Re: What are you thinking right this second?
711I hate it when songs self-reference that it is a song ie: lyrics that mention 'singing along'
Disappointing, but not surprising.sparky wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 8:09 amSweden’s no progressive utopia.losthighway wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:22 amYou're probably aware that Sweden is on a short list of countries carried in the hearts of American progressives as places where "things are better".kokorodoko wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:40 am
I live in Sweden. And who knows if it matters in the long run I just want something different.
Certainly, but how one feels about one's environment is never reducible to objective factors like that.losthighway wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:22 amYou're probably aware that Sweden is on a short list of countries carried in the hearts of American progressives as places where "things are better".
I am sorry to hear of that local shooting, FM Christopher. I read about it this morning. America’s problems with guns are sadly bad enough to be pretty extensively covered in the UK.Christopher wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:08 pm
From inside the U.S., it absolutely does look like a utopia, considering a metric like this:
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I'm in St. Louis, where this just happened a few hours ago. Sweden looks pretty great right now.
Do you feel chronically unhappy? I assume like other people, your own happiness ebbs and flows, and what makes you happy is unique to you, perhaps itself changing?jfv wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:28 am I'm 44. Have a wife of 21+ years. Two awesome kids. A good job for 17+ years. A band for 25+ years.
And I'm still not happy.
What the fuck?
I have bouts with being depressed, but it’s not chronic, and probably not severe.twelvepoint wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:12 amDo you feel chronically unhappy? I assume like other people, your own happiness ebbs and flows, and what makes you happy is unique to you, perhaps itself changing?jfv wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:28 am I'm 44. Have a wife of 21+ years. Two awesome kids. A good job for 17+ years. A band for 25+ years.
And I'm still not happy.
What the fuck?
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