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What makes you happy?

#1

Dave

Dave

Let's do an experiment. You get to list 5 things that make you happy. Doesn't matter what they are, but keep it clean.

Here's the catch - you can't repeat anything anyone else has said. So if one person says their kids make them happy, you can't say your kids make you happy.

Let's see if we can get to 100.

Here's my 5:

1) Making people laugh.
2) Reading.
3) Hot chocolate on a cold day.
4) When my wife and I can spend the afternoon together and have money to do so.
5) Surprisingly enough, you knuckleheads.

(By the way, troll in this thread and you'll be out of it. I need a lift, not a continuation of crap.)


#2

Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

1.) Having time to go on a date with my wife.
2.) Playing planetside 2 with my friends at my side and laughing our asses off as the least capable driver careens around the landscape like an idiot.
3.) Riding my dirt bike up to a particular mountain top and just relaxing with no one around for miles and miles.
4.) Playing my guitar or piano when I get the chance. Bonus happiness if I have a friend jamming with me.
5.) Getting spontaneous hugs from my sons after a crappy day.


#3

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

1) That feeling of completing some long-put-off but necessary chore, preferably one that involves physical labor
2) Hiking out into the wilderness, far enough to not hear cars any more
3) Flying a plane (Not sure how relevant it is any more, given that it's been years, but I loved it more than almost anything)
4) Random kisses from my daughter. Rare as hen's teeth, and all the more precious for when they're given
5) Being a part of a group, accepted, in on the jokes, and welcomed.


#4

dill616

dill616

  1. Putting my Creative Writing degree to use
  2. Planning my future with the General
  3. Listening to Audiobooks (so I can do embroidery at the same time)
  4. Wearing pretty dresses
  5. Finding ways to be crafty and save money or would it be saving money by being crafty?


#5

Dirona

Dirona

1) cuddling with my spouse
2) baking
3) doing my job well
4) having a good conversation with my mom or grandma
5) hanging out with my MMO guild and listening to the random banter


#6

Gared

Gared

1) A freshly cleaned house.
2) Getting to play around in the kitchen with quality ingredients and no budget.
3) Getting together with my Friday night gaming group and just bullshitting.
4) Good mead.
5) The prospect of moving out of this god-forsaken hell hole of a metroplex when our lease is up this year.

Edit: You do know most of our 5 things are going to be similar to each others', right? I'm sure you do, you're a smart man. You're probably ok with it.

Dave edit: As long as they aren't generic that's fine. Like "my kids" or something.


#7

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

1.) ...

I'm not a really happy person.


#8

Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

1) Parks & Recreation
2) Talledega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby
3) Walk Hard
4) Thriller (album)
5) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis


#9

dill616

dill616

sixpackshaker said:
1.) ...

I'm not a really happy person.
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Look at that avatar! LOOK INTO THOSE DOGGIE'S SWEET EYES! Your argument is invalid.


#10

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

1) Yoga (or exercising in general)
2) Comic books (or reading in general)
3) My cat
4) Bicycling
5) Being a goofball (especially for the amused but eye rolling reaction from people)

Managed to actually write that despite going through a bout of depression right now. Huh.


#11

TommiR

TommiR

1. Finding out new and interesting stuff.
2. When things go according to plan.
3. When something new and unexpected happens to break the rut of tedium. Keeps the mind sharp.
4. A quiet and comfortable night out with a small group of good friends, with interesting conversation
5. To know that there are people who have things a lot worse than I do. Sounds horrible I know, but it serves to put my first world problems into perspective, and comforts me when I realise that, all things considered, I'm still doing pretty good.


#12

Shakey

Shakey

1. The smell of a campfire on a cool fall morning
2. My dog running at me wagging his tail.
3. The smell of boiling wort.
4. Watching a heavy snowfall with very little wind. The kind where there are huge snowflakes that kind of lazily fall.
5. Blowing up someones internet space ship.


#13

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

sixpackshaker said:
1.) ...

I'm not a really happy person.
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Come over and cook with me cause
1) Cooking.
2) Hosting company.
3) Listening to people just... talk. Conversation is great, and I ask a lot of questions.
4) Finding out what makes people tick, what matters to them, and how to learn from that.
5) As an unhappy person, being happy with other unhappy people is basically the happiest.


#14

GasBandit

GasBandit

1) Irritating someone to the point where I never see them again.
2) Sex (I can't believe I'm the first one to post this, guys.)
3) Gaming with the little woman
4) The metallic smell of a freshly opened piece of electronic/computer equipment
5) When the red water comes out.


