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# Sacrificing Happiness
In many cases, happiness is a rather selfish desire where we prioritize our personal wellbeing at the expense of others. We might roast someone else for laughs, take someone else's opportunity, flake on a birthday party for something more fun, and more. In these cases, sometimes it's okay not to be happy because it's more important to be virtuous. Even in our short and potentially meaningless lives, we can do a lot of good and a lot of bad. The universe may have chosen to make you suffer more than others. Some of us might just be unlucky. But in the end, our pursuit of happiness should not be at the cost of others. Somtimes, it's okay to suffer. It's what makes us human.

> You might agree with everything I've said, so I want to challenge you to the following situation: let's say you get married and have a child with your signficiant other (SO). But at some point, you realize you and your SO are not meant for one another. You don't love each other anymore and want nothing to do with one another. What's the collateral? The collateral is your child, who will suffer from the lack of a stable household with both parents, which is stasticially shown to do undue harm to them[^1]. Despite this, most people I've asked would choose to divorce in order to be happy. How is this more acceptable than stealing a $100 item from Walmart? You're doing a lot more damage than that, but divorce is not as frowned upon as theft. What would you choose?
> You might agree with everything I've said, so I want to challenge you to the following situation: let's say you get married and have a child with your signficiant other (SO). But at some point, you realize you and your SO are not meant for one another. You don't love each other anymore and want nothing to do with one another. You may choose to divorce. What's the collateral? The collateral is your child, who will suffer from the lack of a stable household with both parents, which is stasticially shown to do undue harm to them[^1]. Despite this, most people I've asked would choose to divorce in order to be happy. How is this more acceptable than stealing a $100 item from Walmart? You're doing a lot more damage than that, but divorce is not as frowned upon as theft. What would you choose?
> I talk about issues in this piece that are pretty uncontroversial in nature. This was intentional. I want you to think about some more serious situations where this thought process may be more controversial, because that's where it truly matters.
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