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Saving the World
- Thread starter Perm
- Start date
" I'll support the notion.
HeathDavisSpeed
Well-known member
Perm = Nandor Tanktop
He will be voting Green at the forthcoming election, methinks and looking for a relocation to Coromandel Town.
He will be voting Green at the forthcoming election, methinks and looking for a relocation to Coromandel Town.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
See thing is, I like the idea of spreading happiness and smiles and being nice etc, but what I can't stand is being told to do it or engaging in a hippy love fest (and not the 
kind).
People need to be happy of their own accord, not because someone tells them to. Give them advice that smiling more would be a good move, but not too much as I'm likely to smash your face into a jelly.
kind).People need to be happy of their own accord, not because someone tells them to. Give them advice that smiling more would be a good move, but not too much as I'm likely to smash your face into a jelly.
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
FFS Perm, put down the joint and start hating the world like the rest of us.
Top_Cat
Well-known member
This.See thing is, I like the idea of spreading happiness and smiles and being nice etc, but what I can't stand is being told to do it or engaging in a hippy love fest (and not the
People need to be happy of their own accord, not because someone tells them to. Give them advice that smiling more would be a good move, but not too much as I'm likely to smash your face into a jelly.
Psychology tells us that 'the power of positive thinking' is rubbish. Accentuating the positives and ignoring the negatives of any situation has a fatal flaw; the negatives remain. Then it becomes a vicious cycle; to use a stock-market analogy, when the stock in positives takes a dive, the negatives gain momentum = depression.
People generally feel the least angst when they're in control of their lives, the lack of control being the most frequent cause of angst. Whether surrounded by positive stuff or going through a heaps of crap, the degree of control is (as far as the evidence suggests) the best barometer of mood. Honest appraisal of a situation + action to go towards the good stuff = least angst.
Top_Cat
Well-known member
I've long advocated that there should be a compulsory 'life skills' subject at schools. Not philosophical but doing adult stuff like 'paying your gas bill' or 'if you can't afford to buy it, DON'T put it on credit' or 'if you didn't use a phranger on your wanger, enjoy spotted dick for life'. That sort of stuff does so much to cause pain for people well into their lives it's not funny.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
AWTA so so much. Basic cooking as well, like the very very basic - cooking potatoes, other veges, meats etc. Budgeting is something that should be taught in the last couple years of Primary and continue until they leave school.
Know a few people who are constantly behind with their rent as they prefer to spend their weekly wages or benefit on drinking and what effectively are shiny things. Not to mention the people who take out loans simply to buy things like large TVs. Ffs.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Agree with this so much.
Life, as a rule, is ****. Trauma and chaos is a constant. It's nigh on impossible to be happy 100% of the time. The trick to life is finding the wonderful and beautiful things because they're few and far between, and preparing yourself for the inevitable down cycle after being on the up.
People who strive to make themselves happy will be hardest hit when they eventually come down again, because then they feel that their efforts are a failure.
'Happiness' are moments, and not a state. The moment when you see your loved ones smile, when you make a long putt in golf, or have a relaxing beer listening to your favourite band. A lot of people seem to think if you do X and achieve Y then that will = constant happiness. There are very few things in life that work that way.
Top_Cat
Well-known member
True. And so, so much of that is built during childhood. Psychologists spend years on people undoing the cognitive mess formed between 7-14. It's rarely set from birth.
