That statement really fucked me up as a child. I thought I was responsible for my mother's happiness and panicked when she told me that the only reason she hasn't committed suicide is to take care of me.
If you could plant a single thought in the minds of everyone on Earth simultaneously, what thought would you choose to share?
3 years ago by AndreyAsimow to c/asklemmy
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Rachelhazideas 6 points 3 years ago
richieadler 3 points 3 years ago
Instant misery for everybody as nobody would be able to take care of themselves.
calabast 1 point 3 years ago
Ahh, but if I die of starvation, I can't very well make people happy, now can I? Assuming everyone followed the thought's direction, the way to best make people happy is for me to live a healthy and long life, probably. (Of course, it'd be up to each individual to determine how to best make other people happy. Maybe I would decide that my contribution to climate change was causing unhappiness, so I would end my life.)
theneverfox 1 point 3 years ago
How does that follow?
Your purpose is to make others happy == sacrifice your well being
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“The purpose of your life is to make others happy”
Put that in the head of all the ‘players’.
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