What would you rather be?

[mrchimp]

I'd rather be ignorant, that way even if my life is a load of balls I will still be happy.

 

[Frank]

Ignorant! Indeed!

 

[ComradeBadger]

Happiness is everything

 

[Sprafa]

Agree with Mrbadger.
No one can live without happiness-why do ppl kill themselves- they're unhappy.

 

[Gorgon]

Yeah Happy. But happiness are connected with ignorance. If a person is ignorant he cannot get a happy life at all time, while on the other hand the educated person can secure his/her life and live happy.

I voted for ignorance. Buy we can argue that Happiness is connected with ignorance.

 

[Hazza]

I think I would rather be ignorant than constanly unhappy but if some-one told me something that would make me unhappy I would be grateful because you would stop being unhappy after some time and I can't think of anything that I could find out that would make me truly unhappy for the rest of my life and I would rather know and be unhappy for a while than be ignorant for the rest of my life. Hmm, this could bring about much pondering.

 

[simmo]

The option is UNhappy, not happy :imu:

 

[mrchimp]

I think I would rather be ignorant than constanly unhappy but if some-one told me something that would make me unhappy I would be grateful because you would stop being unhappy after some time and I can't think of anything that I could find out that would make me truly unhappy for the rest of my life and I would rather know and be unhappy for a while than be ignorant for the rest of my life. Hmm, this could bring about much pondering.

I'v read that three times now and I still don't know what your on about. :farmer:

 

[Hazza]

Sorry about my post being a bit confusing. I often have trouble writing anything that makes sense on forums because I find it harder to explain what I mean, I will try to explain it again. Basically what I was saying is that if being ignorant would stop me from being really unhappy for the rest of my life I would go with that option, so in theory I would decide ignorance, but since the unhappiness is likely to go away once I adjust, in real life I would rather be unhappy. And then my last point was that I would rather be unhappy for a while than be ignorant for the rest of my life.
I hope that's less confusing.

 

[dawdler]

Ignorance is a bliss!

I dont know crap anyway. If a single person here can point me to someone that isnt ignorant, you'll have done something for the first the time ever... Well, I would ignore that person anyway, but that's beside the point.

 

[mrchimp]

Sorry about my post being a bit confusing. I often have trouble writing anything that makes sense on forums because I find it harder to explain what I mean, I will try to explain it again. Basically what I was saying is that if being ignorant would stop me from being really unhappy for the rest of my life I would go with that option, so in theory I would decide ignorance, but since the unhappiness is likely to go away once I adjust, in real life I would rather be unhappy. And then my last point was that I would rather be unhappy for a while than be ignorant for the rest of my life.
I hope that's less confusing.

Ok now I understand perfectly.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

Interesting question....


I choose ignorance but I don't like that option. I just choose what seamed realistic if you get what I mean....
err yeah. anyway gota go. Oh and I won't b bk untill next weekend at the earliest. I am going to scotland where I won't have the internet

Bye bye y'all

 

[mrchimp]

Will you be living in a cave or wooden hut?

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

heheh, neither if i am bad...... an its cold.... snowy...



Nar only jokin.. Stayin at relatives thank allmightly........

 

[dfc05]

Whoever said "ignorance is bliss" was right. I chose ignorance. I almost wrote an essay on that but didn't feel like letting my teacher read something like that. Besides things always sound better in your head and then when you write it down it looks fake and icky. I always feel embarassed if I write stuff like that, just stick to boring meaningless topics.

 

[Letters]

just stick to boring meaningless topics.

NEVER!!!!! Seriously, I think people write better when they actually like what they're writing about... if it's boring to you... it'll prolly come out crappy. If it seems fake when you write about something cool... that's what revising is for...

 

[Fat Tony!]

I chose unhappy, there is no point being happy in theory. But knowing stuff does have value

 

[Dedalus]

i'd rather know the truth about everything rather than have the wool pulled over my eyes. it's the only way to go, you can't be happy all the time. knowledge is power as they say.

 

[OCybrManO]

That's not the point. If you had to pick one of the two for the rest of your life what would it be?

"Ignorant and happy" or "Intelligent and unhappy"

This is not an answer: "Well, I'd like to be intelligent... and eventually the unhappiness will end... so I could be happy without being ignorant!"

 

[Dedalus]

i'd choose to be unhappy, didn't i make it clear in my post? i'm hardly happy in real life anyway so i'm used to it. most of the time i'm in a sort of depressed mood, had to see a doctor for a few months, so i'm pretty used to being not content with myself/life. so yeah, i'd choose to be unhappy, because for the briefest moment of joy that i'd get, i'd appreciate it that much more. if you're high all the time you're gonna need an even higher kick than the last time to get any reaction, kinda like addictive drugs.

 

[OCybrManO]

Honestly? No, you didn't make it clear in your latest post and you didn't make it clear in the one before that. In both of those posts you don't show understanding of the question. You sound like you want some of each. That goes against the rules.

This is a hypothetical situation. It doesn't have to follow real logic. You still sound like you are assuming you would get to be happy even for brief periods of time... and that ignorant people can't be happy all the time. If that doesn't clear it up... I quit.



In real life, you could be unhappy and still ignorant, in fact, it's quite likely. You seem to be displaying "sour grapes" rationalization. Since you don't have happiness you may rationalize to yourself that happiness isn't all it's made out to be. By doing this you keep yourself ignorant of what happiness is... making your current situation seem better in comparison. Normal people would say "I'm not happy, but I'd like to be happy." because happiness is great... but when you've been depressed for a while you lose sight of how good it feels to be happy. I've learned this from experience.



Also, how do you know when you aren't ignorant of something? How do you know that what you "know" is the truth and not just more propaganda that is the opposite of the propaganda everyone else believes? This is why political discussion sucks. Both sides lie. Who can you trust?