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Post by mohahaha on May 5, 2016 14:48:23 GMT
Becoming satisfied really comes with a big cost of long hard work, which we can connect of our upcoming graduation. But taking satisfaction into the scale of our world, people tend to be satisfied by achieving goals, but after a good while of time, they don't become as satisfied anymore and they thrive to look for more. While people who are fortunate to get a meal a day or the refugee crisis that is occurring in Europe of seeking for security, basically means the world to them. Which got me wondering...
Is there ever a point of achieving complete satisfaction, being stable and happy? And why ?
Also, what makes you satisfied ?
Personally, I don't think there is ever a point of feeling completely satisfied, since we are always seeking for more things to be satisfied. Basically our greed or fulfillment of looking for more what makes us satisfied and it causes a constant change in our lives to the better, but then when we see people who are poor or watching the news of what's going on around the world, such as the refugee crisis, makes us feel bad, but also grateful for our selves that we are not going through the struggle that they are going through, making us to be stable. Meanwhile when we look the people who are richer, having the latest technology lets say, will make us feel bad and unsatisfied that they got the better...
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Post by graceyichen on May 8, 2016 7:33:32 GMT
Wow, great point! Great question!
I don't think complete satisfaction exists either! Only when you don't know how it could get better, then you'll believe that you are experiencing true happiness! If you ate a chocolate cake and it was the best cake you've ever eaten in your life, in that moment, you may feel like you're in heaven, that life could not get better than this! And it would be true! But as soon as you see another cake on tv and it looks even better, you'll forget just how happy you were a minute ago. So I guess with human nature being greedy and all, ignorance is bliss sometimes, or else we would go on wanting more and more!
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Post by maysamyounis on May 8, 2016 11:48:34 GMT
I agree with grace, I don't think so there is the point to achieving complete and who can satisfaction make our life more happy or stable I don't think this point is right.For the question what makes satisfied For many of us, the idea of having a job that is truly satisfying – the kind where work doesn't feel like work anymore – is pure fantasy. I personally don't have anything to satisfied with it  , I believe your question is go more about human nature and nurture. |
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Post by mayurika98 on May 8, 2016 11:57:25 GMT
Maybe death can be the ultimate satisfaction for people. Since we never seem to be satisfied with our accomplishments the quest for seeking satisfaction can end. There is one aspect of satisfaction that can be seen in humans frequently, and that is pride. Of course there is a difference between being satisfied with your accomplishment and being proud about your accomplishment. Satisfaction can be humble in keeping the joy to ourselves. However pride can pour out of our mouths and into the ears of others.
Similarly satisfaction has come to a point where, keeping it to ourselves is no longer adequate. Instead we want to push ourselves further and let people kmow of our accomplishments.
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Post by ETypeRegymon on May 8, 2016 12:16:20 GMT
I think we treat satisfaction like we do food, it fuels our happiness in our daily lives like food does to our bodies, but it's constantly running out, so we always have to get more. So I agree that we can never be completely satisfied with our lives. For me, I guess victory is what makes me satisfied. There's no way to not make this sound evil or whatever, but I just want to win. I'm satisfied when I can power through every challenge, but since it's impossible to win all the time, I'll never have complete satisfaction.
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Post by jonah21 on May 8, 2016 12:29:20 GMT
When we say we achieve satisfaction, it's more of that temporary achievement when we keep making goals for ourselves. Even after we say we're satisfied, we'll keep making more goals for ourselves. I would have to agree with Mayurika about complete satisfaction. Death would be the point where we can't make even more goals for ourselves. That time, we'll be reflecting back on our lives and make the ultimate decision: are we truly satisfied with our lives? I think that will be when we attain true complete satisfaction.
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Post by kevv on May 8, 2016 15:02:19 GMT
I also think that there is no complete satisfaction in our life!! People are so selfish and its just human nature where people want to gain everything. Even though they work their whole life and gained what they wanted, whats next?
We always want to have more and because we like to go to the next level, you will always ask yourself or the society..whats next? is this it? something like this.
An example of this would be..in a game, did you ever get that moment where you thought a game that seemed so hard just end so easily and you felt like nothing happened? I think this would also be an example of hyped but, yeah..uh no full satisfaction for sure. It's impossible. Humans are greedy. garrr
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Post by Jonathan on May 8, 2016 15:37:49 GMT
I believe satisfaction all differs from person to person. One would argue that they are satisfied when they reach a goal of earning billions of dollars or becoming a genius. However, satisfaction depends person to person and this keeps moving on. People sets more than one goal in their lives. By reaching a goal, they should feel satisfied. But as new goals are set, they become unsatisfied till the new goal is met. This is the infinite dilemma of becoming satisfied.
