{"id":443,"date":"2009-11-22T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T02:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jerrysjuicebar.com\/blog\/?p=443"},"modified":"2009-11-22T19:34:51","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T02:34:51","slug":"happiness-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerrysjuicebar.com\/blog\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Happiness sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago, psychologists discovered that “grump old men” are smarter than other old men.<\/p>\n

\"Grumpy9\"Specifically, a report released <\/strong><\/a>several years ago suggested “that a disagreeable nature goes hand in hand with advanced vocabulary and general knowledge in old age,” the researchers write.<\/p>\n

The older you get, the better you are if you are grumpy.<\/p>\n

Welcome to my world.<\/p>\n

that is why I’m fascinated with a new book by Barbara Ehrenreich entitled:\u00a0 \u201cBright-Sided:\u00a0 How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America.”<\/p>\n

According to a review in the NYTimes, Ehrenriech claims that positive thinking is \u201cjust another way for the conservative, corporate culture to wring the most out of its workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Robert Gathman in the Austin-American Statesman<\/strong><\/a>, “journalist Barbara Ehrenreich mounts a spirited attack on the American culture of positive thinking, arguing that the mass manufacture of feel-good palliatives, by encouraging sloppy reasoning, shortsighted habits and a curiously uncritical identification with the powers that be, is doing more harm than good.”<\/p>\n

Feel-good stuff is sloppy.\u00a0 No pain, no gain my friend!<\/p>\n

The problem with happiness — we were guaranteed the right to pursue it in our constitution — is that it is a pretty shallow pool to swim in.<\/p>\n

Whatever happened to pursuing truth, justice, peace?\u00a0 Now there’s something worth living for.<\/p>\n

I would have finished the above with “the American way” but that would lead us back to the happiness thing.<\/p>\n

Be smart.\u00a0 Be grumpy.<\/p>\n

And have a happy day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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