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intresting i think when you get into thought paterns like this you gotta realise everything is subjective when it comes down to it thats what its about its your interpretation of events and such... kind of like a dj set :P you give paul van dyk and sasha the same records theyl make a totally differant set if thats any anology... actually thats shit one at the end of the day its all relative

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good question. I would say that on matters of happiness and satisfaction, you have a sliding bar that you place yourself on in relation to other places you could be. If you only had one thing to know it would be baseline happiness. Happiness and satisfaction for the most part are chemical states. If your brain hasnt had any way to differentiate between something better it will be happy about something. Some things take accustomization like beer...if you only had bud light (god forbid!) you wouldnt be happy with it at first, but after a while you would like it. I like to think of most happiness states as a room with a pinata on the ceiling. If you dont have anything that you consider beneath you the trampoline will put you in easy reach of the pinata and you get your reward "happiness" if, however, you think you are much lower than the level of happiness you wish to achieve, your ceiling will have to lower and the pinata gets smaller. if that makes sense...its late im tired. intersting topic hehe