#15

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

GasBandit said:
2) Sex (I can't believe I'm the first one to post this, guys.)
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He said keep it clean you dirty old man. You can't say the S-E-X word.


#16

GasBandit

GasBandit

Chad Sexington said:
He said keep it clean you dirty old man. You can't say the S-E-X word.
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It's not as if I went into details. My number 2 is as squeaky clean as your name, Chad.


#17

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

GasBandit said:
It's not as if I went into details. My number 2 is as squeaky clean as your name, Chad.
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I..

Touche.


#18

jwhouk

jwhouk

1. Chocolate.
2. Hockey - when it's played well.
3. My wife.
4. A fast internet connection.
5. My faith.


#19

Tress

Tress

  1. Crushing my enemies.
  2. Seeing them driven before me.
  3. Hearing the lamentations of their women.
  4. Puppies.
  5. All of the above.


#20

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Tress said:
  1. Crushing my enemies.
  2. Seeing them driven before me.
  3. Hearing the lamentations of their women.
  4. Puppies.
  5. Resurrected girlfriends.
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Fixed that for Conan.


#21

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

1. The scent of ripped mandarin leaves on my fingertips.
2. A good night's sleep.
3. Snowfall when it's dark outside.
4. Warm woollen socks.
5. Spending time with my friends and gaming buddies.

To hell with it, I'll put one more:
* When a dish you've made yourself turns out to be extra delicious.


#22

Rovewin

Rovewin

1. A good debate with friends
2. An extra tasty meal
3. Dancing with a cute girl
4. Seeing someones smile when you surprise them with a gift or helping hand
5. Enjoying the freshly fallen snow


#23

bhamv3

bhamv3

1. Staring at attractive females. (This counts as clean, right?)
2. Accomplishing a good, full day's work.
3. Not accomplishing much at work, because it's a light day.
4. Serendipity. Accidentally stumbling on a cool site, or finding that the software you've used for years actually has a cool feature you never knew about.
5. Lightsabers. Watching a good lightsaber duel, like Ryan vs Brandon, will brighten up any day.

BONUS: Accidentally encountering a hot female coworker you never knew worked at your office, and being able to stare at her all day because it's a light day without a lot of work that needs doing. After a full day of ogling, going home for some lightsabers.


#24

LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

1. Driving through leaves
2. Windy days
3. Inside jokes (Brad, if you read this, this is for you, 'Chip and Dale?')
4. Being married
5. My sewing machine


#25

strawman

strawman

Dave said:
1) Making people laugh.
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Azurephoenix said:
5.) Getting spontaneous hugs from my sons after a crappy day.
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Officer_Charon said:
1) That feeling of completing some long-put-off but necessary chore, preferably one that involves physical labor
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Dirona said:
1) cuddling with my spouse
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ThatNickGuy said:
4) Bicycling
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TommiR said:
1. Finding out new and interesting stuff.
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Shakey said:
1. The smell of a campfire on a cool fall morning
4. Watching a heavy snowfall with very little wind. The kind where there are huge snowflakes that kind of lazily fall.
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GasBandit said:
4) The metallic smell of a freshly opened piece of electronic/computer equipment
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Rovewin said:
5. Enjoying the freshly fallen snow
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#26

Cajungal

Cajungal

1. People watching at a restaurant with Jake
2. Frozen yogurt
3. A thunderstorm--when I've got nowhere to go
4. Zumba
5. This:


#27

Frank

Frank

1. When I've done my job so by the book, precisely, cleanly and professionally that the scumbag I was investigating has no chance in hell of getting away with his heinous bullshit. This has only happened a few times, but every time it has filled me with a sense of satisfaction that I cannot replicate otherwise.

2. Twilight, the time of day not the shitty vampire stuff, in the summer. When the sun has just set, it's cooling off and everything is blue. It is the most comforting time of day for me. Perfect time to have a fire, some beers and some friends around, not to say much, just to sit there and enjoy the time.

3. Getting in a full sized, 2000 point game of 40K. Such a rarity to enjoy it.

4. Prime Rib, as rare as possible without being raw, smothered in salt, pepper, herbs, garlic, au jus and onions.

5. The thought of one day being a pilot which isn't a possibility anymore....still a man can dream.


#28

Cajungal

Cajungal

Just to be clear, the thought of the Spanish Inquisition doesn't make me happy. That song does.


