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02-28-2003, 09:56 AM
I've had Bottom in my head all day today, namely the riff at the end (one of Adam's absolute best), and "shit adds up at the bottom."
I was thinking about that line, and have realized that it's exactly right and a good way to look at things. When somebody is happy, they see it as a separate joyous experience. They can name some of the best experiences they've had in the past year, naming them all off. They don't really connect them as one experience.
But people get stressed out. They get depressed. When something bad happens, it just "adds up at the bottom." It's a little tough to explain, but do you guys see where I'm getting at? It's interesting to me that people take all recent bad experiences and throw them into a pile at the bottom, but whenever a great experience comes, it's just a separate experience of happiness. We seem to believe that there is a bottom but no top, therefore happiness is dependent on things, but bad things are just bad.
I'm rambling. Just a thought.
I was thinking about that line, and have realized that it's exactly right and a good way to look at things. When somebody is happy, they see it as a separate joyous experience. They can name some of the best experiences they've had in the past year, naming them all off. They don't really connect them as one experience.
But people get stressed out. They get depressed. When something bad happens, it just "adds up at the bottom." It's a little tough to explain, but do you guys see where I'm getting at? It's interesting to me that people take all recent bad experiences and throw them into a pile at the bottom, but whenever a great experience comes, it's just a separate experience of happiness. We seem to believe that there is a bottom but no top, therefore happiness is dependent on things, but bad things are just bad.
I'm rambling. Just a thought.