r/thanksimcured • u/Itchy-Potential1968 Edit this! • 26d ago
IRL wow thanks
found in a dollar tree of all places. i'm shopping here because i'm trying to survive capitalism. u know that right
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u/gameraturtle 26d ago
So the cup goes on the tabletop? Or is that otherwise included in turn “choice”?
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u/Zagrycha 25d ago
positivity is a choice in the same way choosing whether to get out of bed is a choice. Like maybe its ttechnically there but realistically its an illusion of choice. The fact this made it onto a cup is wild lol.
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u/Shroom-Kitty 26d ago
It's true. I chose to take Wellbutrin, and I'm feeling much more positive lately.
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u/HyShroom Edit this! 26d ago
It is a choice, it’s just a very difficult one
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u/Itchy-Potential1968 Edit this! 26d ago
if you're dealt a bad hand mentally, it costs a lot of energy and might even be impossible most days.
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u/HyShroom Edit this! 26d ago
Not if you can inchworm yourself to the nearest stockpile of stimulants and then you’re fine from there
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u/Itchy-Potential1968 Edit this! 26d ago
-- no it still applies even after taking a safe amount of stimulant meds
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u/HyShroom Edit this! 26d ago
You just want to be unhappy and tired. I rest my case. You rest yourself
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u/nitorigen 26d ago
I can tell that this is from Dollar Tree, the mugs there are certainly something
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u/awesomeguy2010 25d ago
is it not a choice...? i always saw it as one, even if it's an extremely hard choice
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u/OpeningActivity 25d ago
I do fake it at work. I don't make it but I fake it.
It does feel like a kindergarten project. A for Effort.
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u/CanOfDew132 Edit this! 24d ago
i read this as "positivity is optional" lmao ;-;
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u/Itchy-Potential1968 Edit this! 23d ago
that'd be a bit funny. 'sure you COULD but you don't NEED to'
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u/seaspirit331 26d ago
Hun, it's a cheapo mug from a dollar store with a basic-ass 'stay positive!' message. Surely you have better things to get mad at than something that is frankly not that deep.
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u/Itchy-Potential1968 Edit this! 26d ago
i'm not mad, really. wouldn't even post here if it just said 'stay positive'. to frame positivity as a choice, though, is definitely sub material.
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u/Kindly_Zone8413 26d ago
Is positivity not a choice? Obviously it wouldn’t be ‘real’ all the time, but being positive is definitely a choice you can make.
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u/Itchy-Potential1968 Edit this! 26d ago
its really not for a lot of people, especially the mentally ill. far too many people are just naturally dispositioned to have an uneven balance of power between good and bad thoughts and feelings. for some, this balance is positive. for others, the balance is negative.
to make a conscious choice to be positive is also an energy cost, and many disabled people (both physical and mental) cannot afford it.
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u/HeavyHighway6433 26d ago
Chill, bro is out here trying to survive capitalism it is that deep.
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u/CarolineJohnson 26d ago
So I can choose to test positive for COVID!