Comments on: QED To All the Haters http://toteshellabloggin.com/2008/11/10/qed-to-all-the-haters/ Like, oh my god. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:33:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christie http://toteshellabloggin.com/2008/11/10/qed-to-all-the-haters/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Christie Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:50:25 +0000 http://toteshellabloggin.com/?p=122#comment-38 Hmm...I would agree that parenting is a pretty rough gig. Sleep deprivation combined with an inability to effectively communicate and dirty diapers makes for a great deal of unpleasantness. Then your kid giggles and all of that dissolves into one humongous pile of sappy parent-child love. Hmm…I would agree that parenting is a pretty rough gig. Sleep deprivation combined with an inability to effectively communicate and dirty diapers makes for a great deal of unpleasantness. Then your kid giggles and all of that dissolves into one humongous pile of sappy parent-child love.

]]> By: Abe http://toteshellabloggin.com/2008/11/10/qed-to-all-the-haters/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Abe Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:07:09 +0000 http://toteshellabloggin.com/?p=122#comment-33 I am in favor of raising children, but only as livestock. I'm totally down, but I have a (admittedly sexist) fear that I will eventually settle down with someone who agrees with me... for about a year. I am in favor of raising children, but only as livestock. I’m totally down, but I have a (admittedly sexist) fear that I will eventually settle down with someone who agrees with me… for about a year.

]]> By: plumpy http://toteshellabloggin.com/2008/11/10/qed-to-all-the-haters/comment-page-1/#comment-32 plumpy Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:40:46 +0000 http://toteshellabloggin.com/?p=122#comment-32 Brent: You clearly underestimate the amount of pride I have in having watched all five seasons of <i>The Wire</i>. Brent: You clearly underestimate the amount of pride I have in having watched all five seasons of The Wire.

]]> By: Jacob http://toteshellabloggin.com/2008/11/10/qed-to-all-the-haters/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jacob Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:23:44 +0000 http://toteshellabloggin.com/?p=122#comment-31 Michael wins. Michael wins.

]]> By: Brent http://toteshellabloggin.com/2008/11/10/qed-to-all-the-haters/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Brent Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:45:10 +0000 http://toteshellabloggin.com/?p=122#comment-30 Long-term projects (like raising children, buying a home or running for president) take more time, effort and pain to realize but I think the happiness received from doing them is greater. It seems like instantaneous measurement of happiness might not capture the pride received from looking back at your life and realizing you've done something pretty cool. Hanging out with friends and watching TV rarely give you that amount of satisfaction. Long-term projects (like raising children, buying a home or running for president) take more time, effort and pain to realize but I think the happiness received from doing them is greater.

It seems like instantaneous measurement of happiness might not capture the pride received from looking back at your life and realizing you’ve done something pretty cool. Hanging out with friends and watching TV rarely give you that amount of satisfaction.

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