• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      no, because there is no such thing as universal happiness.

      everyone’s happiness is different, and often conflicting.

      for example, my father’s happiness would have been me playing football. I hated sports. hence, he hated me until he died for ‘hurting him’.

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        7 months ago

        That really sucks. Can practically feel the tension through your post. What a bummer… shouldn’t kill anybody to let somebody else be happy doing their own thang (and be happy not necessarily copying another person’s thang).

        Less importantly:

        When I think about ‘universal happiness’, I’d think it’s more about creating conditions where everyone has the opportunity to pursue their own version of happiness, rather than imposing a single idea of happiness on everyone.

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        7 months ago

        He’d be much happier in the grand scheme of things if he accepted his kids as they are.

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        7 months ago

        This is a strange exclusionary way of considering happiness, tbh.

        Like even if I want, and maybe even would be most happy, to sit down in front of a plate of duck a l’orange for dinner doesn’t mean I can’t or won’t be perfectly happy eating a sirloin steak for dinner instead

        Edit: for clarity, I am referring to your father’s view on happiness, not your response to it