It is me or everyone used to happier in the past?(Serious)

desertkingsidewinder · 2019-04-21T19:12:15+00:00

Yes the past was much better. People got together, like for Easter the house would look like a concert or something. Then divorces started, fights over inheritance, etc. literally decimated the American family structure.

I have sat on the sidelines all these years, as I am an empath and I have zero family to call or write and say they love me.

Koe95 · 2019-04-21T19:12:15+00:00

Everyone was happier in the patriarchy.

TheRealEyesWideOpen · 2019-04-21T19:27:56+00:00

We have a natural tendency to romanticize the past. All the things that annoyed or angered us are often forgotten.

Think of your past relationship. Even if it ended horribly, provided there is no ongoing raping, time tends to give it a cherry glow. This is not reality. This is why I write a journal and log. When I get the warm and fuzzies about a past conquest, I review those contemporaneous logs and realize things were not so cheery after all.

That being said, society has become more complicated. It was simpler in the past. Typical families provided more stability. I do think women were overall happier in a patriarchal society - with men being slaves- but marginally so. But things were hardly good for the men; slaving away.

Society has drastically changed in the last 10 years. We are in the middle of a massive social upheaval. GYOW is the only logical answer to unstable times.

anongogogo · 2019-04-21T19:14:45+00:00

Technology and SJW/Feminism made people act like a angry retarded little kid. Did you know people can get PTSD from offensive comments on youtube?

Macronut · 2019-04-21T19:33:32+00:00

People post best of their lives on social media. People watch best of thousands of others people on a hourly basis.

This shit is fucked. Unplug and you‘ll be better off.

801735 · 2019-04-21T19:10:57+00:00

Perhaps... but then again. ]=)

Blissbynature · 2019-04-21T23:05:00+00:00

I feel pretty chipper myself. A lot of that is from solitude. Aside from reddit and some youtube and bitchute I'm not really digitally connected. No TV. I shun almost all of modern culture and give my attention to things I choose rather than things that are shoved at me. I have noticed I'm happier than the vast majority of other people.

SlowJellyfish1 · 2019-04-22T15:51:41+00:00

I think most women on average are not happy. I think most guys on the average are happy. Society has focused away from sex/dating... There use to be a lot of pressure for guys to have sex, get married, etc. There's not as much anymore and guys are finding other things to occupy their time. Guys are guys, so they can handle not having LTRs. Obviously, there will always be a small percent of guys hungry for sex (e.g., /r/datingoverthirty hahahahah)-- but they are getting to be a smaller, and smaller minority.

Women on the other hand are not as happy because a lot of them don't really have good LTR. Perhaps they might have a soyboyfriend, but that doesn't really float their boat. Their innate drive to mate and have a family is really getting to them especially since their fertility window is smaller.

It's weird, but at the end of the day, it really doesn't take that much to satisfy a guy. Women seem to forget that and they put themselves on the pedestal expecting men to fall all over themselves. I think that time has passed, and women are started to be treated as only sexual objects. Sexual objects aren't worth that much. Or women are being treated as "equals" which means a lot of men don't want to date them because men don't want to date women who act like men.

2019-04-21T21:05:26+00:00

The past wasn't actually better. People tend to only remember good stuff which is why you never hear about all the bad shit that used to happen. Also it's pretty in to be depressive and shit-

Older_Miggy · 2019-04-21T21:38:09+00:00

The past had it's own problems, but I still think it was better overall than the shitshow we see today.

In some part it was due to people having common bonds. Today those bonds are being ripped to shreds mostly by the Left. Until enough people say enough, especially white people, the shitshow will roll on.

debanked · 2019-04-21T19:26:47+00:00

What makes people happier is hope. Lose hope and happiness plummets. Apply it to every example and you'll see it works

Natuasi · 2019-04-21T22:50:01+00:00

Dead on. I’ve noticed this for years now.

