<story><title>A mentalist’s guide to being happy</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190605-a-mentalists-guide-to-being-happy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mindcrime</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m sure it can be. But right now, I DGAF. I&amp;#x27;m tired of all the negativity and pessimism, and would welcome a big ole healthy dose of optimism from somewhere. Here lately it seems like everywhere you turn it&amp;#x27;s just somebody screaming about how bad things are and complaining about something.&lt;p&gt;And yeah, the world we live in &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; pretty fucked up in plenty of regards. But not in every regard. And while I don&amp;#x27;t advocate going full-on nihilist, there&amp;#x27;s something to be said for striving for a little balance, and embracing a little bit of that &amp;quot;screw it, let&amp;#x27;s just dance, drink, listen to music, fuck, do drugs, and have some FUN while we&amp;#x27;re here&amp;quot; mindset.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m reminded of a line from the Motley Crue movie, where Vince Neil says &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m sick and tired of not having any fun!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Life is for the living... let&amp;#x27;s have some optimism, and have some fun. We can save the manatees, fix the environment, etc., without being a bunch of miserable sodding wankers in the process.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>beauzero</author><text>We bought some property 3 years ago and there were no fireflies (Southern United States).  We don&amp;#x27;t spray and have only mowed pastures, fence lines, etc.  3 years in and the fireflies are everywhere...you look out into the fields at night and see the yellow winking on and off.  It is encouraging and comforting to see nature return. :)</text></comment>
<story><title>A mentalist’s guide to being happy</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190605-a-mentalists-guide-to-being-happy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mindcrime</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m sure it can be. But right now, I DGAF. I&amp;#x27;m tired of all the negativity and pessimism, and would welcome a big ole healthy dose of optimism from somewhere. Here lately it seems like everywhere you turn it&amp;#x27;s just somebody screaming about how bad things are and complaining about something.&lt;p&gt;And yeah, the world we live in &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; pretty fucked up in plenty of regards. But not in every regard. And while I don&amp;#x27;t advocate going full-on nihilist, there&amp;#x27;s something to be said for striving for a little balance, and embracing a little bit of that &amp;quot;screw it, let&amp;#x27;s just dance, drink, listen to music, fuck, do drugs, and have some FUN while we&amp;#x27;re here&amp;quot; mindset.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m reminded of a line from the Motley Crue movie, where Vince Neil says &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m sick and tired of not having any fun!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Life is for the living... let&amp;#x27;s have some optimism, and have some fun. We can save the manatees, fix the environment, etc., without being a bunch of miserable sodding wankers in the process.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>autokad</author><text>I agree, I think our culture has a far bigger problem with relentless cynicism, pessimism, and negativity than it does relentless optimism.</text></comment>