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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is truth, not satire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And yet the jester is usually the wisest in the court.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

And also incredibly depressed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wisecracking isn't the same as being happy

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago

Felt this since I was a child.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago

Smart enough to realize everything is shit is a real debilitating condition and honestly, one doesn't haven't to be very smart to realize that.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't remember being interviewed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's because you're a dumbass. Happy now?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

You know what? Yes, yes I am!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Man Wishes He Was Dumb Enough to Be Happy All the Time

The prescription is 'tussin + alcohol, like in that one episode of House M.D.

😏

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

This is sadly very true.... and also doxylamine, trazodone, melatonin, etc...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

I often also feel this way, although I also look at a lot of voting-aged people in the US and realize that being that dumb usually just means you are angry all the time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

I don't recall giving consent to writing a story about my life.....

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

We are all you on this not so blessed day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Have you tried watching Rick and Morty?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

This hit me at my core.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

and that's how folks transition into puppygirls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh good, I was hoping to find a transition comment here as I felt the same way for a long time 😅

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

And I want to make it clear I'm not even complaining OR criticizing! XD

It's wholesome in a peculiar way: people who want to embrace simple joy, and to love others with the same unbridled enthusiasm as dogs do? That's beautiful and sweet deep down at the heart of it.

Even though I KNOW that for many it's a "sex thing"... Honestly so what. Anyone who doesn't like it can choose to do literally anything else with their time.

I've stopped caring about pointless judgement, moralizing pearl clutching hand wringing self-righteous hysterical theatrics... What a waste of time and energy when instead happiness is actually an option.

Maybe it's jealousy. How dare someone be happy, right? Whatever! Let them be goodgirls. There are few things more harmless than that.

I don't think I could ever play the role of an "owner" (apparently that's a thing) but I'm happy when I see them, in the same way I'm happy when I see dogs. Because I see dogs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, for most of petplay people I know it's much more of an everyday thing than a sex thing. Which makes sense, since that's generally more of a furry thing. It's less about being an animal and more about being someone's pet, very gentle sub and dom stuff. There's a good tumblr post

petplay? oh you mean that kink for burnt-out neurodivergent people with abandonment issues who need simple easy directions and assurance that the person giving them will still be there at the end of the night. yeah i got you i know what you're talking about

And like, mood.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh no worries I just meant in general since I always felt like being smart sucked and I felt miserable about it, and then I transitioned haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

i've heard that too, and witnessed it happen to loved ones, that transitioning not only brightened their lives but also made them more themselves. My best friend who got married just two weeks ago, when I met her back in 2012 she had been so withdrawn and downtrodden, and it seemed like nothing any of our other friends were capable of doing could make her feel better. But then after embracing who she is, and actually BECOMING herself... she's so vibrant now! Her artistic talent blossomed too - and the fella she married, also an artist, they make gorgeous pieces together.

(it's furry smut though so definitely not for everyone X3)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel this one, but Vin Diesel is actually a decent actor? Find Me Guilty is a banger, Boiler Room is solid, he was good in Saving Private Ryan and he was The Iron Giant ffs

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Like Adam Sandler, Vin Diesel can act but chooses a lot of projects that do the opposite of showcasing that skill.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I would say that he’s a better actor than The Rock, but he’s not winning any acting awards anytime soon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Some days it feels like it would be easier to take a ball peen hammer to my prefrontal cortex than deal with the rest of my species.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Too smart to be happy too dumb to be successful.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Dunno about that, plenty of dumb successful people out there, this world ain't a fair one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

He just like me fr

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's me. I'm the man who wishes he was dumb enough to be happy all the time.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Is the intelligent thing not to be to recognise when things are out of your control and put them out of your mind

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on the reaching of the action, even if the event was out of their control but going to impact them, say an invasion or war breaking out at their location it'd be warranted. However in a general sense I agree, it causes undue stress if there's nothing directly they can change.

People thinking like that is how we get some people fighting for rights, the current fight may not directly impact them but they can see how it'll impact things in the near future when more rights are changed. I mostly agree with not adding undue stress but sometimes it can be difficult to know when it's undue or warranted because it can happen quickly once the ball starts rolling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Putting things out of your mind doesn't mean you can't take action though

If the only reasonable thing I can do to make a change to a situation is to cast a vote there's no point worrying about it until I actually have the opportunity to do that

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I feel seen!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm too dumb to be happy!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've seen this on an episode of House MD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

*any of the time ftfy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Idk, republicans don't really seem to be a happy bunch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on.

Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy."

Yup.

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