Man, I fucking hate that song. “Happiness is the truth”, god, what pseudophilosophical bullshit. It really is the manifestation of all that thoughtless feel-good philosophy pushed by hyper-captitalist dickheads.
I’ve heard Pharrell agrees with this read. From what I’ve heard, he was contracted to write a song for something and the execs kept turning him down, so in his frustration he wrote the most shallow cheerful song he could. He thought they’d recognize that and reject it to, but they loved it.
Pharrell with that Arby’s looking ass hat.
That hat is actually an entire Arby’s sign.
This was around the time of the 08 housing bubble collapse, a lot of people were dealing with worse working conditions and the sheer number of breakups and divorces that occurred in 08 still surprises me. Fuck Pharell and the wave of shitty music around that time, always seemed to be punching-down music intended for the entertainment of the criminal managerial class.
It was a bit after that. This song came out in 2013. By that point the economy was better and housing was still reasonably affordable.
Its a known phenomenon, seen with Shirley Temple during the depression as example. People tend to want entertainment counter to the world state.
Its how I know we are in clown world times, since not even this indicator seems to play out anymore.
Crappy
We could try to whoop him, but he’s got a truncheon, a handgun, and a small Christmas ham hidden in his hat and he knows how to use them. They make him happy, you see.
I’d be happy too if I had a Christmas ham hidden in my hat
Never forget that he also shares responsibility for 2013’s ‘Blurred Lines’ by Robin Thicke.
I forgave this song for existing once it gave us Weird Al’s Word Crimes.
Pharrel and Thicke got credits on the Weird Al version. They get a share of the royalties.
He must be brought to justice
I already found it distasteful at the time ngl
That hat alone would merit a paddlin’.
Fkn hated that song at the time anyway 😆
Is he cosplaying as a RCMP?
Is this real???
It was the all-caps. She had to take both hands off the wheel to capitalize the whole word. tsk tsk
You can double tap shift to turn on caps lock on your phone
She was on a laptop bruv
Happiness was her truth 😔
But not having a working brain, apparently. You gotta be real dumb to post shit while you’re driving.
This gives me such an indescribable feeling. Woe and mirth, regret and pride, delight and disgust - indivisible. Is this how being a cenobite feels?
Y’all need some digital detox. Especially if you’re the type of person who ruins his own mood and causes stress about things that will never, ever affect you and are going on at the opposite side of the world.
Man, this is a great example of “you’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole”.
Does the internet in general(not just lemmy) constantly feed that negativity bias? Oh, absolutely. Hard agree that’s probably one of the biggest problems in society in general right now.
Have people in general and especially in the west list perspective because we’ve had it so good for awhile? Hoo boy, hard agree again.
But uhh… yeah, this is a shitpost community. Time and place. Also, I know it seems a bit pedantic, but it is important; science doesn’t “prove” shit. Science is a method and a tool to help us better refine knowledge. It’s important you actually point to the studies.
What’s the objective measure of best times?
Savings account, retirement funding, cost of living, unemployment, many ways
It’s ironic you posted this in a shitpost community. Kind of the point of this place ya?
With all due respect, go and take a flying fuck at a flying doughnut
Imagine laughing at a meme of beating up someone for singing happy and then getting hostile after someone tells you that you might positively benefit from change in environment.
Feels like I went from 4chan to reddit and somehow back to 4chan. Everyone is so getting used to shitty humans we are becoming one.
There are so many situations that a comment like this would make sense. But not this one, honestly. I just recently posted about Lemmy having a lot of toxicity. This post and this thread are not an example of it. It was just a joke that you took seriously and then got condescending about. That’s all.
Where do we apply to be allowed to worry? I’m just trying to do things the legal way, o wise one.
The fuck are you talking about? Do the things legal way digitally? Like, paying for news? Do you not understand what “digital detox” means? No, it has nothing to do with your life responsibilities.
It’s about constantly consuming negative content, bad news, watching death, etc… eventually it starts consuming you.
But I want to please REDaCTeD!!
