Discussion Would you take Joy if it was real

[blackjack711]

There's a game called We Happy Few and in it there's a drug called Joy, it makes anyone who takes it instantly happy, to the extent they'd see a corpse as someone sleeping or something else that's 'happy' if Joy or something like it existed would you take it? I've been thinking about this myself for a long time and just want to know what other people think

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Nope. I'd rather be non existent than take such a drug.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Assuming that the effects are temporary and that it wouldn't cause any negative long-term side effects, I would probably try it out. I would never it take regularly though. You feel negative emotions for a reason and being in a constant state of extreme joy kind of sounds hellish.

 

[whitetaildeer]

 

[idelttoilfsadness21]

I was born with joy... Oddly, that's my middle name too. I was born a happy child, did everything with happiness, even when I was struggling... It does exists, but if you mean to say this world to be transformed into joy temporarily? Fuck no!! It will still pretend and forget it's the problem. I don't need that. I want a real world with joy, this shit is not it!!

Edit: maladaptive daydreamer who gaslights herself here and whimsical soul who cultivates stories and love art :D

 

[blackjack711]

Assuming that the effects are temporary and that it wouldn't cause any negative long-term side effects, I would probably try it out. I would never it take regularly though. You feel negative emotions for a reason and being in a constant state of extreme joy kind of sounds hellish.

The effects are temporary each pill lasts a few hours. The only 'side effect' is the chance you can become a downer, someone who cannot take joy anymore. Essentially your body starts rejecting it

 

[NonEssential]

No, because that only hides problems, it doesn't fix them.

 

[Prism]

I'd try it.

 

[blackjack711]

Figured this might help

 

[human909]

I wouldn't, i don't want to be drugged in anything.

 

[avalonisburning]

I came into this thread thinking you were referring to the Joy from the Lisa series, which makes the person who ingests it feel nothing and eventually transform into a bloodthirsty and disfigured mutant.

I wouldn't. It seems like the Joy in WHF just forces you to hallucinate that everything is okay. I prefer genuine misery over fake and transient happiness that I would have to chase with drugs.

 

[blackjack711]

I came into this thread thinking you were referring to the Joy from the Lisa series, which makes the person who ingests it feel nothing and eventually transform into a bloodthirsty and disfigured mutant.

I wouldn't. It seems like the Joy in WHF just forces you to hallucinate that everything is okay. I prefer genuine misery over fake and transient happiness that I would have to chase with drugs.

I've never heard of that series, I'll have to check it out.
I have a similar reason to not take it as you, but sometimes I wonder is any happiness would be better than none

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I'd never wish to suffer in this torturous, futile existence no matter what, as long as I exist I'll only hope and wish to not exist, I personally don't believe in the idea of happiness of existing rather I see existence as an abomination that just causes suffering all for the sake of it and problems there were never a need for with no limit as to how much agony one can feel, I'll always find it the most cruel burden to exist and it's a burden that only eternal nothingness can bring me peace from, the fact that this existence was even imposed is a tragedy to me.

 

[heisenberg]

no, i can't see myself enjoying life even if there was a magic pill for my depression. i would want to take something that masks it even more.

 

[Namelesa]

The effects are temporary each pill lasts a few hours. The only 'side effect' is the chance you can become a downer, someone who cannot take joy anymore. Essentially your body starts rejecting it

If my body has a chance to become tolerate of it and/or starts rejecting it, I wouldn't do it. If there were no side effects and wasn't expensive and was sustainable I would take it often as that is at least better than being depressed most of the time tho if I was more able to ctb I would do that instead.

 

[before20]

Honestly? Yeah. By the time I'd regret it I'd probably be a few months too deep into it.

 

[painIess]

I would just to know how it feels like

Then I'd try to OD it

 

[kunikuzushi]

No. Then I would be like all those people telling me to look on the bright side and that life is beautiful. I don't want to be delusional.