2019-04-22T03:39:58+00:00

i'm a positive guy, but i have to say there is some truth to that. I chalk it up to nostalgia, or whatever...but i clearly remember being more connected, it(s been said many times over, but the facebook world where even grown ups are talking more through a chat box is offensive to the human condition. I ride my bike each night for long hours when its warm outside now in early spring, and all i see are people slouched over in their couches whatching tv. I'm going back to the south of portugal where people still go out on little markets at night to play guitar or talk and listen to music. The heart needs companionship, romantic or not. And its stupid saying this on reddit, but i've unplugged completely. I sometimes look for guitar videos on youtube and for the rest of it i go on reddit to learn about mgtow. I'm over it. Its been tough "unplugging" and the fact that it is tough on its own to just not go on the internet (was learning to program python so had no choice the latest years) speaks for it self. I'm much less restless.

2019-04-22T13:57:41+00:00

There are a lot more people on anti-depressants than there were just 20 years ago. Why? Who the hell knows.

faltHes · 2019-04-22T16:21:26+00:00

You're not the only one, OP.

I think there are multiple factors in place, some more benevolent than others. Expansion of internet. Social media. Feminist ideas that destroy the family unit, and infect government law and courts. PUA culture being the new norm after the rise of degenerate MTV shows and "female empowerment".

The cards were stacked. The best you can do is pull out your clown nose and honk, cause it truly is a clown world now.

Find something that makes you happy. Be spontaneous. Go outside and take a weekend to yourself seeing some new sights.

FitCorner7 · 2019-04-22T18:16:58+00:00

SOCIAL MEDIA.

Mchooofer · 2019-04-22T19:06:59+00:00

The internet and especially social media

2019-04-21T19:48:44+00:00

You're right op. People are consuming manufactured goodslike social media, tv, processed food, etc, etc. Although they seem to be designed to make the life overall better and more convenient, they do more hurt than good in the long run. Our brains aren't made or accustomed to that stuff. That's the biggest factor imo.
The term "depressed" has lost a part of its meaning too nowadays.

m1ghty_b4g · 2019-04-21T20:51:28+00:00

Now everything is about social media, the more you can be an asshole the more people likes you (men and women), superficial relationships, no conciousness about anything else than inmediately needs. Lord, I'm not so old I mean I'm 24 but so many things have change in a little space of time.

cbr900rr1996 · 2019-04-21T21:12:44+00:00

you were happier until you got sick

Balugurr · 2019-04-21T21:45:09+00:00

People used to feel some type of obligation to present themselves as happy, or at least not problem ridden, and not put that on other people. This went by the wayside some time in the last couple decades as it is seen as being “disingenuous” some how. I think we were better off when we “tried” to be happy, but who knows.

Triops56 · 2019-04-21T22:38:03+00:00

Looking back from my lofty age of 56, I'm going to say you are correct, people were happier pre-2000. That's where I put the tipping point.

I could write volumes about why we're so miserable now, but I think most of us can point to and agree on the usual suspects.

46-61-62-53 · 2019-04-21T23:10:40+00:00

I'd say that it's a consequence of our high standard of living nowadays.

throwywayyyyee · 2019-04-22T00:20:57+00:00

As my dad said to me: things only change for the worse.

Enjoy what you have, friends, family, places/ things you love will only get shittier. People die, separate, even fucking star wars got ruined.

2019-04-22T00:23:33+00:00

I think the world was probably about as depressing before TV and social media came, but it was depressing in a different way.

The social world used to be more predictable, things where the same generation after generation. Your parents lives where rather similar to your own. There was not so much to compare to.

On the other hand your kids would die left and right, you where missing allot of information that we now have and made worse decisions due to comparatively poor education.

Doctors and psychologist where not much to talk about so if you did not die you probably had loots of trauma that never got better.

Onlymgtow88 · 2019-04-22T03:03:21+00:00

Life used to be fun and then everything became “problematic” fuck me but I used to have fun with women. I treated them like sluts and they loved it, nothing mean or anything just clarity. Me and my friends would joke and if someone got offended it was their issue. It’s like one year everyone became religious old women and it was the new norm.

sacandbaby · 2019-04-22T04:05:26+00:00

Find a good stock portfolio that makes you smile.

