define happiness

a warm gun

>>9747063
I came here to post exactly this.

overrated garbage

I'm going full STEM:
What is this happiness people talk of? Does it exist outside of human language and imagination?

read nichomachean ethics my dude

>>9747050
A big, erect, veiny cock in my ass

>>9747050
I work for a company that generates statistics for supermarkets.

We can't define happiness in our questionnaires .....so we ask punters to rate their subjective happiness levels from 1-10.

if we ask "are you happy....yes or no?" they get confused

>>9747050
Idi Amin's smile has always made me feel happy during times of depression,

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the promise of beauty?

>>9747103
Even animals experience happiness
You can prove it by looking at the electromagnatic waves certain parts of developed brains produce

The fulfillment of desire--not of desire's object.

Obviously a fleeting thing.

>>9747050
Having a solid set of morals and values that you live by in every situation.

Sex.

>>9747397
That seems possible
But I am still confused what happiness means
Lack of chronic stress? The opposite of stress?

>>9747170
>if we ask "are you happy....yes or no?" they get confused
This one actually seems easier to answer to me.

>>9747050
idi's got it down. if you want to extrapolate a process of happiness from that, i would say picking out which elephant you want a new hat from while terrifying foreign media in your riverboat.

>>9747439
It's its own thing, like anger, fear and sadness - the other three basic emotions.

>>9747050
some neurochemicals or sumthing..
drugs...

that's it boi don't listen to spookers who try to convince you emotions are something more than chemicals :)

>>9747636
Guess you know how I feel when I can't imagine happiness
I only know content

>>9747050
Being content with yourself.