Comment by jetru | Hacker News Reader

Comment by jetru | Hacker News Reader

So true. So many people I know and myself included are tired of the "rat race".

We don't want to keep working for nothing, we don't want to keep hoping for that next raise, we don't want to pretend to be smarter or cooler or better than we are. What a horrible way to live in the age of plenty. Maybe, we like cold pizza.

Bougey is a dirty word. We want to chill. We want fairness. Simplicity is where Happiness lies. There's nothing bad about that.

What is "grand" anyway? Those 500 people currently living that the rest 7+ billion should aspire to be? Nah. I'd rather be like my grandfather. Smiling even when I'm old.

It's hearkening back to a simpler time, and this gives me hope that more people might be "getting it"

edit: typos

Do you know Epicureanism?[1] Basically what you're describing.

> Epicurus believed that what he called "pleasure" (ἡδονή) was the greatest good, but that the way to attain such pleasure was to live modestly, to gain knowledge of the workings of the world, and to limit one's desires. This would lead one to attain a state of tranquility (ataraxia) and freedom from fear as well as an absence of bodily pain (aponia).

It's a good way to live.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism

In case anyone else gets stuck on 'bougey', it is apparently an abbreviation of bourgeoisie.

Is this US slang?

Yes, and as far as I can tell, relatively new. I learned it from my middle school child last year.

Yes, I think it's actually out of vogue now, but a few years ago it was trendy to describe things as bougey:

bougey

(pronounced: boo-G) a condensed version of the word bourgeoise, used to refer to capitalists, the upper class, gaudiness, and profit-oriented viewpoints

http://bougey.urbanup.com/4157958

Usually it's spelled 'bougie' cf. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bougie

Unfortunately the slang tends to refer to acts or items that are expensive, rather than, y'know, class relations or members of the French Third Estate.

How are you defining simplicity? Are differentiating from easiness or convenience? I get the impression you are using the word simplicity differently than I would.

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