These are all garbage tier emotions. I never want to feel them and I don’t want people around me to feel them either.
What purpose do they serve??? Evolutionarily, I guess there are things we shouldn’t like and therefore avoid. “Opening this coconut thing is frustrating, stop doing it, you’re wasting your time” or whatever. “That person betrayed you and or your tribe, you should punish them the next chance you get, which should disincentives people from being bad”. Sure. Except like, are these feelings really that useful anymore? In the modern age? Do we need to subject ourselves to an experience that shortens our lifespans, creates enemies, makes us give up and be miserable?
Nah. They suck. Nobody can convince me they’re worth it. Sure some extreme cases may exist but come on, I could do without them most of the time. 90% of the damn time I’m not even in a position to turn anger or whatever else into anything remotely useful. Wouldn’t it be genuinely wonderful if kind, good, happy content generated the most engagement? Maybe then these sucky emotions wouldn’t be magnified 100 times by all the rage bait we put on the internet?
“Oh but Wilson you sure do sound angry now, isn’t that a bit hypocritical huh?”. It’s manufactured. Irony. I’m playing it up to prove a point to myself and maybe it sounds funnier that way.
But also have you considered maybe I feel like resolving Poppers paradox of tolerance?? Being angry about being angry is the only thing I want to be angry about? Yeah, that makes me feel better about myself.
Maybe I should take up medication meditation.