You would riskgetting stuck ina local-maximaof collectivewellbeingIt'sphysiologicallyimpossible toalways behappyAre you goingto forcepeople to behappy? I'drather dieHaven'tyou seenInsideOut?There's no suchthing ashyperthymia -they are justlying about theirfeelingsIt'ssociologicallyimpossibleGeneticallyencoded blisswould destroyall of theauthenticity wehave leftYou cannot beboth smartand blissful atthe same timeYou can'thavepleasurewithoutsufferingIsometimeslike beingsadHaven't youseen theeffects thatdrugs haveon people?The veryconcept ofhappinessrequirescontrastWisepeople arestoics, nothedonistsWe alreadyknow that "lifeis suffering" asthe BuddhasaidIf we werealwayshappy lifewould beboringThe meaningof life comesfromsufferingPain serves afunction thatcannot bereplaced byanything elseYou are basicallyproposing to pumpProzac into thebloodstream ofnewbornsAgencycomes frombeing able tochoose notto sufferSuffering isnecessary toatone oursins (originalsin doctrine)This isbasically"Brave NewWorld"Predators arenecessary forthe health ofecosystems!TheSingularity isgoing tohappen beforethis anywayNozick'sexperiencemachine is afoolproofrebuttal to yourideasYou know,some of thegreatest artwas inspiredby suffering!You would riskgetting stuck ina local-maximaof collectivewellbeingIt'sphysiologicallyimpossible toalways behappyAre you goingto forcepeople to behappy? I'drather dieHaven'tyou seenInsideOut?There's no suchthing ashyperthymia -they are justlying about theirfeelingsIt'ssociologicallyimpossibleGeneticallyencoded blisswould destroyall of theauthenticity wehave leftYou cannot beboth smartand blissful atthe same timeYou can'thavepleasurewithoutsufferingIsometimeslike beingsadHaven't youseen theeffects thatdrugs haveon people?The veryconcept ofhappinessrequirescontrastWisepeople arestoics, nothedonistsWe alreadyknow that "lifeis suffering" asthe BuddhasaidIf we werealwayshappy lifewould beboringThe meaningof life comesfromsufferingPain serves afunction thatcannot bereplaced byanything elseYou are basicallyproposing to pumpProzac into thebloodstream ofnewbornsAgencycomes frombeing able tochoose notto sufferSuffering isnecessary toatone oursins (originalsin doctrine)This isbasically"Brave NewWorld"Predators arenecessary forthe health ofecosystems!TheSingularity isgoing tohappen beforethis anywayNozick'sexperiencemachine is afoolproofrebuttal to yourideasYou know,some of thegreatest artwas inspiredby suffering!

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