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The lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it" imply you can be happy and not know it

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

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  • mr_noxx@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There have been times in my life where I was happy but didn’t realize it until it was too late, so this checks out.

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    • feddylemmy@lemmy.world ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” Andy Bernard

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    • cv_octavio@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This totally happens to me too. I even tried clapping my hands one time as the realization washed over me like a rogue wave catching a kayaker off guard, tossing them into the cold gray-green water, the sounds of gurgling bubbles robbing them of their last hope for deliverance. 

      Alas. 

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    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone”

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    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I mean… I would expect most happy people don’t really fully appreciate it unless they consciously work on it… our brains are wired to notice pain - we adapt to comfort. It’s why people who already have the world still want MORE.

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      • mr_noxx@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        I think culture plays a huge part in this. In heavily industrialized countries (like America, for example), we are taught that more is always better and that living a simple life is somehow shameful or a waste of potential (not everyone believes this, of course - I’m generalizing). Many, many studies have consistently shown that the happiest people on earth are often those who lead the simplest lives. Perspective really is everything.

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    • ClownStatue@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah often happiness is just contentment. It’s easy to get bored with that and “want more” from life. Bad choices can often follow these instincts!

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      • mr_noxx@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Life is making mistakes and deciding how to live with them. :)

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  • kbal@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they had been happy; and they clapped their hands.

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    • YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Lmao

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Maybe you have been and you just never knew it.

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  • Zealotte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was happy once. It was awful, and I forgot to clap.

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  • medem@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Best (and most existential) one I’ve seen in quite a while.

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  • Fridam@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As someone who’ve struggled through life, my impression is that a lot of people who dont’t, often don’t realise how happy they are. It’s like they are so used to being satisfied they don’t really notice the happiness because they are so used to it

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  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If your mood is ambiguous, make a sound!

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Pfff

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    • YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Gneurshk

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A lot of people have everything they need to be happy but their perspectives keep them unhappy… It might not be exactly the premise given but it’s pretty close. 👍

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    • morto@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If people were happy and content, it would be much harder to manipulate them in many senses of it, so making people feel bad about them is part of the chushing machine design

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      • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sometimes it’s also just very profitable (the beauty industry comes to mind). 🤷

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  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It also implies that you might clap anyway if the song didn’t clarify.

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you’re unhappy and don’t know it, eat one more snack. Crunch crunch.

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think it’s incredibly true.

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  • the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Happiness is used incorrectly as a gauge of how one should feel as a baseline. Because of that people get sad or worried when they aren’t happy. In truth “meh” is the default state, but it’s harder to sell you stuff if you’re feeling OK.

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  • waz@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And ignorance is bliss

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