What would you rather have:Dignity or Happiness?

[classical_hero]

I would rather be dignified than Happy. What is wrong with you people?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I choose dignity, because I'm happy WHEN I'm not making a total ass of myself. Most of the time, anyway.

 

[azzaman333]

Happiness. Dignity is overrated.

 

[warpus]

I would rather be dignified than Happy. What is wrong with you people?

Happiness > *

Dignity is important too, but happiness wins.

 

[Eukaryote]

At the end of the day only three things in life matter:

1. How happy you are
2. How long you live
3. Wheather or not your a good person

So I choose happiness.

 

[Mise]

Happiness > *

QFT .

 

[Yuri2356]

Ah, but what if one is dignified to the point of over-the-top sillyness?

That would certainly make me happy.

 

[Stylesjl]

Happiness. Dignity sucks if you're miserable

 

[Lotus49]

Dignity. Because if you're someone that values honor and dignity, if you lose that, happiness is impossible and you feel good as dead anyway. Feeling deeply ashamed, dishonorable and disgraced - will kill you, literally.

If you're that kind of person, that is. -Which I happen to be. I know this, from experience. And it didn't even take much, for these overwhelming feelings to set in.

 

[shortguy]

I don't think I could have happiness without at least some dignity, but that's just me.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

What's dignity?

 

[Yuri2356]

What's dignity?

A sense of pride and self-respect, and acting in a way that shows it.

 

[Dann]

Would you rather be happy, yet be undignified, or would you rather have dignity, and not have so much fun? In other words, would you rather roll around in the mud, naked,and be happy, or would you rather not roll around in the mud and have dignity?

How can one be happy if he is undignified? A homeless man, wearing rags and rummaging through garbage bins is happy only when he's sloshed out of his mind from alcohol or drugs.

And your example isn't perfect either. We usually behave with dignity alright but if the occasion happens to be an exclusive nude mud wrestling party (with plenty of naked hawt babes already in the pit) I don't see why normally dignified people won't strip and join the fun.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

What would you rather have: Dignity or Happiness?

Theyre inversely proportional.

 

[LucyDuke]

Dann, your drunken homeless man is not happy when he is sloshed out of his mind. He is numb, which allows him to forget unhappiness - but not to confront it.

Merriam-Webster

Main Entry: dig·ni·ty
Pronunciation: 'dig-n&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English dignete, from Anglo-French digneté, from Latin dignitat-, dignitas, from dignus
1 : the quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed
2 a : high rank, office, or position b : a legal title of nobility or honor
3 archaic : DIGNITARY
4 : formal reserve or seriousness of manner, appearance, or language

The first and fourth definitions of dignity seem to be applicable here, and I think people aren't distinguishing between them. The fourth, it seems to me, outside of rare occasions, is the mark of a person who takes himself way too seriously, and people who take themselves seriously do not know where to find happiness. The first is certainly compatible with happiness, but by those voting "dignity" in this thread, it seems to me that some people believe that being worthy, honored, and esteemed is a prerequisite to happiness. That's too bad.

The question is, if you can have one or the other, but not both, which do you choose? Would you rather be dignified and unhappy, or happy and undignifed? You may not mix and match.

 

[Atlas14]

Rolling around naked in the mud sounds like fun, I'll take happiness over dignity.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

A sense of pride and self-respect, and acting in a way that shows it.

I guess I don't have dignity.

 

[Irish Caesar]

The first is certainly compatible with happiness, but by those voting "dignity" in this thread, it seems to me that some people believe that being worthy, honored, and esteemed is a prerequisite to happiness. That's too bad.

The question is, if you can have one or the other, but not both, which do you choose? Would you rather be dignified and unhappy, or happy and undignifed? You may not mix and match.

I'd rather be dead than live without honor. I just can't see how one can truly be happy without it.

 

[Brighteye]

Happiness is overrated.
Nothing can compare with the encompassing contentment of knowing that no matter how unhappy are, you have behaved appropriately and honourably and not disgraced yourself.
I would rather be myself, dignified, but having had some unpleasant times in my life, than be a happy slob with no worth but plenty of reason for shame.

 

[warpus]

Happiness is overrated.
Nothing can compare with the encompassing contentment of knowing that no matter how unhappy are, you have behaved appropriately and honourably and not disgraced yourself.
I would rather be myself, dignified, but having had some unpleasant times in my life, than be a happy slob with no worth but plenty of reason for shame.

What are you, a Klingon or something?