The hedonic treadmill pill or why surgeries will not make us happier

[Slyfex8]

Hedonic treadmill - Wikipedia

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The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.

This shit is the reason why if you are not happy rn you will never be, unless if you are in a temporary state of misery. I am pretty sure an unideal baseline of happiness comes from childhood and now you are destinated to always get back to this baseline.

No surgery for you, no girlfriend for you, no money for you, no sex for you, nothing will makes you happier long term. If you were always unhappy and try to get out of it you can already clench the rope...

tldr;

 

[Deleted member 275]

better looks=

more good experiences
less bad experiences

this will increase baseline happiness over time.

 

[Slyfex8]

better looks=

more good experiences
less bad experiences

this will increase baseline happiness over time.

So more money=
more supposed good experiences

Now explains why rich people are not happier over time?

It's the same with surgeries

 

[Slyfex8]

better looks=

more good experiences
less bad experiences

this will increase baseline happiness over time.

The good experiences you are speaking about are mainly validation and sex, you would get used to it and then go back to your baseline happiness

 

[Deleted member 275]

So more money=
more supposed good experiences

Now explains why rich people are not happier over time?

It's the same with surgeries

??? Rich people are happier than poor people.

Proof that they aren't?

 

[Deleted member 275]

The good experiences you are speaking about are mainly validation and sex, you would get used to it and then go back to your baseline happiness

Regular social validation and sexual validation are important to sustain a healthy baseline of happiness. Get the right hormones into your system.

Loneliness is a very strong causation for depression and brain detoriation.

 

[Deleted member 9699]

So more money=
more supposed good experiences

Now explains why rich people are not happier over time?

It's the same with surgeries

They are, but then again: You don't exactly receive constant reassurance and appreciation everyday just by being rich (unless you're some CEO). Your lifetime experiences are significantly enhanced by your looks alone. Money is not a good thing to compare.

 

[Slyfex8]

Regular social validation and sexual validation are important to sustain a healthy baseline of happiness. Get the right hormones into your system.

Loneliness is a very strong causation for depression and brain detoriation.

So girls are the happiest creatures in the universe?

 

[Deleted member 275]

So girls are the happiest creatures in the universe?

There's other factors that cause depression and unhappiness, but yes: overall women are happier.

Men commit suicide 3-4 times more often than women for a reason.

 

[Slyfex8]

There's other factors that cause depression and unhappiness, but yes: overall women are happier.

Men commit suicide 3-4 times more often than women for a reason.

I would more say it's because of the greatest capacity of men to act: For example there are many more male murderers than female murderers.

 

[Slyfex8]

There's other factors that cause depression and unhappiness, but yes: overall women are happier.

Men commit suicide 3-4 times more often than women for a reason.

Women could think as much about suicide as men, they would commit suicide much less often.

 

[Deusmaximus]

Studies have shown that silicone breast implants on females have one of the most long term effects on happiness possible.
The positive feedback that you will get over and over, will release positive hormones everytime.

 

[Deleted member 275]

I would more say it's because of the greatest capacity of men to act: For example there are many more male murderers than female murderers.

Men have to act because mercy is for women and children. This is why women don't have to do risk-taking behavior like murder.

Women could think as much about suicide as men, they would commit suicide much less often.

Maybe yes maybe no. From what I see with men and women in their 20s is that women live much much happier lives overall.

Because they are not rejected basic human rights such as sex.

 

[Deleted member 3270]

Hedonic treadmill - Wikipedia

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This shit is the reason why if you are not happy rn you will never be, unless if you are in a temporary state of misery. I am pretty sure an unideal baseline of happiness comes from childhood and now you are destinated to always get back to this baseline.

No surgery for you, no girlfriend for you, no money for you, no sex for you, nothing will makes you happier long term. If you were always unhappy and try to get out of it you can already clench the rope...

tldr;

surgeries are a means to an end, you're only supposed to get them because the world is lowkey superficial, and you don't make the rules

 

[WTFCGod]

This whole principle was based on the intelligence of who made it. Aka retard shit threas

 

[Soalian]

We don't do any of this for happiness, hardly anyone will even care about your face, success and failures, they'll care as far as it can benefit them (foids, bosses, customers,...).

You are more likely to feel true contentment, living with the minimum, then spending your days sitting, staring at a wall in contemplation, than you are trying to reach the peak of social validation, through Looksmaxxing and such.

I think we know this deep down, but it sounds too simple and disappointing.

There has to be a reason why we bother to go through all this process of looksmaxxing, so as to max out our social value?

Yes, the goal is to reach peak social validation, nothing less, nothing more.

Maybe it will fill our need for fulfilment, contentment, and peace of mind.
I highly doubt it though.

 

[klamus]

So more money=
more supposed good experiences

Now explains why rich people are not happier over time?

It's the same with surgeries

Rich People are not happier? What kind of low iq cope is this?

 

[Rabbi]

All blackpills are cope

The only thing that can make you happy is hair.

 

[Looksmax305]

So more money=
more supposed good experiences

Now explains why rich people are not happier over time?

It's the same with surgeries

It’s like anything in life once you go past a certain level you get diminished returns. Like they say past 90 k or whatever people don’t get happier, same for looks past like 5 psl getting better looking won’t make you happier. But people take that the wrong way and say being poor or ugly isn’t better than be good looking or rich, being poor or ugly is terrible for your happiness but being good looking vs being a model won’t change your life much