Jimmy Carr nailed something a lot of us feel but can’t explain.
We’re living better than 99.9% of humans who ever walked the earth, hot showers, modern medicine, endless entertainment, kids that actually survive infancy, yet so many of us feel miserable.
He calls it “life dysmorphia.” We get used to how good we have it (the hedonic treadmill), then compare ourselves to everyone else and tank our own happiness.
As he puts it: happiness = quality of life minus envy.
Marcus Aurelius put it perfectly: “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
When was the last time you caught yourself feeling unhappy despite objectively having it pretty damn good?
So Russia is banned from FIFA because of their invasion of Ukraine, but America is allowed to HOST THE FIFA GAMES WHILE BOMBING IRAN???
HOW DOES THAT WORK?????
Zimbabwe is a very difficult place to live if you are just an ordinary citizen trying to get on with your life.
Yesterday, a young man got in touch with me seeking financial assistance to travel to Zimbabwe because he had lost his father. I helped him, and his bus left Johannesburg at 5 p.m. It travelled all the way to Zimbabwe and got to the border in the morning, where it was cleared. It then continued its journey into Zimbabwe.
When the bus got to Bubi, ZIMRA officials, who are Zimbabwe’s customs officials, sent it all the way back to the border for another search.
As I write this, that bus is back at the border. This young man left Johannesburg yesterday at 5 p.m., and it is now past 6 p.m. the following day. He had already done more than half of his journey from Johannesburg, only to be forced back.
I honestly do not understand why our government makes life so painful and difficult for ordinary people. It is cruel, painful, and heartbreaking.
This is one of the reasons many young Zimbabweans do not want to return home when they complete their studies. If you are not part of the political elite circle, life can be incredibly difficult. Even those who are trying to live by the book and simply live normal lives are subjected to unnecessary hardship.
It is heartbreaking. It is sad. The once respected Zimbabwe has become a mafia state.
For the first time in recorded history, more women are employed than men in America, and it’s sticking.
Helen Andrews broke this down on The Charlie Kirk Show. Prime-age male labor force participation has been falling for decades (from ~98% in the 1950s to around 88-89% now), while female participation rose and stayed high. This isn’t just a recession blip, it’s structural.
The consequences go beyond economics. Women tend not to marry men who earn less or are unemployed, which is accelerating declines in marriage and birth rates. Legal pressures around gender discrimination lawsuits are also pushing companies to prioritize female hiring and promotions to protect themselves.
Studies show adverse shocks to male employment significantly reduce marriage rates, fertility, and increase single-parent households.
This one really makes you think. We’re watching a slow demographic and cultural shift that’s reshaping family formation in real time.
Long-term male workforce dropout doesn’t just hurt men, it creates mismatches that suppress marriage, lower birth rates, and strain society’s long-term stability.
What do you think is the biggest driver behind declining male workforce participation, economic changes, cultural shifts, policy, or something else?
Renee - Lost Boyz (1996) 🔥🔥
Produced by “Buttnaked” Tim Dawg & Mr. Sexxx
That smooth, storytelling Queens classic about the girl who got away. One of the most replayable emotional bangers from ’96.
This is a clip that is so on point it may be very uncomfortable for some to watch. However, the Chinese man featured in the clip is saying out loud what I have written about at length and many academics have articulated.
You’ll have to excuse the captions which struggles with his Chinese accent, but that doesn’t detract from the message.
🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/FvZxHZpe4Z
En arrivant au Brésil et en étant témoin de l'esclavage de près, Charles Darwin écrivit :
« Près de Rio de Janeiro, ma voisine d'en face était une vieille dame qui possédait des vis-pouces avec lesquelles elle écrasait les doigts de ses esclaves. Dans une maison où j'avais séjourné auparavant, un jeune serviteur mulâtre était, chaque jour et à toute heure, insulté, battu et pourchassé avec une fureur capable de décourager jusqu'au plus vil des animaux.
J'ai vu un enfant de six ou sept ans frappé à la tête avec un fouet (avant que je puisse intervenir) parce qu'il m'avait servi un verre d'eau légèrement trouble...
Et ce sont là des actes commis par des hommes qui prétendent aimer leur prochain comme eux-mêmes, qui croient en Dieu, et qui prient pour que Sa volonté soit faite sur terre !
Le sang bout dans nos veines et nos cœurs s'emballent quand nous songeons que nous, les Anglais, et nos descendants américains avec leurs cris fanfarons pour la liberté, avons été et sommes encore coupables de cet énorme crime. »
(Charles Darwin, Le Voyage du Beagle)