Delayed gratification could lead to more sustained happiness.
406 sats \ 6 replies \ @pillar 15 Aug 2022
And cigarettes. What helped me most to quit was to do the following: everytime I was feeling like lighting one up, I imagined a bunch of suited motherfuckers in a meeting room in some skyscraper laughing at us, smoking idiots, while counting the billions they earned.
I instantly thought: "no way I'm gonna give you that pleasure".
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1294 sats \ 4 replies \ @tomlaies 15 Aug 2022
I really dislike the conspiracy-bullshit lingo getting so mainstream. I don't want to accuse you here of being a conspiracy theorist - but don't spread their bullshit lingo.
There is no monocle wearing secret elite planning the whole world like in Batman. I really hate how this simple minded train of thought of people who don't want to take their lives into their own hand, need a scapegoat to blame or atheists desperately hoping someone to be in charge take this narrative mainstream. It's bs.
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25 sats \ 3 replies \ @pillar 15 Aug 2022
I agree that the Dr. Evil hidding in a cave is a naive vision of the world.
But I struggle to understand why would you consider my description closer to a conspiracy than to what a board meeting at JTI or Philip Morris might look like. I guess they don't laugh like maniacs, but I'm pretty sure that they do meet in some tall offfice building, they do count their billions, and they do think we are idiots.
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26 sats \ 2 replies \ @tomlaies 15 Aug 2022
There are probably a certain percentage of them smokers as well. They're not evil elites - they just genuinely think they're selling a normal product - like all people from unethical companies convinced themselves they do. I also doubt that they are looking down on us - they're shitting their pants right now because of loosing customers fast and fear loosing their jobs when 60yo Peter from Virginia complains a lot on the shareholder meting and it convinces too many shareholders.
All that aside, my main point was that I don't like the lingo.
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 15 Aug 2022
Phillip Morris is getting out of the cigarette game and moving towards the addictive drug delivery system game:
https://www.pmi.com/smoke-free-products
People who think this company's leadership doesn't know what's going on are naive.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 15 Aug 2022
Their revenue and profit have been stagnating for many many years and their stock massively underperformed the market. The smokeless products are a panic reaction - they are trying to cling to relevance and are utterly failing at it. C-level management knows that for sure.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @GRIN 15 Aug 2022
Smart thinking. Essentially arriving to the conclusion of not wanting to be a victim or taken advantage of.
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211 sats \ 6 replies \ @User21000000 14 Aug 2022
The gov wants you drunk and sick so you don’t see what they are doing
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110 sats \ 4 replies \ @f6287b82CC84bcbd 15 Aug 2022
That's why in communist countries alcohol is very cheap (i.e. China / Myanmar)
Drunk people don't start revolutions easily
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tech5 OP 19 Aug 2022
Yep
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @tomlaies 15 Aug 2022
That's why elites are so known for not drinking Champagne, Whisky and smoking cigars ... wait what
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @f6287b82CC84bcbd 19 Aug 2022
just for show.
And nothing wrong with indulging every now again in high time preference activities every now and again in moderation.
Cocaine and Hookers.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @crawdaddy 22 Jan 2023
Did a search for cocaine and wasn't disappointed!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gms 14 Aug 2022
In fact it is the other way around, in times of crisis people want to avoid reality or problems and take refuge in alcohol.
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119 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 15 Aug 2022
Unless you are making your own beer... Then that's sovereignty 😛
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @GRIN 15 Aug 2022
Top comment right here lol
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308 sats \ 2 replies \ @2big2fail 14 Aug 2022
100% true. price alcohol in sats
lowest time preference is the discipline of delayed gratification
the hardest trade is the one we make with ourself
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @CypherPoet 27 Aug 2022
Dirty secret: You don’t even need low time preference.
I get instant gratification by not destroying my brain cells and drinking things that are actually refreshing and rejuvenating like coffee, tea, lemonades, greens-and-reds formulas, milk, and ice-cold water 😀
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tech5 OP 28 Aug 2022
Nice, I like that change of reference, thank you!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 15 Aug 2022
Teetotaling bitcoiners need to read more Jordan Peterson
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/jordan-peterson-clean-your-room/
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 15 Aug 2022
I think one must differentiate between getting drunk for the sake of getting drunk and afficionado stuff like fine wine or Whisky ... The later is for pure enjoyment - not everyone has to like it but if one does why not enjoy this one life on this beautiful earth with all of its facets.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @notgeld 15 Aug 2022
This is why I find it strange to buy whiskey for bitcoins on Scarce.city.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 15 Aug 2022
Anything that sedates you, reduces your ability to think, react, puts your life in danger for the sake of a good time has to be high time preference. Anything that flourishes under the fiat system and is glamourised as acceptable has to be high time preference.
Nothing wrong with having a glass if you really like it, but I would rather not waste time funding certain industries with my purchasing power and stack sats instead
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Majjin 15 Aug 2022
All vices (porn, alcohol, drugs, etc.) are high time preference. They give you fast pleasure and sedation in exchange for slow pain and problems.
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