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Post by melody on May 8, 2016 16:19:33 GMT
As I read your question, the first thing that came up on my mind was economies! We have scarcity since we our desires are unlimited but, our resources are. Since people never satisfy with their desire and they keep having new wants, that's how the economy runs and grows which is called the 'individual hand'. Also, when people once obtain their wants, they don't want it anymore and seek for other wants which is related with the law of diminishing marginal returns. Just like this, if people once achieved their goal, they move on to their next-goal or make one. A year ago, my goal in my life was to get into a university that I wanted. But now, my goal is to graduate high school  ?. Each individuals have their own desires and when they once accomplished it, they move it to the next step. As a result, for your question, no because people aren't always truly satisfied with their lives because things don't always work out the way we want. I guess that's what life is about! |
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Post by sangjoon on May 8, 2016 17:27:51 GMT
Personally, i feel satisfaction when I tried my best although the result is not that satisfactful. I always value effort as more important thing than the result. Result never betray when you try your best thus, i satisfy with myself when I tried my best and could do anything more to it.
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Post by Jooyoung on May 9, 2016 10:27:41 GMT
As human beings, it is extremely difficult to become satisfied. We have natural greed to want more. For example, even though I already have a iPhone 5 which is already a good enough of a phone, I want to get iPhone 6 because it is better. The only point in life that I am really satisfied is when I am physically full after eating a meal HAHA. Because my body physiologically tells me that I am full and the I don't need food anymore, I would not have the crave for more food.
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Post by heesu on May 14, 2016 7:28:16 GMT
I think there is no satisfaction with what we are doing. Even though, we become rich or healthy, we still have desire to be better than someone, so there is no limit to the satisfactions. We feel happy in some point, but that will not be long because we always looking for something better and worth more. For example, we gets A on the test, still we want to get award for achievement or A on total average. We achieve 4.0 on total grade, but still we want to make it better with do more activities like sports and clubs. Therefore, I don't think there is no end to people's desire and satisfactions.
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Post by jin794 on May 15, 2016 7:13:22 GMT
I also agree that there is no such a thing called complete satisfaction. Once we receive satisfaction, we want it more. I think there is a point of achieving complete satisfaction. I think always the first thing is when I receive complete satisfaction. For example, in AP Microeconomics, there is a term called law of diminishing marginal utility. The law of diminishing marginal utility is a law of economics stating that as a person increases consumption of a product, while keeping consumption. For example, say you go to a buffet and the first plate of food you eat is very good. On a scale of ten you would give it a ten. Now your hunger has been somewhat tamed, but you get another full plate of food. Since you're not as hungry, your enjoyment rates at a seven at best. Most people would stop before their utility drops even more, but say you go back to eat a third full plate of food and your utility drops even more to a three. If you kept eating, you would eventually reach a point at which your eating makes you sick, providing dissatisfaction.
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Post by Tharu on May 15, 2016 7:20:37 GMT
I agree with you, that our satisfactions won't get satisfied. As we accomplish our goals, we feel satisfied and we tend to achieve our next goal so we can feel satisfied again. So i dont think we can be ever satisfied with our life, we try to do better and better every time, so does the satisfaction changes.
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Post by toomuchchanmin on May 15, 2016 17:25:17 GMT
Honestly, there is no good point in satisfaction. A boy might want a video game so much and asks his parents (or do a part time job) to buy it, but he will eventually stop playing it and forget about it after a month. Same thing with clothes. A girl might want a really nice dress, but no one wears a piece of clothes for more than a decade. So in the end, every satisfaction doesn't matter.
But imagine we don't want satisfaction. Then everything will be pain! I think the reason why we keep craving satisfaction is our natural instinct to not experience pain. It's the same reason why someone would avoid try swimming in a lava pool. A sane person would go around the lava pool if they had to puncool it. Over all, it's our natural instinct that makes us keep going on.
Also on additional note, there seems to be similar topics to this a lot in our discussion board...
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, I believe your question is go more about human nature and nurture.
?. Each individuals have their own desires and when they once accomplished it, they move it to the next step. As a result, for your question, no because people aren't always truly satisfied with their lives because things don't always work out the way we want. I guess that's what life is about!
