Is it with gadgets that we attain happiness?

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Originally posted by Seitse
I have been pursuing happiness from the day that I gained consciousness.

I am sure I was happy before that, as a baby. Warm, taken care of, free of
societal rules and with no other expectation over my shoulders other than to
breathe, eat, sleep and poop. The occasional smile or "gah!" was celebrated
though not demanded.

I have tried way too many thin ...[text shortened]... artphone for the first week or so. But then it became...
well... just a phone. Nothing else.

Fleshlight.

Originally posted by Seitse
I have tried way too many things in life, and none of them has brought me
happiness.

So if not even a clown knows how to be happy then I guess that means we are all screwed. :'(

Originally posted by Seitse
I have been pursuing happiness from the day that I gained consciousness.

I am sure I was happy before that, as a baby. Warm, taken care of, free of
societal rules and with no other expectation over my shoulders other than to
breathe, eat, sleep and poop. The occasional smile or "gah!" was celebrated
though not demanded.

I have tried way too many thin ...[text shortened]... artphone for the first week or so. But then it became...
well... just a phone. Nothing else.

I'll bet among your parent's happiest times were when you were their latest gadget. 🙂

Originally posted by JS357
I'll bet among your parent's happiest times were when you were their latest gadget. 🙂

... which provides a glimpse into what true happiness may be, my friend 🙂

Originally posted by Palynka
Well, that's all he complains about apart from the length of the charger. They charge for stuff.

Apart from that, he seems to now own the whole range of Apple products but it's still fashionable to rant about bad corporations greed. A bit like throwing your trash on a dirty street and then complaining how the street is dirty.

Apple designs it's products so you have to hire their technicians to replace their special fancy batteries.

Originally posted by Seitse
... which provides a glimpse into what true happiness may be, my friend 🙂

Yes.

Owning people.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Apple designs it's products so you have to hire their technicians to replace their special fancy batteries.

Yes, its products are expensive (to own and maintain). That's what I said.

Originally posted by Palynka
Yes, its products are expensive (to own and maintain). That's what I said.

I want to have your babies.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I want to have your babies.

Would you then attain happiness?

Originally posted by Palynka
Would you then attain happiness?

Only if you own them.

Originally posted by Seitse
Only if you own them.

I'd rather sell them, to be honest.

Originally posted by Seitse
I have been pursuing happiness from the day that I gained consciousness.

I am sure I was happy before that, as a baby. Warm, taken care of, free of
societal rules and with no other expectation over my shoulders other than to
breathe, eat, sleep and poop. The occasional smile or "gah!" was celebrated
though not demanded.

I have tried way too many thin ...[text shortened]... artphone for the first week or so. But then it became...
well... just a phone. Nothing else.

Gadgets bring temporary pleasure.* This pleasure wears off through habituation. That is one of the reasons pleasure is only weakly associated with happiness. In so far as it is related to happiness, pleasure is also more closely allied to joy than to contentment.

*Please think of your own favorite example. Mine is the egg whisk.