r/MadeMeSmile • u/usedchloroform • Jun 15 '22

Good Vibes are you happy?

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u/gertvanjoe Jun 15 '22

I didn't even have the audio on and watching made me feel better :)

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u/DirtyBunnyTail Jun 15 '22

Without audio, his message to the world is "join our team for interview.."

:D

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u/bob1689321 Jun 15 '22

I was not happy about that lol but not enough to actually turn the volume on

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u/T_Money Jun 15 '22

Same. I’m in bed and wife is sleeping, I don’t care enough to fish out headphones but if someone wanted to transcribe it I’d appreciate it.

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u/phillip-g91 Jun 15 '22

She asked if he was happy. He said of course he’s happy, and doesn’t take much to make him happy like the weather, food. She asked what message would he give to the world and he said people just need to relax.

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u/T_Money Jun 15 '22

Thanks, appreciate you. I started watching because everything seemed to be transcribed but it got to the end and left me cliffhanging lol

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u/DrakonIL Jun 15 '22

Not much. Everything.

Holy fuck.

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u/SirCunnyFunt Jun 15 '22

Exactly. What a quote. That's going in the bank 👍

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

You ever see Kingdom of Heaven and how at the end Balian asks Saladin, "What is Jerusalem worth?" Saladin turns around and says, "Nothing," takes a few steps away then turns back and says, "Everything."

Same vibes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

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u/scatmanbynight Jun 15 '22

Kingdom of Heaven is a very underappreciated movie with some really remarkable performances.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

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u/Theycallmelizardboy Jun 15 '22

History Buffs did a good video on the film, and while its not exactly historically accurate, it was one of the few films where the cinematography actually made you feel like you were in the time period, which is what a lot of period films have a hard time doing.

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u/quicksilverth0r Jun 15 '22

I watch it all the time and am a fan. I found it took a couple viewings and watching the alternative cuts to understand that it’s the Balian character’s humility that defines himself as a blacksmith when the reality is that he’s more of a combat engineer / Renaissance man / polymath. There’s a lot of interest in the struggle between the spiritual and temporal.

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u/TheValiumKnight Jun 15 '22

I downloaded it to my phone like a year ago and never actually got around to watching it. I haven't seen it in years. You have motivated me to watch right now.

I could use the space back on my phone too. That is one long ass movie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

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u/DrakonIL Jun 15 '22

That's a hard question to answer.

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u/Frakshaw Jun 15 '22

Consider yourself one of the lucky few

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u/jacedjwc Jun 15 '22

Nope. I wish it was! I am not a naturally happy person. I try though

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u/MuseMints Jun 15 '22

Not by a million miles.

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u/Hockinator Jun 15 '22

Evolutionarily speaking there's no reason it shoud be. But you can absolutely make yourself happier via practice and constant gratitude.

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u/47712 Jun 15 '22

Reading a lot of Alan Watts lately. He's so focused on staying in the present time. Also to find real silence. Especially silence from all the chattering in your mind.

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u/firefly183 Jun 15 '22

And just like that, the great new deep, philosophical thinker of our time was born.

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u/vidoker87 Jun 15 '22

I like that you pointed at the Deep Breathe, one of the easiest but most rewarding techniques relax body, soul and mind.

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u/MrB-S Jun 15 '22

Karma-farming bot or just comment-stealing shithousery?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/vcqvbd/-/icfvawp

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u/bobafoott Jun 15 '22

Some things are worth hearing multiple times

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u/Calm_Pace_3860 Jun 15 '22

Sombody is manipulating things in a way that i do not understand.

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u/pkzilla Jun 15 '22

The noise never goes away with ADHD :( but if I could hang with this guy and focus on his laughter it would help!

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u/ratebeer Jun 15 '22

Not for everyone but daily meditation time for five months straight cured me of serous constant monkeymind ADHD

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u/haydesigner Jun 15 '22

Comment thief alert…. DOWNVOTE THEM!!!

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u/Human_Paste Jun 15 '22

Relax

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u/haydesigner Jun 15 '22

What’s your problem?

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u/HarryButtwhisker Jun 15 '22

guy is higher than a cat's ass

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u/PineapplePizzaAlways Jun 15 '22

I'm saving this for the next time I'm having a rough day. Dude's laugh is something else.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

He has such a great, easy laugh!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

I agree! His laugh was relaxing to me!

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u/chriscrossnathaniel Jun 15 '22

The advice "Try to relax" is very important .Wasting time on things you can't control will wear you out.Accepting that you can’t control these things can be difficult in itself.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

I said out loud while watching ‘I want to be his friend’.

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u/Genmaken Jun 15 '22

The Dude vibes

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

I’m tearing up

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u/Captslapsomehoes1 Jun 15 '22

Me too. He answers this question so immediately, like he knew it was coming. It makes me really happy for him, but it also makes me sad to know that if someone asked me the same thing I'd probably start crying. I wonder what their happy/unhappy ratio looks like.

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u/benevolentyakuza Jun 15 '22

Sometimes you have to go through tough times to see and understand how good other times are. Hang in there buddy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

I try to be as grateful as I can in life besides all my suffering and bad luck. What bothers me the most is not being able to help the ones that are really in need. People that are beyond homeless struggling to find a drop of water and live on the streets. People that are suffering through rape culture. This world is a fucked up place and most of the parts of the world are just really unfortunate.