Batman_MGTOW · 2019-04-22T07:02:18+00:00

I know that feeling, I used to feel this way, life changes a lot, friends move on and you meet new ones, sometimes you get nostalgic feelings that make you reminisce about the good old days but life can still be this great, you just have to make stuff happen, I lived life pretty much as a NEET for almost 4 years until I finally found a great job recently that pays more than minimum wage and gives me 40 hours a week on a stable schedule that never changes, I also get great benefits so it's the perfect job for me, I am starting tomorrow on the night shift, and then the evening shift forever after that. The reason why some guys may be depressed is because they isolate themselves and just spend way too much time inside the house not doing anything. I remember when I would just chase hedonism all the time, now I try to have a more fulfilling life, I still have fun once in a while but my job makes me value my time a lot more and makes my free time more fun, I no longer procrastinate or waste time and instead just do what I want.

The truth is that life is what you make it, if you spend your time wishing that things were different but do nothing to change it, then nothing will change, you need to have goals, and take the necessary steps to reach these goals. For me, my goals are: 1) Keeping my job long enough to pass the 3 month period and get a permanent status at my job, 2) Saving around 5000-6000 CAD to make my high end home gym in my garage with Rogue Fitness equipment, 3) Training hard 3 times per week on Stronglifts 5x5 while eating 2800-3000 calories to get bigger and stronger and get from 158 pounds to 190 pounds to finally go from skinny to muscular which would improve my look a lot, 4) Practice guitar with Rocksmith 2014 remastered to get really good at it and be able to play most songs without the game, 5) Finish my online college classes for this semester, do 4 more next semester, then a pre university science program that lasts 2 years, and then 4 years in University in electrical engineering.

If people knew what I am aiming for, they would think that I am crazy, and all of these goals require hard work, bodybuilding requires a lot of eating all the time and a lot of squatting which can get scary and painful at times, getting good at guitar could take me 5 years of very frequent practice, and I have a little less than 7 years of school left to do to finally get a good degree that will grant me a great career and amazing salary. If I did all of this at the same time: In 5 years I would be at 210 pounds 12% body fat (225 pound overhead press, 315 pound bench press, 400 pound squat, 550-600 pound deadlift), I would also be very advanced at guitar and be able to play most if not all the songs that I want and very easily, I would have only 2 years left of university to do, I would have saved a lot of money even after making my home gym, and if I had maintained the same job for long periods of time, my resume would be amazing.

Also, it is normal to get depressed once in a while, life isn't perfect and there will always be ups and downs, the important thing is that you minimize the downs and don't get depressed too much. If your have a lot of goals like me, you work hard to try to reach them, and you also have friends to hang out with and have fun with them once in a while, then you will not feel as depressed and/or sad. As for youtube videos, do be careful, I used to watch a lot of youtube videos in the past and it just drained me, now I just spend time on Reddit or watch anime, movies or tv shows instead, I bought amazon prime student for 39$ for a year and bought a month of ExpressVPN, my parents already had Netflix so I have access to all of the tv shows that I never watched before so it's a lot of fun. This weekend, I had invited my best friend who is also my childhood friend, I first met him when I was only 4 years old, we had a lot of fun playing splitscreen video games on my high end gaming PC together with PS4 controllers and we also watched Netflix's Bandersnatch which he hadn't yet seen, all in all, we had a great time together. And that gave me the idea to do this more often, it puts you out of your comfort zone, makes you more social and can make you happier because you're not alone. And that is what many MGTOW talk about, we don't need women for companionship because we have our friends, but if we never see them, then we might start to feel lonely or bored, there is nothing that can match the amount of fun and enjoyment that you can get from another person, no entertainment technologies can ever compare to the connection between two human beings and the great thing is that it's free. The best source of entertainment is completely free.

Title	It is me or everyone used to happier in the past?(Serious)
Author	JordanFirdBird2
Upvotes	79
Comments	48
Date	April 21, 2019 7:08 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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