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I don't mean to be rude but I think the key is to stop looking for the key. You're the only one who can define what a good life means to you.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? I think that depends on who you ask. Though I also think we as a society, have been fed an story about what a good life entails that doesn't really work, which makes a lot of people miserable even though they are successful by modern standards. Edit: I'll pay the cat tax 
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life?  But seriously, it's whatever you want it to be. The old adage of 'nothing matters so all that matters is what we do' applies here. No one else can define for you what makes your life good because good is a completely subjective term. Rarity fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Oct 13, 2019 |
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His Divine Shadow posted:Edit: I'll pay the cat tax I'm sorry, I'm a communist irl but an ancap itt
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crispix posted:Showing ID has been standard in Northern Ireland for as long as I have been voting. Since 2002, in fact. And by a bizarre coincidence, that's exactly when the DUP took over from the UUP as the largest party in Ireland.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women!
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Catzilla posted:To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women! After Brexshit, you will find that it is hot water, good dentistry and soft lavatory paper.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? Eudaimonia.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? https://i.imgur.com/fgeresh.gifv Most mornings I have toast with bovril or marmite or maybe some jam. This morning it's a little fry up. The sausages are toulouse ones I got on reduced from waitrose and they are amazing. Treat yourself to something today bugman 
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? People in general? Probably security, some sort of sense of structured society, freedom to pursue their goals, and having their basic needs met with some luxuries provided. (You'll note late capitalism rarely achieves all of these.) Personally I'd love for the Stoic claim that virtue is sufficient for happiness to be true but while it might have been true for citizens of an agrarian, slave-owning society 2000 years ago, artificial scarcity and restrictions, plus the whole not having slaves thing, makes it improbable for modern people.
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ThomasPaine posted:Brainworms Ms Fuchi posted:Brainworms Thanks for pointing this out. I absolutely wouldn't have understood this without context. But it's so blindingly dumb once the context is there. Truly the best antiracist out there.
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DesperateDan posted:This morning it's a little fry up. The sausages are toulouse ones I got on reduced from waitrose and they are amazing. Read this as toluene sausages and was extremely confused for a while.
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RabidWeasel posted:Read this as toluene sausages and was extremely confused for a while. The revolution begins at home.
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RabidWeasel posted:Read this as toluene sausages and was extremely confused for a while. Good bangers
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? Eating mini toblerones and watching episodes of Frasier, from the comfort of my IKEA chaise-longue
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Jedit posted:Since 2002, in fact. And by a bizarre coincidence, that's exactly when the DUP took over from the UUP as the largest party in Ireland. You're not seriously suggesting that's the reason are you? I hate to ask but it's just that humour seems to be an alien concept to some people in this thread, like the person who seemed to take seriously my suggestion to offer swimming certificates and notes from Santa as ID, there. In Northern Ireland you have the option of applying for a free electoral ID card that can also be used to be served alcohol or by the young ones there to get into their nightclub-discotheques and whatnot. You also can use a photographic travel card provided by Translink, the public transport provider here. These are things you can show to vote: quote:A UK, Irish or EEA driving licence (photographic part) (provisional accepted) Also quote:The identification document does not need to be current, but the photograph must be of a good enough likeness to allow polling station staff to confirm the identity of the holder. crispix fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Oct 13, 2019 |
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? Low expectations. If you go through life buying into the lie that the only way to have a fulfilling worthwhile existence is to continually seek self improvement and be a paragon of virtue, no poo poo you're gonna fail and have a miserable one. If your goals for each week of your life are "eat food every day, have a good sleep most nights, do some fun stuff, see my friends" then living a good life is within your grasp. Of course, because of the hosed up way our society works a mandatory extra task is "acquire enough money to continue existing" which isn't achievable for a lot of people, which makes a good life almost impossible (which is something we all should try to change). But if you can afford your basic needs (food, shelter, sleep, socialisation), the key to being happy, I think, is realising you don't actually need anything other than your basic needs to be happy. Introspective Meditation helped me rearrange my priorities and break a cycle of failure and depression I was trapped in many years ago. However if you're suffering from depression or a similar illness this advice alone may not suffice and you should consult a doctor or therapist.
