Comments on: Ten Smiles Per Hour: Tax on the Dour? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:19:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: tioedong http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54128 tioedong Thu, 03 May 2007 00:55:15 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54128 What "happy cultures"? When I lived in Africa, everyone was happy... Rwanda anyone? And here in the Philippines, everyone is happy...tell that to the politicians killed last week. My theory is that religions that encourage cooperation and helping others and to put one's own needs behind others leads to...satisfaction. Happiness means doing your own thing, which can lead to misery. What “happy cultures”?

When I lived in Africa, everyone was happy… Rwanda anyone?

And here in the Philippines, everyone is happy…tell that to the politicians killed last week.

My theory is that religions that encourage cooperation and helping others and to put one’s own needs behind others leads to…satisfaction.

Happiness means doing your own thing, which can lead to misery.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54127 Matthew Wed, 02 May 2007 17:01:43 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54127 I remember reading about a pyschological study that found that the simple act of smiling could improve your mood all by itself. I remember reading about a pyschological study that found that the simple act of smiling could improve your mood all by itself.

]]> By: Miriam Cherry http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54126 Miriam Cherry Wed, 02 May 2007 10:07:18 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54126 Do emoticons count towards one's quota? :) Do emoticons count towards one’s quota?
:)

]]> By: Jay Manifold http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54125 Jay Manifold Wed, 02 May 2007 07:25:45 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54125 Time to pass the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoRY3ZjiNLU" rel="nofollow">Happiness Act</a>. Time to pass the Happiness Act.

]]> By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54124 Frank Wed, 02 May 2007 06:18:43 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54124 Miriam and Patrick, it's comments like those that keep me blogging! Thanks so much. Perhaps I'll do a bit more on potential economic analysis of friendly facial expressions (e.g., is it possible to smile so often one's smiles aren't taken seriously any more). Surprisingly enough, the issue actually comes up in the context of critiques of happiness research. Miriam and Patrick, it’s comments like those that keep me blogging! Thanks so much.

Perhaps I’ll do a bit more on potential economic analysis of friendly facial expressions (e.g., is it possible to smile so often one’s smiles aren’t taken seriously any more). Surprisingly enough, the issue actually comes up in the context of critiques of happiness research.

]]> By: Miriam Cherry http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54123 Miriam Cherry Wed, 02 May 2007 06:08:59 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54123 "Perhaps a certain seigniorage of cheer..." If you've convinced Patrick that you've read everything, you've got me convinced that you a) have a wonderful vocabulary and b) sure know how to turn a phrase. “Perhaps a certain seigniorage of cheer…”

If you’ve convinced Patrick that you’ve read everything, you’ve got me convinced that you a) have a wonderful vocabulary and b) sure know how to turn a phrase.

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54122 Patrick S. O'Donnell Wed, 02 May 2007 05:37:14 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54122 Well, now you can delete the above: Please see the posts on May Day at IntLawGrrls http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/index.html and at Workplace Prof Blog http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/ Well, now you can delete the above: Please see the posts on May Day at IntLawGrrls http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/index.html and at Workplace Prof Blog http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54121 Patrick S. O'Donnell Wed, 02 May 2007 01:46:31 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54121 Incidentally (and no hijacking intentions here; well, then again...), Likpski's book, KOR: Workers' Defense Committee in Poland, 1976-1981 (Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press, 1985) is a perfect read for May Day. Or it's not too late to post something by Eric Hobsbawm, say, his discussion of May Day celebrations in Workers: Worlds of Labor (New York: Pantheon, 1985), specifically, chapter 5, 'The Transformation of Labor Rituals,' pp. 66-82. Sorry Frank, I've haven't come across anything yet in the law blogs about May Day and I thought you'd at least be sympathetic! Incidentally (and no hijacking intentions here; well, then again…), Likpski’s book, KOR: Workers’ Defense Committee in Poland, 1976-1981 (Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press, 1985) is a perfect read for May Day. Or it’s not too late to post something by Eric Hobsbawm, say, his discussion of May Day celebrations in Workers: Worlds of Labor (New York: Pantheon, 1985), specifically, chapter 5, ‘The Transformation of Labor Rituals,’ pp. 66-82.

Sorry Frank, I’ve haven’t come across anything yet in the law blogs about May Day and I thought you’d at least be sympathetic!

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54120 Patrick S. O'Donnell Wed, 02 May 2007 01:33:46 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54120 Now that you've cited Havel's essay I'm *almost* convinced you've read everything: a few quotes from Adam Michnik, Jan Josef Lipski or Jacek Kuron should cinch it! Now that you’ve cited Havel’s essay I’m *almost* convinced you’ve read everything: a few quotes from Adam Michnik, Jan Josef Lipski or Jacek Kuron should cinch it!

]]> By: Carrie http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/05/ten_smiles_per.html/comment-page-1#comment-54119 Carrie Wed, 02 May 2007 01:07:09 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/05/ten-smiles-per-hour-tax-on-the-dour.html#comment-54119 That is quite possibly the craziest idea I've ever heard of. It reminds me of the broken windows theory for preventing crime, and used in conjunction, I bet it might actually work. That is quite possibly the craziest idea I’ve ever heard of. It reminds me of the broken windows theory for preventing crime, and used in conjunction, I bet it might actually work.

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