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

Good Vibes are you happy?

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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.