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Man With Hat 
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 Posted: September 13 2009 at 22:34 |
^ But does that really diminish the good of happiness? If you know that the path of instant gratification isn't the one to follow you would (or I guess I should say) you should follow a different path to happiness. Is that happiness any less satisfying?
As for the poll...I should of voted for life. Sure, some animals are annoying and decrease the enjoyment of life, but a few bad apples (at least comparitively) shouldn't spoil the batch. But life on the other hand...
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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June
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Posted: September 10 2009 at 21:47 |
Happiness is overrated.
Too many people now seem to think that happiness is purely based on the satisfaction of one's immediate needs and desires that the whole concept almost disgusts me now.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: September 10 2009 at 16:37 |
Love is the most overrated of these. I think it's kind of a flawed thing to begin with, and I'm genuinely not saying this due to failed love or anything like that... I've just thought about it a lot. A LOT.
Life: Without it there'd be nothing whatsoever, (just matter and energy, nothing to experience it) it can't be overrated. Happiness: This can't be overrated; let's be clear, happiness isn't, "Oh Yay, I'm excited about everything, tee hee." No, it's peace of mind, enjoying life, all of that. Artistic Expression: Not AS essential as life and not as important as happiness, but it is imo the greatest achievement of man-kind. Animals: Humans are animals too. Moving on. Sensory Perception: Basically life without sensory perception is just meat, alive but unfeeling, unseeing etc... meat. Not overrated.
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Anirml
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Posted: August 29 2009 at 17:35 |
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Real happiness is the most underrated thing i could think of. (I find it in prog mostly)
Life: I love Life! I feel I'm free (Thanks to Yes!)
Love: What kind of love? I find lots of Love in Prog! Love for many things!
Animals: I like them. Some people are a to obsessed with them tho!
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JD
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Posted: August 29 2009 at 16:25 |
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Animals it is.
Thank you allergies.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: August 29 2009 at 10:52 |
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Happiness. I like being grumpy.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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progkidjoel
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 22:17 |
This poll is overrated 
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camilleanne
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 21:20 |
Life... 
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The planet is fine the people are f**ked.
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JLocke
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 22:31 |
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^ I think who say happiness is overrated are just bitter. Happiness is very real, it just isn't always in the package we may prefer.
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The T
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 21:55 |
I really don't understand how happiness could be overrated... So is sometimes not desirable to be happy?  Let's define happyness....
Now artistic expression, on the other hand.... is glorious, but overrated by some
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JLocke
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 15:05 |
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Love, love, love . . .
There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 09:57 |
 Tin Of Hurri Curri wrote:
I voted for happiness. People say, "Go out and achieve your dreams! Seek your happiness!" |
Yeah, happiness is overrated. Misery on the other hand...
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 09:47 |
BaldJean wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Personally, think they're all pretty well crap.
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"Holmes, what do you conclude from this poll"?
"My dear Watson, it is elementary. The originator is deeply disappointed from a failed love affair. Now he considers life to be overrated because he is considering suicide, which I sincerely hope he will abstain from..."
"Wait, Holmes, how do you know the originator is a man? It might as well be a woman.
"My dear Watson, only the highly rational and organized brain of a man could concoct such a list; a woman would merely have acted on impulse, with perhaps the exception of irene Adler. But let me continue: He considers suicide, that's why he thinks life is overrated. He considers happiness to be overrated because he wants to play down his current unhappiness, He is not an artist of whatever kind, painter, writer, composer or the likes, else he would express his feelings in an artistic way. Since he can't do that he considers artistic expression to be overrated. I am actually pretty certain he has a kind of bureaucratic job like accountant".
"What gives you that impression, Holmes"?
"His way of making a list even in such an emotional matter makes it almost a certainty. But let me continue. That he considers love to be overrated is immediately understandable since his own love just failed".
"And why animals, Holmes"?
"His own sole companion now is his pet, which is most probably a German shepherd; bureaucratic types have a special liking for this breed. Since it can't give him the consolation he needs right now he considers animals to be overrated".
"But why sensory perception, Holmes"?