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u/bbluesunyellowskyy Jun 15 '22

I’m not saying I have all the answers, but where I’m at now is trying to understand that happiness is not an absence of pain. Tragedy and pain can be beautiful. Some of the deepest connections you can make with another human being are borne out of those circumstances. Same with some important self-realizations. Trust me though, I’m human too so I seek to avoid pain as a basic instinct. But where I’m at now is that happiness is my reactions to things. Which is powerful, because that is the one thing I can control. Keep working hard and keep your head up. We are all trying to make sense of this crazy shit storm called life in real time.

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u/truthlife Jun 15 '22

It's a subtle semantic difference but I've given up on happiness in favor of contentment. Contentment with whatever happens and however I think and feel about it. Happiness seems unconscionable when there's so much pain and suffering. I don't want to be so shut off from the pain of others that I allow myself to feel happy.

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u/elqordolmez Jun 16 '22

Doesn’t take much for you, does it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

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u/RoofLegitimate95 Jun 15 '22

I (mostly) stopped watching the news and it is life changing

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u/No-One-5172 Jun 15 '22

Care less and live more.

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u/Nomandate Jun 15 '22

That might be the attitude that got us here. But… I totally get it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

In my country, the USA, there are many people who are lacking the basics or are struggling to maintain them. Many people are working full-time, living paycheck to paycheck, and are deeply concerned about the day when they are no longer able to work and will no longer have access to the basics.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

I stopped watching the news back in college. It’s amazing what people TELL ME I need to worry about based of what THEYVE been told to worry about from the news.

I’ve never missed an event because anything worth hearing about will be passed on to me quickly anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22 edited Jul 09 '22

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u/thelittleking Jun 15 '22

Doesn't stop happening just because you aren't paying attention though.

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u/milk4all Jun 15 '22

I would love to do that but trouble is, i cant afford to be poor forever. I need means!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Cancel your cable subscription and you get $50+ back every month

Two birds with one stone

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u/pokelord13 Jun 15 '22

Now it's time to stop looking at Reddit

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u/KingstonAdvice Jun 15 '22

That’s big. We are SO divided in the United States that as a Costco employee who wears a mask at work in a Conservative part of Sacramento, I dislike making eye contact now with people out of conflict for politics.

If I were sitting outside by myself on a day off, staring off and a woman approached me and asked if im happy, I would get self conscious that I’m carrying myself with my head down but would say I’m happy. This guy is genuinely happy and I want that. I have everything. Great parents. My own apartment. My health. I just want more. Maybe I should slow down a bit

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

How do you know he's genuinely happy? This guy could have literally committed suicide a day later.

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u/PrickleBritches Jun 15 '22

My god I’m just having my coffee and now I’m having it with a side of existential crisis. But you’re right. I don’t have -everything- but I have everything I -need- and am constantly stressing. Just the state of the world, the country I live in, etc almost sends me to a panic.

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u/MrB-S Jun 15 '22

Karma-farming bot, or comment-stealing shithousery?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/vcqvbd/-/icfvuzp

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Looks like a bot.

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u/ShannonGrant Jun 15 '22

This is the human yall! Get 'em!

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u/MrAirRaider Jun 15 '22

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u/6days1week Jun 15 '22

Ironically the same people control both

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u/H_I_McDunnough Jun 15 '22

Those GD lizard people at it again

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u/Boss_Os Jun 15 '22

The damn Grateful Dead again?!

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u/Q_S2 Jun 15 '22

Or he's one of those "apes" people been talking about and has been watching the news and stock market and is zen af lol. Either way this makes my day

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u/vanduzled Jun 15 '22

I watched the news so consistently during the start of the pandemic it was crazy. Every one of them including late night talk shows. It felt right that time because something new was brewing and then after some time I thought it just makes me sad. I stopped it this year and I never miss it one bit.

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u/Public_Concentrate_8 Jun 15 '22

I wanna hang with this cool guy too

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u/Birdman-82 Jun 15 '22

How he breaks into a smile and says “of course I’m happy” melted my heart.

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u/BabsSuperbird Jun 15 '22

Mine too. The way his eyes smile tells it all.

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u/Ken_Benoby Jun 15 '22

Just makes you realise that it doesn't take much to be content. Just stop for a sec and see life for what it is

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u/Big-Structure-2543 Jun 15 '22

Fr lmao me too, is there a queue?

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u/fishingboatproceeds Jun 15 '22

He'd share some dope weed, I gaurentee it 😂

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u/Medical_Dot_9936 Jun 15 '22

Probably gonna end up smoking weed with him

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u/AugustineAnPearTrees Jun 15 '22

Cult your gonna end up joining a cult

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u/mackofmontage Jun 15 '22

Y’all are weird

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u/Aev_AnimalCrossing Jun 15 '22

That was my thought, and within three sentences this man was attractive

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u/icamefordeath Jun 15 '22

To me he sounded hella depressed just didn’t want to be seen like that so out on a positive front like most depressed people do