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Are You Happy?

Posted June 19, 2009 7:16 AM

Thanks to functional magnetic resonance imaging, scientist have determined that happy people literally view the world more expansively than crabby people. The latter tend to negotiate life with a narrower field of view. What, if any, are the consequences of such research?

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06/19/2009 11:03 AM

It just confirms to me something I have known since I was a kid. Narrow minded people are not as happy as us open minded people! I am always looking at new ideas and new ways of doing and understanding things.

However I have family members that hate any slight changes or difference in or to their views. To them every thing should be just like they want and nothing should vary or be different than they feel it is now. (teachers and administrative by profession by the way!)

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06/20/2009 8:20 PM

Reading this has made me extremely crabby.

I mean come on, what sort of gobblygook is this?

Carried to its extreme it implies that all people with bad vision, or blind, are less crabby than people who see well.

Thanks to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging sold exclusively to happy people, those without it are Crabby, according to the Market research of BlahHead, and NutJobs Incorportated.

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06/20/2009 10:48 PM

you like apples?....I asked, DO YOU LIKE APPLES?

I sorry but with the research we have found that since you are crabby, your insurance premiums will be going up 73%....because happy people are more healthy.

How do you like them apples?

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06/20/2009 11:14 PM

Good Will Hunting didn't do much for me.

However, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, cheered me up.

What's up with all the bold type? Are you going to beat me into cheeriness?

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06/22/2009 12:18 PM

I wonder what Pete the Horny Toad outlook on life was...

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06/21/2009 2:54 AM

Yes, now get off my lawn.

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06/21/2009 2:16 PM

But the Pink Flamingos and the colored lights are so cheery!

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