"Isn't it obvious, Watson? He considers sensory perception to be overrated because he asks himself how he could ever have fallen for the beauty of this woman, the sound of her voice, the smell of her skin, the touch of her hair, the taste of her mouth when kissing".
"Holmes, you have outdone yourself on this one".
"My dear Watson, I assure you it was nothing but a trifle".
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That's quite brilliant (Why ain't you a published author ?)  I voted for sensory perception as it's not the first time I've snuggled up to the cat thinking it was Mrs L...
Edited by ExittheLemming - August 25 2009 at 09:54
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CPicard
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Posted: August 25 2009 at 06:00 |
Artistic expression. But my opinion may be biased: while I have to get up on 7 o'clock to go working, my brother sleeps until noon, because he spent his night in a club, being the DJ, having concerts, recording an album and all that jazz. And I'm the one who pays the bills!!!
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topofsm
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Posted: August 24 2009 at 21:52 |
Life: It's pretty important. Though I think Death is a bit underrated myself.
Happiness: Pretty overrated, though not as much as...
Artistic Expression: Which a lot of the time is a bunch of bull, even though I adore some of the effects of this overrated substance. I voted for.\
Love: To me is pretty much second to life.
Animals: WAAAAY better than humanity.
Sensory Perception: WTF?
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KoS
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Posted: August 24 2009 at 18:23 |
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Happiness because it's the most difficult thing to achieve.
You can make anyone or at least some one love you.
Artistic expression is also hard to achieve but it doesn't make everyone happy.
Animals are so tasty.
I love my senses or else I don't think I would know if I am.
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Tin Of Hurri Curri
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Posted: August 24 2009 at 16:19 |
I voted for happiness. People say, "Go out and achieve your dreams! Seek your happiness!"
I say, "No thanks. Trying to achieve things is too difficult. And I'm perfectly fine with being unhappy."
Artistic expression is pretty cool, but it is a bit overrated as well. Love is also overrated. Life, animals, and sensory perception, on the other hand, are not overrated.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 11 2009 at 12:32 |
You left out the best choice: polls about "overrated" things. 
Edited by Slartibartfast - August 25 2009 at 09:56
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 11 2009 at 12:09 |
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I've been overrated on many occasions.
After 8 pints I think, 'just one more pint'. One over the eight and I'm gone.
I'll get me coat
Edited by Man Erg - August 11 2009 at 12:10
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 11 2009 at 11:06 |
I was going to post something vaguely ascerbic as to the pointless-ness of self pity...
...then I saw this:
BaldJean wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Personally, think they're all pretty well crap.
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"Holmes, what do you conclude from this poll"?"My dear Watson, it is elementary. The originator is deeply disappointed from a failed love affair. Now he considers life to be overrated because he is considering suicide, which I sincerely hope he will abstain from...""Wait, Holmes, how do you know the originator is a man? It might as well be a woman."My dear Watson, only the highly rational and organized brain of a man could concoct such a list; a woman would merely have acted on impulse, with perhaps the exception of irene Adler. But let me continue: He considers suicide, that's why he thinks life is overrated. He considers happiness to be overrated because he wants to play down his current unhappiness, He is not an artist of whatever kind, painter, writer, composer or the likes, else he would express his feelings in an artistic way. Since he can't do that he considers artistic expression to be overrated. I am actually pretty certain he has a kind of bureaucratic job like accountant"."What gives you that impression, Holmes"?"His way of making a list even in such an emotional matter makes it almost a certainty. But let me continue. That he considers love to be overrated is immediately understandable since his own love just failed"."And why animals, Holmes"?"His own sole companion now is his pet, which is most probably a German shepherd; bureaucratic types have a special liking for this breed. Since it can't give him the consolation he needs right now he considers animals to be overrated"."But why sensory perception, Holmes"?"Isn't it obvious, Watson? He considers sensory perception to be overrated because he asks himself how he could ever have fallen for the beauty of this woman, the sound of her voice, the smell of her skin, the touch of her hair, the taste of her mouth when kissing"."Holmes, you have outdone yourself on this one"."My dear Watson, I assure you it was nothing but a trifle". |
Jean - you're a star - Excellent post
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Which one of these is the most overrated?