People know what a digital detox is, you’re just getting an expected response when you yell commands at people while dismissing their valid worries. If you wanna pretend the world’s problems don’t affect anyone that’s on you, stop trying to force everyone else’s head in the sand like nothing bad ever happens to anyone, besides of course Internet-only negative content. It makes you look like a child on top of being unhelpful and annoying.
Hi, American here. My shit hole country is collapsing. Can I stress yet?
Nope. 1/2 of the countries in the world are doing worse than US. Trump regime is temporary and US will not collapse.
My father-in-law says the same thing. “The law is the law, just let it work itself out.” The man’s faith in the system is unshakable.
Well that’s a bold comment, let’s see how it plays out
Goes well with your username for sure 🤣
This comment alone is probably dumber than anything I’ve ever written, and I’m sure I’ve said some shit stupider than I can even remember.
That’s maybe true, but not sure if it’s any consolation
Let me put it like this. Our gas price is around $8 per gallon. Our average wages are almost 3x lower. Government feels like a circus, our prime minister even recently stepped down. There’s lingering threat or an invasion.
Life’s good. Sure, I can’t travel the world or buy expensive cars, but that’s normal. Not too long ago majority could not afford more than a bed and few accessories, including in US. Can you imagine the world where everyone could fulfill their presumably capitalist dreams of being rich? What would be the consequences of mass consumerism and manufacturing?
Feels like you have lived in the golden age for so long you forgot how it’s like to be normal. Enjoy what you have and stop stressing over shit you can’t change.
Sick, pack it up everyone! It’s been solved.
Solved? You’re not going to be doing any solving whatsoever besides fixing relationships with friends and family after being a grumpy old ass brainraped by fox news.
It’s a joke, lot of assumptions here too.
I meant that about people who are constantly grumpy and angry, people whose entire online activity is expressing hate and anger. I meant half of lemmy. I’ve noticed this platform is quite depressing in comparison to others. You could say “more politically active”, but your hate means nothing when it’s echoed in a bubble and eventually it becomes tiresome to others.
This meme is literally threatening to beat someone up for being happy
I don’t think you understand humor. The mood of the world, not just Lemmy, has shifted and for good reason. This is a fact. Coincidentally, people are allowed to joke about that fact without someone ragingly inventing a lot of baggage to go with it.
Do I get to stress because my TV is selling summaries of my living room conversations to the GOP?
Do I get to stress because climate change has moved tornado alley into my county at the same time we’re destroying our ability to predict the weather?
Do I get to stress because my TV is selling summaries of my living room conversations to the GOP?
Why did you buy a trojan horse in the first place?
Do I get to stress because climate change has moved tornado alley into my county at the same time we’re destroying our ability to predict the weather?
I mean…no? Just be ready for it. Make sure your basement is ok, you got food and water reserves. Imagine stressing all your life about possible tornato hitting your location. Probably would live by 20 years less. I’m living under an threat of invasion by a much larger power, and even I don’t stress about that. Got bags ready and set to jump ship if something happens.
Don’t be intentionally obtuse about the TV. People buy what’s available. Yes, there are edge cases, and no it’s not the argument you think it is to assume everyone has the foreknowledge, means, and wherewithal to employ one of those edge cases.
The U.S. government does not offer its citizens a right to privacy against corporate surveillance, and that is not something you can blame on the average person.
Do I get to stress if it’s happening to me and my neighbors in my country perpetrated by my government?
Colombia?
Nope, land of the free 🦅🦅🦅
i wonder what kind of song would capture the cultural zeitgeist now, if he were to write it…
because yeah it definitely would not be ‘happy’
I’ve seen the future brother, it is murder.
Things are going to slide
slide in all directions
Won’t be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymoreThe blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold and it has overturned the order of the soulFuckin’ LOVE Leonard Cohen!
Devin Townsend wrote “Shitstorm” over 20 years ago.
And what an incredible album opener. I have listened to alien front to back so many times and get something new out of it each time
How about “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It”? :P
Someone has a case of the mondays!
