Dave Gorman did a stand-up bit about this. His version goes something like
If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands
But if you’re happy and don’t know it, or unhappy and you do
Then the clauses in this song do not apply to you
But if you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it
Then, and only then, please clap your hands
I was happy once. It was awful, and I forgot to clap.
Sometimes you don’t know how good you have it until your “rock bottom” turns out to be an elevator which is now headed down a mineshaft 😭
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Edit: Yes, I know that is a helix.
Subconscious desires being met while conscience ones aren’t.
I like the cover of this song
If your mood is ambiguous, make a sound!
Gneurshk
Pfffsigh
And it implies that you might not know it and clap anyway if the song didn’t clarify.
Does it? It sounds to me like it implies that you wouldn’t clap your hands unless you are happy, you know it, and you also want to show it. All three must be true for it to be hand-clapping time.
I think it’s incredibly true.
And ignorance is bliss
If you’re unhappy and don’t know it, eat one more snack. Crunch crunch.
Best (and most existential) one I’ve seen in quite a while.
A lot of people have everything they need to be happy but their perspectives keep them unhappy… It might not be exactly the premise given but it’s pretty close. 👍
If people were happy and content, it would be much harder to manipulate them in many senses of it, so making people feel bad about them is part of the chushing machine design
Sometimes it’s also just very profitable (the beauty industry comes to mind).
Making people buy stuff is one form of manipulation as well
One time I was both fine and dandy for about an hour, but nobody asked how I was!
Maybe you have been and you just never knew it.
She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they had been happy; and they clapped their hands.
Lmao
