It's me. I'm the man who wishes he was dumb enough to be happy all the time.
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I knew someone like this. Bless her, dumb as a brick but a happy little silly goose, never seen her without a smile on her face.
We never made fun of her, and was always nice to hang out with in a group. She didn’t get a lot of the things going on in movies so we’d bave to explain, but never detracted to the fun.
Wish being dumb was more often like that. Instead most dumb people I know are hateful and vitriolic towards things they don’t understand (which is almost everything) making everybody else miserable.
I try surrounding myself with as many intelligent people as I can, those that don’t rage against things they don’t understand (which is also almost everything).
She was smart enough to not let the things she doesn't understand drag her down. In reality, there's not one single intelligence.
I used to hang out with a different kind of dumb person. He would watch a movie he didn't understand but thought he did. Once i "flirted" for him with his ex girlfriend over text, because he wanted her back, but most of the time had no idea what she was talking about. She said she saw him today and he had a new haircut. I texted back: yeah they grew over my head (it's a saying in german that means something is getting too much, but it also is a hair pun.) she laughed and i gave his phone back. He read it and didn't understand it. Even if I explained it to him, he just didn't understand what might be funny. So he texted her back: he also shaved his pubes. God bless his soul.
So he texted her back: he also shaved his pubes.
LMAO, I thought that was funny.
I guess this means I am also a dumb one.
Making a clever joke, and then following it up with a completely juvenile joke or dumb observation is also a valid strategy. Shows you can be smart but not aloof.
Every friend group needs a golden retriever
Same, I also know a girl like this. Maybe not the sharpest tool in the shed but she's lovely and I wouldn't change her for anything. Intelligence isn't the only positive attribute a person can have. Kindness and generosity are massively important!
I don't remember being interviewed.
That's because you're a dumbass. Happy now?
You know what? Yes, yes I am!
That's because huffing paint while listening to Theo Vonn podcasts has a tendency to cause amnesia.
How do you know what I do on my weekends?
You at least know there's a weekend
It's easy when every day's a weekend!
This is truth, not satire.
And yet the jester is usually the wisest in the court.
And also incredibly depressed
Wisecracking isn't the same as being happy
Smart enough to realize everything is shit is a real debilitating condition and honestly, one doesn't haven't to be very smart to realize that.
Felt this since I was a child.
I often also feel this way, although I also look at a lot of voting-aged people in the US and realize that being that dumb usually just means you are angry all the time.
Man Wishes He Was Dumb Enough to Be Happy All the Time
The prescription is 'tussin + alcohol, like in that one episode of House M.D.
This is sadly very true.... and also doxylamine, trazodone, melatonin, etc...
Some days it feels like it would be easier to take a ball peen hammer to my prefrontal cortex than deal with the rest of my species.
Too smart to be happy too dumb to be successful.
Dunno about that, plenty of dumb successful people out there, this world ain't a fair one.
This hit me at my core.
I don't recall giving consent to writing a story about my life.....
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and that's how folks transition into puppygirls.
Is the intelligent thing not to be to recognise when things are out of your control and put them out of your mind
Depends on the reaching of the action, even if the event was out of their control but going to impact them, say an invasion or war breaking out at their location it'd be warranted. However in a general sense I agree, it causes undue stress if there's nothing directly they can change.
People thinking like that is how we get some people fighting for rights, the current fight may not directly impact them but they can see how it'll impact things in the near future when more rights are changed. I mostly agree with not adding undue stress but sometimes it can be difficult to know when it's undue or warranted because it can happen quickly once the ball starts rolling.
Putting things out of your mind doesn't mean you can't take action though
If the only reasonable thing I can do to make a change to a situation is to cast a vote there's no point worrying about it until I actually have the opportunity to do that
I see what you're saying, when you said put it out of your mind it more sounded like forget about it, which isn't helpful when people see a problem, but you have to know what you can reasonably impact. There is usually more that can be done but time and money are limited. Many people don't have the time to campaign for ideas which in itself is an issue with the way things are run in my opinion.
I do find it crazy that despite all the technological advancement to save everyone time we just ended up spending all that free time working
*any of the time ftfy
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I feel this one, but Vin Diesel is actually a decent actor? Find Me Guilty is a banger, Boiler Room is solid, he was good in Saving Private Ryan and he was The Iron Giant ffs
Like Adam Sandler, Vin Diesel can act but chooses a lot of projects that do the opposite of showcasing that skill.
I feel seen!
"Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on.
Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy."
Yup.
Hey welcome to the fediverse!
Thanks! I almost know what that means!
I don’t know what it means yet too but you are welcome :D
I'm too dumb to be happy!
Idk, republicans don't really seem to be a happy bunch.
I've seen this on an episode of House MD
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