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Are You Happy?

Poll: On average, would you consider yourself Happy?
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Are You Happy?
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#51
RE: Are You Happy?
February 21, 2014 at 5:37 pm
(February 21, 2014 at 5:34 pm)Mr. Moncrieff Wrote: Happiness is the presence of pleasure or the absence of pain...

How does this apply to those of us who like BDSM? Tongue
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#52
RE: Are You Happy?
February 21, 2014 at 5:43 pm
(February 21, 2014 at 5:37 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote:
(February 21, 2014 at 5:34 pm)Mr. Moncrieff Wrote: Happiness is the presence of pleasure or the absence of pain...

How does this apply to those of us who like BDSM? Tongue

Well, my dear, it was proposed in utilitarianism that hedonism was the origin point of human contentment and the massaging of the base pleasures most significant to our progression as a species.

Indeed, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill have spoken on the issue to varying complexities. John Stuart Mill in his book Utilitarianism, stated, "In the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth, we read the complete spirit of the ethics of utility. To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality."

So, should oneself like a little slap and tickle, do unto others...

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#53
RE: Are You Happy?
February 23, 2014 at 11:27 pm
I do get moments of sadness but generally am happy Smile
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RE: Are You Happy?
February 23, 2014 at 11:29 pm
If I don't get sad every now and then, how-on-this-rock am I going to know when I'm happy?
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RE: Are You Happy?
February 24, 2014 at 1:37 am
Truly happy.
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RE: Are You Happy?
February 24, 2014 at 2:24 pm (This post was last modified: February 24, 2014 at 2:35 pm by MJ the Skeptical.)
No. We still live in the dark ages. I feel like I should have been born in the future.

And I'm going to lose my very best friend, my dog, in a short time and it's hard not to think about death.
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RE: Are You Happy?
February 24, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Currently, rather perturbed.
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RE: Are You Happy?
February 24, 2014 at 8:28 pm
(February 24, 2014 at 2:24 pm)Quantum Theorist Wrote: No. We still live in the dark ages. I feel like I should have been born in the future.

You're a lot more optimistic about the future than I am.
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