Predators arenecessary forthe health ofecosystems!You can'thavepleasurewithoutsufferingAre you goingto forcepeople to behappy? I'drather dieIt'sphysiologicallyimpossible toalways behappyIf we werealwayshappy lifewould beboringWisepeople arestoics, nothedonistsThe veryconcept ofhappinessrequirescontrastIt'ssociologicallyimpossibleWe alreadyknow that "lifeis suffering" asthe BuddhasaidThere's no suchthing ashyperthymia -they are justlying about theirfeelingsTheSingularity isgoing tohappen beforethis anywaySuffering isnecessary toatone oursins (originalsin doctrine)Nozick'sexperiencemachine is afoolproofrebuttal to yourideasHaven'tyou seenInsideOut?Geneticallyencoded blisswould destroyall of theauthenticity wehave leftThe meaningof life comesfromsufferingHaven't youseen theeffects thatdrugs haveon people?You are basicallyproposing to pumpProzac into thebloodstream ofnewbornsYou cannot beboth smartand blissful atthe same timeYou know,some of thegreatest artwas inspiredby suffering!Isometimeslike beingsadThis isbasically"Brave NewWorld"You would riskgetting stuck ina local-maximaof collectivewellbeingAgencycomes frombeing able tochoose notto sufferPain serves afunction thatcannot bereplaced byanything elsePredators arenecessary forthe health ofecosystems!You can'thavepleasurewithoutsufferingAre you goingto forcepeople to behappy? I'drather dieIt'sphysiologicallyimpossible toalways behappyIf we werealwayshappy lifewould beboringWisepeople arestoics, nothedonistsThe veryconcept ofhappinessrequirescontrastIt'ssociologicallyimpossibleWe alreadyknow that "lifeis suffering" asthe BuddhasaidThere's no suchthing ashyperthymia -they are justlying about theirfeelingsTheSingularity isgoing tohappen beforethis anywaySuffering isnecessary toatone oursins (originalsin doctrine)Nozick'sexperiencemachine is afoolproofrebuttal to yourideasHaven'tyou seenInsideOut?Geneticallyencoded blisswould destroyall of theauthenticity wehave leftThe meaningof life comesfromsufferingHaven't youseen theeffects thatdrugs haveon people?You are basicallyproposing to pumpProzac into thebloodstream ofnewbornsYou cannot beboth smartand blissful atthe same timeYou know,some of thegreatest artwas inspiredby suffering!Isometimeslike beingsadThis isbasically"Brave NewWorld"You would riskgetting stuck ina local-maximaof collectivewellbeingAgencycomes frombeing able tochoose notto sufferPain serves afunction thatcannot bereplaced byanything else

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