# Shiny, happy people **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006 "2001-12-05T10:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/1 "2001-12-05T10:32:49Z")
We bitch, moan, rant and whine about all the annoying things in this world. We vent, we debate, we ridicule, we laugh, we query, and we sometimes bore… We also smile 🙂 This is very mundane and very pointless and I probably could’ve refrained from sharing it, but here goes : I’m happy. Extremely happy. Did something happen ? No. I just realised that I consider myself one of the luckiest, happiest people in the world, and right now I can’t contain it. I’m smiling like an idiot as I type this… I’ve had bad stuff happen to me (who hasn’t?) and I’m sure more bad stuff will happen in the future, but I know I can handle it. I am happy with who I am, I’m happy with where I’m going, and I plan on having a s\*\*tload of fun getting there. Join in and spread the happiness. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/2 "2001-12-05T10:47:45Z")
Happy? Bah humbug!! I can’t sleep, just got laid off:(, my head hurts. I am finding it difficult to be happy right now. Sorry for the buzz kill. Resume with your happiness. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/3 "2001-12-05T11:37:21Z")
No matter how bad my day, wearing red socks can improve it. I become a shiny happy person when I’m wearing red socks. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/4 "2001-12-05T13:26:18Z")
…can bite my shiny metal ass. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/5 "2001-12-05T13:32:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mauvaise \* > \*\*…can bite my shiny metal ass. \*\* Sounds to me like someone isn’t wearing his red socks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/6 "2001-12-05T13:40:53Z")
You beat me to it, **Mauvaise**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/7 "2001-12-05T13:48:46Z")
Happy, happy, happy! Oh, and shiny, too! I have a new outfit on, my house is decorated, it’s less than 2 weeks to my Chrismas party, and it’s actually getting cool in the evenings now! Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/8 "2001-12-05T14:49:35Z")
Hell, whenever I’m on catnip, I’m a shiny happy cat! _capers about gleefully_ (Yes, I just had my hourly catnip dose. Howja know? :)) ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/9 "2001-12-06T08:44:23Z")
Bump 🙂 Surely there are more happy Dopers out there… Don’t completely disillusion me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/10 "2001-12-06T09:02:34Z")
i have a wider smile 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/11 "2001-12-06T09:07:23Z")
Yeah, I actually am happy. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/12 "2001-12-06T09:20:15Z")
_Looks at post above_ _Looks at poster_ Oh no! It’s… _The Auntie Creaky_! _Scurries away frantically in an attempt to avoid the **Dreaded Pink Tutu of Doom** [sup]TM[/sup]_ ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/13 "2001-12-06T13:18:54Z")
I’m very happy right now. I have a headache, I’m up too early and my kid is screaming, and I have to go to work in an hour, but dammit, I’m happy. See: 😃 [sub]and I am too[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/14 "2001-12-06T13:21:12Z")
I am a happy person! I mean, GENERALLY happy. I like my life, I like my work (usually), I enjoy the company I choose to keep, my pets, my home, and my new fuzzy sweater. I can be brought to giggling hysterics with some stupid joke that no one else laughs at. I can be cheered up with a three dollar bottle of nail polish. Knitting makes me happy. I mean, it really, REALLY makes me entertained and makes me feel like I’m being productive and I’m talented. Oh, and Christmas makes me happy too. And my birthday is on Christmas Eve! Happy, happy, happy! -L ---
**Author:** ![Santino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Santino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santino)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/15 "2001-12-06T15:07:42Z")
If you’re happy, enjoy it; the pendulum of human emotion will swing you back into despair eventually. There are loads of philosphical takes happiness,one of my favorites,or at least one of the ones I can remember (because its short) is from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran, which basically said that Joy and Sorrow are inseperable, and if one is with you, the other is always nearby. Myself, I’m not happy yet, but only because I haven’t had my happy-juice yet. Me like happy-juice, happy juice goooooooooood. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/16 "2001-12-06T15:18:42Z")
“The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. And they spoke to him, “Master, speak to us of Strong Drink”. And he asked of them, “My children, have you ever seen an animal stumbling about as though it were blind and disregarding those who spake unto it?” And they responded, “No, Master, we have not.” And the MAster replied “Then thou hast not seenth my horse.” Screw it, I’m burning any red socks I find in the house. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/17 "2001-12-06T15:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cougarfang \* > \*\*_Scurries away frantically in an attempt to avoid the **Dreaded Pink Tutu of Doom** [sup]TM[/sup]_ \*\* What the heck are YOU complaining about?? _I_ got dressed up in a SAILOR SUIT, so don’t even try to complain to me. 😛 I’m pretty happy. Could be happier, but it’s not so bad. End of the semester is coming up, so the happiness quotient should go WAY up soon. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/18 "2001-12-06T15:36:33Z")
{Carlin voice on} I’m fine, just not dandy. I’ve never been both fine and dandy at the same time. Perhaps after I get some sleep, I will be dandy. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-happy-people/97006/19 "2001-12-07T07:56:47Z")
Just happy to be alive. Have many happy memories. Hope my nose is not shiny. 🙂