What do you think about Fun just being a Perspective?

[obsessed venusian]

On the recent Self-Improvement books i readed, they quote that Fun depends on how you see the World around you. Which means, you don't need to visit Bars and Cafes etc. just to be Happy, but instead you can change the world around you in a way to have the fun you want. Do you think it is true? If you ask me it's a very complicated topic.

 

[Spas]

I think it's retarded cope. They're just selling mist
>oh hey, pay me some shekels and I'll show you how working out can be as fun as doing cocaine!
All these self improvements fags are just snake oil merchants

 

[Dremora]

The concept of fun itself is gateway to degeneracy.

 

[panchito]

The concept of fun itself is gateway to degeneracy.

 

[Weebhunter3000]

Doesn’t make any sense. It sounds more like a cope for dealing with living in a shithole and you should just accept it because it’s le fun.

 

[nusoicaca]

The concept of fun itself is gateway to degeneracy.

 

[Beeboop]

The concept of fun itself is gateway to degeneracy.

So trve... real men work in the wagie cage 24/7, 7 days a week in order to support handicapped trans women

 

[Dremora]

View attachment 5920

Very good explanation. Although my main "inspiration" for this idea is what Fr. Seraphim Rose said here;

"[Modern life has become] a constant search for "fun" which, by the way, is a word totally unheard of in any other vocabulary; in 19th century Russia they wouldn't have understood what this word meant, or any serious civilization.

Life is a constant search for "fun" which is so empty of any serious meaning that a visitor from any 19th-century country, looking at our popular television programs, amusement parks, advertisements, movies, music, at almost any aspect of our popular culture—would think he had stumbled across a land of imbeciles who have lost all contact with normal reality.

It is important for us to realize, as we try ourselves to lead a Christian life today, that the world which has been formed by our pampered times makes demands on the soul, whether in religion or in secular life, which are what one has to call totalitarian."

This exposes a fundamental modern reality: good equals fun and evil equals those who would prevent us having fun. What makes Seraphim Rose use the word 'totalitarian' is the insight that to impose fun on society would be a totalitarian project.

Fun as the focus of life makes perfect sense in a secular society - if life is about nothing more than self-gratification, if 'heroism' is delusion, if God is dead; then anyone who interferes with self-gratification is evil.

The Orthodox World-View

 

[Namefag]

Fun should not be a priority. You do need to sharpen the saw occasionally (which is a problem I solve simply by using hallucinogens but ymmv) but you shouldn't spend your entire life in search of "fun" simply to appease your "boredom," you should be building networks and starting up things that might actually help you in the long run

 

[Negrobud]

Fun should not be a priority. You do need to sharpen the saw occasionally (which is a problem I solve simply by using hallucinogens but ymmv) but you shouldn't spend your entire life in search of "fun" simply to appease your "boredom," you should be building networks and starting up things that might actually help you in the long run

Sharpening skills, gardening, blogging, all that good shit. Sometimes a good weed session but I ain’t ever gonna be a beta trying to cope by chasing highs and being a burden to my community.

 

[THE TRUE DIGLET]

Doesn’t make any sense. It sounds more like a cope for dealing with living in a shithole and you should just accept it because it’s le fun.

living in a third world shithole is just like living in a real life fps/ open world survival video game bro

 

[panchito]

Sharpening skills, gardening, blogging, all that good shit. Sometimes a good weed session but I ain’t ever gonna be a beta trying to cope by chasing highs and being a burden to my community.

some coffee and a rocky hair'll do enough for me

 

[Spas]

Very good explanation. Although my main "inspiration" for this idea is what Fr. Seraphim Rose said here;

"[Modern life has become] a constant search for "fun" which, by the way, is a word totally unheard of in any other vocabulary; in 19th century Russia they wouldn't have understood what this word meant, or any serious civilization.

Life is a constant search for "fun" which is so empty of any serious meaning that a visitor from any 19th-century country, looking at our popular television programs, amusement parks, advertisements, movies, music, at almost any aspect of our popular culture—would think he had stumbled across a land of imbeciles who have lost all contact with normal reality.

It is important for us to realize, as we try ourselves to lead a Christian life today, that the world which has been formed by our pampered times makes demands on the soul, whether in religion or in secular life, which are what one has to call totalitarian."

This exposes a fundamental modern reality: good equals fun and evil equals those who would prevent us having fun. What makes Seraphim Rose use the word 'totalitarian' is the insight that to impose fun on society would be a totalitarian project.

Fun as the focus of life makes perfect sense in a secular society - if life is about nothing more than self-gratification, if 'heroism' is delusion, if God is dead; then anyone who interferes with self-gratification is evil.

The Orthodox World-View

Back when Fr. Seraphim Rose was alive this was probably a very profound observation, today it's quite literally their catch phrase "let people enjoy things"

 

[Cyberfriend]

The concept of fun itself is gateway to degeneracy.

Please, neck yourself

 

[Haswell]

Fun is reddit.

 

[Itransheartblox]

fun is soyjak.st