#29

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

Cajungal said:
Just to be clear, the thought of the Spanish Inquisition doesn't make me happy. That song does.
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Too late. I have already judged you as a murderous extremist.


#30

Cajungal

Cajungal

Chad Sexington said:
Too late. I have already judged you as a murderous extremist.
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Aw man.


#30

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

Cajungal said:
Aw man.
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THEMS THE BREAKS, KID


#31

fade

fade

  1. Being outside at night
  2. Lying on the grass
  3. Puzzling out the solution to a problem
  4. When the lines on a drawing work themselves into something interesting
  5. Sailing


#32

jwhouk

jwhouk

fade said:
5. Sailing
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"...takes me a-waaaaayyyy to where I'm goin'..."


#33

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

1. My family even when they make me want to scream
2. Coffee
3. Freshly showered Mr. Wasabi
4. Learning new words in English or other languages
5. Watching the sunset over the ocean


#34

Emrys

Emrys

Tress said:
  1. Crushing my enemies.
  2. Seeing them driven before me.
  3. Hearing the lamentations of their women.
  4. Puppies.
  5. All of the above.
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You stole my bit!

1. Doomweasels (yes, really!)
2. Iced tea. Or hot tea. Tea in general.
3. Pain-free days.
4. The BBC nature programs with David Attenborough. I just love him. Shut up! It's platonic!
5. Halforums (or am I repeating Dave?)


#35

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

Emrys said:
5. Halforums (or am I repeating Dave?)
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Hell nah. We all unique. Comma yo.


#36

Frank

Frank

I like number 3 Emrys.

Frank said:
1. When I've done my job so by the book, precisely, cleanly and professionally that the scumbag I was investigating has no chance in hell of getting away with his heinous bullshit. This has only happened a few times, but every time it has filled me with a sense of satisfaction that I cannot replicate otherwise.

2. Twilight, the time of day not the shitty vampire stuff, in the summer. When the sun has just set, it's cooling off and everything is blue. It is the most comforting time of day for me. Perfect time to have a fire, some beers and some friends around, not to say much, just to sit there and enjoy the time.

3. Getting in a full sized, 2000 point game of 40K. Such a rarity to enjoy it.

4. Prime Rib, as rare as possible without being raw, smothered in salt, pepper, herbs, garlic, au jus and onions.

5. The thought of one day being a pilot which isn't a possibility anymore....still a man can dream.
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I'm changing number 5 to be not having strokes. That makes me happy.


#37

Emrys

Emrys

Chad Sexington said:
Hell nah. We all unique. Comma yo.
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Word.


#38

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Welp, considering we're not allowed to duplicate and most of the things I enjoy are said already, I'm going with:

1: Playing and beating classic era games.
2: Teaching my kids how to play and beat classic era games.
3: Watching them beat a hard classic game with no help from me.
4: Enjoying playing current gen console games with them.
5: The entire family rocking out on Guitar Hero.


#39

CrimsonSoul

CrimsonSoul

1. Riding my motorcycle with the wife wrapped around me
2. Jumping on the trampoline with my kids
3. Sleeping in!
4. Shooting my firearms
5. A particularly good stretch when just waking up


#40

phil

phil

1-5 nothing.

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#41

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

phil said:
1-5 nothing.

grumpycat.jpg
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You are also invited over for dinner.


#42

Dei

Dei

1.) Knowing my kids are going to turn into giant nerds, based on the nerdy things we can already do together (Playing Minecraft, downloading a custom Hogwarts map, and humming Hedwig's theme while we all run around it, as an example)

2.) Having my daughter cheer at the idea of going back to school after a long break, instead of complaining about it.

3.) Watching my 10 year old son kick his Grandpa's butt at chess, when I could never ever do that until well into high school.

4.) Finding a new cooking/baking/candy making recipe and having it turn out awesome! (Found an awesome sponge candy recipe that finally worked and didn't turn out awful 2 weeks ago yay!)

5.) The horrified looks my husband gets on his face before dinner when I tell him "I'm experimenting with dinner tonight."

Bonus answer: Knowing that my 7 year old daughter will totally cosplay with me once I get up the nerve to do it. (and have the time and money to make the thing I really want to make well)


#43

LittleSin

LittleSin

I haven't read the other lists really, so sorry if there's repeats!

1) Introducing Jet to my nerdy hobbies. I asked him who he wanted to dress up for an upcoming con and he said he wanted to be America. I thought he meant Captain America so I bought him a shield but, nope.

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It would have been much easier to do a Captain America out fit, actually....

