What is Hedonism??

i tinkz headonizzum iz about blowjobz

 

bwahaha... and jailmate is my fav for a reason. sign me up for teh church and a blowjob

 

suchjobz are nut part uv duh holy inkantation, jerk!

 

can we call it the book of slink? or is that too edgy and up to date?

 

call it wut uh must, however alwayz eat yoh veggyz.

 

"this is life not a rehearsal for life so go out into the world and live for the moment (Carpe Diem) Live for the day and forget about tomorrow - deal with that when it happens"

Wow you so wrong... Alot of these posts are wrong. Hedonism isnt about finding your next beer bottle, or smokeing blunts all day. Its about finding serenity in life. Whatever gives you long time serenity in life is the thing you should do...

 

Baccus said

I was sorely tempted to begin laughing real bad at that !! So you havent read anything of the etymology of the word "hedonist" Havent looked into its philosophies where it was held in high regard in England between about 1770 and 1890, and then again from the 1920's till about 1931 - so you havent read anything by the ancient Greek hedonists??? In fact you just looked on wikipedia or something

http://www.etymonline.com
So it rather looks like hedonism is the art of making something pleasant to:
eg: touch, think about, see , hear, etc etc etc it is a philosophy that the highest good is pleasure - the English elevated this to mean that one should not form habits - failure is the formation of an habitual act in which pleasure is therefore lessened. See the works of Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater - pater thought that one should see every event that was similar, as a unique and refreshed occurence. Wilde believed sensual pleasure was the highest form unless it was an habitual use of one sense and one stimuli and that people buy jewlery and douse themselves in different perfumes etc because of it but the pleasures of the senses are the ones that corrupt while the pleasure of the mind lead one to virtue. It is worth reading Epicurius
http://www.etymonline.com

 

Heres my take on Hedonsim. (Hedonsim as a lifestly not just sexual gratification as some descriptions of Hedoism seem to lead down the path of sexual excess)
True Hedoinsm requires a certain amout of self discipline. You want to do what you want/wilt/wish be it Climb Mountains or sit on your sofa smoking dope -and why not do both ?
If you reach for the Bong and the Kitkats then thats self gratification its fun and fufilling-but for how long? Certany not a lifetime If you dont plan ahead and sort out your rent/bills/shopping. So that requires discipline and planning to ejoye the expeice proplely.
Hedonism as a lifestly choilce should last a lifetime , that requires some planning and discipline. Here is the paradox of it though "Why work hard at enjoying yourself"
because IMHO theres a great divide between self gratification and Hedonsim.
One analogy would be the diffrence between mastubation and sex, both are enjoyable. But mastubation if self graiificaton and hedonsm is sex (and if done propely gratifies 2 or more)
A sucsfull practicioner of Hedonsism will lead by example and other will follow. So the Hedonst takes the time and makes the decisosion him/herself. Engaging in congnitive dissidence and lawbreaking but of his own back, by following his own philosiply. Example Dope smoking, Legally outlawed but practiced through choise and in this day and age fully aware of the consequences.

Is it Hedosnistic to inflict your choice of music onto others at every traffic light?

Is it Hedonsitic to invite a few freinds round for a gathering?

Is it Hedonsitic to pull a few overtime shifts so you can afford a extra coupe of nighst out or pay for that festival ticket?

Is it hedonsitic to say "Nahh I'l pass" when somone offers to buy a Driver a pint of beer?

I'm not knocking Hedonism I think its the way towards enlightnemt to be honest. I think humans are driven my Eros not Thanatos and the searc for pleaure has taken us ot of the caves into the hi rise block and back out inot the feilds.

 

i have a question.... k lets say drugs feel good for the moment but in the long run they hurt you... so why would you do it? why do something that feels good if it is only temperary????? i have something that lasts so much longer and is so much better than all that!!!!!!!!!!!JESUS CHRIST

 

I try to follow a hedonistic lifestyle, and to me that just means to do whatever will make me happiest in the long run. I weigh out the cons and the pros and try to increase the happiness of me and all of those around me. Putting the happiness of others above my happiness because making others happy makes me happy, so really I guess I am putting my happiness above others' happiness.

 

and it gives me my daily dose of hedonism to gaze at the words across your tight t-shirt...you above......pity the face is cut off.