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Be a better human with this one simple trick
    #23650214 - 09/16/16 11:14 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Ever since I cut anger out of my mental diet, I've reached a new and improved level of consiousness.

I took anger out of my mind and threw it in the trash. Now I view my own problems and the worlds problems without the anger filter. It's pretty neat I tell ya. You simply don't need to feel anger for anything at all.

Got insulted by some random person?
Employees or boss wronged you?
Shit posters or nay sayers grinding your gears?
Angry at people like Trump and Hilary, or webster10?
People stealing your food at work?

No matter how pissed these things can make you, you can still just say "lol fuck em :shrug:", there's truly no reason to feel anger instead of happiness. Surely you have better and more happy things to think about. If you remain in mental neutrality and give no angry fucks at all, then at the end of the day, you'll feel good.

Even if a cop shot my dog or something, I wouldn't get angry about it, cause it is what it is, nam' sayin'?

This doesn't mean you let people walk all over you, obviously you can maintain your dignity without anger.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees] * 2
    #23650247 - 09/16/16 11:29 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

If a cop shot my dog, there is no simple trick in the world that would revert my biological instinct for anger. But more power to you.

I feel like without anger, you can't know the true value if happiness. Suppressing feelings to avoid them leads most people to passive aggressiveness.

Too much anger is certainly bad, and people who don't know how to manage it are hurting. But a life philosophy of "fuck it" is equally self destructive. I don't know that angry people care if your artificial happiness laughs at their artificial anger.





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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees] * 4
    #23650250 - 09/16/16 11:31 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Remember the episode of Seinfeld with the "serenity now" mantra?  How it made that dude insane later?

While I agree with what you're saying in regards to trivialities, I do think it'd be healthy to not sublimate the anger you'd feel if someone shot your dog, to use one of your examples.  It's about picking your battles and having a selectively permeable barrier about what you let in.  I absolutely agree that an insult from a random person should roll off your back, but at a certain level, you've gotta express what you feel.  And sometimes anger is okay.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees]
    #23650321 - 09/16/16 11:59 AM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Ur post is contradicting op, u preach serenity yet u mock those who suffer from anger, how's is that suppose to help those people by u laughing at them?.. Wouldn't that just cause more in the world?..

I think anger effects us all, but it's how we handle it that separates the men from the boys.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: zZZz]
    #23650325 - 09/16/16 12:02 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

if a cop shot my dog i would kill his family in front of them then cripple them and leave them alive.

all is good and well but we have fight or flight responses for a reason and some things you can not shrug off. i would kill to protect my loved ones.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: ReposadoXochipilli] * 1
    #23650346 - 09/16/16 12:10 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I agree about minor slights being ignored, prime example being an angry driver, so useless and pointless. I have gotten my mate to chill while driving, he thanks me, but still gets in a huff over people changing lanes etc...it's fucking recockulous!


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees]
    #23650405 - 09/16/16 12:40 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

It's just another form of fear. Displaying anger isn't always helpful however if you're mad because someone is mistreating you it's better to just get mad then repress it or get passive aggressive, it's just part of being an honest person. If you twiddle your thumbs and pretend to be this holier then thou guy who's above anger while your Gf or whoever shits on you, it's gonna build up and eventually you're just gonna fly off the handle.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: PatrickKn]
    #23650459 - 09/16/16 01:04 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Definitely no passive aggressiveness what so ever, i think passive-aggressive is a really nasty behavior. Also definitely no artificial happiness.

Also, I'd never laugh at someone in a demeaning way. I'd never laugh out loud at an angry person, but maybe i'll chuckle in my own mind about it. It becomes funny to me when someone is angry about something trivial and i'm unaffected. At work for example.... me and a co-worker are asked to clean up a nasty pile of shit, and my co-worker is fuming about it, while I don't really give a shit. I'll laugh to myself about our differences.

As for my dog getting shot, well, if that happens there's really nothing i can do about it. I'd never try to kill or hurt who ever did it. I'd say its best to accept these bad occurrences and move on.