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RIP Tweetman.Azza Bamboo posted:My dad and I keep a classic mini going. Mine was a modern 2nd gen Cooper S, and while it was pretty damned fast the pre-facelift engines had a comical amount of issues.
Mine eventually blew a cylinder on the way home from my parents on Christmas Day. Don’t get a 2nd gen pre-facelift Cooper S folks no matter how cute or fast it is. Didn’t this backfire a bit the last time they trialed this because it mostly affected Tory voting olds who didn’t carry such ID? Admittedly this is anecdotal, but just about everyone I know under 40 at least has a provisional licence due to the ubiquity of Challenge 21/25 type laws as we all grew up. I didn’t learn to drive until I was 26 and couldn’t afford a holiday abroad until I was 27, but got a passport and provisional at the ages of 19 and 21 respectively so I could get into pubs and get served.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? Start with small luxuries. Soft toilet paper as a minimum because sandpaper on yer bum will make near anyone miserable.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? Are you feeling ok, mate? Is this coming from a "bad" place at all, because that might affect the answers given...
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Verizian posted:Start with small luxuries. Soft toilet paper as a minimum because sandpaper on yer bum will make near anyone miserable.
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Verizian posted:Start with small luxuries. Soft toilet paper as a minimum because sandpaper on yer bum will make near anyone miserable. Please don't kink shame
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I think this is going to depend a lot on what is going to be acceptable ID and whether it is the kind of thing you would normally carry around with you if you are planning to vote before or after work. I can't see them not making provisionals valid ID. Alot of young people don't have either provisional or passport though - drinking is more expensive and less popular among the young than it used to be, about 20%-25% of under 25s don't drink these days.
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Ah yes, love to stop all that voter fraud. There was *squints at papers* a single conviction in 2017.
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Sloth Life posted:Are you feeling ok, mate? Is this coming from a "bad" place at all, because that might affect the answers given... It's not coming from there. I am just curious. I don't really know what to want.
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Josef bugman posted:It's not coming from there. I am just curious. I don't really know what to want. You don't have to want anything. In fact I'd suggest the absence of want is probably quite conducive to happiness, or at least contentedness. Obviously you can't get rid of all wants but as noted above I would certainly agree that not chasing things you are told to chase by society is necessary if you want to have a chance at happiness. Society works because everyone is told they can and should want everything, and they should work themselves to death to have them. Being able to say no to that, I think is the best chance to have a happy life. Personally I like my video games, the brief time when I'm tired and can go to bed and sleep (rarely do those three things happen together) and simple things like going to the beach or in the forest. Or a good meal each day, they don't really get old and I look forward to them. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Oct 13, 2019 |
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Also you fancy owls.
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Josef bugman posted:What do people think is the key to a good life? The bottom three of these  If you have those you're able to start figuring out what a good life means to you.
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Ms Adequate posted:Eudaimonia. I can't even put into words how angry I am at this post.
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Kernel Monsoon posted:Ah yes, love to stop all that voter fraud. There was *squints at papers* a single conviction in 2017. Actually, this is evidence that millions if not billions of cases slipped through the cracks due to the lack of voter ID laws.
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Catzilla posted:To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women! Just wanted to say I was going to make this exact post, so great minds think alike.
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Josef bugman posted:It's not coming from there. I am just curious. I don't really know what to want. I want a life with as little work as possible in it so i can pursue my interests of doing sweet FA and hanging out with the people i love we're lucky enough to be born in a relatively comfortable time where videogames exist too, and if climate change has its way this is a slim window
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I think this is going to depend a lot on what is going to be acceptable ID and whether it is the kind of thing you would normally carry around with you if you are planning to vote before or after work. I'm thinking that they'll put an exclusion in for retired people.
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Honestly if someone told me I could give up the PhD and never work again and never have to think about anything remotely close to my area of expertise and just drink beer and play videogames and jerk off I'd take them up on it in an instant
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Miftan posted:I can't even put into words how angry I am at this post. 
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chestnut santabag posted:Weren't bank cards being considered as acceptable ID for voting purposes? Looking forward to the Mirror headline: Tory Policy Causes Increase in Voting Fraud & Muggings
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chestnut santabag posted:Weren't bank cards being considered as acceptable ID for voting purposes? They are good enough for ID at the Job Centre when they decide to do their jobs properly.
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