2) Finishing something. ANything really. I'm such an easily distracted person that finishing anything pumps me up!

3) Drawing for hours. The longer, the better. It really cheers me up!

4) Being silly with like minded people. Tumblr and Omegle appears to be ideal for this.

5) Hanging out with my Sister. I know bitch about her a lot...but I love her, you know?


#44

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

1. Writing ideas: Haven't done this in a while though. I got the block.

2. Criticizing things: I just love criticism, and I feel its underrated.

3. Beating something: Just a small sense of accomplishment that I like.

4. Making people laugh: I can't really explain why I just do.

5. Friends: I don't hang out with people that much being kind-of an introverted sort, but I do enjoy hanging out with people.


#45

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

I honestly don't know anymore. Been trying to figure this out for the last couple years.


#46

BananaHands

BananaHands

Actually attempting to adjust this so I'm not all 'wah wah need someone to make me happy'.

I'll keep you posted. Until then? Whiskey.


#47

LittleSin

LittleSin

Wait, can I add responsible intake of weed and vodka?


#48

BananaHands

BananaHands

LittleSin said:
Wait, can I add responsible intake of weed and vodka?
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Seconded. Unless Officer_Charon sees this. Then GET HER SHE'S A WITCH!


#49

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

She turned me into a newt!


#50

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

North_Ranger said:
She turned me into a newt!
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A newt?!


#51

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

North_Ranger said:
She turned me into a newt!
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Did you get better?


#52

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Chad Sexington said:
A newt?!
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... I got better.


#53

GasBandit

GasBandit

BURN HER ANYWAY


#54

LittleSin

LittleSin

I LOVE YOU ALL.


#55

Adam

Adam

1. The end of a great work out, where you're drenched in sweat and exhausted, but feel energized.
2. My wife's nicknames for me.
3. Seeing one of my employees get recognized by someone else for doing a great job.
4. Hitting the snooze button 4 times before getting up.
5. Finding out my mom keeps every picture of me that is in the paper. Even if she'd never say "I'm proud of you" to my face, the fact that she keeps stuff like that means she is, just doesn't like saying it.


#56

Docseverin

Docseverin

1. The feeling of fear I get before I jump out of a plane.
2. The brief moments in life when I am alone and I can just lay down and think.
3. Sunsets from 12,000ft agl.
4. Landing on target.
5. Waking up and seeing an 80+ on my sleep trend calculator.


#57

Bones

Bones

lets try this:
1. Learning more about the whole of reality and how it works(I am an environmental scientist, the universe as a gigantic webbed system is like my favorite thing ever.)
2. Sleeping in my big comfy chair under a warm blanket
3. Watching anime and playing anything with my friends and cracking off comments.
4. hunting for rare anime(woooo its what I do on my days off from work, which are rare these days)
5. bringing joy to people who need it, I am not a happy person, I am the very grumpy cat, but when I see other people happy it makes me feel like maybe my existance is not a complete burden on the people who know me.


#58

Bowielee

Bowielee

1) Getting a good grade on a paper I've worked particularly hard on.
2) Statistically significant results
3) Finally finding time to beat one of the literally hundreds of games I have sitting around the house and on my Steam account.
4) Cuddling up to my dog and watching a movie on one of my few days off.
5) I have to say, as sad as it sounds, coming here and posting. I know I'm not one of the big time awesome posters, but I like having an outlet to let my crazy out.


#59

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Bowielee said:
5) I have to say, as sad as it sounds, coming here and posting. I know I'm not one of the big time awesome posters, but I like having an outlet to let my crazy out.
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Amen to that, my brother from another mother.


#60

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Bowielee said:
I like having an outlet to let my crazy out.
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Ditto.


#61

Necronic

Necronic

Having a program I've written compile and run correctly on the first try

This hasn't happened yet.....


#62

GasBandit

GasBandit

Necronic said:
Having a program I've written compile and run correctly on the first try

This hasn't happened yet.....
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No joke.

10 print "HELLO WORLD"
20 goto 10

run

GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT


#63

Bowielee

Bowielee

GasBandit said:
No joke.

10 print "HELLO WORLD"
20 goto 10

run

GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT
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Wait, isn't that Apple Basic? The goto memories.....


#64

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bowielee said:
Wait, isn't that Apple Basic? The goto memories.....
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Well, it's the same on all versions of basic, really... be it the apple 2, commodore 64, dos's BASIC and BASICA, etc.


#65

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Lately, though, this girl's music puts me in a better mood. It's so Goddamn happy.



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