Is Ignorance Truly Bliss?

[Goldie]

We've all heard the phrase, but do you agree with it? Is ignorance truly bliss?

If your s/o was cheating, would it be better to not know and continue thinking you were in a perfect relationship?

or would you want to know and end something that up to that point was perfect?


If your favorite meal was made out of rat meat, would u prefer not to know and continue eating your favorite meal happily or would you want to know you're eating rat meat!


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[Race Jones]

Yes because Elzo and the crew be out here enjoying life with soup for brains

 

[ChicagoFigure]

I wanna know at all costs. It would be dumb to purposely ignore the truth.

 

[OhMars]

Knowledge is a burden, but I wouldn't have it any other way

 

[Meeks]

Nah, I like knowing the truth even when it hurts. I’ve ALWAYS been that way and I respect someone more when they tell it like it is versus them thinking they are protecting me.

 

[Goldie]

That's the thing, the more you learn about how the world works and how it's ran, it makes a person cynical and pessimistic af. Sometimes makes you wish you didn't know what you know so you can go back to being ignorant and happy.

 

[ChicagoFigure]

That's the thing, the more you learn about how the world works and how it's ran, it makes a person cynical and pessimistic af. Sometimes makes you wish you didn't know what you know so you can go back to being ignorant and happy.

True shit

Ive sometimes said to myself "if i was just ignorant af like the rest of these assholes i wouldnt even be stressin this shit right now"

 

[SeaSnake]

We've all heard the phrase, but do you agree with it? Is ignorance truly bliss?

If your s/o was cheating, would it be better to not know and continue thinking you were in a perfect relationship?

or would you want to know and end something that up to that point was perfect?


If your favorite meal was made out of rat meat, would u prefer not to know and continue eating your favorite meal happily or would you want to know you're eating rat meat!


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Id rather know. If she cheats and i find out i can be free to wtf i want, if i found out chicken wings and the beef on nachos was rat meat well id probably still eat it.

 

[OhMars]

That's the thing, the more you learn about how the world works and how it's ran, it makes a person cynical and pessimistic af. Sometimes makes you wish you didn't know what you know so you can go back to being ignorant and happy.

This
Like Baldwin said
"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."

 

[Ironman]

I'd rather know something then than pretend or be oblivious to a situation. It would suck then and there but you would eventually recover as opposed to prolonging.

 

[Playmaker88]

Nah ignorance is just ignorance that ignorance is bliss shit is just some dumb shit someone made up to make themselves feel better about being oblivious

 

[ChicagoFigure]

Nah ignorance is just ignorance that ignorance is bliss shit is just some dumb shit someone made up to make themselves feel better about being oblivious

Thats the thing tho, the ignorant dont think theyre oblivious

"Ignorance is bliss" is usually said about the ignorant not said by them

 

[Meeks]

When it comes to cheating I NEED to know, don’t be selfish and let me look like a fool while you fuck Tammy and her sister behind my back. I could be being great with someone actually worth it nah mean.

 

[Zagreus]

Absolutely. Is innocence naught but early ignorance?

 

[LUCIEN]

I don't think ignorance can be bliss since bliss refers to a kind of perfect happiness. If becoming more knowledgeable about the reality of your situation makes you unhappy then you were not in bliss. A legitimate bliss would be one that we experience in spite of our knowledge of the world

 

[Playmaker88]

Absolutely. Is innocence naught but early ignorance?

There is a huge difference in childhood innocence and willful ignorance

 

[Zagreus]

There is a huge difference in childhood innocence and willful ignorance

Of course, but ignorance none the less.

 

[Playmaker88]

Of course, but ignorance none the less.

not comparable because when your are outside of innocence so to speak there is context that presents it self most of the time where there is no excuse for "ignorance"

 

[Duwop]

Y'all crazy.

If the world was ending in 30 seconds would you want to know and worry those last 30 seconds, or continue to just be chill....

People really really really overvalue the truth, Especially in situations where the truth absolutely shatters our perceived happiness.

Like I truly get the wanting to know the truth. I too often seek the truth.... But as I'm getting older I see the wisdom in living the lie...

The thing is... The world is fucked up.... And even things in your life that aren't fucked up have the potential to get that way at any moment notice.

Any moment.


Any moment.


And life is short. It could also end in any moment.

Our entire lives all we strive for is happiness or what we THINK brings us happiness. It's tied to every conscious and sometimes unconscious decision we make.

Even when making choices we feel we have to make out of responsibility. We would much rather live in a home than the streets... So while I'm not happy I'm paying this high ass rent.. I am happy having shelter...


Ok, back to my point. Life can end in an moment. Anything that brings you happiness in life can end in an moment.

We may think we always want to know the truth. But we want happiness more than the truth. We want the truth because we believe the truth makes us happy. So we think we want it more...

But just look at us.... How many lies do we hold on to, just because they make us happy??

I ain't going to hm get into all of them... But I'll address Goldie's hypotheticals

I've been with my wife for almost 10 years now. We have two beautiful children. We're happy, we're deeply in love. I leave work tonight and die.

I die fully believing that my marriage is one of the best things going on in my life. I'm 100% good with that.


Say.... Right about..... Now..... My wife starts texting me confessing about an ongoing affair and how she's not happy, she's leaving with new boo. By the time I get home from work they will have been on the road for 4 hours and she's not telling me where she's going.

I still die on my way home..... But I am not fucking happy bruh. Like yea I know the truth.... But I would have much rather died with the lie..... Certain truths just ain't worth the pain....

I mean shit I love my food, and not one picture of animals beingb tutored abused... Not one
documentaryb about diesease from meats... None of that deters me. I like what I like.

They say shrimp are the roaches of the seas... I've said before.. If steamed roaches tasted this good....I wouldn't give a fuck about going in some nasty ass houses and stocking up

 

[Duwop]

And fuck what you heard, a world with Santa Claus is much better than real life