Isometimeslike beingsadPain serves afunction thatcannot bereplaced byanything elseNozick'sexperiencemachine is afoolproofrebuttal to yourideasWisepeople arestoics, nothedonistsAgencycomes frombeing able tochoose notto sufferPredators arenecessary forthe health ofecosystems!If we werealwayshappy lifewould beboringThere's no suchthing ashyperthymia -they are justlying about theirfeelingsAre you goingto forcepeople to behappy? I'drather dieThis isbasically"Brave NewWorld"Suffering isnecessary toatone oursins (originalsin doctrine)We alreadyknow that "lifeis suffering" asthe BuddhasaidYou cannot beboth smartand blissful atthe same timeHaven't youseen theeffects thatdrugs haveon people?You know,some of thegreatest artwas inspiredby suffering!You can'thavepleasurewithoutsufferingIt'sphysiologicallyimpossible toalways behappyThe veryconcept ofhappinessrequirescontrastYou are basicallyproposing to pumpProzac into thebloodstream ofnewbornsYou would riskgetting stuck ina local-maximaof collectivewellbeingTheSingularity isgoing tohappen beforethis anywayGeneticallyencoded blisswould destroyall of theauthenticity wehave leftHaven'tyou seenInsideOut?The meaningof life comesfromsufferingIt'ssociologicallyimpossibleIsometimeslike beingsadPain serves afunction thatcannot bereplaced byanything elseNozick'sexperiencemachine is afoolproofrebuttal to yourideasWisepeople arestoics, nothedonistsAgencycomes frombeing able tochoose notto sufferPredators arenecessary forthe health ofecosystems!If we werealwayshappy lifewould beboringThere's no suchthing ashyperthymia -they are justlying about theirfeelingsAre you goingto forcepeople to behappy? I'drather dieThis isbasically"Brave NewWorld"Suffering isnecessary toatone oursins (originalsin doctrine)We alreadyknow that "lifeis suffering" asthe BuddhasaidYou cannot beboth smartand blissful atthe same timeHaven't youseen theeffects thatdrugs haveon people?You know,some of thegreatest artwas inspiredby suffering!You can'thavepleasurewithoutsufferingIt'sphysiologicallyimpossible toalways behappyThe veryconcept ofhappinessrequirescontrastYou are basicallyproposing to pumpProzac into thebloodstream ofnewbornsYou would riskgetting stuck ina local-maximaof collectivewellbeingTheSingularity isgoing tohappen beforethis anywayGeneticallyencoded blisswould destroyall of theauthenticity wehave leftHaven'tyou seenInsideOut?The meaningof life comesfromsufferingIt'ssociologicallyimpossible

Responses to the Hedonistic Imperative - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. I sometimes like being sad
  2. Pain serves a function that cannot be replaced by anything else
  3. Nozick's experience machine is a foolproof rebuttal to your ideas
  4. Wise people are stoics, not hedonists
  5. Agency comes from being able to choose not to suffer
  6. Predators are necessary for the health of ecosystems!
  7. If we were always happy life would be boring
  8. There's no such thing as hyperthymia - they are just lying about their feelings
  9. Are you going to force people to be happy? I'd rather die
  10. This is basically "Brave New World"
  11. Suffering is necessary to atone our sins (original sin doctrine)
  12. We already know that "life is suffering" as the Buddha said
  13. You cannot be both smart and blissful at the same time
  14. Haven't you seen the effects that drugs have on people?
  15. You know, some of the greatest art was inspired by suffering!
  16. You can't have pleasure without suffering
  17. It's physiologically impossible to always be happy
  18. The very concept of happiness requires contrast
  19. You are basically proposing to pump Prozac into the bloodstream of newborns
  20. You would risk getting stuck in a local-maxima of collective wellbeing
  21. The Singularity is going to happen before this anyway
  22. Genetically encoded bliss would destroy all of the authenticity we have left
  23. Haven't you seen Inside Out?
  24. The meaning of life comes from suffering
  25. It's sociologically impossible