(November 14, 2012 at 2:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(November 14, 2012 at 2:34 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: In fact, I think people 500 years ago were happier than we are now, because they didn't have artificial pressures on them like "I won't impress da ladies if I don't own fresh kicks",Oh? For some reason I think that the variety and craftsmanship put into shoes (and a wide array of other garments) in the 1500's would disagree with you. Fashion (and an obsession with pretty clothes) isn't exactly a recent thing.
Quote: "I need to drive a Beemer to show im successful",Ever take a look at carriages..saddles....the braided manes and tales and meticulous grooming of our equine friends?
Quote:"I'm worthless without my fashion sense",15th and 16th century court would like to have a word.
Quote:"I totally need to sleep with person x in order to gain social status in my social group",Oh, you mean like sleeping with a baron, or a duke..etc etc etc....?
Quote:"If I won't make the team, my dad will reject me".What team? Nobility, titles of honor, the priesthood, mercantile guilds?
So what are you saying? Well-being is not relativistic?
That there is one objective standard line for everybody, and if they don't meet that line they are destined to be unhappy, while if they do meet that line they can't be anything but happy?
It seems like you don't really think your position through.
