• diptchip@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I disagree. Human beings are social creatures. Happiness primarily comes from healthy interpersonal relationships, not marriage/prison. In isolation, only the insane are happy. You can downvote and try to replace all human interaction with the screens, hate, and pets, but I can see right through your BS because I’ve been there. Tell me sex isn’t important. Maybe you’re content and you keep yourself distracted by being a workaholic and BSing with the people that are paid to be around you, but that facade and those relationships end the day your employment does. The sad truth is that before the screens, people entertained each other. Now we’re addicted to the screens. Everyone seems to think happiness is on the other side of one. People are convincing themselves that they don’t even need other people… Just need their next fix of screen time. The people on the screens have got us afraid of each other while the crime rate is at an all time low. Got us more likely to fight our neighbors than the people that are robbing us. And taters suck, nutritionally speaking, but I’m content with 'em as long as it’s 25% cheese.