you don't need consumerism or mass media to be happy

I don't disagree, just a quite reminder that not everyone can afford this. The meme doesn't say it but it gives "money doesn't buy happiness" vibes and while this isn't false, a certain amount of money is required for this.

I don't think we should consider these as luxuries. They should be the base experience

Most of these should be rights

mornigs

Are other people just ignoring this or am I the only person who is distracted by this?

You do need time and money, apparently.

“The ability to freely express yourself”

—with fire.

I like the implication that freely expressing myself involves flames.

everything on the list requires money. but I get the point you're trying to say

what are you a millionaire?

I'm on the fence about hearings birds singing. It is really annoying to get woken up way too early by a bird who just knows two tunes and sings it over and over and over again. Like what the fuck?! Didn't they teach you a third tune at bird school to make your song a bit more melodic and less irritating? Fucking twitter.

These are great but aren’t colorful sunsets (at least in part) a side effect of air pollution? ;)

Sooo being a Hobbit? Yeah I'm good with that

people rejecting these ideas as a whole as they continue to doomscroll online 👌

Would also add hugs to this list 🤗

Most of those shouldn't be luxuries, but rights.

And healthy body

Yes, I love when birds wake me up at 5 am from their incessant singing because they can't shut up. It makes me so happy to not be able to sleep.

Parklife!

Anybody know some good books? Have been pretty disappointed for the longest time

Mornigs 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

The weird thing about this is, a few of these things are rather hard once you have kids. Don't know the last time when I slept alone in my bed or had a slow morning. But well, you get other things in return, like the pure love of you children so it's fine haha.

This is just all the stuff I don't have time for after kids.

Need to add 'a long hot shower' to this list.

College ruined books for me. I no longer wanna touch those things.

Fuck solarpunk. I buy carefully, not mindlessly, based on what I'm getting and for how long, with the intent of not having to replace what I buy. So let's get that out of the way, this isn't about the merits of environmental preservation or efficient use of our resources.

I need mass media because I ENJOY PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. I don't want to live in the fucking "gay space commune", I want to live in a world that feels good to me, and you solarpunk assholes seem to say people like me who escape from reality because they've NEVER been capable of supporting themselves should start a fucking garden?!

Newsflash. I. Don't. Like. Your. "Utopia". I never will. If you ever succeed in making your idea of a future a reality, I'll burn it to the fucking ground as my revenge on you bastards. I hate your idea because all it does is change how I am oppressed as a disabled adult to how I was oppressed as a special needs child illegally taken from my parents by a corrupt mental health system.

You want to see a real utopia? A place where everyone is happy in the world they live in? Fucking find an oneirogenic drug that induces lucid dreams or create a VR metaverse.

Who I am in reality does not matter. Who I am in my mind can't be expressed in a solarpunk world, only online. At least that's how it used to be.

Why am I named the same as an Open Source Game? Cyperprep doesn't have to mean "the future megacorps are not so bad!" but rather "megacorps control this dystopian future but they can't always stop the signal and that means Open Source Software is the way to fight back".

The difference between FOSS for smart devices and social networks and FOSS for games is that games are art and that means paid food production will take precedence over volunteer video games.

And no, you don't get to say "get another hobby". I know myself. I like technology. I don't like preachy people. I stopped buying Apple when I stopped seeing unique-looking devices. I am a gamer. Most importantly, I am a sci-fi writer who wants optimistic stories that don't assume the reader is a fully-capable person.

I am not demanding you write what I want to see. Only that you not try to turn reality into it. If you see this, once again, fuck solarpunk.

My good night's sleep was cut short by listening to birds singing...what now?

Omg naps... I get like 2 per year. 2 more if I'm sick.

Still need money for most of these. Otherwise you'll be working for the basics

Larry, I’m on Ducktales.

Imagine being this smug when yourself.

Some species of birds are singing some really complicated non-repeating songs.

I'll decide what makes me happy and what I need, thanks mate.

The other morning my dogs woke me up way too damn early, but it meant I got to watch a very fat pigeon on the power line behind my house, and I got to see the finch population rapidly increase around it. (I swear I saw one little bird and by the time I got out of bed there were 5 jetting around. Pigeon did not move.)

I agree that these are luxuries for a lot of people. Some of them can be found with mindset shifts (from "fuck you dogs" to "oh look, pretty birds" for example) but it's also hard to shift your mindset to positivity when our society tries its damnedest to beat happiness out of you.

I'll substitute sunrise in place of sunset and remove naps because I rarely sleep during the day because it fucks up my circadian rhythm. Everything else is spot on.

But my time for fun and play is spent on mass media and consumerism!

Slow mornig