOME who worry about keeping their money or looks—note I use the word ‘some’ because not all of the wealthiest are worried nor are the most beautiful vain).
Intriguing article!
Correction: note I use the word ‘some’ because not all of the wealthiest are worried nor are ‘all’ the most beautiful vain).
Or for fear that they'd switch with some RAT. Now that is really scary.
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.
Like one of the comments at the article pointed out, money can’t buy happiness, but poverty can’t buy anything.
“I don’t care about losing all the money, it’s losing all the stuff.” - Bernadette Peters (The Jerk)
condensed version:
Don’t be a self-centered, selfish prick. Don’t worry about what others are thinking about you. Help and do for others.
Sheesh, it’s like some bad joke, here are the answers to happiness, and too many sad sacks refuse to believe it and run off to make themselves miserable.
Me also. I hear the stories of people winning millions in the lottery and how unhappy they are. I want the chance to prove that I can be happy, very, very happy if I win the big bucks.
I spend $1 on Powerball whenever the drawing is for over $100 million. I find it’s worth the dollar just for the time I get to spend fantasying about what I’m going to do with all my winnings!
While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
While money doesn’t buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.
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