And road rage is definitely nothing to get genuinely angry about. I sometimes road rage in a semi-comedic way for my guests / friends, because it can be funny. But I'd never brake check or yell or throw things at people on the road for the way they drive.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees]
    #23650478 - 09/16/16 01:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

You are like jesus, but cooler.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees] * 1
    #23650480 - 09/16/16 01:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I always get you confused with memes, you should change your avatar bruh. It'll make you more recognizable :cookiemonster:


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: Bodhi of Ankou]
    #23650505 - 09/16/16 01:21 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

memes should change his avatar to a meme

Im the real trees here


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees]
    #23650806 - 09/16/16 03:38 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

I think it's OK to have a little anger in life, the key IMO is to recognize that you are in an angry state of mind and keep your cool throughout. Sometimes I feel a release is needed in these times so go work out or run around the block or something.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: HamHead] * 2
    #23650820 - 09/16/16 03:47 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

Don't be an asshole. If you can manage that then you're doing okay.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees] * 1
    #23650822 - 09/16/16 03:49 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

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trees said:
Ever since I cut anger out of my mental diet, I've reached a new and improved level of consciousness.



I remember when I came to this point. It feels absolutely profound when you've spent much of your life feeding on anger and aggression.

But you come back here in 5 years and tell me you haven't got angry once, and I'll nominate you for the nobel peace prize.

Much as one tries, one can never be free of any emotion (unless you're pathological, in which case you would probably have never known it in the first place).

BTW man, I'm not tryna shit on your accomplishment. It's fucking massive and it will improve your life tenfold. It really is the start of the most beautiful path, as by removing your reliance on anger to sustain you, you can turn your attention to love. Just tryna add a little realism for you though, cause otherwise, you're just gonna get super pissed at yourself next time you get angry.

Happens to all of us man. Some very much less so than others. If you work to be the former, you've made a huge step forward. Just know that it's ok when it does happen, as long as you don't act wrongly because of it.

It's your actions that are key - they're our only interface between the maelstrom of our minds the maelstrom of the world around us.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees]
    #23650973 - 09/16/16 05:01 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

An interesting thing that I've noticed about anger, is that it seems people who are angry often think that they are in the right simply because they are angry, and others might believe that they're right as well. 

It's like anger can be used as a means of expressing self-righteousness.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: Celestial Traveler]
    #23650984 - 09/16/16 05:06 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

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Celestial Traveler said:
An interesting thing that I've noticed about anger, is that it seems people who are angry often think that they are in the right simply because they are angry, and others might believe that they're right as well. 

It's like anger can be used as a means of expressing self-righteousness.



My ex to the T! he was red faced and spittle formed at the corners of his mouth like a complete madman/psycho and spit in my face, poured a beer on me, grabbed chachki shelf shit and smashed it to the ground, glad he is gone.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: trees]
    #23651001 - 09/16/16 05:15 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

anger isn't unhealthy


how one channels their anger determines the mental/physical toll it takes on an individual




my biggest source of anger is from asshole drivers riding down the middle of the road (or 3'+ from the edge of the road) on unmarked country roads, or around blind corners.  worst is when they continue not getting over and almost run me/another driver off the road.  lack of respect for shared space and lack of respect for others' safety get me going


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: tyrannicalrex]
    #23651024 - 09/16/16 05:22 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

T-rex, that is rage, not anger. 
If you are waiting in line for tickets and the people in front of you let three friends cut in the line to stand with them, and then you get to the window and they just sold out, Anger is a perfectly appropriate response.  Destroying property and hunting down the people who cut in front is Rage, and is an inappropriate response.  If you allowed yourself to be angry when the line cutting occurred, you might have been able to still get your tickets.  If you raged when it occurred, you might be in jail.

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Rage and anger are two forms of aggressive emotional response that can be triggered by situations that are frustrating, painful, or threatening. The difference between rage and anger is a matter of degree. While anger is an appropriate response to some situations, rage can lead to uncontrolled and violent behavior. Rage is connected to a medical condition called intermittent explosive disorder and to dangerous social behaviors such as road rage. Both rage and anger are the results of physiological factors that create extreme reactions to threats in humans and other animals.

All creatures have ingrained, instinctual responses to perceived threats, sometimes known as the fight or flight reflex. In higher animals, including humans, these responses are governed by hormones and the emotional center of the brain, the amygdala. This primitive but essential organ does not differentiate between genuine threats to life and limb and less serious threats, such as rude behavior. This is why people sometimes respond with anger that is disproportionate to the situation. In extreme cases, this can lead to acts of rage that are dangerous to the person or others nearby.





Apathy is not superior to anger IMO.  Anger is healthy, appropriate, and necessary in certain circumstances.  It doesn't make you a better human to say you don't get angry.


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Re: Be a better human with this one simple trick [Re: demiu5]
    #23651026 - 09/16/16 05:22 PM (7 years, 4 months ago)

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lack of respect for others' safety get me going



That one still always gets me, no matter how hard I try. I've reduced my vengeance factor after such events by 95% though...


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