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Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by amelius »

curiousgal wrote: post #4
shenanigoat wrote: post #3

"The men didn’t care whether the women were good storytellers, the research showed."

Men generally have lower standards. A while ago, I ran two Tinder bots connected to CleverBot; one with a female account and the other with a male account (Both with attractive pictures). Female matches did not tolerate the male bot talking gibberish, while male matches went out of their way to try and make sense of what the female bot was saying. Hilarious as it was, I had to cut it because it was immoral.

You should write a blog post about that.

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by dominotw »

You know its going to be pure garbage when the title is 'Doing X makes you happy!! '.

Fuck these studies that can never be reproduced even under the exact circumstances. These charlatans continue to be allocated funds instead of going to jail; despite being exposed as frauds countless times.

Just because reading stuff like this gives us good vibes doesn't mean we should continue wasting money on these "studies". Time to say enough is enough and put these "professors" behind bars for wasting public money.

This pointless scientific approach to human behavior and society has distracted us from any genuine discussion about our own internal and external conflicts . A Human being to these people is a machine which when given input X produces output Y.

Why do we continue to accept this?

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by jackarbitrage »

Axsuul wrote: post #7

So how does one become a good storyteller? Obviously it takes experience but is there a book that anyone can recommend to get an edge?

I've been interviewed/kept a personal video diary since the 3rd grade (over 15 years) and I can attest to the benefits mentioned in the article.

A friend and I started a company that helps make it easy to tell your own story and prompts to with questions to get started. It's called "Emberall" and is on the iOS App Store if you want to try it out.

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by themartorana »

dominotw wrote: post #12

You know its going to be pure garbage when the title is 'Doing X makes you happy!! '. Fuck these studies that can never be reproduced even under the exact circumstances. These charlatans continue to be allocated funds instead of going to jail; despite being exposed as frauds countless times. Just because reading stuff like this gives us good vibes doesn't mean we should continue wasting money on these "studies". Time…

Ya know, if you would just learn to be a better story teller...

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by dcposch »

dominotw wrote: post #12

You know its going to be pure garbage when the title is 'Doing X makes you happy!! '. Fuck these studies that can never be reproduced even under the exact circumstances. These charlatans continue to be allocated funds instead of going to jail; despite being exposed as frauds countless times. Just because reading stuff like this gives us good vibes doesn't mean we should continue wasting money on these "studies". Time…

I think "jail the professors" is too extreme. There needs to be a more constructive solution.

I completely agree with your assessment of the problem.

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by cloudjacker »

dominotw wrote: post #12

You know its going to be pure garbage when the title is 'Doing X makes you happy!! '. Fuck these studies that can never be reproduced even under the exact circumstances. These charlatans continue to be allocated funds instead of going to jail; despite being exposed as frauds countless times. Just because reading stuff like this gives us good vibes doesn't mean we should continue wasting money on these "studies". Time…

At this point I think people are just trolling Hackernews for the traffic.

don't feed the trolls

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by jimintdmeont »

dominotw wrote: post #12

You know its going to be pure garbage when the title is 'Doing X makes you happy!! '. Fuck these studies that can never be reproduced even under the exact circumstances. These charlatans continue to be allocated funds instead of going to jail; despite being exposed as frauds countless times. Just because reading stuff like this gives us good vibes doesn't mean we should continue wasting money on these "studies". Time…

What should I read to learn more about "our internal and external conflicts"? Genuinely interested

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by AlexCoventry »

Axsuul wrote: post #7

So how does one become a good storyteller? Obviously it takes experience but is there a book that anyone can recommend to get an edge?

This is at least a good read, and on-topic. Whether it gives you an edge, I can't say.

https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Design-Working-Imagination-...

Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by kordless »

dominotw wrote: post #12

You know its going to be pure garbage when the title is 'Doing X makes you happy!! '. Fuck these studies that can never be reproduced even under the exact circumstances. These charlatans continue to be allocated funds instead of going to jail; despite being exposed as frauds countless times. Just because reading stuff like this gives us good vibes doesn't mean we should continue wasting money on these "studies". Time…

> Why do we continue to accept this?

If you really want to change things for the better, you should stop asking questions that have no reasonable answer. All you are doing is amplifying the dissonance of the article with your comments.

Happiness is a relative term. Everyone experience suffering, but it's how we deal with that suffering that defines our overall state of well being. If one holds onto something that causes suffering to long, it becomes inefficienct. If one lets go of suffering to early, it's an indication there is a lack of sacredness.

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